December 3, 1962 - 11:00 AM - County Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes

December 3, 1962 - 11am1 5Fit width50December 3, 1962The Board of Commissioners of Johnston County met in regular session on December 3,1962, in the Commissioners Room of the courthouse, at 11 oclock, with the followingmembers presentH M Johnson, Chairman, J D Bailey, Frank B Holding, Floyd C Price, Sr, andR G GurleyAbsent NoneThe following business was transacted1 Ethical Veterinary Supply CoCommissioner Frank B Holding moved that contract be awarded to Ethical VeterinarySupply Company, 34 -28 31st Street, Long Island City 6, New York, sole bidder, forsupplying the county with phenalized rabies vaccine and other items in the followingform and amounts9500 doses phenalized rabies for dogs and cats, expiration date June 1963or later at 4275 per dose to be delivered by February 1, 1963 or earlierThis quotation includes the cost of an aluminum tag and link imprinted with theear, your countys name and a number A ten dose vial would therefore cost you275 per vial net 10 days, complete with 10 tags and links500 doses of the same vaccine with an expiration date of January 1964 or laterto be delivered by April 1963 at the price of 275 per vial including tags andlinks500 additional tags and links at 02 each, net 10 daysCommissioner J D Bailey seconded the motion, which was carried2 Quit -claim deed to L W GodwinCommissioner J D Bailey moved that a quit -claim deed be made to L W Godwin uponthe payment -of 35000, conveying one lot in Pleasant Grave Township, foreclosed in thename of L C Parrish, F R # 6, page 1, subject to acceptance by the party of thesecond part within thirty daysCommissioner Frank B Holding seconded the motion, which was carried3 quit -claim deed to Myrtle AycockUpon the recommendation of Rhetta Martin, Tax Attorney, Commissioner Frank B Holdingmoved that a quit -claim deed be made to Myrtle Aycock, Selma, N C, conveying 26j acresin Selma Township, foreclosed in the name of W 0 Hicks, F R # 2, page 238, it beingthe purpose of this order to remove cloud from title as the tax records indicate thatthe taxes had been paid on this property in the year 1934 and taxes listed and paid inthe name of Myrtle Aycock for subsequent yearsCommissioner R G Gurley seconded the motion, which was carried4 Oneal Farm BureauCommissioner R G Gurley presented the following petition from the Oneal Farm Bureausigned by approximately forty members, commending the Board for the construction ofAgricultural Building on North Street and Highway 301, which will provide better facil-ities and enable agricultural departments to render more efficient servicesThe following ONeals Township Farm Bureau Members signed by approximately 4omembers wish to commend and thank the Johnston County Commissioners for their work andefforts in acquiring the Agricultural Building and rendering their services in CountyGovernment We hope that the same spirit of cooperation will still exist in helpingwith other worthwhile agricultural projects in the future5 Resolution from N C State Board of HealthThe following resolution was received from the North Carolina State Board of Healthand ordered incorporated in the minutesResolution of the North Carolina State Board of Health Creating the WestSmithfield Sanitary District Located in Johnston County, North CarolinaAt the regular meeting of the North Carolina State Board of Health held in the Cityof Raleigh, North Carolina, on the 29th day of November, 1962, the roll call was asfollows,to -witPresent AbsentDr Charles R Bugg Dr Roger W Morrison51— — - -- - -- - - - - -- - - -- - -- - - - - -- December_ 3,_ 1962 - -- tCont - - - --Dr John R BenderDr, Ben W DawseyDr Lenox D BakerDr Jasper C JacksonDr Oscar S GoodwinDr Glenn L HooperDr D T RedfearnOn the motion of Dr Dawsey, which was duly seconded by Mr Jackson, the followingresolutions were passed creating the West Smithfield Sanitary District in JohnstonCounty, North Carolina, all in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 130, Article 12,General Statutes of North Carolina 1957 and 1959 cumulative supplementBE IT RESOLVED That the North Carolina State Board of Health, upon giving dueconsideration to the proposal to create the West Smithfield Sanitary District, JohnstonCounty, North Carolina, finds the following facts in relation thereto, to -witA That the petition, containing the names of over fifty -one per cent51 of the resident freeholders requesting the creation of saidsanitary district as prescribed by law, was filed with the Board ofCommissioners of Johnston County, North Carolina, and duly approvedby said BoardB The State Board of Health was duly notified through the Chairman ofthe Board of Commissioners of Johnston County; therefore, the StateHealth Director of the State of North Carolina and the Chairman ofthe Board of Commissioners of Johnston County, mutually set the dateand place for the public hearing to be held on November 5, 1962 at230 PM in the Sharon Baptist Church located within the boundarylines of the proposed sanitary district0 Notice of the joint public hearing was duly given by posting a noticeon the bulletin board at the Johnston County Courthouse and publishingfor four 4 successive weeks in The Smithfield Herald, a newspaperpublished in Smithfield, North Carolina, and having general circulationwithin the territory to be included