The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-12-06
COMMISSIONERS SAY THERE
WILL BE A COUNTY AUDIT
SOON, so LET'S HOPE so
Public Criticism Got Some Sort Of Action Tues
day; List Takers Appointed. a Jury Yenre
Drawn; Kerosene Bids Accepted

The Dare County Board of Com
missioners unanimously passed a
resolution Tuesday providing that
Martin Kellogg Jr., county attor-
ney, be charged with preparing a
contract for county audit for the
period July 1, 1856, to June 80,
1857, with a deadline of February
l, 1858 for the presentation of the
audit to the responsible agencies.
The commissioners provided also
that a clause be inserted in the
contract requiring a penalty for
noncompliance with such deadline
in the amount of $3.50 per month,
and another cause be inserted re-
quiring the auditor to include a
suitable statement of balance and
of operations to be used for pub
LEGATION according to law, such
statement to be in condensed form
Of no more pages than required
by law. Notification of the prepa-
ration of such contract is to be
made to r. o. Howard, the present
auditor, to ascertain whether he
will be able to comply.
The commissioners further
charged Mr.. Kellogg with the
preparation of such a contract an
nually with the deadline for that
portion affecting the board of edu-
cation as of September 1st each
year, and all other portions with
a deadline as of October 1st each
year, with the penalty as previous
ly outlined.
List Takers Named
List takers for the January tax
listing were named as follows: for.
the county at large, Mrs. Ruth
Scoggins of Manteo and Mrs. Jean
Beacham of Kill Devil Hills; Mays
Head Township, Mrs. Lucy Mid
gett of Wanchese; Atlantic Town
ship, Mrs. Russell Perry of Kitty
Hawk; Croatan Township, Mrs.
Florence Jones of Manns Harbor;
East Lake Township, Mrs. Nina
Basnight of East Lake; Hatteras
Township, Mrs. Edna Gray of Bux-
ton; and Kennekeet Township, Mrs.
Nellie Edwards of Waves.
Thomas Chears was appointed to
the Library Board for a term end
l-ing June 80, 1868, to replace Mrs.
Hazel Thyme, who had resigned.
The board accepted the bid of
Daniels Oil Co. to furnish fuel
oil and kerosene to the county for
a one-year period, Daniels bid
having been the lowest of three
received.
The board instructed Pennell
Tillett, tax supervisor, to investi-
gate complaint by Robert Austin
of Wanchese about the valuation
of his home and to make report
to the next meeting of the COM
missioners. The clerk to the board
was instructed to notify Mrs.
Goldie and Norwood O'Neal of
Manteo that an investigation of a
complaint of the valuation of their
home had shown it to be valued
for the same as the other houses
of like construction in the same
vicinity.
A resolution was passed to ask
the State Highway Commission to
add a 600-foot piece of road lead
ing from the State Highway by
the home of William Ernst and
Lyna Harbour to the state system.
The property of Hilton Gray sold
for taxes by Dare County was or
dered decided back to him upon
payment of $49.68. This property
was sold to the state and by the
state to- the U. S. government.
We did not learn if they also
passed an order to observe the law
about posting their monthly doings
at the courthouse door; which min
utes should include an itemized
copy of the budget as adopted each
year.