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tk : MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR LEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Monday, December 4, 1972 1, 0, 1, 1 1. 1 J The regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for Lee County, North Carolina, convened in the Commissioners' Room on the second floor of the County Office Building at the corner of Steele and Wicker Streets in the City of Sanford, at 10:00 o'clock a. m., on Monday, December 4th, 1972. Messrs. William-H. Cooper, J. Eugene Rogers, and Franklin D. Wicker having qualified for four year terms in December 1970, were presence and called the meeting to order. It appearing that Messrs. Hal L. Hancock and Gordon A. Wicker having been duly elected to four year terms at the general election in November 1972, were present and each of these gentlerv men qualifed for office by taking the requisite oaths before Miss Grace Crabtree, Assistant Clerk of Superior Court. The original oaths were filed in the office of the Clerk of Superior Court and copies were ordered attached to and filed with the minutes of this meeting. The.Board then,inducted into office Mr: J. Chandler Eakes, as Register of Deeds for Lee. County. A copy. of Mr. Eakes oath of office is attached to the minutes of this meeting and the original is filed with the Clerk of Superior Court. . The provisions of the blanket bond were adjudged sufficient. The Board then requested Mr. J. Chandler Eakes to conduct an elect- ion to determine who would serve as Chairman of the Board for the coming year. Mr., Eakes distributed ballots and the members voted. The ballots were counted and it was determined that Mr. Gordon A: Wicker had received three (3) votes for Chairman and Mr. W. H. Cooper had recieved two (2) votes. Mr. Gordon A. Wicker was declared elected as Chairman of the Board and assumed the Chair and presided over the further deliberations of the Board. The Board then conducted an election to determine who would serve as Vice Chairman. The ballots were distributed, marked and counted. It was determined that Hal L. Hancock had received three votes for Vice Chairman and William H. Cooper had received two votes for Vice Chairman. Mr. Hal L. Hancock was declared elected as Vice Chairman of the Board. Upon motion of Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker, seconded by Commissioner J. Eugene Rogers, and unanimously adopted, Kenneth R. Hoyle was employed as County Attorney and appointed to serve as Clerk to the Board of Commissioners. There was a general discussion about assignment of areas of responsibility for the various Commissioners. The Chairman designated that the following Commissioners would be responsible for supervising the following activities and properties: