The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-07-27
CHAPTER 73O4--(No. 49,

CHAPTER 73N-(No. 46)
AN ACT to Add to the Internal Improve
ment Fund Lands of the State of Florida,
Certain Lands and Accretons and Sand
Bars and Banks in the Tidal Waters of the
Counties of This State; to Provide for the
Disposition of Same by the Trustees of the
Internal Improvement Fund and to Regu-
late the Use and Improvement Of Same.
Be 1t Enacted by the Legislature OF the State
of Florida:
Section l. The title to all islands, sand
bars, shallow banks or small islands made by
the process of dredging of the channel by the
dial waters of the counties in the State of
Florida, or similar, of other islands, sand bars
and shallow banks upon which the water is
not more than three feet deep at high tide
and which are separated from the shore by
channel or channels, not less than five feet
deep at high tide, or sand bars and shallow
banks along the shore Of the mainland in
which. the title is not. at this date, invested
in prior parties, is hereby invested in the
of the State of Florida. to be held by the
State of Florida, and disposed of as herein
after provided.
Sec. 2 The said Trustees shall have power
to sell and convey the islands and submerged
lands hereby granted upon such prices and
terms as they shall see fit, after giving. notice
by publication in a newspaper published in
the County Seat of the County in which such
islands or submerged lands are located not
less IMAM ONCE a Week LOT lOuE CONSECUTIVE
weeks in order that any persons who have
objections to such sale may have opportunity
to present the same, and If no objections
are filed within the said thirty days, the
Trustees shall have authority to consummate
such sale. If objections are filed the Trus-
tees shall hear and consider the same and if
it shall appear that the sale OF such islands
and submerged lands and their ownership by
private persons would interfere with the rights
granted to riparian owners by the laws OF
Florida, or would be a serious impeachment to
navigation or public fisheries, it shall be tn:
duty of the Trustees to withdraw the said
lands from sale.
Sec. 8. It is expressly provided that moth
ing herein contained shall be SO construed as
to deprive any private riparian owner from
bringing an Injunction suit in equity against
such sale on the ground that he would be
thereby deprived of his riparian rights granted
to him by law, provided that such suit must
be commenced within 80 days after the TruS.
tees shall have overruled the objections OF
such owner to such proposed sale.
Sec. T. In case suit is brought by any pri-
vate. owner to enjoin such sale it shall be
in the discretion of the Trustees to defend
such suit or to withdraw said lands from sale.
Sec s. In case any such islands or sub
merged lands are sold by the Trustees &C.
cording to the provisions of this Act, the
purchaser shall have the right to bulkhead
and fill in same as provided by Section 1890
of the General Statutes of 1906, without, how
ever, being required to connect the same with
the shore or with the permanent wharf.
Sec g. All laws and parts Of laws in con-
hict with the provisions of this Act are here
by repealed.
Approved May 81, 1917.