2;e,.t.ur

7
                        •••  · '	": _:,_'"-Tl�IAL
L.	.    '•..'::-;j:::;;oIQA

THE  TWELFTH  JUDICf."rrf,'

IN THE CIRCUI'J' COURT OF

67-72CL:I'.�	,.i'l' �UlJRT

CIRCUIT IN AND FOR Lf.E COUNTY, FLORIDA

j i2 23 f1lf '67

IN RE:
COUNTY LINE DRAINAGE DISTRICT

a·r11     ���1u��.'..:·/�--

NO.

.._:·-	...�-·-:.:,·. ...

INCORPORATING A DRAINAGE ; t1s .. :. ' : : DISTRICT	-' .    •-.., -...,J:   .
-:--	,..,
; l

THIS CAUSE coming on to be heard on a petition filed  in  this Court on the 18th day of January, 1967 by South Florida Citrus
!f!Ql,!stries,   Inc - ,   a  Florida  corpora:ion,   to  and  pursu;;int  tc;,  p:r;:ov4.-sions of  Chapter   298   of   the  F.lorida  Statutes,   otherwise  kngwra  g;  1;:h�  genera·l drainage law, and
It  appea!:.i!?g   t.o   t-.h0   rnnr.t  :   :::.nn   t-ho  nnn,.-:+  -   ;::; nn·; "9   �het  this
petition is in due  and  proper  form  and  has  been  signed  and  executed by  a  majorit¥  .i:n  acreage  of  the  owners  of  ali  t;he  iand?  embraced by
the proposed drainage district described  and  notice  of  such  application to form d�aina�e district h��. �s requif�d by  ?�c�ign  79�02  of  the Florida Statutes, been duly given and published in regular and proper
form for four consecutive weeks in the For.t Myers  News  Press,  a  news­ paper  published   in  Lee  County,   FLorida,   as   and  in  the  manner  required
by such Statute requiring all persons interested in the land property described as set  forth  in  said  petition and  affected  by  the  formation of said d�ainage district and  rendered  liable  to  taxation for  the purpose of paying the expense of organization and making and maintain­
!119 �hl_l! imp;-ov�men�§ 1hat m�y be necessar_y to affect the reclamation
of the lands included in such district to appear at  the  office of  the  Clerk as xequired by said notice, and
It  furt:h·er  appea_ring   to   the  Cou_:r.t   tha·t  n:o  ob1ections  have been made by anyone in any manner to the granting of the prayers of
p�tition, and
It further appearing to the Court and the Court f:irtling from
t.he evigepce !?UDJ!lit��Q that g,ll of s�ic;l :\,anqs empr�geq i:, the pat;itiQJ1
herein lying in a contiguous body are wet and overflowed or subject to overflow  and   in  th�ir  present  state  arid  cqndi·tion  s_aid   lads  ar�	un­ suited   for   sanitary  or  a�r.icultural   purposes  or  other  public  util-ity

or benefits on account of their wet condition and their liability to overflow and that by a proper system of drainage and reclamation
said lands can be made well suited for agriculture, sania-y and other public utility and benefit conducive to the public health; that the purposes of the drainage district is to have the lands described here­
in reclaimed and protected from the effects of water for sanitary and	'
agricultural purposes and to be rendered	conducive to the public he lth, c911v pieng 9 ng welfare, and of p4blic utility o benefit l:>y drainage or otherwise, anc
It tu -t he	appearing to the Court and Lh	Cou;-t: finging and being of the opinion that the estaboishment of said fuainage dist ict
<!nd tj1e .l!J1prqy me11t;s tc;:, i:>e mc_19 c_l p;-c_1y g !n Sgig petition will be for the advantage of the owners of the real property in said drainage district and will benefit all of the lands in said drainage district and that the same will be in the interest of the public lmlth, con­ venience, and welfare; and
It fur.ther appearing to the Court and t:he Court finding that all the allegations, statements and representations of sai::I petition
ontained are true and that the prayers thereof should be granted, and the Court being fully advised in the premises;
THEREUPON, on consideration thereof, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows:
1. That th paryers of said petition be and the same are here­ by granted and that all of those said pieces, parcels and trusts of land in Lee County, Fbrida	mentivned and described in sax:3 petition and attached hereto beneath the words "Legal Description" be and the sa1J1e are herebr cx.:eated and estabJ.! hed into a drainage district ang
decreed to be a public co poration of the State of FLorida by, under and p.1g·sl,! P.t: t;o an!I aut:h6ri-ied }:,-¥  the afor.es aid chapter ?9.ij Qf	h Florida Statutes.
, T!:!4t the said dz:a;•n g- dt§t!=ir;:t sh ll be known 11d be designated as and sha l use the corporate name of County Line Drainage District ang shall ))ave per,petual corp.orate existence.

