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'436 The Caba~rus County Board of Commissioners held their regular monthly meeting on February 3, 19~ at the Coumthouse at lO:00 A M with the following members present: Chairman: W.F~ank McCray Commissioners: M.Smoot Lyles, L.Bowman Barrier, P.E~nest Stallings, andW.Guy Isenhouz Motion by W,~ ~ZSe~u~/~ ~m~c~c~ D;B~wman,!B~Z.~z~' T~ the following ~ oad 'pet it ions be passed: Bost Petzea aoad - Ha~d sum face Rimer Town and Gold Hill Road - Ha~dsumface The Jackson Park Road - make a four lane drive w~ h cu~bing. Road in No. i Township runs from Harrisburg Church Road to dead end road on Quays known as pzivate Ioad. 3/10 of a mile- Gravel and scraping ZionChuzch Road - Take over and maintain No. h Township- ~oad runs fromSchool Street to ~remont Avenue- take over and maintain Motion by W.Guy Isenhoux seconded by L.Bowman Ba~ier that John Sharpe Haztsell be authorized to cancel Lien on p~operty of Mary EllenBrown deceased. Motion by P Ernest Stallings that Resignation of W.G. Linker from Sanitary Board of Pazkw, od be eE~epted. Motion by L.Bowman Barrier seconded by W.Guy Isenhoux that the following be appoim~ed to Pazkwood Sanitary Board - W. O. Heglar, Glenn Phillips and Lewis White. Motion by P.Ernest Stallings seconded by M. Smoot Lyles as to ByPass. RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONE~ FOR CABAR~US COUNTY UpOn motion of P.Ernest Stallings and seconded by M.Smoot Lyles, the following ~esolution was unanimously adopted by the Board of County Commissioners of Cabar~us County, North Carolina, at its ~egular meeting held on February 3rd 1958. "WHEREAS, N.C. Highway No. 73 t~avezses the City of Conco~d on E&st~Co~ban Street and North Church Street and U.S. Highway 601 t~ave~ses the City of Concord onS outh Union ~tzeet and No~th Chu.Ych Street; AND WHEREAS, the local and through traffic on South Union Street,East CorbanStzeet and No~th Church Street in the City of Concord constitutes a terrific burden on said City streets and creates a congested condition beyond that which should be expectedon the part of the public travelling through the City of Concord and c~eates a_ traffic haza~d on the pa~.t of local t~affic~ AND WHEREAS, a t~affic ehcek in ~ptembe~, 1955 for a twenty-foum (24). hou~ peziod indic ~ted that h,620 vehicles e~tered the City of Concord on South Union Street, designated as U.S. Highway 601; , ~640 vehicles entered the City of Concord on East COrban Street, designated as N.C. Highway No. 73; 1,590 vehicles entered the City of Conc0~d on East Depot Street; and as estimated (not checked) 6,000 vehicles entered the Northern pa~t of the City of Ooncord on No~th ~hu~ch Street, designated as U.~. Highway no. 601; AND WHEREAS, this Board is of the opinion that a ~y-pass leading off of U.S. Highway No. 601 South of Concord near Cente~ C~umch and running along the Eastern perimeter of the City to a point North of the City Limits would substantially ~elieve the t~affic~congestion of the aforesaid streets in the City of Oonco~d by one-third, ox more; AND WHEREAS, this Ooa~d is informed that the State Highway Commission ~as for some time contemplated the building of a by-pass described above, but has taken no definite action: NOW THEREFORE, BE IT EESOL~ED by the Bosmd of County Oommissionexs of Caba~us County that the State Highway Commission be, and it is hereby, umgently requested'to proceed atas early a date as possible towards building a by-pass a~ound the eastern perimeter of the City of Concord fo~ the purpose of relieving .the terrific congestion on the highways passing through the City of Concord and ~emove a constant traffic hazard."