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MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING <br />OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />LEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA <br />MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1972 <br />The adjourned regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners <br />for Lee County, North Carolina, convened on Monday; August 21, 1972, in <br />the Commissioners' room of the County Office Building, at the corner of <br />Steele and Wicker Streets, in the City of Sanford,. <br />Those present were: <br />Commissioners William H. Cooper, Perry White, Gordon <br />A. Wicker, and Chairman Franklin D. Wicker. Commissioner J. Eugene Rogers <br />was absent. <br />Chairman'Franklin D. Wicker presided and the following business <br />was transacted: <br />Mr. J. Chandler Eakes, Register of Deeds, appeared before the <br />Board and advised the Board he would be absent on a trip to Alaska but had a duly <br />appointed assistant Register of Deeds who could attend to the duties of his office <br />in his absence, <br />.The minutes of the regular meeting held on Monday, August 7th, <br />1972, were approved and ordered recorded, upon motion of Commissioner William <br />H. Cooper, seconded by Perry White, unanimously adopted. <br />Chairman Wicker. announced that a legal notice had been received <br />from the office of the Clerk, U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of <br />Pennsylvania with respect to claims in connection with plumbing fixtures. The <br />notice was referred to the County Attorney for his comments and appropriate action. <br />Upon motion of Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker, duly seconded by <br />Commissioner William H. Cooper, it was resolved to exercise the option held by <br />the County to purchase the property of Mr. Lee P. Thomas on, Evergreen Lane, <br />in accordance with the terms of the option held by the County. Messrs. Cooper, <br />White, Gordon A. Wicker and Franklin D. Wicker all voted for the Resolution and . <br />no one voted against it. <br />The Chairman advised the Board that Mr. J. Fletcher Rosser had <br />requested that his resignation as Chairman of the Human Rights Commission be <br />accepted. Upon motion made, seconded and duly adopted, ii ,was resolved to <br />accept the resignation of Mr. Rosser with regret, and with the thanks of the Board <br />for the services rendered by him in this capacity: The Chairman directed that a letter <br />attesting to this fact be forwarded to Mr. Rosser, and that Vice-Chairman Hubert <br />Waddell be advised that the resignation had been accepted. <br />Commissioner Perry White reminded the Board that the plans were <br />to construct a storage facility for the voting machines adjacent to the Courthouse <br />Annex. The County Manager was asked to prepare a sketch of a suitable addition <br />for this purpose for consideration by the Board at a subsequent meeting. <br />The County Manager advised the Board that he had requested a <br />demonstration of a type voting machine which had impressed the representatives of <br />the Board when viewed at the recent convention of the North Carolina Association of <br />County Commissioners.. <br />The written request of Mrs, Louise McLeod White for a refund for <br />taxes was presented to the Board. It :appearing to.the Board that the property had <br />been incorrectly listed and assessed in Mrs. White's name and that the taxes amounted <br />