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THE controversy in Rappahannock County over law enforcement practices and mileage charges escalated a step on Monday. Following a special meeting of the Board 'of Supervisors, Commonwealth’s Attorney George Davis passed out mimeographed sheets to all the Board members, formally notifying them of his intentions to sue the county if current policing practices aren’t abandoned.
For the past two months, Davis has temporarily held up mileage reimbursements to Sheriff William Buntin’s deputies. Davis objected to the policing procedures followed by the Department in checking county businesses. In view of Davis’s contention that reimbursement for mileage accumulated in this manner wouldn’t be allowed by the State Compensation Board, he accompanied Buntin and Supervisors J. R. Latham and Butch Eastham to the Compensation offices in Richmond.
As a result of the visit, a secretary shared by both the Sheriff’s and Commonwealth Attorney’s offices was authorized to work full-time for Da vis, and Buntin was allowed part-time secretariat help. According to Sheriff Buntin, the Compensation Board decided not to “get involved” in the mileage dispute, leaving the
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