Chapel Hill Supplemental Tax - Minutes - 5-25-1967

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May 25, 1967 Minutes continued Ayes: Commissioners Bennett, Ray, Walker, and Ward. Noes: None. STATEMENT OF RESULT of the SPECIAL BOND ELECTION held in the COUNTY OF ORANGE, NORTH CAROLINA on May 23, 1967 At a special bond election held throughout the County of Orange, North Carolina, on May 23, 1967, 13,254 voters were registered and qualified to vote. At said election 4,041 votes were cast for the order authorizing the County of Orange to contract a debt and in evidence thereof to issue not exceeding $3,000,000 School Building Bonds of said County for the purpose of providing funds, with any other available funds, for erecting additional school buildings and other school plant facilities, remodeling, enlarging and reconstructing existing school buildings and other school plant facilities and acquiring necessary land and equipment therefor, to provide additional school facilities in the County of Orange to maintain the six months' school term in said County as required by Section 3 of Article IX of the Constitution, and authorizing the levy and collection of a sufficient tax for the payment of the principal of and the interest on said bonds, and 2,323 votes were cast against said order, that a majority of the qualified voters of said County who voted at said election voted in favor of the approval of said order, and that said order was thereby approved and is in force and effect. This statement is given by order of the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, this 25th day of May, 1967. /s/ H. D. Bennett Chairman /s/ H. S. Walker /s/ William C. Ray /s/ Ira A. Ward Commissioners At 11:00 o'clock a. m. the members of the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange met with the Board of Elections of Orange County and the two boards as two separate bodies, received from the registrars and judges of election in the various precincts of Chapel Hill School District of Orange County the returns of the special election for supplemental tax, Chapel Hill School District, Orange County, North Carolina, said election being held on May 23, 1967. After the returns of said special supplemental tax election had been canvassed by the Board of Commissioners, such canvass being simultaneous with the canvassing thereof by the County Board of Elections in the same place, Commissioner Ward introduced the following resolution which was read: RESOLUTION CANVASSING THE RETURNS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR SUPPLE- MENTAL TAX IN CHAPEL HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT, ORANGE COUNTY, HELD IN THE SAID DISTRICT ON MAY 23, 1967, and DETERMINING AND DECLARING THE RESULT THEREOF. BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange: Sec. 1. The returns of the special election for supplemental tax in Chapel Hill School District held in said district on May 23, 1967, having been received from the proper election officers, and having been canvassed, the Board has found and determined, and does hereby declare: a. That each registrar and judge for the special election for supplemental tax held in the Chapel Hill School District on May 23, 1967, was duly qualified by law and had taken the necessary oath. b. That the election officers had incorporated in their returns not only the number of votes cast for and against the question submitted, but also the number of voters registered and qualified to vote in each precinct in the election. c. That at said election there was submitted to the qualified voters of said Chapel Hill School District the following question: I