1971 - 09-20-71 Adj. Reg. Meeting

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Boas ~Q Pis{ 9 WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners has determined it is necessary for the purpose of establishing and conducting a system of super- vised recreation to call a special election to submit to the qualified voters of said County the question of whether or not a special tax shall be levied for such purpose, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners for the County of Lee as follows: (1) The question whether the qualified voters of the County of Lee shall approve or disapprove the levy of an annual tax of not more than ten cents (10~) on each one hundred dollars of assessed valuation of the taxable property within such County for providing, conducting, and maintaining a super- vised recreation system shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the County of Lee at a special election to be held in said County on November 6, 1971, (2) The Clerk to the Board of Commissioners is hereby authorized and directed to publish a notice of the submission of said questions at said special election in substantially the following form: "COUNTY OF LEE, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 6, 1971 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at a special election to be held in the County of Lee, North Carolina, on November 6, 1971, there will be submitted to the qualified voters of said County the question whether they shall approve or disapprove the levy of an annual tax of not more than ten cents (10~) on each one hundred dollars of assessed valuation of the taxable property within such County for providing, conducting, and maintaining a supervised recreation system. The ballot-labels for the voting machines to be used at said election shall contain the words 'For the levy of a special recreation tax of not more than ten cents (10~) for providing, conducting, and maintaining s super- vised recreation system', and the words, 'Against the levy of a special recrea- tion tax of not more than ten cents (10~) for providing, conducting, and main- taining a supervised recreation system' in such form as will allow the voters at said election to vote for or against said tax. In the event that a majority of the qualified voters voting at said election shall vote to levy such tax, the Board of Commissioners by appropriate resolution shall put into effect such proposition as soon as practicable. The polls for the election will open at the hour of 6:30 o'clock a. m. , and will close at the hour of 6:30 o'clock p. m. The election will be held at the same polling places at which the last election was held in Lee County for the election of members of the General Assembly. Registration books of Lee County in such election precincts will be used for the election. All qualified voters whose names are not registered upon such registration books and who present themselves for registration may be registered on or before October 16, 1971, being the twenty first day before said election, by the Special Registration Commissioner at the office of the Register of Deeds in the Lee County Courthouse on any business day between 8:30 o'clock a.m and 5:00 o'clock p. m. Any qualified voter of the County who expects to be absent from the County during the entire period the polls are open on the day of the election, or who because of sickness or other physical disability will be unable to be present at the voting place to vote in person may apply for an absentee ballot to be used in voting at said election not earlier than forty five days prior to said election and not later - 3 -