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0 BOOK. O PAGE of funds derived from Revenue Sharing, if they should need them. No formal action was taken and Mr. Godwin was advised to include such a request in his budget request. ir.. Robert Dalrymple, Chairman of Lee County Board of Education and Mr. J. R. Ingram, Chairman of the Sanford City Board of Education, appeared before the Board. Mr. Ingram presented a Resolution with respect to merger of the School Boards, a copy of which is attached to the minutes of this meeting and by such incorporated herein. Chairman Dalrymple stated that the Lee County Board of Education had adopted a similar Resolution, however, it provided that three of the members of the initial merger Board would hold office until the election in 1976 and the remaining four members would hold office until the election in 1978. Chairman Dalrymple stated the reason for the change in their Resolution was to have the dates coincide with the General County Elections rather than the date of the Municipal Elections. Chairman Ingram polled the members of his Board and stated that they were agreeable to that change in the Resolution setting forth the plan of merger that they had adopted. Commissioner William H. Cooper moved that the plan of merger as proposed by the Sanford City Board of Education and the Lee County Board of Education be accepted and approved. Commissioner J. Eugene Rogers seconded the motion and upon a vote it was unanimously adopted. Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker moved that the Board express its appreciation and congr.xlations to the Lee County School Board and the Sanford City School Board, upon their being able to work out a plan of merger which was agreeable to both Boards. The motion was seconded and unanimously adopted. The Board next considered recreation matters and Commissioner Rogers advised Commissioner Hancock about matters pertaining to coaches and practice sessions under the present policies of the Recreation Commission. Commissioner William H. Cooper recommended that the Recreation Commission consider conducting a soap box derby. Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker reported that at the most recent inspection of the Sanitary Landfill, the inspector found only two deficiencies and that this represented a considerable improvement in performance on behalf of-the County employees. The Chairman then called to the attention of the Board the vacancy in the office of the Register of Deeds for Lee County which had been occasioned by the death of Mr. J. Chandler Eakes. Commissioner Hal L. Hancock reported to the Board that Mrs. Eakes had stated to him that Mr. Eakes had expressed the wish that Mrs. Pattie Mae McGilvary succeed him as Register of Deeds and that he had advised her that he would communicate this information to the other members of the Board. The Chairman declared that the floor was open for nominations. Commissioner Hal L. Hancock nominated Mrs. Pattie Mae McGilvary to be Register of Deeds. Commissioner William H. Cooper seconded her nomination. There were no other nominations, and upon a vote, Messrs. Cooper, Hancock, Rogers, F. Wicker and G. Wicker all voted for the election of Mrs. Pattie Mae McGilvary as Register of Deeds. The Chairman declared that Mrs. Pattie Mae McGilvary had been appointed by the Board to be the Register of Deeds for Lee County and to serve the unexpired portion of the term of the late J. Chandler Eakes. The Clerk was instructed to advise Mrs. McGilvary to take and file the oath of office and to give bond as required by law. The Board then considered the request of the Central Carolina Technical Institute for authority to select and engage an architect to prepare plans for the improvements authorized by the bond election held on March 31,