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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF nrn NINTII JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA IN AND FOR INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA. IN CHANCERY NO. 7413	.

IN RE: DELTA FARMS DRAINAGE DISTRICT

DECREE INCORPORATING DRAINAGE DISTRICT

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This cause Cl:)ming on this day to be heard upon the petition of S• .ANSIN, Trustee, joined by SOPHIE ANSIN, his wife, and PETER C.
MILLER_, and LYLE W. RUSSELL praying that a co tiguous body of wet
and overflowed lands and lands subject to overflow, situated in the County
I	of Indian River, State of Florida, with boundaries as described in said petition, and which boundaries are hereinafter fully set forth, be declared
I	and incorporated as a Drainage District under·the provisions of Chapter

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298, Florida Statutes, 1961, said Drainage District to be known by the name of DELTA FARMS DRAINAGE DISTRICT, and to continue for ninety­ nine years; and the Court finding that said petition is in due and regular form and was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Indian River County, Florida on May 4, 1966; and the Court further finding from the sworn evidence submitted to the Coun that the persons si ng said petition are the holders and owners of a majority of acreage of the lands
embraced in said Drainage District; and the Coun further finding from the
I	sworn evidence submitted to the Coun that the lands embraced within said Drainage District"constitute a contiguous body of wet and overflowed lands
I	and lands subject to overflow, and that it is necessary and proper that said
body of land should be formed into a Drainage District for the purpose of
I	having such lands reclaimed.and protected from the effects of water, for

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agricultural purposes by drainage; and the Court urther finding from the Certificate of the Cleric of the Circuit Court of Indian River County, Florida,
I	and from the sworn affidavit of J. J. SOIUMANN that due and regular notice

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I	in accordance with la"'.' was given by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of

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Indian River County, Florida, to all persons interested in the lands embraced within said drainage district to appear on the 27th day of June, 1966 to show cause, if any there be, why said Drainage District as set forth in said petition shall not be organized as a public corporation of the Sr.ate of
Flor.ida; and the .C..o..urt finding further from the Cenif.icate of said Clerk and from said Affidavits that said Notice in the form provided by law, was
published in the Vero Beach Press Journal, a newspaper of genera.l ci.rcu-

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·1at1on published and circulated in Indian River County, Florida, for four consecutive weeks, and that said notice was published in said Vero Beach
Pr s Journal on May 12, 19, 26, and June 2, 1966; and the Court further
I	finding_that no objections have been filed either with the Clerk of the Cir­

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cuit Court f Indian River County, Florida; or with the Judge of this Ci_r­ ci.JJ.f Court, by any owner of the lands in said proposed District or by any person whomsoever resisting the organization and incorporation of said District or stating any reason why his lands or any part thereof should not be included within said Drainage District; or denying any of the statements
in said petition; and the Court being of the opinion that the est.ablishment'
I	of said Drainage District a d tl_le improvements to be made therein will be

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to the advantage of the owners of the	eal property therein and that the
I	same will be in the interest of the public he.alth, convenience and welf.are, and the

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Court finding It has jurisdiction of ttits cause ·and of the subject matter thereof and of the parties thereto and further finding that all the proceedings and steps preliminary to the making of this Decree, have been duly and regularly performed in accordance with the laws of the State of Flori , and the Court being fully advised in the premises, it 1s, therefore,
ORDERED, ADJUOOED,  DECREED, and DBCI...ARED that the body

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of lands situated within the County of Indian River and State of Florida, and embraced within the following boundary lines, to-wit:

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Beginning at the intersection of the East right of way of State Road 512 and the North line of Tract 1208 of Fells­ mere Farms Company's Subdivision of all of unsurveyed part of Township 32 South, Range 37 East, according to plat filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
of St. Lucie Councy, Florida in Plat Book 2 at page 8; thence run East along the North line of Tracts 1208 and 1219, inclusive, and to a point lying 15 feet East of the Northeast corner of Tract 1219; thence run South on a line lying 15 feet East of the following Tracts 1219, 1319, 1419, 1519, 1619, 1719, 1819, 1919, 2019, 2119, 2219,
2319, 2419, and to a point lying 15 feet East and 200 feet South of the Southeast corner ·of Tract 2419, and lying on the North line of Section 2, Township 33 South, Range 37 East; thence run East along the North line of Section 2
to the Northeast comer of Section 2; thence run .SOuth along the East llne of Section 2, Township 33 South, Range 37 East to the North R/W of State Road-#:60; thence run West along the North R/W of State Road #60 through Sections 2, 3, and 4, Township 33 South, Range 37 East, to the intersection of the East R/W of State Road No. 512; thence run North along the East R/W of State Road No. 512 to the·intersection with the South line of Tract 2408 of aforesaid Fellsmere-Farms Company's Subdivision; then continue Nor.th along the East R/W
of State Road No. 512 through Tracts 2408, 2308, 2208,
2108, 2008, 1908, 1808, 1708, 1608, 1508, 1408, 1308,
. and through 1208 to the point of beginning; all located in Indian River County, Florida;
be, and the same are hereby constituted, organized and incorporated into
a public corporation of the State of Florida, under the provisions of Chapter 298, Florida Statutes of 1961, and all amendments thereto, and said cor­

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poratio. n shall b.e known b..y t.he name of DELTA .FARMS DRAINAGE DIS- TRIC. 'f and said. Drainage .District shall continue as such public corporation for a period of ninety-nine years from and after the date o!. this Decree.
· OONE and ORDERED in Chambers in Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida this	C: 7 day of July, 1966.

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