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3~3~ 7Alnutes of the Hoard of Commissioners ldonday, h7s rch 6, 1950 The Orange County Hoard of Commissioners met in regular session on hierch 6 , at 10 o'clock A. ht, in the Commissioners' Aoom at the Courthouse, the 1 place of meeting. Present: Collier Cobb, Jr., Chairman, H. C-. Laws and F. t7ilson, Commissioners. The minutes of the rr^ebruery meeting mere reed and approved. Mrs. Kathryn Hemrickr Home Demonstration Agent, appeared and made a very fine renort on the activities of the several clubs under her supervision. She el so stated that she plans to have a new stove, re tri gerator and other eauin- ment installed in the basement of the Agrlcultare Hui lding in the near future. Mrs. Jean M. Hear, Superintendent of Public tVelfare appeared and reported that Polly Ytrenn, Aid to Blind reciplent, had died, therefore terminating her grant. She also reported that her budget ;res in pretty bad condition, due oarti ally by having to care Tor six children who were deserted by their parents Now, therefore, upon motion of Commi ssionor 7Vilson, duly seconded by Com- missioner Lecrs and voted unanimously that $`250.00 be trensfe grad from the General Salary fund to the L7elfare fund. A delegation from Chapel Hill, consisting of Mayor Edwin S. Lanier, Cerl Smith and Creighton Humphries, aoneared berore the Board and suggested that in renovating the present Courthouse, nothing be done to change the exterior. Also, in planning th_ nevr Courthouse, they honed the Eoard mould see fit to use Colonial Architecture. The Hoard informed these gentlemen that their sugges- tions coincided with their thoughts on these matters and that they were sure there would be no changes on the exterior of the present Courthouse. E. IF.. Lynch, Clerlt Superior Court, submitted his annual renort for the year ending December 31, 1949. On mot lop of Commissioner Vll lson, duly seconded by Commissioner Laws, it was voted unanimously that the County pay not in excess of $100.00 from the Emersency aopropri ation of General Fund for advertising the schedule of rabies vaccinations. A road petition urns ppresented aeking that a road in Chapel Hill Tovmshi n, ruru:inn, from Highway No. 86 to the Old Greensboro Roed and known es Oek Avenue, be taken over and maintained by the State Highway r Public Works Commission. Length of road: 1700 feet. Five other petitions ere re presented asking for vrork to 6e done on present roads and new roads as follows: Cheeks Tovmship, running from Highway No. 70 Northeast to He11's Mill Road and known as the hlcGowans Rosd. Length of road: 3z miles. Widen, rock and straighten. Cheelts Tovmship, running from E. 5. Taylor's mail box to the Efland- Cedar Grove Road, end known as the Fairfield Community Road. Length of road: .9 of a mile. 1'liden and straighten. Checks Township, a new road running from J. S. Gills' on H¢bron Road to Nettie Hradsher's on Huckhorn Road. Length or road: 1.5 miles. Little River & Cedar Grove Townships, anew road running from Caldwell Road to Vlalnut Grove Roed. Length of road: l,' miles. Little fliver Township, running from Highway No. 157 to the Old tdilton Road end knoem as the Harvey Gates Road. Length of toed: 1.7 miles. About .05 of a mile of this road already worked by State. No action was taken on any o£ the above mentioned roads. The Chairmen then brought to the attention of the Hoard that it tuns ad- visable at this time to make recommendations to the North Carolina State High- way & Public Works Commiss lop for the hard-surfacing of certain coeds in Orange County since 111 and thorough investigation had al reedy been made 'oy the mem- bers of the Hoard. After full discussion, upon motion of Commissioner Lev+s, duly seconded by Commissioner Wilson, the following resolution eras unanimously adopted: RESOLVED, Thet the Hoard of Commissioners of Orange County does hereby recommend to the North Carolina State High'say & Public Vlorks Commission for herd-surfacing the rural coeds in Orange, County described es follows: From Haw River to Having west of Chapel Hill via Antioch Church 7.2 sS. From Cheelts %-Roads to 8uckhorn 2.2 mi. From Orange Church to old m10 peer University via Blackwood Sta. 7.0 mi. _I J i~ ~ '.