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VIRGINIA: At a special meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Chesterfield County, held at the Courthouse on February 17, 1944, at 0:00 o'clock P.M. ~re sent: H. L. Chalkley, Chairman J. G. Heni~g H.T. Goyne W. A. Homer T. D. Watkins P. W. Covington This day a special meeting of the Board of Supervisors having been called by M~. W. A. Horner and Mr. H. T. Goyne, for the purpose of hearing a report from the School Board concerning a resolution passed at the regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors on February 8, 1944, Dx-. H. M.Richardson, representing theSchool Board reported to the Board of Supervisorw that the School Board approved the request of the Board of Supervisors and were retiring from the program of building and operating canneries in Chesterfield County. ~ delegation of County citizens representing various portions of the County appeared before the Board and stated that it appeared very f~olish to spend the taxpayers money for building and operating canneriez when the State Board of Education had offered money for such purposes, and requested the Board of Supervisors ~o petit theSchool Board to accept from the State Board of Education such assistance as they would give, and to establish a cannery in Chaste field County, stating that as far as they represented the various localities in ChesterfieldOounty that they would yield to any decision made b the School Board or Board of Supervisors as to the location of the same. Upon consideration whereof, and on motion of H. T. Goyne, it is resolved that the School Board be again requested to take advantage of the offer made by the State Department of Eiucation and construct and ~perate a cannery at a location chosen by the School Board. This day the Executive Secretavy presented a bill from the State A~ditor of Public &ccounts in the sum of $850.00 for auditing the accounts of Chesterfiel County. Upon consideration whereof, and on motion of J. G. Hening, the amount was ordered paid. And be it further resolved that the s,,m of $175.00 be and it hereby is appro- priated from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the -Audit of County -la-E02. ,'C~atm~ Allowed b~ the Bgard and Paid from the General Cgunt2 ~und:, a~ditor of Public Accounts Audit of Co. records for year ending June 30, 1943 $850.00 This day, Mr.H.T.Goyne, Supervisor, from Bermuda Distr~cp, s tared that he felt that the Executive Secretary ~s doing an excellent Jo~ xn Chesterfield Coumty end that he kmew of offers made by other counties to the ~ecutive Secretary of considerably more salary than he was receiving at this time, stating that ha felt that his services were worth?equally as m~ch to Chesterfield County. Upon consideration whereof, and on motion of H.T1 Goyne, it is. resolved that the salary of the Executive Secretary, W. B.Caldwell, be and it hereby is increased to the amount of $4,000.00 per a~num as of February 1, 1944. And be it further resolved that t~ sum of $~00.00 be and it hereby is appropriated from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to la-101, Compensation of ExecutiveSecretary. This day Mr.T.D. ~atkins, member of the ~,elfare Board, reported to the Board of S~pervisors they have in their employ Mrs. Jeannette Harroff, Child Welfare ~orker, who is doing an excellent Job and that she had been offered more mone~ than she is receiving, by the Petersburg Welfare Board, and requested that the ~elfare Department in Chesterfield County be permitted to increase her salary from $135.00 to $1O0.00 and transfer the necessary funds from 01d A~e Assistaz ~c-?0A to Azlministration -Sb-an amount not to exceed $60.00. Upon consider~ whereof, a~d on motion of Mr.T.D.~atkins, the above request is approved, ,nd the Treasurer is authorized to transfer such funds from 01d Age A~sistance 8c-704 to ~lministration -Bb. Ordered that the meeting be now adjourned until 10:00 a.m. March 14, 19AA. E~tive SeCretary - tio~ Chairma~ , ~