§ 1. Creation; boundaries.

(1)

All of the following area in Okaloosa County is hereby established as a special fire protection district which is created for the purpose of providing fire protection for the benefit of the residents within said district, to be known as the Dorcas Fire District, in which name it may sue and be sued, lease, own, possess and convey real and personal property, by purchase or gift, or otherwise, in order to carry out the purposes of this ordinance:

Commence at northwest corner of Section 7, Township 4 North, Range 22 West; thence east along section line to Okaloosa County line; thence south along Okaloosa County line to southeast corner of Section 36, Township 3 North, Range 22 West; thence west along section line to northwest corner of Section 6, Township 2 North, Range 22 West; thence south along section line to southeast corner of Section 1, Township 2 North, Range 23 West; thence west along section line to Shoal River; thence northeasterly along Shoal River to west section line of Section 6, Township 3 North, Range 22 West; thence north along Section line to the point of beginning, all being in Okaloosa County, Florida.

(2)

Any federal lands or lands within a municipality included in the boundary of the district as described herein shall be excluded from the district and its jurisdiction. If any area, tract or parcel of land within the boundaries of the district shall hereafter become annexed to a municipality such area, tract or parcel of land shall be excluded from the district effective the next January 1 following such annexation by a municipality. Nothing contained in this act shall preclude any municipality from annexing lands to the territorial limits of the municipality even if such land is included within the district.

(3)

Should any part of the territory covered in this act be held not to be included herein, then this act shall continue in effect as to the balance of the territory.