150 DOCUMEfTARY HISTORY OF THE FLORIDA CANAL

 "Resolve That this board Insists that its Representatlves in Congress, the
 Governor of this State, and all other persons in authority, be warned of the
 dangers which such an enterprise would carry to the people of the State of
 Florida, and be respectfully requested to oppose the consummation of any such
 doubtful, extravagant, and altogether useless enterprise such as this cross-State
 canal; be it further
 "RUesoled, That a copy of this resolution be sent forthwith to the President
 of the United States, the Governor of the State of Florida, and to each member
 of our delegation in Congress, and to the offices of the Army and of the Depart-
 ment of Commerce, whose chief duty it should be to protect the natural re-
 sources of Florida and the money of the taxpayers of the United States; be it
 further
 "Reolved, That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the minutes of this
 board and given to the press."
 STATZ or FLOIDA,
 Comuty of Hilaborough:
 I, Charles E. Culbreath, clerk of the circuit court and ex-offlco clerk of the
 Board of County Commiseioners of Bilsborough County, Fla., do hereby certify
 that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution adopted
 by the Board of County Commissioners of Hillsborough County, Fla., at its
 meeting of Friday, June 14, 198, as the same appears of record in Minute Book
 1, page 341, Publie Records of Hillsborough County, Fla.
 Witness my hand and the offiial seal this 24th day of June, A. D. 1985
 [SAL.] CAL E. ComuLm&, Oerk.
 By Fs&xor WmHIT r, Deputy Clerk


 DOCUMENT NO. 81 (FILES OF FLORIDA STATE BOARD OF
 CONSERVATION), JUNE 25, 1935

 CoMMUNwcaTIro Faox HEMzAN Guwma STATu GIoLoImzT, STATE OF
 FxORIDA, TO W. F. COACHMAN, JR.
 Under date of June 25, 1935, the following communication was
 addressed to Mr. Walter F. Coachman, Jr, executive vice president
 of the National Gulf-Atlantic Ship Canal Association, by Mr. Her-
 man Gunter, State geologist of Florida:
 FrosTa STATs BomD or CoiqsINVATION,
 Tallahassee, Flo., June 85, 19S5.
 Mr. W. F. C oAw AN, J.,
 aeoutive Viase President, National
 GuWf-Atlatio h4p Coe"l Association,
 Jaksonvlloe, PFI
 Mr DkA Ma. Co crMA: Seeing that there seems to exist a general mis-
understanding arising from various Interpretations placed upon the informa-
tion intended to be conveyed in my letter of June 15 to you, I am therefore
taking this occasion to clarify that letter and any erroneous Impression as to
my meaning which may have been Imparted. A copy of this communication
is being released to the Florida Associated Press, and without doubt the press
of the State will give it the same full publicity which it accorded my letter of
June 15.
 It was the purpose of this June 15 letter: First, to give you a brief descrip-
tive picture of the geology of peninsular Florida. Second, to set forth my
views as to the necessity of maintaining the underground water level of the
area adjacent to the route to be traversed by the proposed Florida sip canal
at approximately the 40doot level above sea as it exists today, in order that
there will be no serious disturbance to or Interference with the ground-water
level. Third, it was my Intention to express that a lock-type canal as approved
by the United States Army engineers would offer little, if any, disturbance to
the natural ground-water head or level and would therefore result in little, if
any, actual disturbance to the ground water. Under this plan the water level
between locks would be maintained at about the present ground-water level