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	Record Group Number:	000593
	Series/Collection Number:	.S 2325
	Creator:	Florida. Trustees of Internal Improvement Fund.
	Title, Dates:	Sovereignty land and water use records, 1970-1971; 1978.
	Amount:	.5 cubic ft.
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	Biographical/Historical:	The General Assembly of 1850 created the Internal Improvement Board to manage the swamp and overflow lands and the 500,000 acres of public lands transferred to state ownership when Florida entered the Union (Ch. 332, Laws of Florida). In 1854, the Internal Improvement Fund was created to control the funds already accumulated and any future funds resulting from sales (Ch. 610, Laws). The Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund was also established and given the power to transfer and sell lands; to collect revenues from railroad companies; to approve the building of railroads, bridges, and canals; and to invest surplus monies in United States stocks, stocks of other states, or internal improvement bonds. In 1963, the Board also took control of the State Land Office from the Commissioner of Agriculture (Ch. 63-294, Laws). In 1969, the name was changed to Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund (Ch. 69-106, Laws). The powers and duties of the Board concerning state lands were transferred to the Department of Environmental Regulation in 1975 (Ch. 75-22, Laws) and its Division of State Lands in 1979 (Ch. 79-255, Laws).
	Summary:	This series consists of legal and administrative materials concerned with submerged land ownership issues and water resource management in Florida. This includes legal correspondence, mostly between members of the TIIF and lawyer Henry Kittleson regarding issues in Collier, Monroe, and Osceola counties; legislative bill drafts and proposals relating to the protection of state title to sovereignty lands; and a copy of the State Water Use Plan - Phase I.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Land titles Florida. Water districts Florida Water resources development Florida Letters. aat Legislative bills. Collier County (Fla.) Monroe County (Fla.) Osceola County (Fla.)
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