HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 19511203 Minutes of the Board of Commissioners
Monday, December 3, 1951
The Board of County Commissioners of Orange County met in regular session
on Monday, December 3, 1951, at 10 o'clock A. M. in the Commissioners' Room at
the Courthouse in Hillsboro, North Carolina.
Members present: Collier Cobb, Jr., Chairman, and Sim L. Efland, Commis-
sioner.
Members absent: R. 0. Forrest, Commissioner. —
The minutes of the November meetings were read and approved.
Several delegations appeared with reference to getting new roads in their
respective communities.
The following road petitions were presented:
A petition for a road in Cedar Grove Township, running from
Roy Oakley's to Eugene Tapp's. Length of road: .4 mile.
Mr. L. B. Ray presented a petition for a road in Cheeks
Township, running from the Standard Oil Company Bulk Plant
Road to paved Old Stage Road. Length of road: 995 feet.
Mr. Cooper appeared in connection with a road in Bingham Township running
from Highway No. 510, approximately 3 miles Northwest to Mount Willian Road,
Via Oak Grove Baptist Church. He stated that the petition for this road was
in the hands of Mr. Gunter.
A delegation from Cheeks Township, headed by Mr. Sykes, appeared in con-
nection with a petition that had previously been presented, calling for a road
running from Buckhorn to Hebron Road and known as the Hebron Church Road, a
distance of 2 miles.
The Board informed Mr. Sykes that due to the small mileage allotment, they `
did not feel that they could approve this road, but suggested that he see Mr.
Gunter, District Engineer, and see if something could be worked out to give
them some relief.
Upon motion of Commissioner Efland, duly seconded and passed, Ira A. Ward'
is hereby appointed Tar. Supervisor for a term of one year.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, Ira A. Ward is hereby authorized to
pay Clyde McPherson for services rendered as helper in testing cows for bangs
disease, the sum of 54.00. This sum to be paid from the General Fund Emergency
Appropriation.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was ordered that Orange County send
x$5.00 as a Christmas donation to the Caswell Training School.
Upon motion of Commissioner Efland, duly seconded, the following changes
were authorized in Aid to Blind Grants:
Addition of Jeanette Clark Norwood. Amount of Grant to be
x$35.00 per month.
Grant of Carrie Harward Brown reduced from $46.00 per month
to $43.00 per month.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, the County Employees are hereby
granted December 24, 25 and 26 as Christmas holidays. Permission is also
granted to close the offices on January 1, 1952.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, the following resolution was unanimousl
adopted:
r
WHEE' 74!4 , Section 153-135 of the General Statutes of north Carolina authoriz s,
empowers and directs the Board of County Commissioners to select and designate J
annually by recorded resolution some bank or trust company in this State as an
official depository of the funds of the County:
NOVI, THEREFORE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY ORDERED that the Durham Bank & Trust
Company, Hillsboro Branch, be, and the said Bank is hereby specifically desig-
nated as the official depository of the funds of Orange County for the period
beginning as of the first day of December, 1951, and ending on the first day
of December, 1952. -
It is understood that said designation is made on the same terms and condi-
tions as is set forth in the depository agreement made between the Board of
Commissioners of Orange County and the Durham Bank & Trust Company dated the
9th day of April, 1951, as to the depositing in escrow with The Fidelity Bank
of Durham, North Carolina, bonds of the kinds set forth in said agreement of
not less than $175,000 par value, and upon the same terms and conditions as is
set forth in the depository agreement made between the Board of Commissioners
of Orange County and the Durham Bank & Trust Company, dated the 9th day of
April, 1951, as to the depositing in escrow with State-Planters,Bank & Trust
Company of Richmond, Virginia, bonds of the kinds set forth in said agreement
of not less than $500,000 par value.
It is further ordered that Ira A. ?bard, County Accountant, and E. M. Lynch,
I� Clerk of the Superior Court, are hereby directed to deposit daily in the afore-
said Durham Bank & Trust Company, Hillsboro Branch, any and all funds or money
belonging to the County of Orange, or any subdivision thereof, received or
collected by them as required under the provisions of Section 153-135 of the
General Statutes of North Carolina.
There being no further business, upon motion, adjourned.
J. E. Laws
Clerk to Board
Collier Cobb, Jr.
Chairman of Board
L � I
f
_ I '
I
I
I
I
i