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Gainesville, Fla. Saturday March 17th 1917

to be held in the manner and for the purpose provided
by law;
  Therefore be in resolved by the Board of County Commiss-
ioners of Alachua County, Florida, that the petitions presented
to and filed by and with this Board on Tuesday March 6,
1917, requesting an election to be held to determine whether
or not the following territory in Alachua County, Florida, to it:
  All that part of Alachua County, Florida, lying East of a
line beginning at a point where the Range line dividing Ranges
18 and 19 intersects the Santa Fe River, thence South along the
Range line dividing said Ranges 18 and 19 to a point where said
Range line intersects the township line dividing townships 10 and
11, run thence East along said township line to the northwest
corner of Section 2 Township 11 Range 19, run thence south to
the line dividing Alachua and Marion Counties, shall be con-
stituted into a special Road and Bridge District, and setting
forth the proposed roads and bridges to be constructed therein
and for the issuance of Bonds in the sum of $500,000.00 for the
payment thereof, and for the purposes named in said petitions,
that said petitions have been duly signed by Exceeding twenty five
per cent (25%) of the registered voters, who are free-holders
residing within said territory, and that said petitions are in
all respects strictly in accordance with the requirements
of the law.
  Be it Further Resolved  That an election is hereby called and
ordered to be held on Friday, April 27th 1917 within said
above territory, to wit;
  All that part of Alachua County, Florida, lying east
of a line beginning at a point where the Range line dividing
Range Eighteen (18) and nineteen (19) intersects the Santa Fe
River, thence south along said Range line dividing said Ranges
Eighteen (18) and nineteen (19) to a point where said Range line
intersects the Township line dividing Township ten (10) and
Eleven (11) and thence East along said Township line to the
northwest corner of Section two (2), Township Eleven (11), Range
nineteen (19) run thence South to the line dividing Alachua and
Marion Counties, to determine whether or not said territory
shall be constituted unto a Special Road and Bridge District,
and to construct the following proposed roads and bridges,
therein, to wit;
  A road leading from Gainesville through LaCrosse, and
Transcribed by Karen Kirkman 22 August 2012
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