1951-06-04 Regular Meeting?6 F'9)
b4eeti-9 of Ii2ay 28, 1951, co-ti-ue,d.
WHEREAS, it is the u-a-imous opi-io- of the Board of Cou-ty.Commissioners of Vew
Hanover Cou^ty that it is -ecessary to provide tvao o"e week terms of crimi^al court
to dispose of the cases ^ov; or the docket for trial i^ P'ew Ha7over Cou^ty
BE TT THEREFORE R1sS0I,VED that the Board of Cou^ty Commissioners of P:ew FIanover County
u^a-imously request the Ho-orable VJa,7.ter P. Stacy, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
of the Sta_te of :7orth Caro7_ina, to order two special terms of the Superior Court, without
a Gra-d Jury, for the trial of crimi^al cases or1y, to co^ve-e o^ Ju7.y 16, a-d July 30,
1951, respectively, a?d to co^ti-ue for o-e week each, a-d that a Judge be assigned to
hold the said special te2ms.
Be it further resolved that the Cierk of the Board of Cou^ty Commissio-ers be, a-d he is
hereby directed to fur-ish a copy of this resolutio- to the Ho-orable UJalter P. Stacy,
r Chief Justice oF the Supreme Court of the State of North Carolina.
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- Upo- motio^ of Mr. Davis, secorded by Mr. Love, the Board a reed to pay for/current a-d
mai-+te-arce of 40 l.ights o^ the "'orth East River Bridge at ?30.00 per light, on a 50/50
/(3 basis with the Citv of Vdilmi^gton, u^der the City's co^tract for 1ig.hts a-d mairte-a^ce
with the Tide Vdater Power Compa^y. Provided the State Hifrhiuay a-d Public tiJorks Commissio-
wiil put the lights i- order for use.
, A commu^icatio^ vra.s received fro;:,Mr. r.I.Meier,Jr,, Secretary of the Ju^ior Chamber of
, ?Coi-mnerce advisi^g i.ts e-dorseme-t of ape--eral p1e- for a gym-type auditorium for the Board
of Educ3tio- prese^ted-a-d er.pla,i-ed by IC1P. Charles Bo^ey at a rece-t meetirg of the Ju-ior
; .--- Ch3mbsr, a-d urgeC that the City 3-d Cou-ty Commissio^ers call a special bo+^d electio-
to raise mo^ey for the erecti.o- thereof at the first possible a-d practical date.
A reque=t for fu^ds for that purpose, hovrever, ?s e^tirely with the Board of.Educatio^.
? A commu-icatio^ vras received from 1.2r. W. T. Be^to^, Forema^ of the Gra^d Jury, recomme-di^g
cleari^g i-d nai-ti-g the i-side ti,;-lls of the Old Court House, relieve the overcrovaded
co^ditio- o£ the Welfa.re Depqrtme-t 'i^d improve the ve-tilatio-, especial_ly for the v?orkers
? who are housed o^ the i-side of the ol.d vault, a-d further recor,une^ded that the room across
from the Gr_a^d jury room, formerly occupied by the State Highrvay Departme^t be used for the
Gra^d Jury vrit^esses.
A copy of a_7_etter writte- by Idr. Hugh D4orto- to Mr. O.O.Allsbrook, Preside-t of the
?'?y?' i!mi^,?to- Charnb-er o-f Commerce, co^cer^i^g pi.a^s for the e-tertai-me^t of the -S;o"rth Cerolina
??m?"y" P'ress Assoeiatio^ Co^vertio- at 4Jrightsvill,e Beach August 17-18, ta?as received and postpo-ed
? u^.til the -ext meeti*+g for co-sideratio^.
A commu^icatio- was received from Mr. J. Holmes Davis, calli^g atte-tio^ to the traffic
problem arisi^g from the -umber of times the draw bridge over the i^J.ard waterway at
Wrightsville Sou-d is raised to permit boats of differe"t types to pass through a-d
suggested that the matter be 7_aid before the State Highvaay a-d Public VJorks Commissio-
with request that the draPi bridge be raised sufSicie"tly to take care of smal]_ craft
vahich he believes would take care of at least 75% of the boats passi-g through the
waterway.
n4r. Da^ Cameror, Chairma^ of the Boai•d of Directors of the Joh^ C. Wessell Tubercu?osis
?CAq Saratorium, appeared a-d to7.d the 13o3rd tha.t the hospita7 statf had been li-ed-up a-d
wi7l'be re-dy to begi^ operatio^ 3bout -Ju^e 1.5th, or as soo^ thereafter as the buil.di^g
is ready for use.
A request of Buge^e lri^dham, coiored, for a reductio^ of tYie assessme^t oP $130.00 on
a 1937 Buick car vuhich he said wa= v,orth ro rnore tha- ju^k whe^ he listed it Feby 4, 19507
or h?s bee- used si-ce thet time, a?d h9s si^ce bee^ sold for ju^k for $15•00, vras co^tz^ued
u^tiI ^ext meeti^g pe-oi^g further S-£or?iatio^ as to the date it was sold etc.
