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29 <br />Immediately following the public meeting, the Board reconvened in a <br />regular meeting and, according to the February 2, 1953 minutes, <br />Commissioner R. J. M. Hobbs "moved, that the Orange County Board Hof <br />Comnussioners be increased from three members to five members, and that <br />such members be elected at large by the voters of the county without regard <br />to township, and that our representative in the legislature be asked to <br />introduce legislation to accomplish this purpose". The motion passed on a 2 <br />to 1 vote. <br />The reduested bill was introduced in the North Carolina General Assembly <br />and, the North Carolina General Assembly, during the 19S31egislative <br />session, approved legislation (see Appendix E) to expand the Board of <br />Commissioners from three to five members, and the "official" expansion <br />occurred during the November 1954 election with five members of the <br />Board of Commissioners meeting for the first time on December 6, 1954, <br /> <br />For the next 38 years, no record could be found of discussions or written <br />materials relative to the composition of the membership for the Board of <br />Commissioners, district representation or any related matter, At the June 29, <br />1992 Board of Commissioners regular meeting (minutes provided at <br /> <br />