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0 "WHEREAS, it appears that the Federal Bureau of Roads in developing a Federal System of Super Highways has under consideration the location of the route of a Federal Super Highway from the Ohio-West Virginia area to North Carolina; and whereas, the development of better highways from North Carolina's two seaports to the Piedmont section of North Carolina is a most important part of this plain; and whereas, the closer this Federal Super Highway comes to the Central or Eastern Sections of our State the faster will development come to the State as aldhole and particularly to Lee County and the area immediately adjacent to it; and whereas, the industrial development of our State is much dependent on the plaiuiing to provide a suitable net work of roads from the South- east to the Northwest Section of our state; and whereas, it has been proposed that a Federal Super Highway be routed from Cincinnati, Ohio to Wilmington and/or Morehead City, North Carolina via Blue Field, West Virginia, Mount Airy, Winston-Salem, High Point, Siler City, Sanford and Fayetteville, North Carolina; NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Commissioners of Lee County, North Carolina, that the Federal Bureau of Roads and the North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission be urged to approve and designate a Federal Int 7 egional Super Highway from Wilmington, North Carolina through Sanford and Greensboro and on Northwestwardly to Cincinnati .or other mid-west points to the end that North Carolina's Natural Port Facilities will be linked with the great coal fields of West Virginia and with the rich agricultural section of the Mid-west. " The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was seconded by Commissioner Kelly and the same was adopted by unanimous vote of the Board. Mr. E. M. Underwood, Clerk of Superior Court, advised the Board that the auditing firm which annually audit the books of his office have not completed its work and requested that he be granted an extension of time until the first Monday in January, 1958 in which to file his annual audit. Commissioner Winstead then moved that the time for filing the annual audit of the Clerk of Superior Court be extended to the first Monday in January, 1958 due to the fact that the auditing firm doing the audit had not atas completed the same. This motion was seconded by Commissioner Atkins and the same was unanimously adopted.