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1 E BOOK S °AG1 21 "STATEMENT OF RESULT OF VOTING ON PROPOSITION TO APPROVE BOND ORDER AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $600, 000 OF BONDS AT THE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD IN THE COUNTY OF LEE ON MARCH 31, 1973 WHEREAS, by direction of the Board of Commissioners of the County of Lee, in the State of North Carolina, the bond order hereinafter des- cribed was submitted to the qualified voters of said County for their approval or disapproval at the special election held in said County on March 31, 1973; The bond order authorizing $600, 000 of bonds to finance the erection and equipment of buildings in Lee County for use by Central Carolina Technical Institute, including the acquisition of the necessary land or rights in land, and a tax therefor. And said Board of Commissioners has duly canvassed the returns of the Registrars and Judges of Election appointed to hold said election and has determined the result of said election to be as hereinafter stated: NOW, THERE- FORE, Said Board of Commissioners hereby makes the following state- ment of the result of said election, pursuant to the County Finance Act of North Carolina: (1) The number of voters registered and qualified to vote at said election was 15, 298. (2) The number of votes cast at said election for the bond order described above and for the indebtedness proposed to be incurred by the issuance of the bonds authorized by said bond order was 1, 619. The number of votes cast at said election against said bond order and against said indebtedness was 451.A majority of the qualified voters of said County who voted at said election voted to approve said bond order and said indebtedness. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we, the undersigned members of the Board of Commissioners of the County of Lep, have hereunto set our hands the 16th day of April, 1973. /s/ Gordon A. Wicker /s/Franklin D. Wicker /s/ W. H. Cooper /s/ Hal L. Hancock /s/ J. Eugene Rogers MEMBERS OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS" Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker moved that the statement so signed be approved by the Board of Commissioners and that the Clerk be directed to file the original statement in his office and to publish a copy of the statement in the manner provided by law. Commissioner William H. Cooper seconded the motion and the motion was unanimously adopted. Mr. Dave Godwin and Mr. Mike Womble, appeared before the Board on behalf of the Lee County Industries, operators of the Sheltered Work Shop and reported that their funds through the Vocational Rehabilitation Bureau may be cut and that they wanted their agency to be considered for up to $5, 000