A governing body of said district is hereby created and shall be known as the "Board
of Commissioners of [the] West Coast Inland Navigation District," and shall be composed
of four (4) members who shall be qualified electors residing in said district, each
of whom shall respectively be a member of the board of county commissioners of the
county incorporated in the district he represents on said board, and selected in each
instance by the several county boards from the membership thereof. Said board shall
have all the powers of a body corporate, including the power to sue and be sued as
a corporation in its name; to make contracts; to adopt and use a common seal and to
alter the same; to buy, acquire by eminent domain, sell, own, lease and convey such
real estate or interest therein, and personal property as said board may deem proper
to carry out the provisions of this act [this article]; to appoint and employ such
engineers, attorneys, agents and employed as said board may require; to borrow money
and issue negotiable promissory notes, and other evidences of indebtedness therefor
to enable it to carry out the provisions of this act [this article], and generally
to do and perform all things necessary to accomplish the purposes of this act [this
article].
(Laws of Fla., Ch. 61-1590, § 4; Laws of Fla., Ch. 79-435, § 3; Laws of Fla., Ch.
81-337, § 1)
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