The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-03-10
EIGHT SEEKING NEW TAX
COLLECTORS JOB In DARE
COUNTY; OPPOSITION AROUSED
taxpayers Oppose New Move by County Board
In View Of Large Amount Now Expended; Like
wise Oppose Creating New Tax Department
to Provide Additional Gravy Trains For PoIit-
ical Purposes.

Eight applications were received
by the Board of County Commits
sioners this week, for the job of
collecting delinquent taxes in Dare
County. To make selection, Com
missioners, Stick, Swain and Hoop
er were named committee to in
terview the applicants and decide
on their abilities.
The job will be collecting taxes
which the Sheriff's office fails or
neglects to collect, and this job has
been done for about two years with
out extra pay by Pencil T. Tillett,
the tax Supervisor, who has collect
ed about $4,000 by asking for the
money.
The new job, originally planned
to provide nice plum for some
political favorite, and applications
have come from as far away as
Baltimore. William E. VanDyke,
who owns property at Buxton, a
former government auditor, and
now an auditor with a Baltimore
hospital is one of the applicants.
Claude C. Duvall of Manns Harbor,
for several years a member of the
Board of Commissioners, is another
applicant, and some believe he has
an inside to the job. Richard E.
Jordan Of Mays Head, Milton L.
Perry of Kitty Hawk, Charles w.
johnson, Carlisle E. Davis, Guy H.
Midget and Alexander Worth Mid
gett of Manteo also applied.
The Board heard two requests
from Buxton. A large delegation
asked for establishment of a flood
gate on the E. j. Midget property
to keep waters from Pamilco Sound
from flooding gardens through the
bitches dug about four years ago as
part of the hurricane relief pro-
gram. Another was for the Dare
Ridge road improvement.
No bids were received for the
county project of building a bulk
head at an estimated cost of $1,000
at the mouth of the old county
ditch at Stumpy Point.
Confirmation has been received
that hurricane relief funds in the
amount of $65, 900 has been award
ed in Raleigh, to build dixie on the
shorefront at Stumpy Point near
the center of the village. This is
to be a dredged fill 1900 feet long.
The sum of $40S,000 had been
requested for this job at Stumpy
Point, and $500 linear feet had
been asked. The total demands
from Dare County had approached
a million dollars, sum equal to
all the money granted North Caro-
lima and were considered unreason-
able, since there We're many other
counties which suffered damage
during Hurricane Donna.
New Tax Department Wins
Little Support
A proposal by the County Com
missioners that law be enacted to
create a costly new tax depart
ment in Dare County has failed to
arouse much support and opposi-
ton has developed in some quar-
tiers. The Board has so far failed to
get a commitment from Rep. Keith
Fearing that he will sponsor much
Legislation. Most people express
themselves as believing that the
Sheriff having been duly elected
to discharge this responsibility,
and having many employees at hand
to assist him should carry out the
duty as before. The Commissioners
have budgeted some $25, 900 year
to run this office, an outlay Of adj
ditonal money is not considered
fair to the taxpayers. Many peo-
pie see no advantage to be gained
other than to set up new jobs to
create political weight for a pow
er-happy group of officials who
seek only absolute control and DOM
ination of the county affairs to
their own benefit and enjoyment.
This week, there is talk of an or
!ganization of taxpayers heading
for Raleigh to oppose the proposed
legislation, and reports are that
some Board members declare the
plan will be carried out, although
legislation may be lacking. This
has happened before, as witness
the present plan to build Jail at
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