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time to consider them.

time to consider them.
9.-We received report from
The County Attorney on four diff
ferent matters which required i'm
mediate action from the Board
Since it was Necessary, in order fol
US to act on each of the four intel
ligently, to discuss them with the
County Attorney, we were forced
to pass them over without discus
sion or action.
What we did do in the 81 hours
we were in session was to set up
countrywide mosquito control
program, request certain legisla-
ton from our Representative in
Raleigh, draw a jury list, submit
certain requests to the State
Highway Commission, arrange for
special meeting with highway Of
ficials later in the month, inspect
the Dare County Airport with Off
Gals of the Federal Aviation Ag-
ency, receive but not act on bud
get requests from the Farm and
Home Agents, and accept the res
ignation of Mrs. Cullis as Home
Agent and elect Mrs. Beulah
White Gaylord in her place.
This situation has been going on
ever since we took office, and I'M
doubtedly had been going on for a
long time before that. In each of
the five months we have served it
has been necessary for US to have
at least one extra meeting, yet we
have never caught up on certain
routine matters, and we have fail
ed to properly familiarize our
selves with certain important func-
tions for which we have the sole
responsibility.
At the school for new County
Commissioners in Chapel Hill the
week before last / learned that all
counties have this same problem.
In some, especially the larger ones,
a County Manager form of gov
eminent is in effect, with full
time, Manager attending to much
of the routine, and acting for the
Commissioners between meetings.
This is fine system if the county
is large enough to afford paying
$4,000 to $4,000 for a qualified
manager, but it has been a very
poor system in those counties
where the county manager proved
to be inefficient.
Many other counties schedule
more than one regular meeting a
month. Some meet regularly once
each week, and in the adjoining
county of Hyde the Commissioners
have a regular two-day meeting at
the beginning of each month.
AS a Commissioner l have be-
come resigned to the necessity for
spending large part of my time
between meetings Investigating
various phases of government,
serving on special committees,
working on special projects, and
considering matters brought to my
attention by citizens of the coun-
ty. i think each of the four men
with whom l serve has likewise be-
come resigned to this, though it is
more difficult for Com
from Hatteras Island to
run in to Manteo day after day
than it is for those of us living
closer to the county seat.
l am not willing, however, to
spend the better part of my time
for two years on county affairs
and still not have a chance to try
Strengthening out current messes
or preventing new ones because it
is impossible to do the job proper
ly in one regular meeting each
month.
So far as I can see, there is no
We must set up a
schedule in the immediate future
which calls for at least two regu-
lar meeting days each month, or
by the time our two-year term is