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0 The Budget Estimate as filed for the fiscal'rear 1957-1958 was presented to the Board and gone over item by item. After full consideration of the various items of the Budget, Commissioner Kelly offered and moved the adoption of the following resolution: "WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Lee County has considered • • the various items of the Budget Estimate for the fiscal year 1957-1958; now, therefore, ' BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of Lee County that the said budget estimate for the expenses of operation of the County of Lee and its various agencies and departments for the fiscal year 1957-58 be and the same hereby is tentatively adopted as the budget of Lee County for said fiscal year; and that the tax rate for said County of Lee be and the same hereby is tentatively fixed and established at One Dollar and thirty-five cents ($1. 35) for each One Hundred Dollars valuation of taxable property for the fiscal year 1957-58; and that special tax of fifteen cents be levied on;each One Hundred dollars valuation of taxable property in the Sanford Graded School District and the Jonesboro Graded School District for the fiscal year 1957-58. "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said budget be filed and lie on the table in the Office of the Register of Deeds for at least twenty days for public inspection and that a summary of said budget and notice of filing of said budget in the Office of the Register of Deeds' be published in one or more newspapers of general circulation at least twenty days before its final adoption as the budget for the fiscal year 1957-1958." The motion was seconded by Commissioner Atkins. Those voting for said motion were Commissioners Kelly, ATkins and Measamer. Those voting against said motion wereAWinst�O to d and Cheshire. Commissioner Kelly introduced and moved the adoption of the following Interim Appropriation Resolution: BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of Lee County: "Section 1. That in order to operate the County and its subdivisions and agencies from July 1, 1957, to the date of the adoption of the 1957-1958 Budget Resolution, appropriations are hereby made for the purpose of paying salaries the principal and interest on indebtedness, and the usual ordinary expenses of the County and its subdivisions and agencies at the same rate of expenditure as provided for in the budget for the fiscal year 1956-1957. "Section 2. This resolution shall cease to be effective from and after adoption of the 1957-1958 Budget Resolution, and all expenditures made in accordance with this resolution shall be chargeable to appropriations made in the 1957-58 Budget Resolution. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Atkins. Those voting in favor of said motion were Commissioners Kelly, Winstead, Cheshire, Atkins and Measamer. Those voting against the motion were None . . iri..+y.,..i......'L..—yam -..�-s,..... �, .•/ .iica w-aeae.d.•6r �.;�y ._ yd'. Commissioner Atkins then moved that the meeting adjourn untilje;00 o'clock on Wednesday morning, July 3, 1957, at which time the Board would meet for the purpose of considering the petition which had been submitted by Mr. I. J. Morris. This motion was unanimously adopted and the meeting was adjourned.