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Minutes of the Board of Commissioners
Mond av, Februe ry 7, 1955•
The Hoard of County Commissioners met on February ], 1955, Sn the
Commi ssl prig rs' Room, members present Cha itm an R. J. M. Bobbs, Co.,uai ssione rs Sim
L. Efland, Edvdn Lanier, Dwi Eht Ray and Henry iYelke r, members ¢ts ant none.
Minutes of the two meetings held on Jaeua ry 3rd and Janue ry 14th, 1955, were
~ read by the clerk and approved 6y the Board.
~- A delegation headed by Rev. J. R. '!anley and Hubert Robinson appeared
and requested the board to provide fU nds cal th which to build a "gymtorlum"
far Lincoln School. Rev. ifanley stated several reasons for said request but
emphasized the most urge^t of these was the fact that Lincoln School would loose
its accredited standing if this "ggmtorium" was not orovid ed.
Hume Cl¢ytor, County Dog :Yard en, presented his annual report. There were
- 1188 dogs impounded, 109 shot, 126 placed Sn homes, 1007 gassed, 2032
vaccinated and 73B vaccination certificates received from ve terinarlans. There
were no cases of rabies reported in the county for the n¢at your. Mr. Claytor
stated that the program was now self aupporting,
IIpon motion by Commisa loner Ef land, seconded ty Commissioner 'iJalker, and
unanimously pass ad, St was ordered that the fol local ng fee sch edvle be
¢ vacclnatl on at
accepted for use in the Dog Clinic: clinic orl ce 75Q Per do
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pound $1.00 oar dog after April 30th, v¢ccln¢ti on at house 1.50 oar dog.
Fmory Denny, the attorney which hsa been employed bg the county to collect
_ delinquent taxes, rep or tad that letters tc delinquent taz payers were Sn the
process of being mailed and in said letter he had stated that Snt crest on said
delinquent taxes would be computed as of February 1, 1955•
Hy the request of the, Hoard, Gran Childress appeared to explain the
Jaycees oropos ed recre¢ti on dls tr ict for the Ch sp el Hill area.
Chairman Robbs informed the Eoard that he had written to the Hoard
Chairmen of Durham and Wake Counties concerning the matter of granting t¢x
exemption to ezn erminental laboratories, ha stated that the Durham Bosrd was
oppoa ed to said taz ezemo ti on and that the Wake Board Chairman expressed no
opinion. The Orange County Board agreed to take no further action on the
matter at this tLme,
ifr. Lynch, Clerk of Court, reoor tad on court fines anal cost.
'-' A. A. A. Will Sams and Sohn P. Ee llard eopearod and requested that the
county make some provision for bonding Sts employees. No action was taken on
this matter,
IIpon motion of Con¢ni ssi oner Etla nd, seconded by Commissioner Ray and
unanimously Hass ed, St was ordered that the Board accept the basement offici es
of the new courthouse aub,j act to the completion of items on the check list.
Three aid to the blind grant were pres anted 6y 1drs, Jane Parker and
accented by the Board. They were: increases for Frdward g Edward :YOOd s,
new applicant Tor ¢id lla Johnson and re,j ec ti on by Nora Atkins.
idra. Parker asked for permission to hold the He lfara Board meetings Sn
the CommSssl one rs' Room. This request was granted.
Walter Ylrenn, Director of C1 vii Defense, and Lucius Hro:m, Director of
the Ground Observers Coro reoues tad the Hoard to supply the money Headed to
build and equipt ¢n observation Host for Nills bozo, the approximate cost of
sold post would be w500.00 for the first year. The Board was asked also to
bear the ezpens es each month of heating, li gh tSng and tel eohone bill for the
post. Mr. 'Hrenn and Mr. Hrown were requested to make a thorough investigation
' Snto the cost of bulldi ng en observation post ¢nd squinting same and then to
report tack to the Hoard when their plans were comple ta.
Tha snnual report of the County Forester was read by Chairman Hobbs.
Letter from Mr. Hurtoa informing the Hoar3 of the district meeting to be
held on Feb. 16, 7955. in Graham, N, C., was read.
Mr. Gatos was requested to write Mrs. Hugo Gld uz and ask Y,er to appear
before the Board Sn tdarch at which time it will wit as a Poard of Equalization
C & Review, in connection with her request for a tax reduction and Mr. Claude
Best was also advised to appear ¢t said meeting Sn connection with his request
for a i"aduc tton Sn his tax valuation.
Persons having road petitions before the Eoard were ad pis ed in the
following manner:
irti llerd Whitley-get a new neti ti on sitm ed by all persons living on the
proposed road.
Rev. 'H, tt. lYhi to-get a netiti on signed 6y 25 persona & return same.
'rtrs. Mar¢aret Bennett t''/111 Sams-fill out paw petition.
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H, E. 'Nilke rson-file pe tit ion Tor Turther refererc e.
Frank Sfo rtv w-Board agreed to look at said road.
IIpon motion of Commissioner Efla nd, seconded by Commissioner 'balker and -~
unanimously Hess ad, It was ordered that hir. Gatos refund to \1r. C. D. Rush i
$20.41 which was erroneously charged him for 1951} taxes. This refund tc be I
taken from F}nerpe ncy Fund.
There being no further business the meet ing ad,j ourned.
R. J. M. Bobbs
Chairman of Board
Betty June Bayea
Clerk