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fffew Highway Condemnation
Jaw Will Go Into Effect July 1
Highway officials have
aqnoynced completion of plans toj
abide by a new condemnation
law which goes into effect on]
July 1, Though it is too early |
to/determine its precise effect
highway officials are hopeful th- *
statute will not mean an!
increase in the number of court
cases, even though more condem
nation proceedings may be ne
t|tesary.
: Thje new law, passed bv the
1999‘General Assembly, compels
the flighway Commission to file
condemnation proceedings in all
oases where it cannot gain entry
to property by rig; t of way
4greement or with the written
rission of the property own-
Bafring such agreement or
permission, the only way in
khiph the Commission can pro
ceed with actual construction is
to . file condemnation proceed-'
ings in the Superior Court of
the county in which the property!
Is located.
! Highway Chaiiman J. Melville}
Broughton, Jr, emphasised that)
4ondemnation will remain as a
last ditch measure onlv. but ex- !
tressed the feeling that much
heeded road improvement pro- [
jects should not be delayed sim-,
t>lv because right of way settle- 1
ments cannot be obtained. "We!
feel that property owners should!
be given every possible consid-j
eration in the’damage appraisals
and in thy settlement, but we.
must in the public interest pro-j
ceed as quickly as possible with ‘
« our road construction program in ',
roite of the few right of way |
problems which mav arise in the j:
future." said Broughton.
Provisions of the new law 1 ]
| SOIL CONSERVATION NEWS i
£ By JAMES H. GRIFFIN. Soil C—awvaH—lst j
Woodland Field Day
Do you want io put about 50
percent of your land back into'
production and increase your in-!
come? If you do. be present at
she Woodland Field Day. Friday.;
July 1, 1060. at 1 P. M. on i
Fahey and Carroll Byrutn's farm
tbout 10 miles north of Edenton!
NC .12 highway.
Representatives of all agricul
tural agencies in woodland man
adement will be present to show
you how to bring your woodland
back into production and how to
manage it.
Such woodland management
practices as tree planting, thin
ning, cutting, poisoning undesir
able'trees. and site preparation
will be shown and explained dur
ing the program. Added attrac
tions are tools tor woodland
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stipulate that, when condemna
; tlon proceedings are filed, t-Vj
Commission must deposit with
I the Clerk of Superior Court an i
} amount of money considered to
be just compensation for the!
i right of way purchase. This
[damage figure is determined byj
an appraisal procedure which the
Highway Commission established]
in 1957. The deposit 'made by
the Commission may be with
drawn by the property owner at
any time within two years after
the condemnation proceeding is
filed. In the event that a jury
later awards the property owner
less than the amount of the de
• posit, the Highway Commission
would be due a refund on the
overpayment.
Broughton said the appraisal
method of determining damages
to property has worked well dur
' >ng the oast three years, result
ing in fewer court cases. “When
j;t prooerty owner knows that
i the Highway Commission has
} gone to great detail to deter
jmine an accurate appraisal, and
settlement offer, he is generally
j more receptive to the Com
' mission’s offer.” said Broughton.
, The Highway Chairman added
I that purchase of highway right
iof way has become big busi
* ness, amounting to between 15
[ and 22 per cent of the Com-
I mission’s total expenditure for
new improvement projects. He
said the dav of ‘horse trading”
is over, and we feel that the ap
praisal svstem is the best meth
od vet devised to be fair with
property owners and. at the
same time, protect public funds
against the danger of excessive
payment.
; management and Federal cost
share assistance available to
I landowners through the ACP
! program
Agricultural agencies will ex
plain how, when, why and where
to gel assistance with your
woodland problem. Federal eost
* share assistance available will be
, explained, too.
The Chowan County district
■ 1 supervisors of the Albemarle Soil
• 1 Conservation District, sponsors
II of the woodland field day, feel
>' that farm woodlands in the dis
i trict are the most neglected of
tj all of our natural resources.
■ j They feel that farm income can
■I be greatly increased bv farm
-11 ers doing a better job in their
■ j farm wood lots. Many farmers
, don't know where to get trehni
-11 cal assistance and cost-share a*-
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j Steom and Dry Iron {)
I Has Hoover's famous V
stainless steel soleplate A
i for the fastest, smooth- II
«st ironing you’ve ever I
f tried. Scratch; Main and A
V snag resist
j $18.951
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sistanc . T.iis is th . outpost-of
the ti<_d day.- The uistrict s.ui
pc visors point oui that more
lean 50 percent of tne total farm
area in North 'Carolina is in
form woodlands, and these “wood
| lands are provktin ■» , ** man 6
\ percent of the state's' total farm
* income. This points out many 1
} lazy acres of farmland in North
I Carolina. The local SCD in ao
| ooperation with the Agricul ural.
