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08031964237 AUGUST 3rd. 1964 The Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Monday August 3rd. 1964, at 10:00 A.M. with all members present. Also present were the County Attorney, the Auditor and the Clerk to the Board. Chairman Alex Cameron presided and called the meeting to order and Rev. Carl Calloway, Minister of the Methodist Church in Erwin, offered the invocation. The reports of the various County Officers were presented, approved and ordered filed. W. H. Stewart Kyle Harrington Elizabeth Matthews D. P. Ray, Jr. Inez Harrington Jean Maness B. H. Sellers Roy Godwin Sheriff Clerk Recorders Court Clerk Superior Court Tax Collector Register of Deeds Veterans Service Officer County Electrical Inspector County Electrical Inspector John E. Ingraham, certified Public Accountant, examined the funds and accounts of D. P. Ray, Jr. Harnett County Tax Collector, up to July 31st. 1964 and such accounts were found correct, and that the funds on hand were sufficient in amount and consistent with the accounts Commissioner Brock moved, seconded by Commissioner Barefoot, that the following resolution be adopted and the motion was carried. WHEREAS, D. P. Ray, Jr. was appointed and duly qualified as Harnett County Tax Collector for the year 1963 levy of County taxes and was charged with the duty of collecting all current and delinquent taxes and revenues due the county of Harnett for the period beginning July 1, 1963, and ending June 30, 1964; and the additional period from July 1, 1964 to July 31, 1964; And WHEREAS, the said D. P. Ray, Jr., Harnett County Tax Collector for the year 1963 levy has made settlement as provided by law for all items with which he was charged in connection with said 1963 levy; And, WHEREAS, Vhe records of the said D. P. Ray, Jr., Harnett County Tax Collector, covering the collection of all taxes and revenues he was charged with the duty of collecting during said term have been audited by John E. Ingraham, Certified PublicAccountant, and found to be correct; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Harnett County that the final settlment of D. P. Ray, Jr., Tax Collector for the year 1963 County levy by, and the same is hereby accepted and approved and the said D. P. Ray, Jr., Tax Collector, together with the surety on his official bond covering the 1963 levy and the collection of delinquent taxes for the period between July 1, 1963 and June 30, 1964, and the additional period from July 1, 1964 to July 31, 1964, be, and they are, subject to the provisions of law, hereby relieved of liability during said period. NORTH CAROLINA HARNETT COUNTY 1964 Taxes T0: W. Earl Jones, Harnett County Tax Collector. You are hereby authorized, empowered and commanded to collect the taxes set forth in the tax books filed in the office of the Harnett County Tax Supervisor and in the receipts herewith delivered to you, and in the amount aid from the taxpayers therein set forth, (and also, all other taxpayers and taxes represented by official tax receipts for years other than the current year) and such taxes are hereby declared to be a first lien on all real property of the respective taxpayers in Harnett County and this order shall be a full and sufficient authority to direct, require and enable you to levy on and sell any real or personal property of said taxpayers, for and on account thereof in accordance with law. Commissioner Byrd moved, seconded by Commissioner Byerly, that the following Resolution be adopted and the motion was carried. NORTH ATTACOUINTY R F S O L U T I O N 238 NORTH CAROLINA HARNETT COUNTY R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, D. P. Ray, Jr. has tendered his resignation as Tax Collector of Harnett County effective July 31, 1964, and said resignation has been duly accepted; and WHEREAS, Mr. Ray entered employment with Harnett County October 2, 1939, as Deputy Clerk of the Superior Court, which said duties he, performed honorably and efficiently, resigning from said postion to accept the appointment