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wardly along said east bank of said creek or branch to a point where the township line between townships twelve and thirteen in range twenty-nine, east, intersects said creek or branch; thence east on said township line, and other adjoining township lines, to a point where said township line intersects the Kings road; thence northerly along said Kings road to the point where the line dividing the Bulow and Ormond grants intersects the said Kings road; thence along the said line between the two grants in a northeasterly direction across Bulow Creek; thence following a continuance of this line, being the line dividing the lots seven and eight of the sub-division of the Bulow grant, to its intersection with the Haulover or Smith Creek; thence along said Haulover or Smith Creek to the intersection of the line running east between sections thirty and thirty-one and sections twenty-nine and thirty-two, township twelve, south, of range thirty-two, east; thence along said line to the Atlantic coast; thence northwardly along said Atlantic coast including the waters of the Atlantic Ocean within the jurisdiction of the State of Florida to the place of beginning.

Sec. 2. That Section 38 of the General Statutes of the State of Florida (and Chapter 4811 of the Acts of 1899), be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

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Sec. 38. Volusia.-The boundary lines of Volusia Beginning county are as follows: Commencing at Lake George at a point of the point south of the Spanish grant, known as the Acosta line of Volugrant of land; thence in a direct line to the most southerly and descrippart of Dunns Lake; thence to the mouth and north bank tion of line to place of of Haw Creek; thence along said bank of said creek to the beginning. east bank of a creek or branch known as the Middle Haw Creek; thence northwardly along said east bank of said creek or branch to a point where the township line between townships twelve and thirteen, south, in range twenty-nine, east intersects said creek or branch; thence east along said township lines, and other adjoining township lines, to a point where said line intersects the King's road; thence northerly along said King's road to the point where the line dividing the Bulow and Ormond grants intersects the said King's road; thence along the said line between the two grants in a northeasterly direction across Bulow Creek; thence following a continuance of this line. being the line dividing lots seven and eight of the sub

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division of the Bulow grant, to its intersection with Haulover or Smith Creek; thence along said Haulover or Smith Creek to the intersection of the line running east between sections thirty and thirty-one and sections twenty-nine and thirty-two, township twelve, south of range thirty-two east; thence along said line to the Atlantic Ocean, including the waters of the Atlantic Ocean within the jurisdiction of the State of Florida to the line dividing townships nineteen and twenty, running west along said line to the range line between ranges thirty-three and thirty-four; thece south along said line to township line between township twenty-one and twenty-two; thence west along said line to the middle of the St. Johns River: thence north down said St. Johns river, what is known as "Old River," running on the south and west side of what is known on the maps of public surveys as "Hunloons Island," and Lake George to the place of beginning.

Sec. 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in full force immediately upon its passage and approval by the Gov

ernor.

Approved June 3, 1907.

County Commissioners

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CHAPTER 5731-(No. 136).

AN ACT to Permit the Registered Voters of Commis-
sioner's District Number 1, of Lake County, Florida, to
Decide Whether Hogs Shall be Allowed to Run at
Large in Said District.

Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Lake County shall, upon the presentation to said board. at any regular meeting thereof, of a written application tioned to do from not less than one-fourth of the registered voters of said district, asking for an election to be held in said district to decide whether hogs shall be permitted to run at

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large in said district, order an election in said district, to 1907. decide whether hogs shall be allowed to run at large in said district, or not; and shall cause the clerk of said Clerk to give board, to give at least thirty days notice of said election election in by publishing the same in a newspaper published in said county nearest to the said district.

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Sec. 2. For such election, electors may be registered as Electors may provided in the general law for registration for special as in general elections, and they shall have the same qualifications for for special and prerequisites to voting as in elections under the gen- elections. eral election laws.

election.

Sec. 3. The said election shall be had and conducted Conduct of in the manner prescribed by law for holding general elections, except as herein provided.

Election to be held in 60 application.

Sec. 4. All elections ordered under this act, shall be held within sixty days from the time of presenting such days after application, but no such election shall take place within sixty days of any State or National election.

