The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-18
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AN IMPORTANT SPECIAL SESSION OF
THE BOARD HELD YESTERDAY
DR.. w. D. Mcmillan Reelected Super
Physician-An Order Issued for OFF,
cial Call for Annual Meeting of the
Observation-Disclosures Of Road I'm
provement-
provement

The New Hanover county commits
sioners were in special session yester-
day afternoon from 3 until 4:30 o'clock,
Chairman D. McEachern presiding and
Commissioners Gabriel Holmes and W.
F. Alexander in attendance.
The first feature of business was the
election Of DR.. w. D. Mcmillan super
intendent of health and county ply
stefan to succeed himself. This matter
it will be remembered has been pend
ing since the regular May meeting of
the board of aldermen.
1t was especially for the purpose Of
taking action as TO the election Of the
superintendent of health that the meet
ing was held, the matter having been
in allegiance between the board Of COM
m~issioners and the city aldermen since
the regular May meetings of the two
boards. The difference between the al
dermen and the commissioner in re-
gard to the health department is ia
miliar to Messenger readers. DR.. Nc
Millan'S election was at a salary OF
500 per month on the part of the
county.
CALL FOR MAGISTRATES MEET
ING.
During the meeting of the commits
sioners there was a general discussion
of the duties devolving upon the board
in the matter of calling the annual
meeting of the magistrates on the first
Monday in June when they are to elect
the board of county commissioners for
the ensuing term, beginning on the
first Monday in December. County At
torney w. B.. McKoy, who was present
at the meeting, gave it as his opinion
that the publication of a notice of the
meeting in daily papers Of the city
was all that it was necessary for the
board to do in the matter of calling
the magistrates together. A motion
made by Commissioner Alexander au-
give Such notice was adopted.
1t is understood that the meeting
will be held in the county court room.
There are 108 magistrates in the county
and it will be necessary to have a ma
jority of them in attendance to conSti-
tute a quorum.
The chairman of the board was au-
thorized to borrow $4,000, the stipula-
ton to be made that no interest is to
be paid on any part of the fund not
taken from the bank for the purpose
of paying current expenses.
THE COUNTY ROAD IMPROVE
MENT.
The last feature of the meeting was
a general discussion of the situation
regarding the county oad improve
The county attorney was asked
as to the right of the board to close
up temporarily a public road for the
purpose Of completing improvements
which could not receive the finishing
touches and be travelled at the same
time. Mr.. McKoy advised the board
that they had ample authority to close
a. road whenever in their judgment it
was necessary. The occasion of this
was the "a that it is expected
that within the next few days that sec
ton of the Castle Haynes road from
the A. c.. l.. Crossing to the bridge
over Smiths creek will be ready for
the top macadam dressing and it will
be necessary to close the road for a
few days while this is being put down
and adjusted. In discussing the mat
ter it was the opinion of all the COM
missioners hat the people who use
this road will gladly accede to the or
der of the board to have the road tenn
porarily closed, especially in view of
the fact hat this will ssure such a
very greatly improved road When the
work shall ave been completed.
Chairman McEachern said hat he
makei it a point to give h pub
lie just as much notice of the time of
closing the road as possible so as to
occasion the least possible inconven-
ience