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dent auditor do it, under the circumstances,” said George Davis.
‘‘Well, since we can’t find anyone locally, we’re between a rock and a hard spot,” commented Pete Luke, as he made a motion to hire Cox for the job.
Cox allowed that he was familiar with county financial affairs, since he had been conducting the audit for some time. ‘‘Since I was a bare-faced boy,” grinned Cox, who wears a heavy beard.
“THIS $1,000 is not going to break us, is it?” asked Luke.
“Almost,” said Newbill Miller, with a grin which underscored the levity of his remark. The vote to hire Cox was unanimous. County Department heads asked to forward their budgetary requests by April 1.
Cox submitted copies of his audit prior to the budget-making action. He distributed copies of the audit with a comment that in small Virginia counties it
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