of Tax Collector for Harnett County August 30, 1949, and that since that time he has served the people of Harnett County diligently and faithfully in the performance of his duties;. over a period of fifteen years, he has annually, on the first Monday in July for each successive year, filed with the various Boards of County Commissioners a complete and accurate stewardship of his officer and WHEREAS, it is reasonably estimated that Mr. Ray has accounted, to the various Boards of County Commissioners, over a period of fifteen years for funds in excess of 30 million dollars, a record that would surpass all of his predecessors in Office; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Harnett County for itself and the people of Harnett County desires to express to Mr. Ray its sincere appreciation for a job well done; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY the Board of Coanty Commissioners of Harnett County that it does on this the 1st day of August, 1964, commend Duncan P. Ray, Jr. most highly for his untiring efforts and devotion to duty as a public servant of this county and extend to him the appreciation and graditude of all of the people of Harnett County for the very fine record of service that he has achieved in a quarter of a century as an official of Harnett County; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That this resolution be incorporated in the official minutes of Harnett County, in order that those who follow may seek, to achieve a similar record, but that few, if any, will ever surpass; Bond in the amount of $35,000.00 with W. Earl Jones as Principal and appointed to the office of Tax .Collector was approved and filed with the Clerk Superior Court PUBLIC OFFICIAL BOND (individual) The American Insurance Group The American Insurance Company Newark, New Jenrohy'= Know All Men By These Presents, That W. Earl Jones, as Principal, and The American Insurance Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New Jersey, as Surety, are held and firmly bound unto Harnett County Board of Commissioners, as Obligee, in the penal sum of Thirty Five Thousand and no /100 ($35,000.00) Dollars awiul,_ Money of the United,, gates of America, for the payment of which well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, successors and ass- igns, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. WHEREAS, the said Principal has been duly appointed to the office of Tax Collector in and for the County of Harnett, State of North Carolina NOW,' THEREFORE, the condition of this obligation is such that if the above bounden Principal shall, fret August 1111964 to Sunen30th,1965 faithfully per- form the duties of his said office and properly account for al moneys and property received by virtue thereof, then the above obligation to be void; otherwise it shall remain in force. SIGNED, SEALED AND DATED August 1st. 1964. (Official Seal) (bond filed with CSC) W. Earl Jones, Principal The American Insurance Company By Robert R. Beard Atty. in Fact. Thomas Allen, Tax Supervisor, appeared before the Board and stated that notice of appeal from the Board of Equalization and Review to the State Board of Assessments on the following property in Neill's Creek Township has been presented as follows: 1. Valuation on Lot and Building by J. Frank McLeod 2. Valuation on 9 lots and Buildings by J. Frank McLeod 3. Valuation of .52 acres near Buies Creek by Joe T. Vail 4. Valuation of and Clan Clot of J. F. Blac 2 lots in Buies Creek situated College Cafe hang Store by Mrs. J. F. Blackmon for heirs kmon. 5. Valuation on 41 acre tract of farm land in Neills Creek Township by Mrs. J. F. Blackmon. 6. Valuation of lot and building in Buies Creek by B. B. Blackmon. 7. Valuation on lots in Butes Creek Shell Service Station location by B. B. Blackmon and J. T. Vail. The Following Road Petition was approved: (1) To take over and maintain that dirt road which runs from Highway 401 to Staley Spence residence in Neills Creek Township a distance of .6 mile. (Petition mailed to Mr. Spruill) State Highway Comm. Fayetteville. The Following Jurors Were Drawn For Civil Term of Superior Court Beginning September 14th. 1964. 