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Tuesday, July 31, 1956
Bill in Legislature
Developers Plan
A N. Palm Beac
T_,LAHASSEE John A. MacArthur, president o
•'ink t s Life & Casualty • of Chicago, and the Ross Con-
struction Co. have asked the Legislature to create .the village
Of North Palm Beach. -.The bill was introduced Monday by
Rep. Emmet S. RobeTts of Palm Beach County.
The act would name Mac-
Arthur, Richard E. Ross, Jay
A. White, John A. Schwencke
and Charles A. Cunningham as
members of the first town coun-
cil. They would eles ^t: mayor
and vice -mayor to se,. ve until
the first village election in
March, 1959.
Robert Bturn., attorney for.
the developers, said the area
covers about four square miles
between Lake Park and Juneau
Beach. More than 5,000 homes
would be built, with the first
lots to be sold in November,
Burns said.
The first residents IA ould
move in early next spring,
Terms of MacArthur a n d
Schwencke would expire in 1959.
Ross, White and Cunningham
would continue in office un :' i
1960.
The council would be au-
thorized to name a treasurer,
tax assessor, tax collector and
a clerk. A member of the cour
cii may hold one . or more
lage offices,_,the act provides.
Section B