03171941280
March 17th. 1941
The Board of Commissioners met in a call session on Monday, March 17, 1941,
at 9:30 ON1ock A.M. with Chairman J.B.Ennis and Commissioners R.L.Pate,
A.A.Cameron, Ferd D.Jackson, and L.R.Pate present..
It is ordered that J.A.Hockaday be paid the amount of $645.00 as Special
Lister of goods, machinery, equipment, etc. in the County..
The extension of the bond of Lola OtQuinn, Delinquent Tax Collector,
from Mary 1, 1941, to and including June 30, 1941, with United Stated Fidelity
and Casualty Company as Surety, was presented, approved and ordered recorded.
Voting fnr approval: Commissioners R.L.Pate, F.D.Jackson, A.A.Cameron and
L.R.Pate. Against: None.
"United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company: - Continuation Certificate
In consideration of the premium paid, the United States Fidelity and
Guaranty Co. hereby continues in force Bond No. 70677 -07- 912 -40 in the sum;
of Six Thousand Dollars, on behalf of Lola O'Quinn, Harnett County Delinquent
Tax Collector in favor of Board of Commissioners of Harnett County, N.C. for
the extended term beginning on the 1st. day of March, 1941, and ending on
the 30th day of June, 1941, subject to all the covenants and conditions of
said bond.
This continuation is executed upon the express condition that the Company's
liability under said bond and this and all continuatLons thereof shall not be
cumulative and shall in no event exceed in the aggregate the largest single
amount named in the bond, the endorsements attached thereto or any
continuation certificate.
Witness the signatures of its attorneys -in -fact under corporate seals.
this 4 day of March, 1941.
C.H.Chilcote,
(CORP.SEAL) Countersigned its Attorney -in -fact
United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
by: Vick C.Moore. "
It is ordered that penalties of $8.61 assessed against C.R.Butler, and
C.L.Royal, for late listing in Averasboro Township, and penalty of $2.89 so
assessed against Mrs. C.R.Butler, for late listing in said Township, be and
the same are hereby remitted and released.
It is ordered that W.A.Gregory of Coats, RFD, be granted free pedlerts
license for the year 1941 on account of physicial disability.
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BE IT RESOLVED that the one and three- fourths acre lot in Neill's Creek
Township, Harnett County, described in Judgment No. A -916, office of the
Clerk of Superior Court of Harnett County, be quitclaimed by the County of
Harnett to E.M.Cain, in whose name said property was formerly listed for
ktaxation, upon payment by him to the County of Harnett of the sun of $149.82,
subject to the lien of taxes for the year 1941; and upon receipt of said sum
by the County of Harnett within the month of larch 1941, the Chairman of the
Board of Commissioners is hereby authorized and directed to execute quitclaim
deed to the said E.M.Cain on behalf of the County of Harnett, and the Clerk
to the Board will attest the same.
It is ordered that poll taxes for the years 1939 and 1940, charged to
Sam Ashworth, Barbecue Township, be refunded to him, the Board finding as a fact
that he was born January 1, 1889, and was more than 50 years of age at tax
listing time in 1939 and 1940; said taxes having been charged and paid by error.
It is ordered that the Minutes of the meeting of the Board of Commissioners
of December 16, 1940, be amended as follows:
"Strike out the name of H.C.Mann as list- taker - assessor in Anderson Creek
Township, and substitute the name of J.H.Butts therefor."
"Strike out the name of Johnnie Williford as list- taker- assessor in
Black River Township, and substitute therefor the name of Leonard Ogburn."
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WHEREAS, the Harnett County Tax Supervisor has advised the Board of
Commissioner that, as Assessors of real estate for purposes of taxation, the
several township list takers be appointed to assess real estate in their several
respective townships, together with two County wide assessors, and an advisor
or expert to assist said assessors, tax supervisor, and the Board of
Equalization and Review as to valuation of improvements on real estate; and
Whereas, the Board of Commissioners find that the several litttakers
are competent assessors as to the particular property within their several
respective townships, and that Herman S.Holloway and V.E.Williams are
qualified as County wide assessors, and that J.B.Cameron is qualified as a
proper advisor to said assessors, the tax supervisor and Board of Equalization
and Review as prescribed by Section 408 of the 1939 Machinery Act: -
Now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED: -
1. That the several list takers for the year 1941 be and they each are
hereby appointed as quadrennial assessors of real estate within their several
respective townships; and that Herman S.Holloway and V.E.Williams be and they
hereby are appointed as County -wide assessors for the wuadrennial year 1941;
and that J.B.Lameron be, and he hereby is employed as advisor to the assessors,
the tax supervisor, and the Board of Equalization and Review, in respect of
value of improvements and specific kinds of improved property.
2. That the assessors shall, before entering upon their duties, take and
subscribe the proper oath as prescribed by law, and that the assessors and
advisor shall be compensated inkeeping with agreement between them and the
Board of Commissioners.
The Board recessed to reassemble .as the Board of Equalization and Review.
Chairman
Clerk