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1G3 be passed at a later date if the Chapel R;ll Hoard so requested. The Chapel Hill Hoard xas requested to itrvestigate the possability of letting a contract for only partial c:mplatioa oC the building and using 11mds from neat years budget to complete the pzoAect. R. S. Smith, Chairman of the A.B.C. Hoard reque ated that spans be made wailabls in the courthouse to house the lax enforceaent branch of the County A.B.C. System. As this request xas irrvolved xith the pbssable relocation of the Home Demonstration kitchen action xas deferred until a final decision con be reached on the kitchen question. Lir. Nwille agai¢ appeared before the Hoard concernin the coaditlon of his cattle underpass. Chairman Hobbs advised lilt. Nwille of the Hoards cowersation xlth the official of the State Nighrray Depaztment and of their planned action. L. E. Heard, Officer in Charge of the Hells 4ue L!anufacturing Compat{y, appeared before the Board to protest the valuation of the machinery located in their plant. Llr. Heard contended the quipment in said plant xas xorth about J195,000.00 in 1954 and that the county's assessment was, in fact, discriminatory. The Hoard informed 16r. Beard that they xould consult the County Attorney about this matter xith particular reference to the authority they have to change previous assessments. Tho Board dlscussad xith Sassie Trowbridge, Home Demonstration Agent, the possibility of moving the Home Demonstration Agents office into tea room recentt.y vacated by the County Accomtaat. This move xovld enable the present Home Demonstration kitchen to be used by both the vrhite and negro Home D®onstration agents. ldiss Troxbridge xas opposed to this suggestion but stated that she xould discuss the matter xTth members of the vazious Home Demonstration Clubs in the county. The Sheriff detivared hie monthly report for October. Ha stated that one of his deputies, Burch Coapton, xas resigning to become a lax enforcemont officer for the County A.B.C. system at a substantial salary increase. The County Attorney presented to the Board eweral resolutions avi statamems relative to theproposed issue of 550,000.00 in bonds. Co®isffioner 4talker introduced the folloxing order authorizing bards xhich xaa read: ORDER ADTHOHIZING $50,000 SCADOL BUILDING HOIJDS WHEAEAS, The Chapel Hill City Hoard of Fducatlon has certified to this Hoard a resolution passed on November 2, 1959, shorting that adequate school facilities are nor non available in the Chmel kiill City Administrative Unit to comply xith the roquiremants of Section 3 of Article I% oT the Constitution of 17orth Cazolina for the maintenance of schools six months is every year, and that it ie necessary, in order to maintain such six mo:rths' school term as required by said Section 3 of Article LY of the Constitution, to construct and equip as addition to the Glemseod School in Chapel Hill, the estimated cost of xhich is ~$100,00g and l7}D;FiEAH, Bald resolution requests the Hoard of Coevdssionere to take all necessary steps, by the issuance of bonds or otherwise, so that such school facility may be providedi end Sit~tEhH, the Board of Commissi ~~ers has carefully examined the facts and has determia°d and does hereby find as a fact that said statements of the above mentioned resolution era true and that it has become the duty of said Hoard of Co~is~.onera, actlq; as administrative agent oT the State in providing a State system of nublic schools, to wdez the issuance of bonds af'the-County of Orange so that the school facility mentioned in paragraph 1 of this order and in said r~eaolutlon mGy be provided in order to maintain the six months' school term Sn the County of Orange as required by SeEtion 9 of Article IA of the Constitution) nor, therefore, BE I'f ORDERID A41D RESOL4HD by tho Board of Comniesianers for the County of Oranges 1. That, pvrsuaat to the County Finauca Act, as amended, and in order to maintain the nix months' school term in said County of Orange as required by Section 3 of Article IY. of the Constitution, School Building Holds of the County of Orange, North Carolina, shall be issued in an aggregate principal amount sot exceeding $50,000 for the purpose of providing funds, xith other available 1luuis, for constructing aril equipping aa~arldition to the Glemvood School in Chapol Htll ~, in order to provide additional school facilities in the County of Orange. 2. That the purpose fbr xhich said bonds era authorized as hereinabwe sat forth and for ''~. xhich the proceeds of the bands will be expended is hereby found and declared to be a necessazy ''.. expense oT the County of Orange xithin the meaning of Section 7 oT Article 4II of the '. Constitution of Iiort6 Carolina. '' 3. That a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and the interest on said fonds when due shall '. be annually levied and collected. 4. That a statement of the County debt has bean Tiled xit6 the Clerk and ie open to public inspection. 5. That this order shall take effect thrity days after the first publication theresf after final passage, unless in the meantime a petition Tar its submission to the voters is filed miler said Act, and that in such went it shall take effect xhen approved fry the voters of the County at an elsetL on as provided in said Act. The Hoard thereupon designated the County Accountant as the officer to make and rile xith the Clerk the statesent of debt sad assessed valuation of the County as required by The County Flnmce Act, as amended, to be flied before tae final passage of the order Which was introduced at this meeting.