T he meeti^g the^ adjour^ed.
?,e- 4d.-._4 C1erk.
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YTilmirgton, 11. C., June 4, 1951.
The regular weekly meeti-g of the Board was held at 10:00 o'clock A. M.
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Present: Jas. M. Ha11, Vice Chairmar, Ciaud 0'Shields, Thursto- C. Davis a-d Cou^ty
Attorrey Marsde- Be7.lamy.
The mi^utes of ineeti-g of May 28, 1951, were read a-d approved as recorded.
' ,. Reports of the activities of their respective departme^ts W2S?' prese^ted by Il4rs. Ver^a Bel1e
"- _C)?-a_ Lowery, Home DeMO^stratio^ Age-t, Rebecca I„ Ha1'l, Col.ored Home Age-t a-d P:Ir. D. D. Eaggett,
. 3 Cou-ty Farm Age-t, for the mo^th of Ivlay. And payme^t of $7.71 for oi'fice supplies a-d
artic7.es used i- demo^stratio^s by the coiored home age-t was approved,
Mr. Louis T. Moore, Chai'rma- of the D?eva Hanover Cou^ty Historical Commissio^ appeared to ask
l that proof copies of future advertis9.^g of the CiT,y a-d Cou-ty through Cou^ty appropriatio-s
be carefuily checked for accuracy Ye£ore publ_;shed a-d to see that such appropriatiors are
' used o^ly for the purpose ar.pronriated, a-d to that e-d Mr. Da.vis moved a-d it vaas carried
- that a committee be -amed for that purpose a-d that ^o future appronriations be made for
advertisi-g u^tii copies of such sdvertiseme^t shall, ha.ve bee^ approved by the committee
t,a or this Board, a-d that Mr. Moore be made a nember of the corunittee. '
Upo^ motio^ of Mr: Davis, seco^ded by Is15r. 0'Shields, the Diew Hanover Ke--el Ciub was
---?F? gra-ted the use of the er.hibitio^ buildi-g at the Stadiun for dog show October 22 a-d 23.
???WN'? A report of the Gra^d Jury IvIay 1951- Crimi^al Term was received a-d filed.
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Schedule Lipor motior of Yir. Davis, seco^ded by Mr. 0'Shields, the Board of Cou^ty Commissio^ers
B- of Neva Hanover Cou-ty does hereby i_evy to the Maximum amou^t, a lice-se tax for the years
.?. -? lQx 1951-1952 a-d 1952 a-d 1953, o- ai2 trades, professio-s, busi^ess etc., carried o^ a-d
co-ducted i^ said cou-ty, vahich are specficaily desig-ated a-d defined i- Schedule B, of the
Reve-ue"Act of North Carolina passed at the 1951 or_other Sessions of the Ge^eral Assembly;
excepti-+g those cases vjhere it is expressly prohibited by law. ,
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Meetirg of June 4? 1951, co^ti-ued.
A report of the Veteran's Service O:ficer and County Firema- for for may were
received a-d filed.
C?Ut\?U A report of the Associated Charities for April was received a-d filed,
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otices of rerewaZ of ].eases i^ accorda^ce with the cortract,were received from
the Civil Aero-autics Admi-istratio^ coveri-g Electrolics Tech^icia^-ir-Charge of
INSAC Storage Quarters, AirvJay Communicatio-s Station Quarters a-d I-strume-t
Larding System at the Courty Airport for period from July l, 1951 to Jure 30,1952.
A report was received from the Eack Tax Col.i.ector advisi.^g that $4,102.80 was
col.lected for the City a-d $4,237,20 for the Cou^ty, maki^g a total of $8,340.00
back taxes co7.I.ected for the mo-th of 1tiIay.
? A st,atemert vaas received from the State Bogrd of Public VVelfare showirg ihat
$45,557.62 was se^t to this Cou-ty for 3uSay Sor Old Age Assista^ce, Aid to Depe-dert
Childre^, Perma-e^tly a^d Totaliy Dis3bled a^d Admi^istratio^. ,
As reqmested by Dr. E1.le^ ti'li-stor, Conmissio^er of PubTic V7elfare, a-q member of the
Board a-d the Cou^ty d.ttor^ey vrho m-iy fi^d it co^ve^ie-t, were authorized to atte-d
a meeti^g of the Etate Eoard of Public Ve7_fare to be held ir the American Legio^ Hut
i- VVhiteviile 10:00 o'clock A,It4., Tuesday, Ju^e 12, to discuss the vaelf3re program
before the begi^^i-g of the -ew fiscal year o- Jul.y z, because of the ^ew respo-sibilities
placed upo^ the State Board of Public V'elfare by the 1951 Ge-eral Assembiy.
