Florida Senate - 2021                            (NP)    SR 2072
       
       
        
       By Senator Albritton
       
       
       
       
       
       26-04858-21                                           20212072__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution commemorating the 100th anniversary of
    3         the creation of Glades County.
    4  
    5         WHEREAS, in 1921, during the 18th Regular Session of the
    6  Legislature, a bill was introduced to divide DeSoto County into
    7  Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, and Highlands Counties, and
    8         WHEREAS, on April 23, 1921, Governor Cary Hardee, who was
    9  in his first year of office, signed that bill into law, making
   10  Glades County this state’s 58th county, and
   11         WHEREAS, the town of Moore Haven was designated by the
   12  legislation as the temporary county seat of Glades County, and
   13  it remains the county seat today, and
   14         WHEREAS, The Florida Handbook notes that Glades County was
   15  named for the Florida Everglades, NOW, THEREFORE,
   16  
   17  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   19         That the 100th anniversary of the creation of Glades County
   20  is commemorated.