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475 The Chairman announced that this was the hour and day fixed by the Board of Commissioners for the public hearing upon the order entitled: "ORDER AUTHORIZING $7,275,000 WATER BONDS" and that the Board of Commissioners would immediately hear anyone who might wish to be heard on the question of the validity Qf said order or the advisability of issuing said bonds. No one appeared, either in person or by attorney, to be heard on the question of the validity of said order or the advisability of issuing said bonds and the Clerk to the Board of Commissioners announced that no written statement relating to said question had been received, ' except Ralph Bonds, residing in the Poplar Tent Community, who appeared in person and stated that he favored water lines, but felt that the District covers too much rural area and that the tax on rural farm equipment, land and livestock would be unfair, and Brenda Dellinger, who lives in the Poplar .Tent area, who stated that she agreed with Mr. Bonds, and J. Lewis Patterson, who lives in the~Old Salisbury Road area and stated that he agreed with Mr. Bonds and that the people who got the water should be charged, and Jim Allison, who agreed with Mr. Bonds, and Tony Bonds, who stated that the County should not tax farm land. Ail of the foregoing statements were duly considered by the Board of Commissioners. Thereupon, upon motion of Commissioner Milloway, seconded by Commissioner Barnhardt and carried, the order introduced and passed on first reading on January 3, 1984 entitled: "ORDER AUTHORIZING $7,275,000 WATER BONDS" was read a second time and placed upon its final passage. The vote upon the final passage of said order was: Ayes: Commissioners Milloway, Barnhardt, Nash, Payne, and Lentz Noes: None The Chairman then 'announced that the order entitled: "ORDER AUTHORIZING $7,275,000 WATER BONDS" had been adopted. The Clerk to the Board of Commissioners was thereupon directed to publiJh said order, together with the appended statement as required by The Local Government Bond Act, as amended, once in The Concord Tribune and The Kannapolis Daily Independent. Thereupon Commissioner Milloway introduced the following resolution whinh was read: RESOLUTION CALLING A SPECIAL BOND REFERENDUM BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus: Section 1. A special bond referendum is hereby called to be held between 6:30 A.M. and 7:30 P.M., on Tuesday, March 20, 1984, at which there shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the Water and Sewer District of Cabarrus County the question stated in the notice of special bond referendum set forth in Section 3 of this resolution. Section 2. For said referendum, (i) the regular registration books for elections in Cabarrus County shall be used and the registration books, process or records shall be open for the registration of qualified persons and for public inspection in the manner, under the conditions and at the times and places as provided in said notice set forth in Section 3 of this resolution, (ii) the registrars, judges and other officers of elections appointed by the Cabarrus County Board of Elections for the several precincts and voting places in said District shall be the election officers for such precincts and voting places and (iii) the precincts and voting places shall be those fixed by the Cabarrus County Board of Elections as provided in said notice set forth in Section 3 of this resolution, subject to change as provided by law. The Cabarrus County Board of Elections is hereby requested to conduct said referendum and to take all necessary steps to that end in accordance with the provisions of this section. Section 3. The Clerk to the Board of Commissioners shall cause a notice to be published in The Concord Tribune and The Kannapolis Daily