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The written request of Alfred Wayne Brown, a member of the Armed Forces, presently residing in Lee County, but whose permanent home address ,is in a,'State other than that of North Carolina, for a refund of his personal property taxes paid to the State of North Carolina, was presented to the Board.* The request'was examined and considered as well as the certificate of Warrant Officer Sims, attesting that under the Soilders' and Sailors'Civil Relief Act of 1940, that he was of the opinion that the serviceman was entitled to a refund since he was,not subject to North Carolina personal property tax. Commissioner William H. Cooper moved that the Board authorize the Tax Collector to refund to E-5 Alfred Wayne Brown of Company D, 25th Sig. Bn. , Ft. Bragg, the sum of $43.49, for personal property tax paid November 5th, 1974, for the reason that he was not required to pay same as a member of the Armed Forces under the Soldiers' and Salors' Civil Relief Act of 1940. Comm- issioner Hal L. Hancock seconded the motion and upon a roll call vote, Messrs. Cooper, Dotterer, Hancock, F. Wicker and G. Wicker, all voted for it and no one voted against it. The Chairman declared the motion duly adopted, Mr. L. F. Meador, Chairman of the Lee County Planning Board, and Mr. John A. Berndt, Community Development Planner, appeared before the Board and discussed the proposed ordinance providing for the adoption, administration and enforcement of regulatory codes and specifying other duties of inspection officials in Lee County. The original draft of the ordinance, the recommendations of the Planning Board, and the recommendations of the Community Development Planner, Mr. John A. Berndt, as to statutory changes which had been made since the first draft was proposed, were considered and discussed. Following the discussion, Commissioner Hal L. Hancock, moved the adoption of the following: THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR LEE COUNTY, DO ORDAIN: