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BOOK 6 PACE 164 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF LEE COUNTY Tuesday, 3 September 1963 The Regular Meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Lee County, met in the Commissioners Room at the Courthouse onTdesday, the 3rd day of September, 1963. Those present when the meeting opened were Chairman Sion H. Kelly and Commissioners Clyde J. Atkins, Edward W. Cox, Dr. John E. Dotterer and J. T. Ledwell. None of the Commissioners were absent. Chairman Sion H. Kelly presided and the following business was trans- acted: The meeting was opened by prayer given by the Reverend Clarence Low Miss Mary Estelle Doyle, County Home Extension Agent, appeared before the Board and gave a report on the activities of her office. Mr. Thomas M. Haislip, County Extension Agent and Mr. Bill Price, Assistant Agricultural Extension Agent, appeared before the Board and gave a report on the activities of the Extension Department Wiring the preceding month. Mr. Paul Lucas, Tax Collector, appeared before the Board and gave report on his collections during the preceding month. He also presented a list of insolvents for whom he requested relief from having to collect taxes. The World War One Veterans Barracks at Colon requested the use of the Courtroom for a meeting on Sunday, the 15th of September, 1963, and per- mission to use the Courtroom was granted by the Board. Mr. Raymond Ledford, County Director of Public Welfare, appeared before the Board and presented the report of the monthly activities of the De- partment of Public Welfare. Mr. J. Chandler Eakes, Register of Deeds, appeared before the Board and presented a written report on the activities of his office for the month of August. There was a discussion about the operation of the County Jail and the proposed City Court. Upon;motion;of;Conunissioner.,Ledwe4.whichcwas seconded by Comm- issioner Dotterer, and unanimously adopted, the Board resolved to support the position of all the railroads of the south, including the Southern Railway instead of the Southern Railway alone, in the freight rate suit presently pending in the United States District Court in Cincinatti, Ohio. The minutes of the July 22nd meeting and the August 5th meeting was discussed by the Members of the Board. Dr. O. D. Garvin, District Health Officer, appeared before the Board and gave the monthly report for the Health Department. Dr. Garvin discussed the medical examiners system with the Board. The written report of Mr. Hugh Talley, County Sanitarian, was pre- sented to the Board by Dr. Garvin.