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RESOLUTION NO. 68-30
The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River C:;ounty,
Florida, resolves:
1, 'That this Board is and has been for a long period of time
greatly concerned with respect to the sale of the bottom lands lying within the
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area of the public navigable waters of this state which are held in trust for the
benefit of the people of the State of Florida as the practice has existed foi.
many years and it hereby expresses itsdisapprovalof the indiscriminate sale:
of any of such lands and hereby expresses the opinion that no lands Iying below_
the ordinary high water mark of the navigable waters of the Statc of Florida
should be sold excepting; only when it is evident and apparent that a sale of a
part thereof should be made to either (a) permit the filling of the portions
thereof constituting; marsh lands as distinguished from lands lying; under the
open waters and even then not beyond the line of vegetation; or (b) when dont
to settle and confirm uncertain cluestions of the boundary of ownership between
the private upland owner and the public lands; or (c) to permit the elimination
of minor irregularities in the shore line, provided, however, that shore in-
dentations should not be permitted to be; straightened out except if the:: sane:
may be done by following cords in a straight 1111c from the outermost point to
the inner-most point, provided the cord does not have a length of more than
300 feet,
2, 'Phis Board does herewith express its intent to oppose the sale
of any of the sovereign lands of the: State of Florida not clearly falling within
the exceptions bereinbefore enumerated and does herewith respectfully request
the Trustees of the Internal hnprovenient Fund of the State. of Florida to adopt
a like policy, which policy would in the opinion of this .Board permit the
development of marsh and swamp lands and at the same time preserve the
open waters and the bottom lands of the open waters for the benefit of tine
people of this state .
3. A certified copy of this Resolution shall be forwarded by the
3 Clerk to said Trustees.
Smith, Healh, Smith & O'Haire, Attorneys At Law, P. O. Box 518, Vero Beach, Florida 32960