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s <br />COLEMAN, BERNHOLZ, DICKERSON, <br />BERNHOLZ, GLEDHILL & HARGRAVE <br />ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br />110 CHURTON STREET <br />HILL91301MOH, N. C. 27278 <br />919-732-2196 <br />9.19- 942.8000 <br />CHAPEL HILL OFFICE <br />SUITE 20, FRANKLIN 13UILDING <br />137 E. FRANKLIN STREET <br />CHAPEL HILL, N. C. 27514 <br />919 - 929.7151 <br />ALONZO B. COLEMAN, JR- <br />STEVEN A. BERNHOLZ <br />DONALD R. DICKERSON <br />ROGER 13. BERNHOLZ <br />GEOFFREY E.GLEDHILL <br />DOUGLAS HARGRAVE <br />MARTIN J. BERNHOLZ <br />RICHARD J. SNIDER, JR, <br />G. NICHOLAS HERMAN <br />KAREN J. SHANORAW <br />Of Counsel <br />BONNER D. SAWYER <br />(1902 -1972) <br />June 12, 1987 <br />Shirley E. Marshall, Chair <br />Moses Carey <br />Stephen Halkiotis <br />John Hartwell <br />Don Willhoit <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />106 East Margaret Lane <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />Re: Final Task Force Draft Proposed Animal <br />Control Ordinance <br />Dear Board Members: <br />I have reviewed the Animal Control Ordinance <br />proposed by the Animal Control Task Force contained in <br />an April 29, 1987 draft. I have the following comments <br />and recommendations concerning the ordinance as <br />proposed: <br />1. Section I should read; <br />Section I - Authori_ty# This ordinance is <br />adopted pursuant to the power granted Orange <br />County in North Carolina General Statute Sections <br />153A -121, 153A -127, 153A -153 and 153A -442. <br />2. I recommend adding Animal Cruelty <br />Investigators to the list of persons to which Orange <br />County Animal Control Officers would report observed <br />animal cruelty or animal abuse. As presently written, <br />Section IIIC provides that these reports would be made <br />to appropriate law enforcement officers or the district <br />attorney's office. Article IV of Chapter 19A of the <br />orth Carolina General Statutes provides for the <br />appointment by the Board of County Commissioners of <br />Animal Cruelty Investigators. These investigators, <br />pursuant to North Carolina General Statute Section 19A- <br />46, can obtain an order from a magistrate allowing the <br />investigator to provide suitable care for and take <br />immediate custody of an animal being cruelly treated as <br />