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the cost of preparation of the budget will increase from around $300—which is what Jones was paid—to around $1,000, which is the estimate given by Walter Cox, who has audited the county’s accounts and who was given the job of preparing the budget.
At first, it had beenproposecfthat Supervisor E.P. Pete Luke be given the job, and Luke was agreeable, “at the same figure Mr. Jones got.”
“The job is getting excessively harder to do, with all of these Revenue Sharing funds and all,” commented E.M. Jones. Attorney Davis was asked if it would be proper to turn the job over to Luke. Davis first said he was “not sure,” and after he thought , about it awhile, he was more emphatic.
“I’D LOVE for you to do it, Pete,” said Newbill Miller.
“It would not be legal for him to have a vote to employ himself,” said Davis.
“What about asking Jock?” said Miller, referring to the former county treasurer, Robert L. Brown. Miller also explained that Mrs. Frances Foster, county treasurer, had been asked if she was interested, but she hadn’t replied. “I take that to be a refusal,” Newbill Miller said.
“It would probably be better to have an indepen
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