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4 . BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of County Commissioners. of Indian River County hereby determines that the bpundaries of the abovq Districts, as herewith fixed., cause said Districts to be as nearly as possible equal in proportion to population. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that it is herewith recited and noted that the boundary lines of Election Districts in Indian River County have been fixed and designated at the meeting of this. Board at which this Resolution is adopted whereby no Election . District in said County shall lie partly in one County Commis- sioner's District and partly in another. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution, containing an accurate description of the boundaries of such County Commission- er's Districts, shall be entered upon the minutes of this Board; that a certified copy of this Resolution shall be published once each week for four (4) consecutive weeks in the Vero Beach Press. Journal, a newspaper of general circulation published in Indian' River County, Florida; that the Clerk to this Board shall forth- with furnish the Secretary of the State of Florida with a certi- fied copy of the minutes of this Board which shall evidence this Resolution in full and the adoption thereof and which shall con- tain the description of the boundaries of the existing County Commissioner's Districts as herewith fixed and in order that the Secretary of State shall record a description of such boundaries in his office in a book kept for that purpose. J. A. "Coach" Thompson, Superintendent of Schools, appeared before the Board regarding the location of the new school districts and stated the School Board wanted to have its districts conform with those of the County Commissioners, but could not do so under the proposed plan because School Board Members, Mrs. Jeannette Merriman and 0. D. Honeywell, would be placed in one district and.L. D. Baker and Rev. Hendry would be placed in another district which would bar one incumbent for re-election. After careful consideration and much discussion in the matter, Mr. Thompson was told that the county had been discussing re -districting nearly eight months and was willing to go along with the school officials if possible, however, it did not seem advisable at this time to make any changes because the present plan was the best solution they could arrive at and had been under consideration for several months and further that the Board was re -districting on the basis of population as provided by law. A certified copy of Resolution No. 1187 adopted by the City Council concurring in the designation of Clemans Avenue from State Road 60 North to North Gifford Road as a public road