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3 40 Minutes of the Board of County Commissioners
<br />March 4, 2,964
<br />The oners
<br />met at 8:00 o'clocknPeMG,?in the Cem®iasi?onersiBoom at the Cstpirthoueeein1Hi1o ednesaay'. March 4, 1964,
<br />Members present: Chairman Donald Stanford, Commissioners Harvey Bennett, Gordon Cleveland,
<br />Carl M. Smith, and Henry S. Walker.
<br />Members absent: None.
<br />The purpose of this meeting was to discuss in detail the operation of the Medical Examiner
<br />System. The following persons were present in their official capacities for said discussion:
<br />Allen H. Walker, Jr., Orange County Coroner
<br />Dr. Hubert Patterson, Proposed Medical Examiner
<br />Dr. Charles L. Johnston, Proposed Asst. Medical Iiraminer
<br />Dr. Robert Be Lindsay, Proposed-Asst. Medical. Examiner
<br />Dr. Robert J. Murphy, Proposed Asst. Medical Examiner
<br />Mr. James Harper, of the Institute of Government
<br />George Hunt, Chief of Police, Hillsboro
<br />John M. Llmmllyn, Chief or Police, Carrboro
<br />E. W. Smith, Chief of Police, Mebane
<br />Detective Sergeant Howard R. Pendergraph, Chapel Hill Police Department
<br />C. D. Knight, Sheriff, Orange County
<br />Dr. Hubert Patterson expressed his opinions of the Medical Examiner system and how the
<br />program, if adopted in Orange County, should be executed from a practical standpoint.
<br />Mr. James Harper of the Institute of Government Presented the legal aspects of the Medical
<br />Examiher System. He also gave his views on the practical application of this system as he has
<br />observed it in use in other North Carolina counties.
<br />Those present entered into considerable discussion of the proposed system.
<br />Commissioner Cleveland was, at this time , excused from the meeting.
<br />Upon motion of Commdesioner Smith, seconded by Commissioner Bennett, it was unanimously
<br />adopted that the Medical Examiner System be instituted in Orange County, effective April 1, 1964,
<br />with Dr. Hubert Patterson as Medical Examiner and Drs. Charles L. Johnston, Robert Be Lindsay, Robert
<br />J. Murphy, Robert J. Senior, and William D. Huffines as Assistant Medical Examiners.
<br />There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned.
<br />Donald Stanford
<br />Chairman
<br />Betty June Hayes, Clerk
<br />S. M. Gattis i Acting Clerk
<br />Minutes of the Board of County Commissioners ------
<br />March 16, 1964
<br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met as a Board of Equalization and Review on Monday,
<br />March 16, 1964s at 10:00 o'clock A.M., in the Commissioners Room at the Courthouse in Hillsboro, N. C.
<br />Members present: Chairman Donald Stanford, Commissioners Harvey Bennett, Gordon Cleveland,
<br />Carl M. Smith, and Henry S. Walker.
<br />Members absent: None.
<br />Mrs. Anne M. Miller, Deputy Clerk Superior Court, administered to the members of the Board of
<br />Commissioners the oath as members of the Board of Equalization and Review. There being no business for
<br />this Board'to conduct, the Board of Equalization and Review recessed until the first Monday in April.
<br />Chairman Stanford then convened the body as the Board of County Commissioners.
<br />Upon motion of Commissioner Bennett, seconded by Commissioner Cleveland, and unanimouslyr adopt-
<br />ed,J. Herbert.Holland was appointed to fill the unexpired term of June Merritt on the Carrboro
<br />Planning Board.
<br />Ray Harden, Professional Engineer, from the office of T. C. Cooke, Professional Engineer and
<br />Consulting Engineer, explained their proposal for air conditioning the courthouse. After considerable
<br />discussion of the project, Mr. Harder was authorized to proceed with advertisement of the job and to
<br />schedule a bid opening for April 2, 1964.
<br />The Board discussed with representatives of Associated Surveys their work on revaluation of
<br />7ounty property. After the discussion, those present visited several tracts of land that had been
<br />appraised by the Company.
<br />There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned.
<br />Donald Stanford
<br />letty June Hayes, Clerk Chairman
<br />M. Gattis, Acting Clerk
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