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The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, April 2, 1962, at 10 o'clock a.m. in the Commissioners, room at the courthouse in Hillsboro, N. C. Members present: Chairman Donald Stanford, Commissioners Harvey Bennett, Clarence Jones, Donald McDade and Henry Walker. Members absent: None The minutes for the meetings held during the month of March were read and approved by the Board. The following Department Officials presented reports for the month of y, 1962: Mrs. Evelyn Raper, Asst. Home Demostration Agent E. M. Lynch, Clerk of Court W. G. Wrenn, Veterans Service Officer Jim Wight, Welfare Director Two blind aid grants reductions were presented by the Welfare Department. The recipients who were receiving the reductions were John R. Thomas and Lizzie White. The reductions were signed by Donald Stanford, Board Chairman. The following road petitions were presented and the Clerk was authorized to forward same to the State Highway Commission: 1. South 11th Street in Mebane 2. Old University Station Road. Chairman Stanford read the following request from the Chapel Hill City Board of Education: The Chapel Hill City Board of Education has requested that formal application be made to the Board of Commissioners of Orange County for funds to complete the new elementary school located on the Craig property off the Smith Level Road in Chapel (Hill, North Carolina. The Chapel Hill City Board of Education therefore requests that the Board of Commissioners of Orange County make available to it for.the construction and fees for this school the amount of ($264,030.00) two hundred sixty four thousand and thirty dollars. Your approval of this request will be appreciated." Chairman Stanford recounted the fact that $100,000.00 was allocated toward the completion of this pro5ect in the 1961-1962 budget. If this Board makes and. -additional appropriation of $100,000.00 there,will have been made-available $200,000.00 for the F.F.G. school. Upon motion of Commissioner McDade, seconded by Commissioner Bennett, and unanimously adopted, the sum of $100,000.00 was allocated towards the construction of the F.P.G. School. Upon motion of Co miissioner McDade, seconded by Commissioner Walker, and unanimously adopted, Charles H. Keith, of Rt. 1, Durham, N. C., was appointed to serve on the County Planning Board. The Clerk was requested to inform Mr. Keith of this appointment which would become effective immediately. Chairman Stanford read the following resolution from the Chapel Hill School Trustees: Chapel Hill, N. C. March 19, 1962 RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF ORANGE COUNTY TO CALL AN ELECTION IN THE CHAPEL HILL CITY ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE MAXIMUM LIMIT OF THE SUPPLEMENTARY TAX TO BE LEVIED IN THAT ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT SHALL BE RAIS: BE IT RESOLVED: Section I, That the Board of Commissioners of Orange County call an election in the Chapel Hill City Administrative Unit to determine the will of the people on the issue of whether or not the maximum limit of the Supplementary Tax to be levied in that administrative unit shall be raised to the rate of 35? per $100 valuation for the purpose of improving and enriching the educational program of the schools in the Chapel Hill City Administrative Unit. Section II, That the district in which the election shall be held shall be composed of the following area: Beginning at a point at the intersection of the center line of the county road that leads from Eubanks westwardly to old N. C. Highway #86 and the center line of State University Railway at Eubanks, running thence in a North Easterly direction to a point where Louis Freeland's drive enters N. C. Highway #86, thence in an easterly direction to the intersection of Erwin Road and New Hope Creek near the Durham County line and thence in an easterly direction to the Durham County line, thence in a southerly direction along the Durham County line to its intersection with the Chatham County line; thence in a westerly direction along the Chatham County line to the inter- section of said county line with the township line between Bingham and Chapel Hill Townshitis: thence due north.slona said tnwnshin