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Pat Casper, Vice-Chair of the Human Relations Commission, read the proclamation. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Carey to approve <br />and authorize the Chair to sign the proclamation as stated below, which proclaims April 24t" as Armenian <br />Martyrs Day. <br />A PROCLAMATION <br />for <br />ARMENIAN MARTYRS DAY <br />WHEREAS, between 1915-1923, the extermination of mare than one and one-half million <br />Armenians and the deportation of countless other Armenians took place by the Ottoman Turks; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, during this atrocity, Armenians were forced to witness the slaughter of their relatives <br />and the loss of their ancestral homelands; and <br />WHEREAS, Armenians assert that the government of modern-day Turkey refuses to recognize <br />the facts of genocide; and <br />WHEREAS, the denial of the Armenian genocide by the present day Turkish government serves <br />to taint the history and disavows Armenians of the right to their homelands and heritage; and <br />WHEREAS, ancestral Armenian lands taken by the Ottoman Turks have not been returned to the <br />Armenian people, nor have the Armenians received compensation for their losses; and <br />WHEREAS, Armenians traditionally designated April 24t" as ARMENIAN MARTYRS DAY, in <br />recognition and remembrance of those who died during the Armenian genocide; and <br />WHEREAS, it is important to remember history so that mistakes of the past are not repeated for <br />future generations; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, do we, the Commissioners of Orange County, proclaim April 24t", 2001 as <br />Armenian Martyrs Day and commend this observance to all Orange County citizens. <br />THIS, THE 17T" DAY OF APRIL 2001. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />b. Resolution of Under- and Over-payment of Tax <br />The Board considered a resolution allowing the tax collector to write off up to $1.00 in under- <br />payment and absorb up to $1.00 in over-payment of property taxes. <br />Assistant County Manager Rod Visser presented this item. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to approve <br />and authorize the Chair to sign the resolution as stated below, which will allow the tax collector to write <br />off up to $1.00 in under-payment and absorb up to $1.00 in aver-payment of property taxes. <br />RESOLUTION <br />AUTHORIZING ORANGE COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR TO TREAT SMALL UNDER AND <br />OVERPAYMENTS AS PAID IN FULL PURSUANT TO NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL <br />STATUTE SECTION 105-357c <br />Whereas, N. C. General Statute 105-357c of the Machinery Act permits, by resolution approved by the <br />Board of County Commissioners, the Tax Collector to treat small underpayments (one dollar or less) of <br />