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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 19531207r" ~ ' t ~~; yr e... s. ~ Dtlnutes of the Hoard of Commissions re Monday, December 7, 1953 5th"r The Hoard of Commissioners £or the County of Orange, State of North Carolina, mat in regular aesaion at the Courthouse in Hillsboro, the usual place of meeting, at 10 o~clock A. hi., on December 7, 1953. }dembers Present: Sim L. Efland and R. J. !.i. Hobbs, Commissioner a. Members Absent: R. 0. Forrest, Ch¢lrman of Board of Cortm:i ssi oners. In the absence of Chr.inaan Forrest, Commis Senor Efland acted as Che irma[ and culled the meeting to ardor. tdr. Ed Barnes, As aiatant County Anent appeared and made a fine report on the Rur¢1 Progre es Program for the gear. He stated they were hoping to rvin top state honors for this program. IIpon motion, duly made end seconded, it was ordered that Caswell TraininE 9 chool be sent 55.00 as a Christmas donation. R. Hume Claytor, County dog warden, appeared and reported on his work for the past month. Miss Annie Strowd, County Superintendent of Public Vlelfare, appeared and presented an Aid to Blind Grant for Lucy Reed, requesting $20.00 per month. IIpon motion of Cosnnls si oner Aobbs, seconded by Comnlss inner Efland, the above Grant w¢s approved. IIpon motion of Commissioner Hobbs, ee evaded by Commissioner Efland, the following resolution was unanimously adopted; RESOLVED, That Pthe reas two terms of Superior Court regularly scheduled for Orange County during 1953 were cancelled, and wheraaa the civil issue docket has become congested by reason of numerous cases now Wending which have not been tried, and the Board of Commissioners being oT the opinion that svecial civil terms of Superior Court era ne cessarp: NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Commis Sonars of Orange County do hereby respect ifully aslc and request the Honorable P:, A, Devi n, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolinn, that a special one weak term of the Superior Court of Orange County for the triel. of'ciVil cases be set to begin on February 15, 1954, and that a special one week term of Superior Court of Orange County for the trial of civil cases be set to begin tpiil 5, 1954. It is further resolved that ¢ certified coop of th ie resolution be sub- mitted to the Chief Justice. Two representatives of the J, 1.i. "Cleminshaw Company appeared and reports that the revaluation program was incompla to and that three of the top officia: of the it company had lost their lives in a plane crash. The Board expressed its Borrow of the tragedy and gave them until Docomb 15th at 7:30 P. h7. to make a final report on the revaluation program. IIpon motion ofComml ssioner Efl and, seconded by Commissioner Hobbs, the follovH.ng resolution was unanimously adopted: I r WIivREAS, Section 153-135 of the General Statutes of North Carolina asstha. ices, empowers and directs the 3oard of County Commissioners to select and designate annunlly by recorded resolution some bank or trust company Sn thin Stateas en official depos it ory of the funds of the County: NOV1, THEREFORE, IT' IS ACCORDINGLY ORDERED that the Durham Sank ?e Trust Comnanp, Hillsboro Branch, be, end the said Hank is hereby specifically desig ncted as the official deposi tarp of the funds of Orange County for the period beginning as of the first dap of December, 1953, and ending on the Pirat dap of December, 195k. It is understood that said des lgn¢tion is made on the same terms and con. tions as is net forth in the depos Story agreement made between the Hoard of Commla sinners of Orange Covntp and the Durham Sank & Trust Company dated the 9th dap of April,-1951, as to the depositing in escrow with The Fidelity Bank of Durham, North Carol Sue, bonds of the kinds set forth in said agreement of not le sa than 517$,000 par value, and upon the same terms end conditions as i set forth in the depos Story agreement made between the Board of Commissioners of Orange County and the Durham Hank & Trust Company, dated the 9th day of April, 1951y as to the depositing in escrow with Ste to -Planters Bank & Trust Comnanp of ~l chmond, Virgi nla, bonds of the kinds set forth in said agra ement of not less than $500,000 par value. It is further ordered that S. M.Gattis, County Accountant, and E. ht. Lynch, Clarlc of the Supsrior Court, are her ebp directed to deposit daily in the aforesaid Durham Hanle & Trust Company, Hillsboro Branch, app and all fund: or money belonging to the County of Orange, on app subdivision thereof, race i~ 5tJ3 or collected by them as recuired under the provisions of Section 153-135 of th General Statutes of North Carolina. Upon motion of Commisai over Hobbs, seconded by Commissioner Efland, the contract of iY. ;d. Huss & Company, to audit Orange County funds for the peer ~ i beginning July 1, 1953 and ending Juno 30, 1954, et a nrlce of 51,500, was _~ approved. Upon motion of Commi saioner Hobbs, seconded by Commissioner Efland, S. L4. G¢ttis was appointed Tez Supervleor for a term of one year. 1Sr. Gatos then recommedded that the following persons be appointed Tex Linters for the coming year: Hillsboro - R. J. Smith, Jr. Chanel Hill - Lemuel Cheek HS ngh¢m - J. 0. Lloyd Little 31ver - Arthur :`fils on Eno - Ltrs. T. D. Griffin Cheeks - Henxg Heath Cedar Grove - H. 0. Compton Now, Therefore, upon motion duly made and seconded, the above persons were appointed Liat Takers for the yo ar 1954• Upon motion of Commissioner Habbs, seconded by Commis sl oner Efland, The News of Ore,ge County and The C}~pe1 H311 'Ne ekly were author lzed to run a 2 X 4 ad in their papers for two weeks notifLging the publ lc where they cea purchase copies of the history book 'orange panty 1752-1952". - IIpon motion duly made and seconded, S. CI. Gatos was authorized to Have e st¢mn made of hie signature for use in endorsing 4lelfara Checks only. Upon motion duly made ¢nd seconded, all county employe ea ware granted permisslon to close their offices at 1 o'clock P. .f., December 24, 1953 through December 27, 1953, in observance of the Christmas Holidays; also January 1, 1954 in pose-vance of New Year's Deg. There being no further business, upon motion, adf earned tc meet December 15> 1953 at 7:3o P. [a. J. E. Lawn Clerk to ~7o¢rd Sim L. Efland Acting Ch¢irman of 9oard.