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Friday, January 1f}, 1955.
The Board of County Commissioners of Oranae County met in the Commissioners
Room of the courthouse on F!^iday, Jan, 14, 1955, at 7:30 n.m. with all members
1n attendance. Mr. A. H. Graham and IAr, Paul Ranson, county attorneys, were also
ores ant to gl ve advise concerning proposed legislation to be presented to the
Legislature at this session.
The following resolution was Snt roduc fed by Commisal oner Lanier and
seconded by Commissioner 'llelke r:
"He St resolved that the Board of County Commissioners of Orange
County endorse the Sta to Assoc la tion of County Comnissl one rs eight Stems of
prod os ed legislation, ezcen tiny item number seven, and that it recommend
to tiep. John iV. Umstead and Sene for Ralph Scott that they support the said
items of legislation excepting item number seven.
1. Providing for sta gee red terms for county Commisslone ra.
2. Allowing the Hoard to designate its Cleric,
3, Requiring ell Board meetings to be open to the publle.
4. Allowing the Poa rd to ourchase liability and acc ldent Snsuranc e.
5. Requiring Justice of the Peace to use pre-numbered warrants
and receipts and to be aud3 fed at least annually.
6. Change County Boe rd of Public Vtelfare term of office from
Apr31 1 to July 1.
7, To waive the requirement that Supt. of Public Jtelfara or :4elfare
Board Chairman sign checks for adminlstrativs ezpens e.
B. Creating a pooled Fund Plan for hoanitalization of public
ass is fence recipients."
A general discussion of the method of dls tri button of the iValfara
De oartment Equalization Fund was held. The Board was of the oplni on that the
pres ant method is very unfair and requea fed Idr. Graham to confer with Dr,
Winston regarding a more "qul tab le method of distribution, h1r. Graham is to
report the results of his dlsucss ion with Dr. wins ton as soon as pr¢ctlcal.
Chairman Hobbs read a letter from Mr. Guest concerning taz relief for
research labortori es constructed is the Orange, Durham and l4aka County area, The
Board, though very interested in construction of labrotorl os of this type
felt i.t could grant no t¢z relief at this time for privately owned labrotorias.
The Board also asked Chai rnan Hobbs to find out if similar proposals had been
made to the Durham and tYake County Boards and what their reactions to such proposal
ml ght be.
The nrooosal of Dr. U. D. Forbus of Duke Unl varsity concernln¢ the eoronor
system Sn North Carolina v: as discussed. Reall zing that the General Assembly
will discuss thle act at length and will hear much expert testimony regarding
said act the Board Ss requesting that Rap, IIms teed and Senator Scott give this
act serious cons Sdera tS,on before casting their votes.
Chai rn Hobbs read the following letter from Mr. Gran Childress, Chel rman
of the Jaycee Recreation Commute of Chapel Hill:
"January 8, 1955
Dear Si.r:
The Jaycee Recreation Committee of Chapel H111 is requesting Renresentati ve
John IIms teed to present a 6111 to the 1955 Ge nerd Assembly. This bill would grant
the Board of County Commissioners the authority to establish a recreation dls trlet
in our county anon the petition of a ranresenta ti ve group of voters,
Since this 6111 does not determine the exact boundaries of the area to ba
included, this matter will have to be decided by petition. :4e would hone that it
will include Chanel Hill, Carrboro, and any nearby interested areas, but that can
only bs decided after enactment of the law.
Because an enabling act is a necessary legal step before we can plan with
assurance, ne have proceeded and take this ouoortuni ty to request time before
your Board to discuss this fully as soon as it has been enacted.
Copl es of the proposed act are beine sent to the attorney reP res entine each
Hoard concerned.
Binc eraly,
copies to: /s/ Gran Childress
1. John W. Ums teed Chairman, Jayc ae Recreation Commi ttea
2. Lech member of the County Commissioners
3. Each member of the Heard of Aldermen - Chapel Rill
4. Each mamb ar of the Hoard of Aldermen - Carrboro
5. Each member of the Recreation Commissi on
6. Attorneys re pres enting each of the above Hoards."
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