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()U CONTINI]ED FROM PAGE 79 MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONMs OF ORANGE June 3rd 1Xxx 1940 Don.S Yathesan Orange-County Farm Agent appeared before the-Board, and urged in ilbPs iat:e;404944 the interest of-'the foregoing resolution which is hereb endorsed ana orderea spread an the minutes of this meeting.to-wit: UPON motion of Commissio=P Cobb- duly seconded by Commi sioner--.- -Wilson, the following resolution was unanimoulsy adoi;dd t 1 W.HMEAS,the United-States Government has for the past six yeare,done extensive conservation work through Civillian-_Conservation Camps, and where s,during - said six year period,Orange C ounty,North"Carolina has never had a Conservation Camp lo- cated in its boundaries„but"has received a very small service withing the Northern area of said County,from Campo,,, located within, Durham and Alamance Counties AND WHEHEAS,the United States Department of Ag ioulture has established a very extensive Forrestry Nursery, in the Southeastern part of Orange Coun- ty,and in order to furnish necessary labor for said Nureery_ ,there is new be ng located near said Nurse*4 a CivilIian Conservation Camp, with a capacity of Two Hu dred,to Two hundred and twenty men, That from the" inforation available this entire UnIii of two Hun dred to two Hundted and twenty men, will be required to carry on the Nessary work,in con nection with the alcove Forrest Nurserys AND WHERFAS;the United States Lepartm nt of Agri- culture through its s6 , surve$$ Branch has recently made an extensive surves. of the-W67, ter shed of the University Lake`the Water supply of the University of North arolina,and the downs of Chapel Hill and Carboro) and the adjacent land which- survey dia loses,thati the present rateof- erosion in this territory is extremely high, and that the University' Lake is silting up at a wavdAkat a rapid rate,and"present estimates are that said lake will be c cmpletely filled in approximately seventy five years,; AND i1MEAS,It most im- pottant to Orange Caunty,the University of North Carolina,and the Tenons of"C pel Hill and Carboro, that an adequate supply be preserved for future geheratighs; NO1i,T1MEFORE,BE,JT Resolved by the Board o Commisioners of Oran.ge Ccunty;that these facts be brought to the attention of the Direeto of Civillian Conservation Camps in Washington.D.C.,and that an earnest request be made to said Direc�r to enlarge the camg which is now being constructed,iso that same will have a pacity of rnt less than three hundred men,thus providing apptoximately two hundred men for the labor needed in connection with the Forrest Nursery pr6gram, and an additional o e hundred men for work of a conservation nature in the area of the lake and watershed whiolk furnishes the water supply of the University of North Carolina, and the Towns of Chaps Hill and Car boro. I Three being no further business on mo ion ad- Journed. J.Ed Laws— il Chairman Ben.2 Wilson . Commission r Coll ier Cobh Jr Attests Commissioner Clerk to Boar of Commissioners - a