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Sec. 5. That such election shall be governed by such Election to be governed laws as in cases of general elections, and the vote shall by laws as in be canvassed, and the returns made to the County Com-eral election. missioners without delay, and in the same manner and form as provided by the general law covering elections, as far as applicable.

of ballot.

Sec. 6. At said election the ballots used, shall be of plain Preparation white paper, and shall have printed or written on one side thereof, either, "For free range for hogs," or "Against free range for hogs."

legal votes

Sec. 7. Should a majority of the votes legally cast at Majority of any such election be against the running at large of hogs, cast shall then no hogs shall be allowed to run at large in the said control. district, until otherwise determined by an election, which shall not be held oftener than once in four years, but should a majority of those voting cast their votes in favor of allowing hogs to run at large in said district, then hogs may be allowed to run at large until otherwise determined by an election to be held in pursuance of this act.

Sec. 8. Any owner or owners of any hog or hogs in said district who shall, after said district has by the vote of a majority of the legal voters thereof decided that hogs may

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not run at large therein, allow any such hogs to them belonging to run at large in said district, the owner or owners of such hog or hogs shall be liable at law for any run and all damages caused by reason of such hog or hogs running at large (contrary to this act), and shall be liable to a fine not to exceed fifty dolars, or imprisonment not to exceed ninety days.

Penalty for
permitting
hogs to
at large
when pro-
hibited.

Sec. 9. That all laws, and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed.

Sec. 10. That this act shall become operative upon its passage and approval by the Governor.

Approved June 3, 1907.

CHAPTER 5732-(No. 137).

AN ACT to Validate and Make Legal Certain County Warrants or County Script Issued and to be Issued by Taylor County, Florida, and to Cure all Defects and Irregularities of the Same, and to Secure County Warrants or County Script to the Amount of Fiftyfour Thousand Dollars Heretofore Issued, or That May Hereafter be Issued for the Purpose of Building a Court House at Perry, in Taylor County, Florida, a Binding and Legal Obligation of Said County of Taylor, and to Secure and Make Valid the Agreement and Contract of Taylor County, Florida, to Pay Interest on Said Script or County Warrants to the Amount of Six Per Cent Per Annum.

Whereas, the County Commissioners for the County of Taylor and State of Florida, have contracted with C. C. Tetherow & Company, a copartnership, to build a courthouse, of the value of fifty-four thousand dollars. and of the contract price of fifty-four thousand dollars, in Perry, Taylor County, Florida, and to build said courthouse it became necessary for the County Commissioners of Taylor County, Florida, to issue certain

county script, known as "county warrants" of the said county of Taylor, aggregating the sum of fifty-four thousand dollars, and part of which said script or county warrants have heretofore been issued and a part of which said script or county warrants will hereafter be issued in payment for said court house, which said script has been issued and made payable to C. C. Tetherow & Company, or order, and those that have not been issued, will be issued and made payable to the said C. C. Tetherow & Company, or order, and all of said county warrants or script bearing interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, the interest payable annually; and whereas, some question has arisen as to the legality of the action of the County Commissioners of said county in issuing such script or warrants, although said county has a consideration for the agreement to build said courthouse by the said C. C. Tetherow & Company, agreed to issue said script or county warrants, and will receive the full benefit and consideration for the same before said county warrants or script shall have been issued under the terms of the contract with C. C. Tetherow & Company; and whereas, the County Commissioners of the said county of Taylor and State of Florida desire that their actions in the matter be legalized and validated and said script or county warrants legalized and made valid.

Therefore

Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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Section 1. That all the acts of the County Commis- House" warsioners of the county of Taylor and State of Florida, in relation of the issuance of the county script of Taylor County County, Florida, known as county warrants of said county, which said script or county warrants has been and is to be issued for the building of a court house in Perry, Taylor County, Florida, and are to be styled, designated and labeled "courthouse warrants," to the amount of fifty-four thousand dollars, be and the same are hereby in all respects validated and declared legal and binding obligations of Taylor County, Florida.

Sec. 2. That all the acts, agreements and contracts of the said Taylor County, Florida, to pay interest on the

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