HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-039A motion was made by commissioner Dritenbas, seconded by
Commissioner Macdonald and tate following Resolution was unanim0u5lYi,
adopted:
fj RESOLUTION NO. 68- 39
The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County,
Florida, resolves:
i. That the property located in Indian River County, Florida,
;!described as:
The West 20.79 acres of Tract .5, section 15, Town
ship 33 South,
Range 39 East, according to the Inst
general plat of lands of the Indian River Farms Company
filed In the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of
St. Lucie County, Florida, in I'lat Book 2, page 25;
became the property of Indian River County, FI()rida, because of the non-
payment of taxes as determined by decree of the Circuit Court of Indian River
County, Florida, in that certain cause styled "Indian River County vs. Certain
Lands in Chancery No. 2398, " which said decree was recorded in Chancery
Order Book 11, page 1.55, on the 14th day of August, 1944, all in accordance
with the provisions of Chapter 20722, l,.aws of Florida, Acts of 1941, and sub-
sequent amendments thereto now appearing as a part of Chapter 194, Florida
Statutes; and
2. 'I'llis Board did, In accordance with the provisions of that law,
fix the value of said lands and the price of sale by gLsolutlon recorded by tile
Clerk of the Circuit Court in the book designated "County Lands Acquired For
Delinquent Taxes," and this Board (lid thereafter sell said lands at public sale
to the highest bidder for cash, free and clear of liens held by the County and
the Indian River Farms Drainage District, wherein said lands lie. The lands
are not situated within a illuolelpality. At said sale, said lands were sold to
tit River Varms I)I-ainage Imstrict, a drainage dis
the former owner, th(! Indi,
trio organized and existing under the general drainage laws of the State of
Florida, and thereafter a deed of conveyance to the purchaser was executed and
recorded Ili Deed Book 44, page 214, in tile office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court of Indian River County, Florida, bUt said deed of conveyance, through
scrivener's error, omitted from the description of said lands that part thereof
described as "the Fast . 79 acres" of the above described property.
Smith, Heath, Smith & O'Haire, Attorneys At Law, P. O. Box 518, Vero Beach, Florida 32960
3. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 194.471, Florida Statutes,
the said former owner has filed with this Board a verified written petition
showing all of the items directed to be shown in such a petition pursuant to
that statute, which petition has attached thereto the Certificate of the Clerk of
the Circuit Court reciting that there are no delinquent taxes on said lands, and
it appearing to this Board that all sof said lands have been duly and regularly
assessed on the tax rolls of this County and the taxes paid and that said former
owner is entitled to a corrective deed to describe all of the lands sold and
intended to be conveyed in tide above recorded deed and In addition thereto,
said former owner has met all of the requirements of Section 194.471, Florida
I
Statutes, and is entitled to a deed of conveyance as the former owner, and it
appearing to the satisfaction of this Board that a failure to approve the petition
would work a severe hardship upon the petitioner;
4. Upon the payment of the sum of Ten Dollars (a10, 00), Indian
River County, acting by and through Its lloard of County Commissioners, 811,111
execute and deliver a decd of conveyance to the Indian River l arms [drainage
District of itll that part of the above described property erroneously omitted
from tite prior deed of conveyance and described In tile petition of said former
owner,
Smith, Heath, Smith & O'Haire, Attorneys At Law, P. O. Box 518, Vero Beach, Florida 32960