Agencies and Commercial Com
| panics hopes that the number
I of lazy acres can be made busy
acres in our district and through
out the State.
Everyone is invited to this
field day. Come apd find out
how to increase vour farm in
* »
come.
Pcilock Swamp Watershed
Woodrow Haskins. SCS Geolo-t
gist, Lacv Coaes, SCS. Agricul
tural Economist, and the survey!
party have* completed the pre-i
liminary survey of the water?
shed. A report of the survey
will be made to the landowners
in the very near future. J. Wal
lace Goodwin. Chairman, will
call a meeting for this purpose.
Anyone wishing to see the wa
tershed map and the proposed
improvements should come by
the Chowan Work Unit Office,
Soil Conservation Service, in the
basement of the Edenton Post
Office building.
Several tsc-a personnel in the'
watershed planning party stated
that interest in the watershed
was the best of any watershed
they have worked in. They
were pleased with local interest
and impressed with the needs
for a project. Interest like this
can get the project.
Legal petitions for forming the
necessary legal organization for
a watershed project are still be
ing circulated bv the local land
owners. Mr. Goodwin requests
that if you have not signed it
and wish to sign it, contact the
watershed committee of J, Wal-.
lace Goodwin, B W. Evans, J.
C. Hall. L. C. Bunch, Chairman j
of the Chowan Unit. Albemarle
Soil Conservation District or W.
S. Privott, attorney-at-laiV, Eden- 1
ton, who is handling the organi
Chowan County Budget For Fiscal Year 1960 - 1961
APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS JUNE 20, 1960
• i APPROPRIATED AMOUNT
f~unp - *roir rkouwtmehts levied rate
BONDS . $ 27,037.50 :
Less Unexpended Balance . 12,000.00 $ 15,037.50 $ 15,037.50 • .08 :
_ •
CHARITY: 1 * ;
General Assistance ..... 9,198.02 . :
Hospitalization 12,000.00
21,198.02 ! ;
Less Anticipated from State and Federal Funds...._ 8,253.60 12,944.42 12,944.42 .07
HEALTH: ~ .. .
District i ; 12,620.34
County ... 1.200.00 13,820.34 13,820.34 , .07
SCHOOLS:
County 41,253.00 :
Edenton 109,313.65
150,566.65
Less Amounts Anticipated from:
Dog Taxes .. $ 808.38
Intangibles Tax 7,380.72 *
Forfeitures, Fines and Penalties. 15,907.60
Poll Taxes 2,744.00 ' I
Estimated School Fund BaIance. IIIIIII 5,000.00 31,840.70 118,725.95 118,725.95. .58 ‘
WELFARE:
Old Age Assistance.; 63,000.00 b.
Aid to Dependent Children 24,480.00
Aid to Pennanently and Totally Disabled 27,000.00
Administrative ...... 14,314.00 1
128,794.00 ... jg
Less Amount Anticipated from State
and Federal Funds . 108,313.04
Less Unexpended Balance 3,500.00 111,813.04 16,980.96 16,980.96 .09.
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REVALUATION EXPENSE.. * 2,000,00 ' ’ 2,000.00 .01-
GENERAL COUNTY ...... 108,058.00
Less Amounts Anticipated from: i *
ABC Store Earnings and Surplus 30,000,00
Costs, Recorder’s and Superior Courts.. 13,000.00 * . ~
General Funds Surplus 24,058.00 —— r - '
■ ■■ ... ■ , - , :. ; - 67,058.00 41,Q00.00 41,000.00 - jof
Dounty-wide tax rate per SIOO.OO valuation, based upon a Valuation of $20,500,000.00. _ _ sl.lo^
special Tax Levy for Rural Fire Protection Outside of Town of Edenton _.L<. r }
V. sis..' J repMtd By ...»
. j ' '• •• ■■> SVV- LA- EVELYN B. WELIAMttj
. i.. ; .... '-"*«• rfnmu|| ii—i ■ I. M
zstion of the drainage district
’ If . ybu' want" id see a water
shed -project in action,' go ' out
and see the newly-construe ted
Diaioare Channels. is.be;-
j ing done oh the outlet end !df
the project *t .Mill’ bridge
(near the .J. A. Webb Estate.
j Watershed plans are that' the
i soil or ditchbank will-be spread
into’a roadbed, fertilised, and
seeded. ’ This will’ facilitate an
nual maintenance work-required
| in small watershed projects.
j Chewan Students On
Honor Lists At ECC
Three lists bf students at East
Carolina College who have re
ceived official recognition from
the college because of -their ex
-1 cellent records in academic work
during, the spring quarter of
the present school year have
been announced.
