Chapel Hill Special School District Tax - Minutes - 2-7-1949

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, - Minutes of the Hoard of Commissioners 4;00 Monday, February 7, 1949 The Board met at the usual hour in the Commissioners Room at the Courthouse. Present Collier Cobb, Jr., Chairman, Ben F. Wilson and Hubert G. Laws, Commissioners. The Minutes of the January meeting was read end approved. I ! Two road petitions were presented as follows: Road located in Cedar Grove Township running from White Oak Church to Mebane Roe nd known es Mebane Route 3, Road, distance two and one-half miles. The,other petition was for a road in Bingham Township, running frcm Highway No. 54 at Pendergrass, to Chapel Hill-Antioc Road, diatance two and one-half miles. Both petitions will be investigated at a later date, The following applications to retail beer .n the county, were, upon motion approved. Kate Plummer, Claude W. Porterfield. -G.-Lee Horner. Application of John L. Wagoner to retail beer was rejected due to his having been convicted of violating the prohibition laws within two years. Mrs. Jean M. Hear, Superintendent of Public Welfare appeared and asked • that Fannie Johnson of Cedar Grove, N. C. be granted.$23.00 per month as Aid to Blind. Aaso that grant of Mettle Woods be increased from $25.00 per month to $30.00 per month. Upon motion the Hoard granted both requests. M. C. Burt, Negro Farm Agent presented his annual report on the work done through his office for the year 1946. Mrs. Kathryn Hamrick and Miss Virginia Cathay appeared and reported on the work done through the office of Home Demonstration Agent. Upon motion of Commissioner Wilson, seconded by Commissioner Laws the, billb were approved and ordered paid: E. N. Kenion eleven ducks killed by dogs $11.00. Mrs. J. H. Hanner Sour young turkeys killed by dogs 12.00. Mrs. C. H. Taylor one pig killed by dogs 7.50, Upon motion of Commissioner Laws, duly seconded by Commissioner Wilson and all members of the Board voting in the affirmative the Tax llector is hereby authorized to issue beer license to applicants the hold a license issued-by ilmunicipality without requiring said applicant to make application to Board of County Commissioners. Upon motion of Commissioner Wilson, seconded by Commissioner Laws the following bills are hereby ordered paid out of the General. Fund: To Watts Hospital for autopsy of W. L. Howling $100.00 To Dr. Haywood Y. Taylorof Duke Hospital to complete toxicological study in case of Wesley Lewis Howling S200.00 Upon motion of Commissioner Wilson, duly seconded by Commissioner Laws Mr. Charles Williams of Hillsboro, N. C., is hereby appointed Electrical Inspector forthe northern part of Orange County as heretofore designated by map. Said appointment effective as of February 1, 1949. The fact finding committee that were appointed by the Board at a previous meeting to study the needs of the County appeared and presented a very fine report as to the needs for school euildings, roads and other county offices. The Board accepted the report and thanked the committee for their fine work and assured them that the report would be carefully studied at a later maeting. It was brought to the attention of the Hoard that the Town of Chapel Hill had been collecting the taxes in the Chapel Hill Special School Dis- trict since the creation of said district and that the handling of such taxes had been very much of a burden to the Town of Chapel Hill tax author- ities and bad not proven a satisfactory method of collecting this tax. It was further brought to the attention of the Board that the said town was requesting that the tax authorities of Orange County take over the collection offthe school district taxes. After full discussion the members of the Hoard were of the opinion that the County should take over such responsibility. Upon motion of Commissioner Laws, seconded by Commissioner Wilson the following resolution was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the County of Orange be fixed with the duty and respon- sibility of levying and collecting of the taxes in the Chapel Hill Special School district beginning with the present tax year and the Board requests that the 1949 Session of the General Assembly pass such special act as is necessary to accomplish this purpose. CONTD.