• Upor motio^ of Mr. 0'Shields, seco^ded by Nr. Davis, Jos.L.Ki-g,Jr., 10.7 Bryar Ave^ue,
Harnett tow^ship, was granted a^ abateme^t of taxes o^ a va.luatio^ of $1,215.00 a"d poll
`?(}X brought forv,ard frotn his 1949 list a-d charged i^ error as -+ot 1_isCed for 1950, which
amourt was i^cluded i^ h-Ls regular 1.950 listi-g of f'1,505.00 perso"al a-d poll. Ard
$700.00 of the said amourt which^represerts fixtures located i^ 1'Vilmi^gtor towrship, .
was ordered transferred to the Wilmi^gto^ Tow^ship tax books for City taxes.
Upo- notio^ of Mr. Davis, secorded by Mr. 0'Shields, dames George Sta,this, 74 years old
me-tal a-d physical disabled?was o^ recomrne-dation of the Supt., of Public VPetfare prarted
tempoxary admissio*+ to the Cou^ty Home, perdi^g admissio- to a State I^stitutio^, a:t $1.00,.
per day for room a"d board.
VJalter Taft Sykes who vaas at the Cou-ty Farm as a prisoner, fell a.^d broke his arm, when
his time was up he was take- over i^ the home u^til his arm heals, which uiil.l be probably
two or three weeks, vias approved o- recomme^datio- of the Supt.r of Pmblic Welfare.
A re quest of the Car,.p I?Za-uia.cturi.^F Compa^y for a reductio^ of the assessme-t o^
?GX 37.36.acres of la^d i^ VdiJ.mi.-pto^ Tow-ship, was referred to the committee for investigatio^:
A petiti.o^ of ?4 property ow-ers prepared o- State Form R-10, requesti^g improveme-ts
4 by ope^i^g the drai^age ditches a-d resurfaci^g the Dea.d-e^d road i^ Cape Fear
Tow^ship; which ru^s fror Kerr 9ve-ue to Dead-e^d at the Airport, w"as upo^ motion
D? of Mr. 0'Shields, seco^ded by Iv1r. Davis, approved a-d referred to the State Highvaay
a-d Pub? ic VJorks Commissio-.
The meetirg the^ adjour^ed. ..
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Clerk,
,V ? Vli]mingto- , iv , C. , June 11.1 1.951 •
The regular weekly meeting of the Board vias held at 10:00 o'cl.ock A.M.
Present: Addiso- Hevalett, Chairna-, Jas. M. Hai.l, Claud 0'Shields, Thursto^ C. Dqvis,
Ha't. J. I,ove a-d Con-ty Attor^ey Marsde^ Bellamy.
The mi-utes of ineeti^g of Ju-e 4, 1_951, were read a-d spproved as recorded.
Upo^ motio^ of Mr. Love, seco^ded by Mr. 0'Shields, Mrs. R. C. P,4urray was gra-ted a-
abatemert of taxes o^ a val_uatio^ of $50.00 charged agai"st .88 acres of 1a^d, Rock Hi11,
_ Harrett Towrship, for qears.1949-1950tm'hich is i-cluded i^ highvray right of way, a-d the
same ordered ca-ceiled o- the assessme-t records for tar.es. '
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Upo^ motio^ of i:Tr. 0'Shieids, seco-ded by Llr. Love, the Eoard approved the additio- to
our schedizl_e of boiler i^su?a-ce coverage the cast iro^ boil_er a-d hot water storage
r.. ? tark rece^t1y i-stalied i- the T. B. Hospitai a-d electric water heater i^ the Turses Home.
A report of the Bur.eau of Identificat:c- for Dday was received a-d filed. •
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A^ offer'of the Woodme- of the 4'Jor7.d to give the fur^iture for the receptio^ room at
the T.B.Hospita.i a-d fl_ag to fly aton e pole to be erected i- the circle, vaas upo^ motio^
of NIr. Hal1., seco-ded by It7r. Davis, qecepted with anpreciation. It was a?so agreeabl.e '
to the Board for the 8rder to pl-?ce a, piaque i- the receptio- room shov!i^g the ^ame of
the do^ors. '
Upo^ motio- of Pk4r. Love, seco^ded by Iur. Davis, the da.te of Ju^e 25th was fixed by the
Board to sit as the Bnard of Equa'Iizatio- a-d Revievr to hear compi-qi^ts o- assessme-ts ?
of real estate a^d that -otice to that effect be,give^ by advertiseme-+t.
Upo^ motio- of Mr. Love, s=co^ded ty Mr. O'Shields, IJirs. F. L. Va^ Atta wife of Co7..
Frederick L. Va^ Atta? Vlilmi-gto^ tow-ship, afas excused fron listi^g her 1947 Chevrolet
car.for taxes i^ this Cou-ty o^ sta.teme^t of her husba-d a-d opi^io^ of the Cou^ty
Attor^ey; th3t he is temporary statio^ed here u-der orders of the U.S..Army a-d thereforAthis is -ot his perma^e^t Ul_3CP of reside^ce, a-d the reside^tial status of his vrife would
be the same as her husba^d.