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173 March 7th minutes continued A special election will be held on Tuesday, April 19, 1960, between the hours of 6:30 o'clock A. M. and 6:30 o'clock P. If., Eastern Standard Time, in the area hereinafter described, which area constitutes the White Cross School District of Orange County, for the purpose of submittinz to the qualified voters residing in said area the following question: "Shall the Chapel Hill City Administrative Unit be enalrUed to include the Snfte Cross School District of Orange County and school tax of the same rate as levied in other portions of Chapel Hill City Administrative Unit be levied in the area consolidated with said City Administrive Unit?" Each ballot provided for the use of votes in voting on the above question in said special election shall bear the words "FOR Enlargement of the Chapel Hill City Administrative Unit and School Tax of the Same Rate" and AGAINST lhlariement of the Chapel Hill City Administrative Unit and School Tax of Same Rate"", and shall contain squares opposite the affirmative and negative forms, in one of which squares the voter may make a cross (1) mark. The voters of said area residing in the unite Cross School District shall vote at a polling place at the school building in the White Cross School District. A new registration of the qualified voters in said area, as hereinafter described, has been ordered by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County. The Registrar for the voting precinct will keep his books open for a new registration of voters from 9:00 o'clock a.m. until sunset on each day, except Sunday and holidays, for the period beginning on Saturday, the 26th day of Lurch, 19160, and ending on Saturday, the 9th day of April, 1960, being the second Saturday before such election. On each Saturday during such registration period said Registrar will keep his registration book at the polling place established for his precinct. The Registar will attend the polling place herein described on the last Saturday, to--wit, April 16, 1960, for the purpose of tearing challenges against any of the registered voters. The County Board of Commissioners hereby appoints Melvin laoyd to act as Registrar, and Mrs. Elva Woods and }'Wallace Copeland to act as Judges of Election for said 71hite Cross precinct. The area which comprises the White Cross School District of Orange County is the area contained within the following boundaries: BEGINNING at a sonnets monument on the Orange and Alamance County line which point is established by a line running due west 212 feet from the intersection of the center line of the Mebane Oaks Highway and the Bounty road that leads to Oak Grove Baptist Church, running thence south 35 deg. 35 min. east 8,181 feet crossing aforesaid Mebane Oaks Highway to the intersection of the center line of the county road that leads westwardly from Tea to said Mebane Oaks Highway and the county road that leads to the Orange Grove Highway; thence south 83 dog. 50 min. east 15,470 feet to the intersection of the center line of the Orange Grove Highway and the county road that leads eastwardly from Thar to said Orange Grove Highway; thence north 74 deg. 10 mim east 6,810 feet to the intersection of the center line of the road at Dodson"s Crossroads thence north 69 deg. 15 min, east 8,915 feet to a point in the center of the west side of the loop road. said point being; 1,584 feet north of the first intersection going east from Dodson"s Crossroads thence along the center' of said road in a south- westerly direction 1,584 feet to the intersection of said road (N, C. secondary road #512) with the paved road that leads from Dodson"s Crossroads southeastwardly to Calvander (N. C. secondary i`1511); thence due south along the Binnham and Chanel Hill Township line crossing N. C. secondary road #56 at Bethel Church, crossing N. C. higfivay #54 Just west of Bates Store, corssin.;; Antioch Road at its intersection with tu. C. secondary road #5163, and crossing Jodas Ferry Road 1.25 miles northeasterly from its intersection with the Orange and Chatham County line, a total distance of 39,177 feet to a point on said Orange and Chatham County line; thence in a westerly direction along the Chatham County line to the Almance County line; thence in a northerly direction along the Alamance County line to the point or place of beginning. All bearings referred to turn meridian as calculated fret scaled values and distances computed from scaled values from North Carolina State Highway and Public WorksComad sion Map of Orange as revised June 30, 1957, by Robert A. Jones, Registered Surveyor. After canvass by the Board of County Commissioners of the results of said election )Then the returns have been filed with than by the officers holding the election, and if said election shall be carried by a majority of the votes cast in said election, then and in such event the Chapel Hill City Administrative Unit will be enlarged as of July 1, 1960, and there shall thereafter be levied in said area so consolidated with the City Administrative Unit the same school tax as shall be levied in the other portions of the City Administrative Unit. By order of the Board of Commissioners of the County of Orange, North Carolina. Dated March 7, 1960. /s/ Betty June Hayes, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners of Orange County Commissioner McDade seconded the motion to adopt said resolution, and after discussion, said resolution was put to a vote and visa unanimously adopted. All members of the Board present voted for the adoption thereof. Upon motion of Commissioner Volker, seconded by Commissioner Stanford, and unanimously adopted Wm. R. Kiser, of 69 Dogwood Acres, Chapel Hill, N. C., was appointed to the Chapel Hill Planning Board for a term of five (5) years. The Clerk was requested to notify Mr. Kiser of his appointment. The County Accountant discussed the problem of the issuance of the S50,000.00 in bonds for the Chapel Hill City Administrative Unit. The Board then decided to issue short term notes instead of bonds.