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BOOK p FAGS 147 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING' OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE COUNTY OF LEE, NORTH CAROLINA Monday, December 6th, 1976 The duly elected members of the Board of Commissioners for Lee County, North Carolina, consisting of William H. Cooper, John E. Dott- erer, Clyde J. Rhynei Franklin D. Wicker and Gordon A. Wicker, met in the Commissioners'' Room in the County Office Building, 200 Wicker Street, Sanford, North Carolina, on the 6th day of December, 1976, at 9:00 o'clock a. m„ for a regular meeting of said Board. And it appearing that William H,. Cooper, John E. Dotterer and Franklin D. Wicker were serving unexpired terms on'said Board and that Clyde J. Rhyne and Gordon A. Wicker.had been duly elected members of, . the Board. The said Clyde J. Rhyne and Gordon A. Wicker duly qualified and were administered their oath of office for a term of four years by the Honorable S. Gerald Arnold,. Associate Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Mrs. Pattie W. McGilvary, who had been elected Register of Deeds, presented herself for qualification for office and was administered the oath by the Honorable S. Gerald Arnold, Associate Judge of North Carolina Court of Appeals. Mrs. Sissy Cohen, Mrs. Mary Thornton'Yarborough, Mr. Mike Womble.and Mr. Glen Edwards, having been elected to the Sanford-Lee County Board of Education, presented themselves for qualification to their office and were administered the, oath.of their office by the Honorable S. Gerald Arnold, Associate Judge of the North _Carolina Court of Appeals. A copy of all of the oaths taken by those who qualified for office at this-meeting are attached to the minutes and by this reference made a part hereof. The meeting then stood in recess to allow the many friends of the office holders who qualified for.office to offer their congratulations and to .allow' those who had come to attend that part of the meeting to leave without interrupting the business of the Board, ro The meeting reconvened at 9:40 o'clock a, m., with all'Commissioners present.4 The Board then proceeded to organize and Mr. James I., Clark, Tax Supervisor, conducted the election.of a Chairman. Ballots,were'distributed and results of the vote were as follows: William H. Cooper ..5 votes Whereupon, Commissioner Cooper was declared elected as Chairman. Commissioner Cooper took -the -chair. and presided over the further deliberati*ns of the Board. The following business was transacted: Chairman Cooper expressed appreciation of the Board to Commiss- ioner Gordon A. Wicker for his services to the Board as its Chairman and expressed