in the proposed sanitary districtD That a joint public hearing was held by the Board of Commissionersof Johnston County, and representatives of the North Carolina StateBoard of Health, to -wit Mr X J Stevenson, Regional Engineer,and Mr D L Fox, Assistant Regional Engineer, Sanitary EngineeringDivision, upon the question of creating the Nest Smithfield SanitaryDistrict, Johnston County; the joint public hearing haying been heldin accordance with the publication of said notice on Monday, the 5thday of November, 1962, at 230 P M in the Sharon Baptist Churchlocated within the boundaries of the proposed sanitary districtE That at the said joint public hearing no opposition to the creationof the sanitary district was encountered Therefore, the Board ofCommissioners of Johnston County, and the representatives of theState Board of Health agreed that the creation of the Wrest SmithfieldSanitary District, should be approved The Board of Commissionersadopted a resolution to that effect Therefore, the representativesof the State Board of Health stated that they would recommend to theState Board of Health at their next regular meeting that the proposedWest Smithfield Sanitary District be approved and createdTHEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED FURTHER, that in the opinion of the State Board of Healthof the State of North Carolina, the territory described in said petition should becreated as a sanitary district, and it is for the beat interest of the residents andinhabitants of the said district for the purpose of preserving and promoting the publichealth that the said sanitary district be created, and that same be and is hereby creat-ed and established as a sanitary district, all in accordance with and pursuant toprovisions of Chapter 130, Article 12, General Statutes of North Carolina 1957 and 1959cumulative supplementThe said district as described in the said petition and resolution heretofmrepassed-is hereby described and set out as follows to -witBEGINNING at a point at the mouth of Poplar Branch where said PoplarBranch enters Neuse River, it being on the lands of Bill Strickland;and the line runs in a southerly and westerly direction as the westand north bank of Neuse River passing under the bridge of U SHighway 70 and continuing to a point on the north bank of Neuse River,a corner between the lands of C 0 Heavner, Frank Holding, and thelands of Dr Ed Boyette, it also being a corner in the division ofthe J W Stephenson land between Ielllah Rook Stephenson and her sister,Mrs Herman Talton; and the line runs as the dividing line between theHeavner- Holding property and Dr Ed Boyette North 15 degrees 21 minutesEast 1000 feet to a corner; thence across the lands of Dr Ed BoyetteNorth 78 degrees 39 minutes West 2726 feet to a stake on the bank ofSwift Creek; thence along the east bend of Swift Creek in a northerlydirection to an iron stake a corner between the lands of Dr EdBoyette and Jesse Whitley; thence as Jesse Whitleys line and the?2_— - Deaembera,__1462__ott____ -iline between Dr Boyette North 4 degrees 47 minutes East 1483 feet toan iron stake and North 1 degree 12 minutes East 456 feet to an ironstake, a corner with Jesse Whitley and Dr Ed Boyette on the eastbank of Swift Creek; thence as the east bank of Swift Creek in anortherly direction passing under the bridge over said creek whereHighway # 210 crosses said creek, and continuing up the east bank ofsaid creek to the mouth of a small branch; thence as the run of thesmall branch in a northeasterly direction to a new corner on the landsof Rose Patterson; thence a new line crossing her land and the landsof Jimmy and Billy R Flowers North 42 degrees 46 minutes West 373669feet to a corner with the lands of Jimmy and Billy R Flowers and Mrs jR E Fleming; thence as their line North 2 degrees 32 minutes East -2161 feet to a stake, their corner; thence as their line North 43degrees 32 minutes East 11904 feet to a point, their corner on thenorth edge of the paved portion of U S Highway # 70; thence as theirline Worth 60 degrees 02 minutes East 94603 feet to an iron stake,their corner and the corner with Mrs Ellena Fleming; thence a newline crossing the lands of Mrs Ellena Fleming, Dr Ed Boyette andTom Moore North 43 degrees h6 minutes East 442364 feet to a cornerin the line between Dr Ed Boyette and Tom Moore; thence as a newline across the lands of Dr Ed Boyette South 59 degrees 39 minutesEast 331656 feet to the center of Poplar Branch, a corner where theold road to Wilson Mills crosses said Creek; thence as the run ofPoplar Branch in a southerly direction with the lands of Dr Ed Boyette,Frank Montgomery, Bill Stricklands, et als, to the beginningBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all said territory be and is hereby created andestablished as a sanitary district to be identified by the name of West SmithfieldSanitary District which is located in Johnston County, North CarolinaBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Secretary to the State Board of Health of NorthCarolina cause a certified copy of these resolutions to be sent to the Board ofCommissioners of Johnston County, North Carolina, to the end that said Commissioners mayproceed furtko r with the completion of the creation, formation, and organization ofsaid sanitary district, all as provided by lawNorth CarolinaWake CountyI, J W R Norton, Secretary and State