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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