HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 19511001 The Hoard of County Commissioners met in regular session on Atondag,
October 1, 1951> at 10 o'cloclt .4.M., in the Commissioners' Room at the
Courthouse.
Members present; Collior Cobb, Jr., Cheirmaq, R. 0. Forrest and Sim L.
Efland, Commissioners.
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The minutes of the September meeting was read and approved,
Mr. Don S. Matheson, County Farm Agent and Dr. P.ogers, Ve ternarian,
employed by the Federal Government appeared in connection with the testing
of dairy cattle for bangs disease.
Dr. Rogers stated that he mould tost 20n of the herds in the covnty,not
including Greda"B" Deries at no cost to the County,but that he mould noed
a helper, and that tho county would be raeuired to pay for his services.
IJow Therefore, upon motion of Commissioner Forrest, duly seconded by
Cammiasioner Efland and passed unanimousl$ that Orange County eporopriate
5150.00 from the General Emergency Fund to pay helper in testing cattle
for Bangs Disease.
ISrs. Kathryn Hamrick, Home Demons tratien Agent, presented her rural
program for the fiscal veer 1951-1952.
Idr. E. 16. Lynch, Clerk of Superl or Court, appeared and stated that the
County Recorder's Court had grown to such an extent that ha needed additional
help in his office in order to Iteep up with the vrork.
11ow Therefore, upon motion of Commissioner Forrest, duly seconded by Com-
missioner Efland end passed unanimously that SL472.00 Emeregency Appropriation
in the Salary Fund be used to ompl oy additional help in the Cler)ta Office.
Upon motion oT Commissioner Efland, duly seconded by Commis sinner Forrest
it was ordered that L. E. Latta be paid 525.20 for I}Z chickens killed by dogs.
Upon motion of Commissioner Forrest, duly seconded by Commissioner Efland
it was ordered that Herman Davis be paid 51}1}.1}0 for 74 pullets killed by dogs.
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Upon motion o£ Commissioner Efland, duly seconded by Commissioner Forrest
I~~ it was ordered that John G. Lockhart be paid 538.00 for 19 young turkeys
killed by dogs.
IInon motion duly made and seconded the following changes is Aid to Blind
Grenta were approved:
Julia Fisher increased from 518.00 to $20.00 per mo.
Leo Cetea " " L..00 to 50.00 "
Hanks Eobby " " 47.00 to 50.00 "
{'tilliam Lawrence
Dickens " " 21.00 to 36,00 "
3fiss Annie Strowd, Superintendent of Public Y,'elfare reported that fifty
two recipients ®£ old age ass istence had voluntarily rithdrawn ®Snce the
new lien law went into effect, thereby, reducing payments by approximately
One Thousand Dollars per month.
Upon motion, duly made end seconded a road petition reeues ting the State
Highway & Public Ylorks Commission to build and maintain a road in Cheeks
Township, running from Highway n70 to Efland-Hells Id111 Road, known as No.
5183 Extension of Oalt Street and being .2 of a mile in length was approved
and ordered sent to the State Highway & Public Works Commission for their
consideration.
It was then brought to tho ¢ttenti on of. the Board that the Board of
Trustees of the Chapel H111 City Administrative Unit had filed a petition
with the 9oard of Education of Orange County asking for an enlargement of
the boundaries of the Chapel Hill City Adminis tretiva IInit end for the levy
of supplementary taxes therein. That said petition had been approved by the
3oard of Education of Orange County at its regular meeting on the 1st day of
October, 1951, and that said petition had beon duly submitted to this Board.
That the said petition giving the dascripti on of the proposed boundaries of
the near Unit was then read and considered by this Hoard
~, Upon motion duly made and seconded, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted bg the said Board of Commis si opera:
77ow, therefore, acting under the authority o_` Chapter 1169 of
of the Session Lews of the 1951 General Assembly and Articles
22, 23 and 21y of the General Ste totes of North Carolina, BE TT
RESOLVED:
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PETI^tIOi? ro.=. sip?..,AaG°ITiiT or TH 30IrIDAR23S OF
wi Tlu Ci%AP^nL :iILL CI t'_ A~i::IiIISTRAT2`T' Ui;IT Aim
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Acting under tiie authority of H.H. ido.1088 of the 1951 General Ass ombly;
wo, tine aeabors of the governing board of the Chanel Hill City Adsilnis-
on~ trative Unit, do hereby net ition the County Board of Hducation for the
Chr enlargement of the boundaries of our district, and subJ sct to their
sa. anpr~~el, to pros ant the seas to the Doerd of County Conniseioners of
sip Orange County and ask for an elo ction on the question of the enlargement
15 of t'n_o beundery lines and whether or not sneci¢1 texas shell be levied
p¢; therein to overate the schools therein of e higher standard than tk+it
an. provided by state support not exceeding e rats of twenty cents per
hundr¢d dollar nronerty valuation.
ar runnineGthonce in ennortherlyfdira ct ionhwith thenDw>hamOCountyClineyto d
the point of intersection of the Durhnm County line and Connty Rigiawey
?552; -'he.^.ce directly west crossing County liighneys ir551 °: i,-550 to the
treeks of the Southern Reilway(Stete University Railway); thence with
said track in ¢ southerly direction to main Stre of in the term of
Cerrboro; thence S L.o27J ~ along tL+o eastern boundary of the nronerty
of the Cerrboro Sloolon ?:ills to the tocm 1'_^dt; thence crith term licit
in ¢ rtes tong direction to the beck nronerty lino of the nronerty on
the nest side of County righrrey '`558; thence in a southerly direction
following tl±s becl: of the nronerty linos on the left sida(e¢st) of
ri County iiiginrey ;;558 to the Chathavn County line; thence in an easterly
v¢ direction with the Chethem County line to the point of beginning.
This is to certify that the above boundary lines es described include
of the ¢dditionel contiguous territory petitioned by the governing bonrd
~¢ of the Chepol r_t 11 City Administrative Unit. The above territory ¢s
described is port inclusive of the boundary lines of said unit.
$1 Signed this ,tQhe (Zd¢y of Sent e fiber, 1951. F '~~~~
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The above net ition is horeb approved by ho Soard 'of 3ducation o_°
Oren,,^.o County on this the day of r~p~, 1951.
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the County or crate otherwise inelligible the Board hereby orders vnac cne
names be placed 1n Jury Sox No. 1.
Carl C. Dnvis, Tax Collector, made a final report on the 1950 taxes,
as follows:
CHARGES
Original Levy
Collection Orders to Date
TOTAL CRARGgS
5338,207.79
805.14
~339,G12.93
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CPBDITS
accounts coiiectea to Date X319, 018.12
Releeses to Data 668.88
;319, 6B7.oo
~ ~ Lena Seles 11>772.1}l
i lnsblventai 7,475.36
Total Cre~its. a33 .93 .77
Dpon motion duly made and seconded the above report is unanimouslg
accen to d, subfect to the audit of Wi fi;. Russ and Company, Certified
PublSc Accountants, and that the 1950 tax books be turned over to
Sra A. Ward, Covntg Account¢nt for further collection.
IIpon motion ding made and seconded it was ordered thet the 1951 taz
books be turned over to Cerl C. D¢vis, Tex Collector, end that he proceed
with the collection of seid taxes, as provided bg lbw.
There being no further business to come before th4B Board, upon
ma tion, ddfourned.
J. E. Laws
Collier Cobb, Jr. Clerk
Chairman
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