Resolution 002-1968
RESOLUTION NO.
2 -1968
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida desires to obtain a dredging permit, under the provisions of Chap-
ter 253. 123, Florida Statutes, to open up the ends of the Key Largo Water-
way (Cross Key Canal) for boats passing from John Pennekamp State Park
to the Everglades National Park, and deems the acquisition of said permit
to be in the interests of public need, and
WHEREAS, the spoil from said excavation will be used for the con-
struction of county roads in the immediate vicinity of said waterway, and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to apply to the Trustees of the Internal
Improvement Fund of the State of Florida for said dredging permit, now,
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNT Y COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the Trustees of the Internal Im-
provement Fund of the State of Florida be, and they are hereby requested
to grant to Monroe County, Florida, a political subdivision of the State of
Florida, a dredging permit, under the provisions of Chapter 253. 123,
Florida Statutes, for public purposes as hereinabove set forth.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY SAID BOARD that the Clerk of said
Board be, and he is hereby authorized to forward certified copies of this
Resolution to the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of
Florida, for appropriate action.
Dated January 9th, 1968.
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TRUSTEES OF THE' INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT FUND
OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
15881.E
KEY LARGO WATERWAY (CROSS KEY CANAL)
NO. 24728
THIS INDENTURE, made this 22nd day of January, A. D.
1968, between the TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT FUND OF THE
STATE OF FLORIDA, parties of the first part, and the BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, party of the
second part, WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Chapter 610, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1855, is
entitled "AN ACT To Provide For And Encourage A Liberal System Of
Internal Improvement In This State" , and the said Act makes re-
ference to "proper objects of internal improvement in relation to
roads, canals, navigable streams", etc., and the lands hereinafter
described being necessary in connection with canals, navigable
streams, the navigability of the same, the drainage and protection
against flood afforded thereby; and
WHEREAS, the lands hereinafter described are of
sovereignty character and title thereto appears vested in the
Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund under provisions of
Section 253 .12, Florida Statutes.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the public benefits
to be derived and for the public convenience and welfare, and in
order to encourage the construction, operation and maintenance of
the works of navigation, the said Trustees of the Internal Improve-
ment Fund of the State of Florida, hereby grant unto the Board of
County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, its officers, —
agents, servants and contractors, the right, privilege, power and
authority to enter upon, occupy and .use any and all of the herein-
after described lands for right of way purposes for the con-
.`structi.on , 'r' mprovement and maintenance of the Key Largo Waterway
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(Cross Key Canal) , Monroe County, Florida, more particularly
described as follows, to-wit:
PARCEL 1 - A parcel of submerged land in Blackwater
Sound in Section 14, Township 61 South, Range 39 East,
fronting and being a Northwesterly extension of the
Key Largo Waterway (Cross Key Canal) , Key Largo,
Monroe County, Florida; said parcel being more parti-
cularly described as follows : From the intersection
of the centerline of State Road No. 5 (U. S . Highway
No. 1) with the centerline of said Key Largo Waterway;
thence proceed along the centerline of said Key Largo
Waterway according to the following bearings and. . _
distances : North 75° 32 ' 01" West, 122 . 19 feet; North
64° 08 ' 00" West, 301.56 feet; North 45° 28 ' 26" West,
120 feet, more or less, to the Northwesterly end of
said Key Largo Waterway and the Point of Beginning of
the parcel hereinafter described; thence proceed South
44° 31' 34" West, 37 .5 feet; thence proceed North 45°
28 ' 26" West, 200 feet; thence proceed North 44° 31' 34"
East, 75 feet; thence proceed South 45° 28' 26" East,
200 feet; thence proceed South 44° 31' 34" West, 37 .5
feet to the Point of Beginning ; containing 0.35 acre,
more or less.
PARCEL 2 - A parcel of submerged land in Largo Sound
in Section 14, Township 61 South, Range 39 East,
fronting and being a Southeasterly extension of the
Key Largo Waterway (Cross Key Canal) , Key Largo, Monroe
County, Florida; said parcel being more particularly
described as follows : From the intersection of the
centerline of State Road No. 5 (U. S. Highway No. 1)
with the centerline of said Key Largo Waterway; thence
proceed along the centerline of said Key Largo Waterway
according to the following bearings and distances :
South 75 32 ' 01" East, 82 .76 feet; North 89° 01' 10"
East, 1, 755.55 feet; South 80° 26' - 57 -East, 250.00
feet; South 53° 49 ' 04" East, 170 feet, more or less,
to the Southeasterly end of said Key Largo Waterway
and the Point of Beginning of the parcel hereinafter
described; thence proceed South 36° 10 ' 56" West, 37 .5
feet; thence proceed South 53° 49 ' 04" East, 175 feet;
thence proceed North 36° 10 ' S6'' East, 75 feet; thence
proceed North 53° 49 ' 04" West, 175 feet; thence pro-
ceed South 36° 10 ' 56" West, 37 .5 feet to the Point of
Beginning; containing 0.30 acre, more or less .
RESERVING, HOWEVER, to the Trustees of the Internal
Improvement Fund of the State of Florida, their successors and
assigns, all such rights and privileges in said tract of land
that may be used and enjoyed without interfering with and abridg-
ing the rights and easements hereby conveyed to the BOARDTOF _.
COUNTY- COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA - - - -
The parties of the first part accept no responsibility
or liability on account of any act performed by the party of the
second part affecting any other public agency, or any private
person or corporation, or rights of such agency, or person, or
corporation, in property in anywise connected with, affected by
or arising out of, the grant hereby made; and
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PROVIDED, that the right, privilege, power and authority.
hereinabove granted shall be in full force and effect in perpetuit
from and after the date hereinabove set forth. When and if, in
the judgment of the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, any parcel hereinabove described, shall no longer be
useful to the Board of County Commissioners for the purposes
herein expressed, said parcel or portion thereof, shall revert to
the parties of the first part, and by a recordable instrument the
party of the second part shall reconvey, or release, to the
parties of the first part such parcel, or portion thereof.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said rights and easements unto
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the party of the second part, the BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, subject to the conditions herein Islet
forth, for the purposes aforesaid, orever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said�itrustees ofi the ,I� e -�nal
Improvement Fund of the State of/ Flo,l�a ifCla. have he eunt�ubscribed
their names and have caused the' official seal oft" said Trustees /tie ,t
be hereunto affixed, in theCit7 ofjTa 1"ahasse ,;!F loridd, on this f
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