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published with notice of hearing thereon and the Board of Commissioners has, at the time and place specified in such notice of hearing, heard any and all citizens and taxpayers who desired to:protest against the issuance of the bonds authorized by the bond order, and such hearing has been closed; and WHEREAS, the bond order entitled "Bond (Eder authorizing the issu- ance of $5, 000, 000 School Bonds of the County of Lee" introduced at the meeting of the Board of Commissioners held on February 16, 1968, has been duly published with notice of hearing thereon and the Board of Commissioners has, at the time and place specified in such notice of hearing, heard any and all citizens and taxpayers who desired to protest against the issuance of the bonds, and such hearing has been closed; and WHEREAS, the.County Accountant has, by direction of the Board of Commissioners, filed in the office of the Clerk of the Board of Coirunissioners a statement of debt incurred and to be incurred for purposes other than school purposes under bond orders either introduced or passed, complying with the provisions of the County Finance Act, and such statement so filed show that the net indebtedness of the County for such purposes is 1.69% of the assessed valuation of property in said County as last fixed for County taxation; and WHEREAS, the County Accountant has, by direction of,the Board of Commissioners, filed in the office of the Clerk of the Board of Commissioners a state- lnent of debt incurred and to be incurred for school purposes under bond orders either introduced or passed,, complying with the provisions of the County Finance Act, and suchil statement so filed show that the net indebtedness of the County for such purposes is 7.04%, of the assessed valuation of property in said County as last fixed for County taxation; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the County of Lee as follows: (1) The bond order entitled Bond Order authorizing the issuance of Ii $759, 000 County Court House Bonds of the County of Lee, introduced at the meeting of the Board of Commissioners held on February 16, 1968, is hereby adopted without change or amendment. (2) The bond order entitled "Bond Order authorizing the issuance of $5, 000, 000 School Bonds of the County of Lee", introduced at the meeting of the Board of Commissioners held on February 16, 1968, is hereby adopted without change or amendment. (3) The C16rk of the Board of Commissioners is hereby directed to cause a copy of each of said bond orders to be published with the statement as to its adoption prescribed by The County Yinance Act in the Sanford Daily Herald, a newspaper published in Sanford, in said County, and such publication shall be made in .h the manner prescribed by The County Finance Act. The motion having been duly seconded by Commissioner Wicker, it was unanimously adopted. Chairman Dotterer read a letter from the Lee County and Sanford City Boards of Education requesting that the School Bond election not be called for May 4th, 1968. Mr. J. Glenn Edwards, Chairman of the Lee County Board of Education appeared before the Board and spoke In support of their request that the election date be changed from May 4, 1968, as tentatively proposed. Mr. Edwards was advised that the Board would adjourn to meet on Monday, March 11, 1968, to consider the matter further. Page two