The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-09
GIVEN CHANCE TO RESIGN
IF HE DOES NOT RESIGN HE
WILL BE REMOVED.
TRIED FOR INCOMPETENCE IN OFFICE
His Appointment by The Old Board Vas Illegal
But The New Board Does Not Propose to
Go into the Courts, There Being
Other Wavs 10 Remove Him,
Other Ways 10 Remove Him.

Utner ways 10 heIloFe MIN.
Charles b. Ray must GO December
Goth will see the last of him as a coun-
ty official
Already successor to him as Super
ntendent of the County Home and the
Work house has been elected, aud ut a
called meeting of the Board Of Com
missioners, on December Goth, Il man
win be chosen to succeed him as Super
visor of Roads.
Ray gives up the County Home and
Work-house on January LIST, and he will
probably also be given until that time
to yacate his superyisorship.
He claims to have been elected, Super
visor of Roads for two years, from the
9th of last January. and in this conten-
ton the record Of the January meeting
of the old Board bears him out. 1t is,
in part. as follows:
Commissioners Barbee moved that the
Board now 70 into the election of a
Supervisor of Roads for Raleigh town
ship and the extended road district for
the term of two years from the time
of his qualification, and in addition to
the duties required of said Supervisor
or required by chap. 1868 of the Public
Laws of 1889, he shall also be required
to discharge all the duties now deyoly-
cd by law on the Superintendent of the
Home for the Aged and Infirm; and his
salary shall he $500 per annum, $500 of
this amount to be paid out of the Road
Fund and the other 5000 to be paid out
of the County Fund"
This motion was adopted by a vote
of 2 to /. Maj. Hill voting in the mega
tive. Upon its adoption Ray was
unanimously elected. and he was al
lowed to employ foreman ut a salary
of $50 Il month.
1t will be seen from the above record
that the Board tried to do two illegal
things: a. Employ Il man. for time
extending beyond its own term of
office. CD 1t abolished, by this or
der the office of Superintendent of the
County Home and the Work-house and
merged his duties into those of the
Supervisor of Roads.
On this record Ray proposes to rely and,
it is understood, contest the right TO the
office against any person the new Board
may elect.
The Board however is in no humor
to trifle over the matter. The absolute
incompetence of Ray as a road builder
has become so notorious, and his de-
struction of the roads already built for
the county so rapid. that they are de-
termned to be rid of him, and ut once,
as will be seen from the following
order made yesterday morning, on mo-
ton of Commissioner Brewer:
1T appearing to the Board of Com
missioners of Wake county that G. Il.
Ray was appointed by the Board of
Commissioners of said county Gu the
9th day of January, 1898, as the Superyi-
sor of the Roads of Raleigh township
and the extension thereof, and in addi-
ton to the duties required of the said
Ray as such Supervisor, he was, i'll the
order appointing him, required to dis
charge all the duties devolved by law on
the Superintendent of the Home for
the Aged and 1niirm of said county,
and that his salary should be $500 per
annum. 5000 Of this amount to be paid
ont of the Raleigh township Road Fund
and 5000 to be paid ont of the County
Fund. and it appearing TO the said
Board of Commissioners that there is
q serious question as to the validity OF
the said appointment; and it further
appearing TO the said Board of Com
missioners that the public roads in Raj
eigh township road district and the ex-
tension thereof are out of repair. and
If being suggested to the said Board that
the work on the said roads has been
neglected, and the said G. Il. Ray hav-
ing courted an investigation,
1T is now ordered by the Board of
Commissioners Of Wake county that the
said c. =. Ray be notified to appear be-
fore the said Board at the court house
in Raleigh. " c.. on the Goth day of
December 1898, at IL o'clock m, that
the matters referred to may be >investi-
gated. and that G. Il. Ray may on that
day show cause why he should not be
removed from the said office of Supervi-
sor Of said roads, for neglect of duty,
under chapter 1868 OF the Public Laws
of 1889, and the amendments thereof.
1T is further ordered that this notice
be signed by the clerk of this Board and
that the same, together with a copy of
this order to be appended thereto, be-
served upon the said C. r. Ray by the
sheriff of Wake county.
THE said notice shall be i'll the follow
ing form:
"North Carolina.
Wake County.
.In the matter of G. p. Ray. Supervi-
sor of Roads in Raleigh toknship road
district-Notice.
10 G. b. Ray, Esq:
"You are hereby notified to appear be-
fore the Board of Commissioners of
Wake county at the court house in Raj
Gig. \. c., on the Goth day of Decem-
her, 1898, ut II O'Clock m, that there
may be All investigation into the legali-
ty of your appointment as Supervisor of
Roads in Raleigh township road district,
and that you may show cause why you
should not be removed from the office
of Supervisor Of said roads for neglect
of duty. under chapter 1868 Of the Public
laws Of 1889, and the amendments
thereto. A copy of the order of the said