§ 138. Subdivisions.

All owners of contiguous lots or grounds who shall subdivide same into three or more lots for sale within the limits of the city shall cause to be made an accurate map or plat of such subdivision, describing with certainty all grounds laid out or granted for streets, highways, alleys, parks, parkways, commons or other public uses, and show the nearest section corner, quarter section corner, or established street monument. Lots sold or intended for sale shall be numbered by progressive numbers or described by the squares in which situated, and the precise length and width shall be given of any street, highway, alley, park, parkway, common or other public use. Such map or plat shall be subscribed by the owner and acknowledged before an officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds, approved by the city commission, and recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of Union County, immediately after its approval by the commission. The maps or plats so recorded shall thereupon be a sufficient conveyance to vest in the City of Lake Butler the fee of the parcel of land described for streets, highways, alleys, parks, parkways, commons or other public use to be held in the corporation in trust to and for the uses and purposes in the instrument set forth expressed, designated or intended, and the approval of the city commission of said maps, or plats shall have the force and effect of a dedication or acceptance of the streets, highways, alleys.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 99-477, § 1)