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	Record Group Number:	000555
	Series/Collection Number:	.S 2295
	Creator:	Florida. Division of State Lands
	Title, Dates:	State mineral interest records, 1969-1991.
	Amount:	15 cubic ft. 48 items (oversized maps)
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	Organization/Arrangement:	By record type then alphabetical by county.
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	Biographical/Historical:	The Division of State Lands under the Dept. of Natural Resources was created in 1979 (Ch. 79-255, Laws). It took over the duties and responsibilities of the Bureau of Coastal and Land Boundaries and the Bureau of State Lands, both of the Division of Resource Management in the Dept. of Natural Resources. Under the Florida Environmental Reorganization Act of 1993, the Division of State Lands was transferred intact to the Dept. of Environmental Protection (Ch. 93-213, Laws). The Division of State Lands performs all staff duties and functions related to acquisitions, administration, and disposition of state lands, the title to which are or will be vested in the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund. The Murphy Act was created in 1937 (Ch. 18296, Laws). The Act provided for forfeiture of lands for nonpayment of property taxes. If the taxes were not paid by June 9, 1939, title to the land went to the State, which are administered by the Board of Trustees. The lands received under the Murphy Act are managed as conservation lands or are offered for sale as surplus.
	Summary:	This series documents the state's reserved interests in minerals found on lands deeded out of government control by the Murphy Act or other state entity sales. The series includes county notebooks, large format maps and project files. The following counties are not included: Baker, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, Putnam and St. Johns.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Minerals Florida Land use Florida Maps, County. Maps, Quadrangle. Plats. aat Land surveys. aat Baker County (Fla.) Clay County (Fla.) Duval County (Fla.) Flagler County (Fla.) Nassau County (Fla.) Putnam County (Fla.) Saint Johns County (Fla.)
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