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<br />Minutes of the Board of Commissioners
<br />March 20, 1961
<br />The Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North Carolina, met in adjourned regular
<br />ion at the County Courthouse in Hillsboro, North Carolina, the usual place of meting, at
<br />0 o'clock, A.M., on March 20, 1961.
<br />present: Chairman Donald M. Stanford, and Commissioners Harvey D. Bennett, Clarence D. Jones
<br />Donald R. McDade.
<br />Absent: Commissioner Henry S. Walker.
<br />The Board of Commissioners first hear the appeals for property assessments and valuations and
<br />as a Board of Equalization and Review.
<br />The Board of Equalization and Review adjourned and the meeting was reconvened as the Board of
<br />mtv Commissioners to canvass the returns of the March 18th Special School Bond Election.
<br />At 11:25 o'clock, A.M., the members of the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange met
<br />•h the County Board of Elections of Orange County and the two Boards, as two separate bodies,
<br />uarately received from the registrars and judges of election in the various urecinets of the County
<br />Orange the returns of the election upon the order authorizing $1,500,000 Sc6ool Building Bonds of
<br />togs County held on March 18, 1961.
<br />After said returns had been canvassed by said Board of Commissioners, such canvass heir
<br />simultaneous with the canvassing thereof by the County Board of Elections in the same place,
<br />Clarence D. Jones introduced the following resolution which was read:
<br />RESOLUTION CANVASSING THE RETURNS OF THE ELECTION UPON THE ORDER
<br />AUTHORIZING $1,500,000 SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS OF ORANGE COUNTY
<br />HELD ON MARCH 18, 1961, AND DETE.RAINING AND DECLARING THE RESULT
<br />THEREOF.
<br />BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange:
<br />Section 1. The returns of the election upon the order authorizing 41,500,000 School Building
<br />ds of Orange County held on March 18, 1961, having been received from the proper election officers
<br />. having been canvassed, the Board has found and determined and does hereby declare:
<br />(a) That each registrar and judge for said election was duly qualified by law and had taken
<br />necessary oath.
<br />(b) That the election officers had incorporated in their returns not only the number of votes
<br />t for and against the question submitted but also the number of voters registered and qualified
<br />vote in each precinct in said election.
<br />(c) That at said election there was submitted to the qualified voters of said County the
<br />lowing question:
<br />Shall an order finally passed on February 6, 1961, authorizing the
<br />County of Orange, North Carolina, to contract a debt, in addition
<br />to any and all, other debt which said County may now or hereafter
<br />have power or authority to contract, and in evidence thereof to
<br />issue School Building Bonds in an aggregate principal amount not
<br />exceeding $1,500,000 for the purpose of providing funds, with any
<br />other available funds, for erecting additional school buildings and
<br />other school plant facilities, remodeling, enlarging and recon-
<br />structing existing school buildings and other school plant facilities,
<br />and acquiring necessary land and equipment therefor', in order to
<br />provide additional school facilities in the County of Orange to
<br />maintain the six months' school term in said County as required by
<br />Section 3 of Article 11 of the Constitution, and authorizing the
<br />levy and collection of a sufficient tax for the payment of the
<br />principal of and the interest on said bonds, be approved?
<br />(d) That no complaints have been made to this Board against the regularity of said election.
<br />Section 2. The following schedule correctly shows the designations of the several precincts at
<br />on said election was held, the number of voters registered and qualified to vote in each precinct,
<br />number of votes cast in each precinct in favor of the question submitted, the number cast against
<br />d question, and the totals of such numbers:
<br /> voters registered and Question Submitted
<br />is Polling asses _ qualified to vote Votes For Votes Against
<br />Hill #1 Town Hall 1265 277 64
<br />Hill r°.2 Estes Hill School 1218 412 53
<br />Hill N3 Woollen Gym 1627 513 31
<br />Hill #4 Lobby, High School Auditorium 1211 389 59
<br />Hill N5 Glenwood School 1365 466 56
<br />o Town Hall 1789 199 253 .
<br />1 Caldwell School 435 18 85
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