- 2 -

402 tAtL780

3. That the said County Line Drainage District is hereby declared and decreed to be a public corporation of the State of Florida and that it shall be and it is hereby granted and vested with all rights, powers, duties, privileges, immunities ad fran­ chises specified and provided in said chapter 298 of theflorida
Statutes.	'

DONE AijD OR9ERED IN
Flori,d- a _, t.n.is .,c,i..y1/_Q y	or-

/

• ,l •

i;,·:

uc:	402 PAGE  791

LEGAL DESCRIPTION

Beginning at the southeast corner of section 12, Township 43 South,
Range 27 East; thence North 00° 29' 00" east alortg the east line
of said Section 12 a distance of 2,676.24 feet to the eastqtm:te:rcanc of said Section 12; thence continuing North ooo 29' 00" east, a distance of 2,676.24 feet along the east line of said Section 12
to the northeast corner ofsaid Section 12; thence North 00°29'20"
eust along the east boundary of Section l, Township 43 South, Range
?7         =c:+-,::.   n;c:-!-;1-:,  0    r.F  ?,t:..7?.17    -Foat-     f-n   hc       :1c:     qn::art.o.....    _,..,,... Q-

'

of said Section l; thence continuing	North 00° 31' 40" east along the east line of said Section l to the northeast corner of the east half of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said Section l; thence westerly along the north boundary of the east half of the Southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said
ction i to the no thwest corner of the east one-half of the
?0',ll;hei'l?t ql,li'l;"t r of th(;? n9;-thf;?c;!St: 'l';l i'l!·'ter_; •1:l"!f:l!'l      §Qilth ;_ y aJ Q!l9 th  Wf;?St !?1?1:1nd ;-y 9;  the east h,at-f Ci   the §Oljt:-h i'l l; 41:H!!'t t   Qf    th.!! northeast quarter of said Section 1 to the north line of the south­
east qu rter of said Section l; thence westerly i'!long the n9rt:h t!ne of the sr;,utnoa t:, 4 :ri'lrter 9f i==a!d ec:tton i tg the northwest cwner c£ the southeast qu:rte?." of said Section l; thence sOuthe?:l • along
the west boundary cf the southeast quarter of Section l, Township
!1.3  South; Range 2,7 E.a _t, to th!,! .no!',t·h qµa:r.ter corner of Section 12, Town_ir: ni_ p 43  Soy h; R. ng  27 E §t;   th n¢1:l  southerly _?!long the west boundary of the northeast quarter of Section 12 to the northwest corner of the southeast quarter of said Section 12; thence southerly
,long the '!{est boiindar-y of tlie soutfieast guar.ter of s,ii!l section 12
to the south qua-rt'i?r corner of sirid Section li:	thence north
as0   45'	50" east, a distance of 2,665.48 feet along the south line 9; :mtg   e<;::tion !,	t9 1:he §<.? th il§.1; <;::Qr11er of Section 12, Township
4'.?	91:! h, R ng ?'; · s , o;- th¢ 'r,QJ!1 Qf 9egiT1i1t g of tl,e lands
here±noe•fore deirciibed plus the :following land in Section 13; Town­ ship 43 South, Range 27 East
The N r-tn three-q atters o  sei;t;t<;m p,	n9 1:hc1t p9;-ti9ri of land in Section 13 described as beginning 412.5 feet west of the south­ east corner of the southwest quarter of said Section 13, run west 990 feet thence nor.th 1320 il:;!et; thence east t:o the creek, thence southwesterly a+9n9 the creek to the po nt north of the point of beginning, thence south to the point of beginning, excepting from
al+ of the lan s h r :i,nab9ve desc;ribe , a p;_; cel of lqnd in Section 13 rowns p 43 S9utri, F,c1)ige 21 East being more specificaily described
11s foUows:
From ;.; 4" � 4"	<;:c,ng;- t monum nt marking the nort:nwest: corner of
s g s ct;;;on q: , p ;' .s9 t'l1 qc;,p' 15" ecl§t along i:he west line of
said Section 13 a distance of 2124.00 ft. to the point of beginning; t ence rq11 south 89°36'?0" east parallel to the south line of said
f .!;t l;in   l,;3  a gt  t  i!f  91:  I!:!QQ   H  , :  tri riC!; §OU     th o9n	•rs·•  east: para_t iel
tee  h	{ i?:t   l:i11 ,qf	.tig ·§   gt;;i 911  i .	a pi taficc of i36D.ll £t.:
thence north 69°36'20" west a distance of 562.68 ft., thence, north
o0   s -• o_O·"   w.est a  dis.ta ce o.f 5.2 <1._ 79   ft  .•   to an inte:::.section thet:eof
W¥ih-fo	n ;-- h fi n- ·, :r , ,f\	i,i  h  Q  .:.lii!-.t	(	-h   § tien,icist o ficEquar er
(-3	of    ·S  ;   )   Of   55.:i d :_ ·S'eCt  jJOn  i3,	t hen Ce ;   north  a9°4:ii   i ·2"  \l.'a:;t   q•l  o n;    ·-
sa·id nqrth i:i.ne to the west line of Section 13, Township 43 South, Range 2'/ E ast·: the;,ce n_o  ther·lyalong the west !fn o;§aid Section
j	df  t_h e point 9f    be_gii;.ni:n_g.

All of the ab9ve describeq lands lyi g and being i	Sectio 13, T_c?w.n h;p 43  soµth, Rahge 21  East'! bee· county,FlQ;A,q!,l