$T,229 Drainage District Loan
% Affects 7,025 Acres In Project
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' A $7,229 loan by the Farmers
Home Administration to the Per
quimans County Drainage Dis
,, trict No. 4, to pay the district’s
share of the cost of improving
drainage on the Burnt Mill i
Creek watershed in Chowan and!
Perquimans counties, was closed I
? 6n August 1, the U. S. Depart-
Vi ment of Agriculture has an
nounced.
Loan funds will be used to
help the district finance its share
of the cost of nine miles of
drainage channels which affect
7,025 acres.
, Total estimated cost of the
•, project is $36,000. The federal
r . government, through the Soil
. Conservation Service, shares a
; * substantial part of the cost un
der PL 566. Local contributions
made by the land owners, and
the loan from the Farmers
Home Administration, provide
the remainder of the needed
-1 funds.
The area .benefitted is one
of small to medium farms, most
of them less than 150 acres. The
project provides adequate out
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J. Clarence Leary
New Commissioner
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tion into the office the Com
missioners appointed Carey Hol
lowed as vice chairman, a posi
tion which was held by Mr.
Wood.
Mr. Wood’s letter of resigna
tion to Chairman W. E. Bond
read as follows:
“In accordance with my un
derstanding in accepting the ap
pointment to the Highway Com
mission, I am hereby offering
my resignation from the Board
of County Commissioners.
“It is with mixed emotions, to
say the least, that I write this
letter as I have enjoyed tre
mendously my association with
j vour fine group. Our county is
fortunate in having men as vou
all to da what is really a diffi
cult ana thankless job. Please
convey this feeling to the mem
bers, Mrs. Bunch. Mrs. Williams
and all those with whom It has
7 been my privilege to work.
“I wish for your continuing
success in all the things you un-l
dertake and when I may be of |
' assistance, do not hesitate to call
**
me.
. Mr. Wood also appeared in
. person at Monday’s meeting to
\ express his pleasure working
• with the commissioners.
The commissioners later in the
i
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, protection from seasonal over
flows.
The Farmers Hcyne Admini
, stration loan is to be repaid
j within 10 years. The interest
| rate is 2.632 percent. The inter
| est rate on all such loans is
determined by the average rate
payable by the treasury on cer
tain marketable public obliga
tions outstanding at the begin
ning of the fiscal year in which
the loan is made.
Loans of this type are avail
able to local organizations such
as soil and water conservation
districts, irrigation districts,
drainage districts, flood preven
tion or control districts, munici
pal corporations and similar
public bodies, to plan and carry
out works of improvement which
protect and develop the land and
water resources in small water
sheds. The types of improve
ments which can be financed
include rural water supply and
■ distribution systems, water sup
ply reservoirs, diversion dams,
1 irrigation canals and drainage
facilities.
meeting adopted the following
resolution in connection with Mr.
Wood’s resignation:
“Whereas, J. Gilliam Wood,
Jr., has faithfully served as
Commissioner at large for Cho
wan County, and in such capa
city has done an outstanding job
for the county and the people he
represented and,
“Whereas, said J. Gilliam
Wood, Jr., has been appointed
by Governor Terry Sanford as
a Highway Commissioner for the
State of North Carolina, a posi
tion the Board knows he will
fill with distinction, and
“Whereas, it is with regret
that such resignation is accepted
the same is done with knowledge
that in his new capacity he will
be of greater service to his
State and County,
“Therefore be it resolved, that
the resignation of J. Gilliam
Wood, Jr., is accepted.”
In accepting the appointment,
Mr. Leary expressed his appre
ciation for the confidence re
posed in him, and pledged his
best efforts in the best interest
I and welfare of the county. The
commissioners also expressed
their pleasure that Mr. Leary
agreed to accept the appointment
and predicted that he will make
another good commissioner.
thy\ herald classifies
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