HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 195703046finutes of the Board of Ca~mnissioners
lJarch 4, 1957
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The Orange County Ho¢r3 of Commissioners met on Alordny, 6lnrch 4> 1957, at SO o'clock A, tA., in
the Commissioners' Room at the Courthouse in Hillsboro,
M1tembers present: Commissioner's Dwight :d. Any, Claude T, Pope and Donald id, Stanford.
tAembers absent: Chair man R, S. M, Hobbs and Commissioner Heazy S. Walker.
In the abse nca oT Ch¢iraan Hobbs, Commissioner Aey was appointed dating Chairman.
The minutes for the meetings held on FeM'uary 4th, 12th anal 18th, 1957 Ware read by the Clerk
and approved by the Bonxd.
The following department officials pre seated reports For the month of February, 1957:
Katherina Pritchard - Assistant Home Demonstration Agent;
F, ;;, ISlnch - Clerk Superior Court;
Frank Maddxy - Delinquent Tax Collector; -
Odell Clayton - Sheriff;
Frances Crucieni - Acting Superlntendant or Welfare; and
0, David Garvin - Dl strict P.ealth Officer
I Road petitions veers pre ee nted by l~ul~ L, Conners and H. E, Wi?kin son. The Honxd a
greed to inspect
these roads on their next road inspection taus,
Upon motion of Commissioner Papa, seconded by Commissioner Stanford, the Clerk nes requested to
notil}~ Orange County's repre santatlves to proceed with the introduction of a bill in the General
Assembly which Would increase the membership of the Orange County Board of Rducntion from thre¢ (3)
to flue (5) members, ¢rd Which Would limit the representation on said Hoard of F.duc¢tion to not more
than two repre sentativee from nmy one township. A motion to this effect Gras approved by this board
'', at their mew ring halrl an Fobrusry 6, 19$6, See Pdnute Docl+nt 6, nt pogo Z
i Mr, Don F.fath=son made a report on the Cape Fear BesSn project and the problem of re^planting
trees on cut-over lands now gro;ring up in hardpocds.
' Dr. Charles E. IDaddry, repre sentetive of the north Orange I+liniaterlsl Ass ccintion, apce¢red erd
requested the Comnissioners to enpx owe sours legislation to prohibit Sunday racing in Orange County,
tlo action rms t¢ksn on this mstter,
The CLrk was ¢uthorized to insert in Minut¢ Docket 6, et page 7, n motion made at the February 6,
1956 meeting which had been omitted Prom the minutes,
Sheritt Clayton requested $556.25 to purch¢se summer uniforms for the men in his depsrtment, llpon
motion of Comnissionez Pope, seconded by Commissioner Stanford and unanlmous~y pn ssed, it was ordered
that $556.25 be t¢kea from the Gsnnr¢1 Emergency Fund for the rnunose of purchasing summer uniforms
for the Sheriff's Departure nt.
Sheriff Clayton was authorized to buy a new electric stove for the kitchen of th=_ jell,
Tha County Account¢nt nes ¢uthorized to pay to the Ch¢pel Hi11 City ddministretive Unit $20,000.00
es part of their sh¢re of the $2,OOD,000,00 School Bond. This Se to reimburse the Chanel Hill City
Administrativ=. Unit for funds previously spent an school construction that ;ms mx igin¢lly planned to
come from the bond issue.
Upon motion of Commissioner Pone, seconded by Commissioner Stanford and unanimously approved, it '
ass ordered that Acting Chairman Aay sign the nee lasso between Orange County and TF.e United States of
dmerica inerensing the area lensed to the United States of America from .23 of an Were to .26 oT nn
¢c re.
Tho Clerk Was requested to write to the State Highw¢y 8 Public ilorks Car„mission asking for the
remaining road mileage for Orange Ccunty for the fisc¢1 year 1956-1957.
A letter from the Museum C¢nmittee of the Hillsboro Garden Club was read by Acting Chairman Asy,
inviting the Hoard to attend an wen Garden Club meeting on ;larch 7, 1957, at erhich meeting the pro-
posed Orange County Nistoiical G`.useum project Would be discussed.
Upon motion of Commissionaz Pope, seconded by Commissiennr Stanford, the following resolution
tuns unanimously adopted:
"S' IT AuSOLVF:D by the Hoard of County Commissioners of Orange County that this board does hereby
go on recor3 in itrl.l support of the proposed legislation L'ar the increase of State aid to Counties
for the Dep¢z•tment of Public Health.'
It is hereby ordere3 that e certified copy of the above resolution be sent to the Hon, John fl,
Umstaad and the Hon. Edwin S. Lanier, Orange County's Rsprasent¢tives in the General Assembly, requestia
them to support this measure. ~
Dr, 0. David Garvin, District Health Ofticer, and the Board agreed to recognize live virus vecci-
nstiws for eqy lag upon a certificate of innoculation submitted to the County Dog Harden,
Ueon motion of Commission=r Poce, socon3ed by Commission=r Stanford, S. E1. Gettis Nas authorized
to strike from the t¢x books double tax 13stings an the property of Hesele Ingram TTi111ams for the
years 19.7 through 1955.
There being no furthor buaine ss, anon motion, adjmu-nod.
Betty Jun= Hayes D. G. Any I'
Clerk Acting Chairman