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BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian
River County, Florida, that this Board does herewith find and determine that
this Board has been presented with a petition signed by more than five per
cent of the resident freeholders of Indian River County, Florida, asking that
an annual tax may be levied for the establishment and maintenance of a public,
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hospital located at Vero Beach, Florida, and which said petition did specify
the sum of $750, 000. OU as the maximum amount of money proposed to be
expended in purchasing or building said hospital; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Board does herewith determine
that it shall submit the question as to whether or not bonds in an amount not
to exceed $750, 000.00 shall be issued by the County to provide funds for the
purchase and the erection of a public hospital and for the support of the same,
which bonds shall be payable within thirty (30) years and whether or not a tax
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In an amount not to exceed five mills shall be levied upon the assessed prop-
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erty of Indian River County, Florida, for the support of a public hospital,
which said question shall be submitted to the qualified electors of Indian
River County, Florida, who are freeholders at the next general election to
be held in this County, to -wit: On November 4, 1958; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that notice of such election shall be
given at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of said election in the Vero
Beach Press Journal, a newspaper of general circulation published in this
County, which notice shall include the text of said petition and state the
amount of the tax to be levied upon the assessed property of this County,
which tax shall not exceed five mills on the dollar; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said election shall be held at the
usual places in this County for voting upon County officers and shall be can-
vassed in the same manner as the vote for County officers is canvassed; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the ballots to be used in said elect-
ion at which such hospital question is submitted shall be printed with a
statement substantially as follows:
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�k MITCHELL, SMITH 6 MITCHELL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA