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Meetirg of February 2, 1951. co-ti^ued.
? Ra-ey-Chevrolet Compary
/ 3 1951 Special Tovrr Seda-+ Cars, $ 4,686.09, less $2;,50.'trade-i-_o? 3 1949"F6rds $2?336.09 ^et.
1].951 12 to-+ Chevrolet Truck, shori; wheel base ?y1,7?8.6Q.1oo£ S175. trade-j.- trucls,1,613.60 "
,_ • or• truck vrith lo-g vrhee7. base $1,825.69 3ess w175.-tr•ade-1- 1946 tsuck 1,650.60 "
?J Upo^ motio^ of E?Ir. 0'Shields, seco^ded by ftir. Davis, the Cape Fear Motor Sales? I^c:, tYie,,
`?' lowest bidders for fur^ishi^g the three t cy7i^der 1951 DeLtixe Tudor cars, was award"ed ?
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the co^tract to fur^ish the said cars; at a^et price of $11800.00. A-d the Ra^ey-Chevrolet
_-Z Compe-y v;as a-?;erded the co-tract to fur^ish lz to^ 8 cyli^der 1951 Chevrolet Truck long wheel
base at a cost of $1,825.60 vaithout trade-i- a7iowa^ce, they bei-g the lovrest bidders. The
Cou^ty to retai^ the old 1956 Chevrol.et tru-ck,
A represe^tative of the Burroughs Addi-g D?echi-e Compa„y reported that his compa-y's bid •
o^ office accou^ti^g equipme^t for the Auditors office had bee^•mailed from Detroit and.
? received by the Raleiph Office Y,his mor-?i-g a-d i^ route here, but had not bee^ received-.
In view of weather co^ditio^s a-d railroad strikes that may have caused its dFl!;y, ope^i-g .
of the bids for the a.ccou^ti^g equipme^t was, o- opi^ior oP the-cou^ty Attor^ey Yiy reason oP'said
co^ditions beyo-d their co^trol, wss postpo-ed urtil nezt h1o^day'"s regula.r.meeti^g. However a
if it appears that the said bid should bear -, dqte that receipt of,bid vaould h3ve bee- posstble.`-
for this meeting, the Commissio-ers reserve the right t;o reject the said bid. ,
. ? T he purchsse of a hot water boiler for the Cou-ty Home at a cost of 4225.00, w3s upo^
motio- o£ Mr. Davis, seco-ded by Mr. 0'shields, approved, out of the Cou^tf-Home,Emerge^cy
Fu++d.-
The meeti^g the-+ adjour-ed.
Clerk.
VJilmi^gtor, N. C.$ February 5, 1951.
The regular weekl.y meeting of the Board v;as held at 10:00 o'clock A. M.
Presert: Addiso^ Hewlett Chairma^, Xas. M. Ha'l, Cl.aud 0'Shields, Thursto" C. Davis,
Hal. J. Love, Cou^ty Attor^ey Marsde^ Be?12my a-d Cou^ty Auditor C. F. Smith.
The ni-utes of ineeti-g of Februa-ry 2, 1951, viere read a-d approved as recorded.
Mrs. Ver^a Belle Loviery, Nome Demo-strqtio^ Age^t prese-tec? her report for Ja-uary which
w-3s received a.^d fil.ed.
Mr. D. D. BagFett, Farn Demo-stratio^ .AFe-t prese^ted his report for Ja^uary which he very
/Y-(-/ i-teresti-gl.y explai^ed i^-detail, a-d expressed his appreciatio^ to the Commissio^ers for
?pX their co^fide-ce i^ appoirti^g him Cou-ty Demo-stratio- Age-t to succeed Mr. R. W. Galphir,.,
resigned.
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Upo- motio^ of lulr. Davis, seco-ddd by Pgr. Hall, i^structions were give- to write Mr. Galphi-
,?c/ with er,pressions of the Board's appreciatio^ a-d tha-ks for the services he re^dered this
Cou^ty duri^g the ^umber of years he served as Cou^ty Farm Demo^strat9.o- Age.-t. ?Two proposed bills previously submitted by Mr. G.C.McI^tire, 9ttor-ey, o^e to ame-d Ge^eral
Statutes 105-422 by ircludirg New Hanover Cou^ty i^ the list of cou-ties so as to ex.clude
said Cou^ty from the provisio^s of said Act i^ barri^g tax lie^s a-d suits to foreclose tax
liers u"der the ter year statute. The other to e^able the purchaser at tax sales to recover
amou-ts paid for said property ir the eve-t of a defective title, was brought up a-d discussed
. by the City a-d Cou-ty Attor^eys, Mr. McI^tire a-d R7r. Ca^ady, Back Tax Collector. After
co^siderable discussio-+ the matter vras upo^ motio^ of Mr. Davis, seco^ded by ivir. Ha1.1, referred
bo the Cou^ty a-d City_Attor^eys for study -d report to the Board at the -ext meeting.
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Tow- Officials of Carol.i^a a-d Kure Beaches a-d others i^terested appeared to ea:press co-cer"
over curre"t road Programs. Feeli^g it ivould -ot meet the -eeds of those livi-g in Feder.,1 Point
i-d at Caroi7,^a a-d Kure Beaches, a-d that improveme^ts i^ wide^i^g the highways to Carolira
-1-a-d Kure Beaches should progress aio^g vrith steps take- to irnprove highways to Plrightsvi].l.e Beach.
A letter received from P,4r. A, VJilbur Clark, State Hi€hc:ay Commissio^er vaas the^ read by
Mr. 0'Shields co-eer-i-g the vride^i^g of portio^s of US 74/76 from UJilmi-gtor to tlae R'rightsville ,..,
Road ^ear St. A^dreVrs Church, the^ce via BaUies Hospital to VJrightsville Bridge. After much ., :'
discussio- the Eoard assured the delegztio^ that equal a-d impartial efforts have bee^ made by
this Body to secure the vride^i^g of the highvanys to ali, oP our beach resorts, which is evide-ced ;
by the records a-d correspo^de^ce of the noard. •
o, A motior'was the- offered by Mr. Hall a-d seco^ded by 14r. 0'Shields, a-d carried, that
-sc'- Mr. A. Wilbur Clark, Third Divisio^ State Highway Commissio^er at Fayetteville be requested to
meet here for a discussio- of the mqtter v.ith the view of clarifyirg the program.
Openi"g of bids for fur^ishi^g a- Electric Address ograph a-d a^_ E1.ectric Accou^ti^g Machi-e ?•
2,for the Auditors Office havi-g bee^ postpo^ed at Fridays meeti-g u^til this meeting, o^ accou-t
of bid of the Burroughs Addi-g iV[achi-e Compa-y,v:,hich we vaere i^formed was i^ r.oute here, but •
possibly delayed o^ iccou-t of vreather co-ditio-s or raiiroad strike. The bid ^ow h3vi-g bee-
received by the represe-tative, the Cou-ty Attor-ey qsked if a-y one objected to the ope^i^g of'
the bid. The "ationRl Cash Itegister Compa^y's r.eprese^tative objected 60 the grou^ds that it
was ^ot received i^ time as advertised. I- view of the abse^ce of a post ma..rk date or other
evide^ce showi^g whe- the bid vaas mailed, the same vaas upor motio^ of Mr. Love, seco^ded by
Mr. Davis, rejected.
The foll.owi"g o^ly two bids received were the-, upo^ notio^,oop.ered a-d read, and upo- motior
of Mr. Hall, seco^ded by Iulr. Love, accepted o- recomme-datio^ of the Cou^ty Auditor, a-d awards'
??? for fur^ishi^g the equipmert as fo'lovis, with the u^dersta^di^g that the Cou^ty will pet the 1adva-tage of a"y•rol1.-back i^ prices:
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Meeti-+g of February 5, 1951 co-ti-ued.
Addressograph-IuTultigraph Corporatio^:
Ore Model 1955 E1.ectric Addressograph $2,500.00
O-e Iu9odel 6341 Keybo?rd El.ectric Graphotype 11219•50
One I4;odel 700 Ha^d Addressograph'with I^dex Card Lister 268.50
. O-e U^iversal I-dex Card Cutter 26.00
' Four Il7ode1 SBC30 ll9etel Cabi^ets Complete 395.00
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Four It4odel
SBC30 Ivietal Cabi^ets O-ly a-d Draivers 3?0:00
w $4,'739.00
The National Cash Register Compsny:
One (1) ATational Electric Accourting Machire
- Moael 31-10-10(18)26" VJhich i^cludes one Postirg Bar- $57005,00
Mr. Everett Ha.le, City Buildi^g I-spector appeared to say that the City Cou^ciI
; had agreed to demolish a- old buildirg at 715 5outh Front Street, which is in bad
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was npo- motion of Mr. 0'Shields, seconded by Mr. Love, approved i^ the
i-terest of Public Safety.
Adoptior of a resolution recommerded by Mr. R. V. Biberstei-, District State Highway• -
? E-gi-eer, co-cer-i^g a proposed re-locatior a-d establishme-t of the "T3egro Head
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% Road" from U5 421 in Pender County to Poi^t Peter o- US 74/76 at Wilmi-gto-
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postpo-+ed until the -ext meeti-g to give opporturity to all parties i-terested to be
heard. n7r. 0'Shiel.ds suggested thst we request the Hirhway Commissio„ to exterd the r6ad
; west tovrard Flemi-gto^ Village as much as possib].e a-d pave same for the be^efit of the
citize^s of tha.t commu^ity 3-d that steps;be'take^ with Pe^der Cou^ty a^d the Highsvay
Commissio- to cha^ge the -3me oi the road.
A commu^icatio- was received from 1vir. A.H.H3-so^, Director of Public Housi^g Admi^istrqtio^
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are bei-g formul.ated at this time, a-d -o^e wi7.?_ be later without further co^sultatio-
with the local. public officials,
, A copy of a commu^icatio- Srom Mr. C. M. Brickhouse, District Age^t to N?r. R. W. Galphir
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was received, advisi^g accepta^ce of his resig^atio? as of February lst, a.-d his
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retireme"t approved as of that date, a?so maki^g n4r. Baggett's appoi^tme-t as Cou^ty
Age-t for b'eva Hanover Cou-+ty effective February: lst,-i^ li-e with the actio^ of this
B oa rd .
, A commu^ication was received from the 5tate Board of Public P<<elfare advisi?g that
--SS $ 46,105.99 was se"t to this Cou^ty for the mo-th of Ja.^uary for Old Age Assista-ce
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Aid to Depe-dent Childre^ a-d Adni^istratio-.
A report of the Colored Home Agert for Ja-uary was received a-d payme-t of $3.69 for
office supplies was approved.
? A letter of tha-ks was received from Lieu. CoMma-der PS.D.Calliha^d, USS DoY7.e, for
-_'wi0h4m,k) assista-ce a-d cooperatior !?ccorded him r:hile he was o^ shore,duty here? a-d expressed regrets
' i^ havi^g to ].eave VJilmi^pto^.
T.? 15k? A report of the Bureiu oP Ide^tificatio^ a-d Vetera^s Service Officer for Ja-uary were
0dii$"?Ireceived. a-d filed.
Upo^ motio^ of it4r. Love, seco-ded by Prlr. 0'Shields, the Boerd agreed to se31.,.');-d .
re-co^vey to Sarah Osbor^e, property i- block 31, a-d to 5adie Hooper, block 349
to e-abZe them to redeem their prope;~ty boufiht i- for ta.xes, upo- payme-t of $203•53
a-d $290.72 egch respectively. A^d the Chairma^ a^d the C1erY, vaere authorized a-d
directed to execute a deed of co^veya^ce for the sa,id property o- behalf of the Cou^ty
upo^ repeipt of pa.yme^ts of the said amou-ts.
Uoo- motio- of Ilir. Dgvis, seco-ddd by Mr. Love, Fre?d nrtoore, 716 Brooks Alley, was gra-ted
a refu-d of taxes paid i^ error o- a1940 Chevrolet Seda^ charged agai^st him i^ error for
J the }rear 1950, o^ a va].uation of $100.00? Lucia^ Camero- aras gra^ted a^ a.batement o^ a
valuatio^ of $200.00, 1935 DeSota car chqrgea i^ error at $250.00, should have bee-+ $50.00,,
Josiah C. Chadwick, 4112 Gree^field Street abated po11 tax o^ accou-t of over age, Hi-es
VlLite-y. VJilmi^gto^ Tovr-ship, v,7as released from payme^t of ^ot ].isted pe-alty charged
agai-st property in block 96, 1^adverte^tly left o£f his list of other property listed
for the years 1949 a-d 1.950. Walter Weems vras abated taxes o^ a valuation of $400.00
household a-d kitche^ fur^itui°e isted at $70.00 and charged in error at $700.00, 2ess
exemptio^ of $300.001 and IvIalcolm Ha1.1. a mi-or, 215 Eva^s Ave^ue? Har-ett tow-ship, was
gr3"ted an abateme-t of Cif?ytaxes o^ly?o- a valuatio" of $200.00 charged in the City
in error.
A request to provide a ha^d rail o^ the Court House steps, Third Street e-tra-ce, was
upo- motio^ of Mr. Davis, seco-ded by Mr. HaZI, referred to the Chairman.
T he meeti^g then adjour-ed.
Clerk.
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