1947-07-16July 16, 1947.
The Board o£ County Supervisors met on this date with the following members present
~essrs. Henry Ghiles, C. Purcell McCue, and W'. ~. Mood.
Since a quorum was not present, this meeting was adjourned until July 23, 1947.
An adjourned meeting of the Board of County Supervisors ~f Albemarle County, Vir-
ginia, was held at the Office Building of said County on the 23rd day of July, 19%7.
Present: Messrs. P. H. Gentry, T. E. Bruce, Henry Chiles, and C. Purcell McCue.
Absent: Messrs. E. J. Ballard and W. W. Wood.
Officers present: County Executive and CoMmonwealth's Attorney.
Minutes of the meetings of June 18th, july 8th, and July 16, 1947 were read and
approved.
Mr. J. R. Wingfield and ~r. T. O. Scott appeared and requested the Board to make
an appropriation to be used for prizes to 4-H Club boys and girls for calves raised by them-
selves. Upon motion, made by ~ir. Co P~urcell McCue and seconded by Mr. T. E. Bruce, 'the
followin~ resolution was unanimously adopted:
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle
County, Virginia, that $250.00 be, and is hereby, appropriated out of the
Unappropriated Reserve of the General Fund to be paid to Albemarle-County
boys and girls ~or calves raised by themselves and graded at the-market as
good or choice.
Dr. T. S. Englar appeared and requested that the Board pass an ordinance regulating
the disposal of human wastes and excrements in the County of Albemarle, Virginia, prescribing
certain types of sanitary closets or privies, and size, location and drainage fields of septic
tanks, providing for permits, approval and inspection of septic tanks, and providing a penalt~
for failure to comply with said Ordinance. Upon motion, made by Mr. T. E. Bruce and
~-c~nded, the Clerk was instructed to advertise in the Scottsville News Paper and in the
Daily Progress the intent of the Board to .propose for passage the aforementioned ordinance,
such notice to be published once a week for two successive weeks prior the the August meeting
~f the Board.
Mr. B. D. Chesshir appeared and discussed Section 70 of the ~irginia Code which
~tates the rights of sheep owners. Upon motion, made by Mr. C. Purcell McCue and .seconded by
~r. T. E. Bruce, ~r. Chesshir was instructed to send cinCulars stating extracts from Section
70 to all sheep ~wners in Albemarle County.
Mr. CHesshir also appeared concerning the enforcement of the-law governing dog tags
and collars. Mr. Chesshir was instructed to publish in the newspaper quotations from the
Statute which stat~the above mentioned law.
Npon motion, made by Mr. C. Purcell McCue and seconded by ~r. Henry Chiles, ~he
)irector of Finance was instructed to pay the game warden $0.25 per day for dogs kept by him
for a maximum of five days.
The following reports were presented, approved, and ordered filed:
(a) District Home Board.
~b) University of Virginia Hospital.
(c) Joint Health Department.
Report on County Jail was received from the State Board of Corrections and was
ordered filed.