CCMtg05-11-29SP. ~ ~ TOWN OF LONGWOOD
LONGWOOD,
^' FLORIDA
OFFICE OF Tim CLERK AND TREASUEER
Pray llth® 1,929
,fit a Bpecial ~eeti~.g on `the l'own Coaincii and oiti~ens of ~c~ngwood., Florida0,
held Saturday eve~ai:-~g, fay llth., th.e following Resol~a.t~.o~n was passed uran-
i~aously
The Town Cot~.cil a?~d oitizens of the Town. of I,o~.gwood. a:~d ~emi_nole
Counts in. meeting assembled. decla+~e t~a.at they thoroughly and heartily ondorse
the attitude ta?~en by Ton. C. ~ntinger, ta.eir Represen.tat~.ve iii The
Fldrida Legislature wit3~ reference to the sitaa.ation as brcaught about 'py the
infestatio:a of the Mediterranean. Fruit ~~'ly. .
_ ode are thoroughly in acvord. with all safe and sane regulations 3x~.
the campaign tc~ extermia~ate the fly, beat we believe this word oan be carried
on witho~.t un.dtae b~~dships on. the growers of Dittos frtaits. ~e fee:a that the
ocean®up should be in tl2~e hands of foremen. who are ~o~ to be thoroughly
competent anal. that labor in. coalnectio~ therewith. should be employed in the
com.~nura.ities where the wo~~ is being done
Now, therefore, be it RE~flLi~.~D that ~~e extend to Represe~.tative Fnt~~ainger
a vote of cox~.fidence a,~~d pledge hirn. oazr faallest .suppdrt, anal that we condemn,
nd protest aga~.nst any order to destroy the co?~.~in.,g citr~.s crop while the
ra ~~tit is yet green on the -gees. a_nd withoaa.t any evidence whatever that said
u~t is infected, or, might later beco~ae infeoted, anal that we cor~.e~ad
Representative nt~i~ger f'or Y~.is course in opposing. a~ay appropriation that
rn.ag be used to destroy, or; cripple u~ecessarill~, tb.e f~°uit a~.d vegitable
ln.d.us try of 1'he Mate;
1~T3D BF IT FU13Tt`~R RCS®~~ t1~at wo oppose tY~.e confiscation. and destruction
of property wit~s.o~at due process of law and attended by fair and just cor~apen®
sation, ar~d that we urge our Representat~.ve, Ron. C~ 3, ~t~minger, to
oppose the bill introduced by senator Gary whiob. would.. levy a special tax
on any co-an.ty property to raise funds for the exter:~ination of the a~~editer®
ran.e a~~' . Fruit Fly;
.A,~`D B~ I'~ F~3RT~R RFSflLVFD that a copy of tb.is Resolutaa~xa be spread. a~.poxa
the s~.inaates of the Town Council and tb.at a copy se sent to Representative
t~r~.inger at tYae Mate Capitol at '~allahassee,
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