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to the general authority of the Commissioners. The Board then considered and adopted another resolution authorizing the Building Committee to have full authority and that they were directed to proceed immediately with the building of the courthouse and jail, and that they were authorized to make all contracts and other necessary things for the immediate carrying out of this purpose. The Board then approved a contract with Mr. McMillan, the architect, which provided that he would receive a fee in the amount of 5% on the approximate cost of $30,000 allowing for a rebate of $100, or a total payment of $1,400. Mr. McMillan was to be paid in the following installments: $250 when excavation was commenced, $500 when the plans for the courthouse were completed, $150 when plans for the jail were completed, and the balance was to be paid in monthly installments as the work progresses as authorized by the Building Committee. The Board then adopted a resolution resolving that the corner store of the courthouse be layed on July 4th and that the Masonic Lodges of Jonesboro and Sanford were requested to ask the Grand Lodge of Masons of North Carolina to lay the the corner stone. The Building Committee was invested with authority to borrow sufficient funds to take care of the work on the courthouse until the funds could be realized from the sale of bonds. On November 12, 1908, the Board adopted a bond resolution authorizing the sale of $35,000 of bonds for the purpose of building a courthouse and jail. The Board met on December 6, 1909, and received a report from the Building Committee. The report recited that the jail and courthouse had been finished for some time, but had been considered inadvisable to discharge the committee until all the matters connected with the contracts were adjusted and at an end. The committee filed a financial accounting of their expenditures which had been audited by the Finance Committee. They expressed appreciation to the superintendent in charge of the work and then concluded their report by stating that the committee would recommend the securing as early as possible of some legislation for the protection of the courthouse from injury and abuse by persons expectorating on the floors and walls, or committing other wanton acts. The committee also recommended that the terraces surrounding the courthouse be sodded and sewn with grass to prevent the discoloration of the walls with clay, and that the whole courthouse square be suitably laid out, adorned and set with shade trees. The original structure stayed the same during the period from its completion until 1956 when the first time an addition was added to it. This addition is on the south side of the building towards the Jonesboro Heights section and was built originally to house the tax supervisor and the tar: collectors office which with the advent of the District Court System was converted by the Commissioners into a District Courtroom. The structure has served the Countv well and it is the intention that when the new Court/Jail/Law Enforcement Center is constructed, that the addition will be removed and the building restored to its original configuration. NORTH CARD LOW 1E8 CCl1NJY S(Q Rene ~eplW~tlelldRC~../LY ..gym' ~Y of 60~u recorded Nelhe W Tnonue.ReI' el WBdo