Health Director, do hereby certify thatthe foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution adopted by the North CarolinaState Board of Health at a meeting duly called and held in Raleigh, North Carolina, onthe 29th day of November, 1962, relative to the creation of the West SmithfieldSanitary District located in Johnston County, North CarolinaWitness my hand this 4th day of December, 1962J W R Norton, M DState Health DirectorSubscribed and sworn to before me thisthe 4 day of December, 1962Esther B LundyNotary PublicMy Commission Expires Jan 19, 1963N P Seal6 ResolutionCommissioner Frank B Holding introduced the following resolution and moved thatit be adoptedRESOLUTIONWhereas, the North Carolina State Board of Health at its regular meeting onNovember 29, 1962 created the West Smithfield Sanitary District in accordance withSection 130 -125, General Statutes of North Carolina, and is fully set out in theminutes of this meeting appearing in paragraph 5, page 50,And whereas, in accordance with Section 130 -126, General Statutes of North Carolina,it is incumbent of the Board of County Commissioners of Johnston County to determinewhether three or five members shall constitute the Governing Board of the created dis-trict, and to appoint the members that shall serve,Now therefore, be it resolved that the Governing Board of the West SmithfieldSanitary District shall consist of five members;Further resolved that W B Strickland, Shelton Castleberry, R W Braswell,Henry H Whitley, and W Edward Ted Wallace, all residents of the created districtwhose address is Route # 3, Smithfield, NC, be appointed to serve as members of theWest Smithfield Sanitary District Governing Boa7t and shall continue to serve untiltheir successors are elected and qualifiedCommissioner J D Bailey seconded the motion, which was unanimously carried53— - -- — -- - December_ 3,7 Applications for Tax CollectorChairman H M Johnson presented the applications of Worley S Farp and Joseph LGrimes for Tax Collector, which were ordered filed with W G Massey, Clerk8 Request for Welfare AssistanceThe request of Raymond Woodard for Welfare assistance was referred to CommissionerFrank B Holding for investigation9 Report of C Stanton CoatsThe following report of C Stanton Coats, Constable of Smithfield Township, wasreceived and ordered filed with W G Massey, ClerkIn compliance with General Statutes, Chapter 128, Section 13, applicable toJohnston County, I as Constable of Smithfield Township, Johnston County, do make thefollowing report to ,dour board of fees received by me, as such officer of JohnstonCounty, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 19621 The gross amount of all fees collected during the precedingfiscal year 2,146502 total amount paid out during the preceding fiscal year forclerical and office assistance, including travelexpenses in line of duty 78250SignedC Stanton CoatsConstable, Smfld Twp, Johnston CountySubscribed sworn to before me thisthe 3rd day of December, 1962Mary Lee W Minshew10 Peddlers LicenseCommissioner Floyd C Price, Sr moved that JI Kennedy, Wilsons Mills, N C,disabled World War No 2 veteran, be granted a peddlers license from date untilDecember 25, 1962Commissioner Frank B Holding seconded the motion, which was carried11 Resignation of H M RovalsChairman H M Johnson introduced resignation of H M Royals as AssociateAgricultural Agent, Negro Work, effective December 31, 1962Commissioner Frank B Holding moved that the resignation of H M Royals, AssociateNegro Agricultural Extension Agent, be acceptedCommissioner J D Bailey seconded the motion, which was carried12 Commissioner Frank B Holding introduced the following resolution and moved thatit be adoptedP —Inii-Whereas, the resignation of H M Royals, Associate Negro Agricultural ExtensionAgent, of Johnston County, has been accepted by the Board of County Commissioners ofJohnston County, effective 12 -31 -1962,And whereas, the members of the Board, recognizing the splendid work he has per-formed for the county in the field of agriculture hereby express to Mr Royals theirappreciation for his energetic and fruitful service,And whereas, the Board deems it essential that this position be filled as soonas the Extension Department feels that it would be wise and beneficial,Now therefore, be it resolved that the Agricultural Extension Service be requestedto find a replacement for this position in the Negro Agricultural Agentsoffice assoon as practicalCommissioner J D Bailey seconded the motion, which was carried13 Expressions of Appreciation to R G Gurley and Floyd C Price, SrMutual expressions of appreciation for the association, cooperation and unselfishservices rendered Johnston County were exchanged by Commissioners H M Johnson, J DBailey and Frank B Holding with Commissioners R G Gurley and Floyd C Price, Sr,the latter two voluntarily terminating their position as County Commissioners as of thisdate14 ReportsThe following reports were filed with the Board? 54Dec ember 3_ J62 1g62_—_Maurice Johnson JailorH F Palmer Negro Agricultural AgentM W Knott County Electrical InspectorSarah Ann Sasser Home Economics Agent VerbalC IM Tarlton County Agricultural AgentThere being no further business to come before the Board, CommissionerFloyd C Price, Sr moved that the meeting be adjournedCommissioner R G Gurley seconded the motion, which was carriedi?IGir _??? -- --I-IC irman