Included on me lists are the
names of 633 students, of whom
231 are man and 402 are wo
men. North Carolinians number
599 and students from outside
the state 34.
The Dean’s List, including 153
students, is composed of under?
graduates who made at least two
and one-half quality points per
credit hour on all work taken,
with no grade below three.
These students did superior aca
demic work.
The Honor Roll, with -430 rep
resented, is composed of under
graduates who made at least two
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quality points per credit hour
oh ail work taken with no grade
oeiow three. The Work com
pleted by these students was
well above average.
Dean’s List—Peggie J. Elliott
and H. Lin Jordan, both of Eden
ton. -. / . .
.■ Honor Roll—Clinton O. Davis,
M. Leigh Dobson, and David B.
Fletcher, all of Edenton, and
Shelby J. HOwell of Tyner.
- Every man has by nature the
right to possess property of his
own. This is one of the chief
points of distinction between
man 'and -the lower animals.
—Pope Leo XIII.
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Minutes Os County
Board Os Education
June '6. 1960
The . County board of Educa
tion he.d its meeting Monday,
June 6. 1960, at 10:00 A M. The
following members were present:
Chairman G, B. Potter, Marvin
Evans. Mrs. F. A. Ward, Garland
Asbell and Eugene Jordan.
The chairman called the meet
ing to order by having the min
utes of the previous meeting
read. Mr. Asbell moved that the
minutes as read be adopted, and
Mr. Evans seconded the motion
and same was duly carried.
The County Treasurer’s report
along with the Local School
Fund Treasurer’s reports for Cho
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wan and White Oak Schools were
presented and the same were
oy a , motion made by
Mr. Jordan, seconded by Mr. Ev
ans and duly carried.
The bills paid siniee the last
meeting lor May were read and
adopted by a motion made by
Mr. Asbell. seconded by Mr. Ev
ans and duly carried. The fol
lowing items were paid:
Reimbursement for lunchroom
expenses, $571.19; driver training
expense, $250.11; commercial de
partment expense, $125.00; capi
tal outlay expense, $772.56; cur
rent expenses, $4,551.70; NDEA
items of expense. $594.77; teach
erage expense, $41.80; total, $6,-
9u*.d9.
Bids for steam counters for
Chowan and White Oak Schools
were received. On a motion
made by .Mr. Asbell, and second
Seagrams
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ed by Mr. Jordan, and duly ear
ned. the bid ot the Acme Equip
ment Company was accepted for
$2,984.00.
Painting bids on the White Oak I
School were received, and after
some- discussion, Mr. Jordan
made a motion that the bid of
Alfred Bateman for $370.00 be
accepted. This motion \yas sec
onded by Mr. Evans, and duly
carried. j
The Superintendent recam-;
mended that five days sick leave
be allowed teachers with pay. J
The matter was discussed, and]
Mr. Jordan made the motion that
the recommendation be adopted.
It was seconded by Mr. Evans
and duly carried
The Superintendent presented
•the 1960-61 school budget in the
amount of $41,253.00. The hud«-
ct was discussed after which Mr.
Asbell moved that the budget,
oe accented, Mr. Evans Second
ed the mqtlon and R wak duly
i carried.
I Upon uie recommendation of
the Superintendent, that part of •
the school bus mechanics’ ex
pense foe a three day conference,'
in the amount of $27.00 be allow
ed, wife the understanding that
the same amount would be al
i lowed by the Edenton City unit
i A motion was made by Mr. Ey*
I ans, and seconded by Mrs. Ward,
I that the recommendation be
I adopted . The motion was car
! ried unanimously.
The Board adjourned, with the
chairman and the Superintend
ent appearing with the school
budget before the County Board’
of Commissioners .
G, b. POTTER. Chairman
W. J. TAYLOR, Secretary