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May 25, 1967 Minutes continued Thereupon Commissioner Ward introduced the following reolution which was read: RESOLUTION ADOPTING A STATEMENT OF THE RESULT OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR SUPPLEMENTAL TAX, CHAPEL HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT, HELD IN THE DISTRICT ON MAY 23, 1967, AND PROVIDING FOR THE RECORDING, FTLING AND PUBLICATION THEREOF. ' BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange: Sec. 1. The Board of Commissioners has prepared and does adopt the following statement of the result of the special election for supplemental tax in Chapel Hill School District held in said District on May 23, 1967: STATEMENT OF RESULT OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR SUPPLEMENTAL TAX CHAPEL HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT, ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, on May 23, 1967. At a special election held in the Chapel Hill School District, Orange County, North Carolina, on May 23, 1967, 7,899 voters were registered and qualified to vote. At said election 3,196 votes were cast for the supplemental tax not exceeding 35a per one hundred dollar property valuation within said district for supplementing the current expense funds from State and County allotments and thereby operate schools of the Chapel Hi11 Administrative Unit within the Chapel Hill School District 4f a higher standard by supplementing any item of expenditure in the school budget, and 1,486 votes were cast against said proposed increase ' in supplemental tax. That a majority of the qualified voters in said special school district who voted at said election voted in favor of the approval of said supplemental tax, and that said tax increase thereby approved is in force and effect. This statement is given by order of the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange. ' This the 25th day of May, 1967. /s/ Harvey D, Bennett Chairman /s/ William C. Ray /s/ Henry S. Walker /s/ Ira A. Ward Commissioners Sec. 2. When the foregoing statement shall have been signed by a majority of the members of this Board and the latter shall be recorded in the minutes of the Board and such statement shall be filed in the office of said Clerk and published by said Clerk once in The News of Orange County, a newspaper published in Orange County. A notice substantially in the following form, with the printed signature of the Clerk appended thereto, shall be published with the foregoing statement: ' TO THE CITIZENS AND TAXPAYERS OF CHAPEL HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT: No right of action or defense founded upon the invalidity of the election mentioned in the foregoing statement shall be asserted, nor shall the validity of such election be open to question in any court upon any ground whatever, except in an action or proceeding commenced within thirty days after the publication of the foregoing statement. Betty June Hayes ' Clerk to Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North ', Carolina. Sec. 3. The Clerk to the Board o£ Commissioners is hereby directed to immediately certify a copy of this resolution to the County Board of Elections of Orange County. Upon motion of Commissioner Ward, seconded by Commissioner Ray, the following resolution entitled "RESOLUTION ADOPTING A STATEMENT OF THE RESULT OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR SUPPLEMENTAL TAX, CHAPEL HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT, HELD IN THE bISTRTCT; ON MAY. 23, 1967,..AND PROVIDTNG,FOR.THE:. . RECORDING, FILING, AND PUBLICATION THEREOF, was passed by the following vote: Ayes: Commissioners Bennett, Ray, Walker, and Ward. Noes: None. -_—_.__._.___. _ r