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The Hoard of County Commissioners met on Tuesday, June 7th, at ten o'clo cl
in the Commissioner's room. LSembers present Chal rman R. J. N. Hobbs,
Commissioners Bia Efland, Edwin Lanier, Rvight Ray and Henry ltia lk er. Members
absent none.
6tinu tes o_° the meetings held on Map 2nd, May 12th, May 18th and ?day 26th
were read by the clerk and approved by the Hoard.
Cnrl Smith, Cheirmsn of the Chanel Ai11 School Hoard, presented the
1955-56 Chapel Hill Sc~~o~ budget to the Hon rd. A petition bearing 1200
si anatures reques ting /M rCV enty cent tnx levy be voted Tor the Chanel Fill
area to be used for school nurpos es was also nresen tad. Rev. Charles
Hubbard and Collier Cobb, Jr. sooke on behalf of said twenty cent tax levy.
IIpon motion of Comr. Rsy, seconded by Comr. ~'falker and unanimously Passed,
it was ordered that e refund of X23.50 be ms de to L•arl Euga ne Rams ey
because of taxes erroneously toll act from him.
Upon motion of Comr. Efland, socond ed by Comr, Rag and unanimosuly Wes sad;
it was ordered that Emery Derny, ¢ttorney. be paid X299. 33 for the
dellnqu ant taxes collected due to his Work, this being in accordance with
the contract en to red into by Orange County and Mr. Denny.
Paul Carr, Supt. of County Sc1-.oola, pres en tad the 1955-55 school budget.
Upon motion of Comr. Efland, seconded by Comr..=,ay and unanimously
passed, the following resolution wns adont ed and a ter tl £f ed cony of said
resolution was ordered turned over to the ~!ayor of Hillsboro:
"The Hoard of County Commissioners has reed end considered the
Hillsboro iderchent's As sociatl on June 1, 1955, statement to the Honorable
Ben Johnston, idayor of Hillsboro, co nc erni na the telephone sendce 1n and
around Hillsboro.
Vfe, therefore, strongly ur_ae th et the State IItili ty Commission make
and Snvestlga ti on of this si tus ti on to the end that the citizens of Orange
County be given relief from this sltuatd on and be provided better service."
Bernice Ward, represente ti ve of the Industrial Committee ri CLepel
Bill and Carrboro, expressed to the Board the desire of sn ld Industrial
Committee to take some immediate positive act ien on the matter of getting
an electronic plants to locate in the Chapel P.ill~•Carrboro area.
Upon motion of Comr: Lanier, seconded by Comr. Ray and unanimously
passed, the contract be tw eon Orange County end `•1rs. Paye Hulet, Court
Recorder, was signed by Chairman Hobbs.
Mrs. Parker, Suot. of 1'lelfare, presented one blind aid grant for
Earry Gentry and the grant of Slancy Thomas for termination.
IIpor, motion of Comr. Lanle r, seconded by Comr. Ray, it was ordered
that Sam Gatt is be auth orized to collect 19$5 tax from those nersons
desiring to nay,~at the foll.owing rates: county wide 70¢, special
school 20~ and special fire 10}/. Comrs. Aobbs, Lanier, '•Yelker and Ray
voted in the affirmative and Comr. Efland voted Sn the ne ¢a ti ve.
There being no further business the Board ad,j ourn ed with plans to
meet at 7:30 o. m, on Monday, June 13th.
R. J. ~'.. Hobbs
Chairman
Betty June Hayes
Clerk