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(Continued from Page 1) hazard. But the summer kitchen can stay, he added. "The Department of Corrections officers who were here last week said they saw no reason to move any (of the three outbuildings)." Sheriff W. A. Buntin interjected. He maintained that if the outbuildings are taken down, the entire jail complex will be exposed to view from the courthouse. “It looks more like living quarters with the three buildings there." Newbill Miller. Mayor of the town of Washington, agreed that the structures should remain. The town, an historic area, “is g(x>d for the county... Property values here are the highest in Rappahannock." Moving the smoke house, summer kitchen and chicken house would be detrimental to the jail property, he maintained. Rafters in the old buildings are mortissed and braced with locust pins, noted Miller. The siding on the smoke house is put together with cut nails, he said. “It may be one of the oldest buildings in the town...I don't want to obstruct progress but I sure don't want to lose something if it isn’t necessary." Miller said, suggesting also that the communications tower be located behind the courthouse.

The further the tower is moved from the jail, the more expensive cable connections will be for the 80-foot tall, self-supporting structure. Gore responded. Supervisor H. B. Wood proposed that the Board of Supervisors and Fire and Rescue Association work with Washington's Town Council n determining the tower ocation. Clerk Diane Bruce eported that Josef Gardiner

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