1. Hubert L. Stewart 2. R C Surles 3. Gerald F. Hobbs 4. Cline D. Tanner 5. 0 E Parker 6. Charles R. Smith 7. Billy Ray Curran 8. James Morgan 9. Joseph 0. Creech 10. John D. Parker 11. Joseph F. Harris 12. Gerald Lee Brown 13. Herbert F. Carter 14. Henry L. Oldham 15. Oscar Walder 16. Thomas Gardner Johnson 17. Paul Graham Strickland 18. James Carl Holt 19. Charles A. Walker 20. Randal Parker 21. E T Bolton 22. Edward McLamb 23. Roy Johnson 24. D B Stewart 25. Robert Oliver Parker 26. Hugh Rosser 27. Albert Hall 28. Charles R. Ennis 29. Gus D. McNeill 30. Arthur F. Page 31. Alvin Newton 32. Billy M. Clifton 33. Cecil Brown 34. Leslie S. Weaver 35. Edward D. King 36. Donald L. Johnson, Sr. 37. Earnest Davis 38. Milton T. Rambeaut 39. Hugh Johnson Lee 40. John A. Waddell 41. Floyd Cecil Ivey 42. Archie McNeill, Jr. 43. James Henry Faircloth 44. Harvey M. Lee 45. Jesse S. Cameron Erwin Erwin Bunnlevel Erwin Dunn # 2 Bunnlevel # 1 Fuquay # 2 Lillington Buies Creek Erwin Buies Creek Lillington # 3 Dunn Dunn # 2 Lillington # 1 Dunn Erwin Fuquay # 2 Dunn # 2 Dunn # 3 Butes Creek Erwin Erwin Broadway # 1 Lillington # 2 Broadway # 1 Dunn # 1 Coats # 1 Erwin # 1 Dunn # 4 Lillington # 1 Dunn Lillington # 3 Lillington # 1 Dunn Bunnlevel # 1 Fuquay # 2 Spring Lake # 1 Dunn # 2 Sanford # 8 Erwin Erwin Erwin Dunn Broadway # 1 Duke Duke Stewarts Creek Duke Averasboro Stewarts Creek Hectors Creek Lillington Neills Creek Duke Neills Creek Barbecue Averasboro Averasboro Neills Creek Averasboro Duke Hectors Creek Averasboro Averasboro Neills Creek Duke Duke Upper Little River Lillington Upper Little River Averasboro Grove Stewarts Creek Duke Neills Creek Averasboro Upper Little River Neills Creek Averasboro Anderson Creek Hectors Creek Anderson Creek Averasboro Johnsonville Duke Duke Duke Averasboro Barbecue 239 240 The Following Jurors Were Drawn .For Civil Term Of Superior Court Beginning September 21st. 1964. 1. Leonard L. Carpenter 2. Oak Lee Thomas 3. Ray W. Morris 4. James Woth Lee 5. Lewis Gilbert 6. James E. Lee 7. Carl W. Turnage 8. Charles L. Quinn 9. Charles A. Horton 10. Donald Davis Kelly 11. Earl J. Thomas 12. James W. Moore 13, Allen R. Brown 14. John Moore 15. Edward R. McDonald 16. Marvin Meadows 17. Paul Avent 18. J D Barnes 19. Alton Luther Warren 20. H F Wood 21. Clyde Strickland 22. Fred Lee Matthews 23. Billy Graham Wallace 24. Hewie McKay 25. Lewis Charles Bayles 26. Sam R. Judge 27. William H. Godwin 28. Willard House 29. .Robert E. Godwin 30. Willie J. McNeill 31. James W. Hall 32. William E. Strickland 33. Winifred A. Powell 34. Paul T. Tart 35. Roy Milton Munden 36. Cleve Byrd 37. Gordon L.Morgan 38. Calvin Parke;; 39. Hugh Willie Tart 40. John Boyce Strickland 41. Gurney Bishop Lambeth 42. W H Rhiner 43. Fred M. Cameron hh. John A. Smith 45. Willaam Pearsall West Erwin Lillington # 3 Dunn Dunn # 2 Dunn Dunn Erwin Erwin Butes Creek Lillington Broadway # 1 Dunn Erwin Coats # 1 Lillington # 2 Coats # 1 Holly Springs # 1 Dunn Erwin Angier # 2 Overhills Fuquay # 2 Erwin # 1 Cameron # 2 Erwin # 1 Dunn .Dunn Erwin - Dunn # 3 Erwin Dunn Dunn Erwin Lillington # 2 Lillington Mamers Dunn # 3 Dunn # 2 Dunn Erwin Dunn Dunn Cameron # 2 Erwin Bunnlvel # 1 Duke Upper Little River Averasboro Averasboro Averasboro Averasboro Duke Duke Neills!Creek Lillington Upper Little River Averasboro Duke Grove Lillington Grove Buekhorn Averasboro Duke Black River Johnsonville Hectors Creek Duke Johnsonville Duke Averasboro Averasboro Duke Averasboro Duke Averasboro Averasboro Duke Lillington Lillington Upper Little River Grove Averasboro Averasboro Duke Averasboro Averasboro Johnsonville Grove Anderson Creek Melvin R. Turlington, Chairman of the Harnett Agri - Business Development Committee appeared before the Board and presented the proposal of the Steering Committed and the matter was deferred to a later date. The Board recessed to reconvene on F y August th. at 7:30 P. M. 2 20 11 -40 Chairman Clerk to Board