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date: 1967-11-21
title: November 21, 1967 Minutes
source: 1967-11/1967-11-21_November 21, 1967_Minutes.pdf
pages: 1
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November 21, 1967

CITY OF STOCKBRIDGE
HENRY COUNTY, GEORGIA NOVEMBER 21, 1967

A regular meeting of the Stockbridge City Council was held at 8 p.m., Nov. 21, 1967 with the following
members present: Mayor L. B. Cochran, Mayor; Councilmen McMichael, Evans and Driver.

The minutes of the October meeting were read and approved.

The matter of the delinquent bill owing James Henry was discussed further and the Clerk was asked to try to
find any information on the payment of this bill.

A motion was entertained by L. C. Cochran to close the City Hall Dec. 23 & 25 for Christmas. This was
seconded by R. B. McMichael and approved.

The Clerk was advised to have checks written for salaries of Mayor, Councilmen and the City Attorney before
the next Council meeting. A motion to pay the attorney $100.00 for the year, including $5.00 for the three
meetings attended and $55.00 for services rendered, was made by C. J. Driver, seconded by R. B. McMichael
and approved.

Mr. Driver made a motion, which was seconded by Mr. McMichael to buy a vented heater with a thermostat
for the Clerk's office. Motion carried. Mr. Cochran appointed Mr. McMichael and Mrs. Carroll, a committee
of two, to select a heater.

The Council discussed the provision of absentee voting with a motion made by C. J. Driver that absentee
ballots could be used by persons going to be out of town on Election Day and by persons too ill to get to the
polls. Ballot to be taken to ill persons by a poll holder, Clerk and Councilman. This motion was seconded by
G. W. Evans and carried.

Approved for poll workers, by Council, were Raleigh Hightower as poll holder, Mrs. Kate Goodwin, Mrs. Nell
Turner and Mrs. Minnie Jackson as poll workers.
G. W. Evans made a motion that the City once more, allow fortune tellers to get a business permit at a cost
of $50.00 per month with the stipulation that the license can be revoked at any time that there is a legitimate
complaint against the fortune teller. This motion was seconded by C. J. Driver and passed by vote of all
present.

The Council requested that James Duffey investigate the reason for E. F. Wilson illegally putting a spigot on
the water line in Parkwood.

A motion to adjourn was made, seconded and approved.

Respectfully submitted

Charlotte M. Carroll, City Clerk
