purposes only, but will allow pay offs in case of a percentage tie for a tourney berth in either district or state competition. For seeding, teams which are tied will settle positioning by lot. Determining by lot may be used only if the system is announced before the season starts. In another action, the council voted to start a student’s semester athletic eligibility at the time he starts competing, even if legally, a- in the eighth grade. A. G. Wright, of Greensville County High in District 3. who ’had served as chairman of the Group II board, was elected chair man of the state-wide legislative council with a term beginning July 1. The VHSL's long-standing ob jection to all-star games was re affirmed with a request that the member schools disassociate their players and equipment from such participation. Budget Hearing i Continued trom page 1 > no increase in taxes granted. That apparently would then be the sum of the accumulating de ficit. which the board tentatively intends to hold off with the high er levies. With a devalued dollar and costs soaring in recent years, the board by increases in 1947, 1948, 1951 and 1952 jumped the real es tate and personal property taxes only from $1.70 to S2.90. or $1.20^ since 1940. That is less than the increase in the cost of living and buying. It is also less than the amount required to finance the county at present expenditures, the board claims.

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