Muscogee County Charter Commission File, 1970, March 12-25
Scope and Contents
Item 1 – Columbus-Muscogee County Charter Commission – Minutes, March 12, 1970
Item 2 – Letter from Charles E. Crowder to members of the Consolidation Steering Committee notifying them of their next meeting scheduled March 19, with an attached list of members' names, addresses and telephone numbers, March 13, 1970
Item 3 – Statement from Robert E. Gerber to Dr. Whitley itemizing the cost to print 100 copies of the Charter, March 16, 1970
Item 4 – Letter from Whitley to Mr. C.E. Walker, with a letter attached from Walter to Whitley dated March 12th concerning the election of members to the Board of Education by the Charter Commission, and also a letter of March 13th from Martelle Layfield to C.E. Walker concerning the same subject, March 16, 1970
Item 5 – Note to library to place the review draft of the consolidated government on reserve so that it will be available for citizens, March 17, 1970
Item 6 – Letter from Whitley to John R. Banister, Director of Libraries, Bradley Memorial Library, requesting that Banister make copies of the proposed charter available to the public, March 17, 1970
Item 7 – Letter from Whitley to Wm. Henry Shaw, Superintendent of Education, March 17, 1970
Item 8 – Letter from Wm. Henry Shaw to Dr. Whitley, March 18, 1970
Item 9 – Whitley's handwritten notes on the Public Hearing conducted at Columbus High School, March 19, 1970
Item 10 – Columbus-Muscogee County Charter Commission Steering Committee – Minutes, March 19, 1970
Item 11 – Columbus-Muscogee County Charter Commission – Minutes (with lists of current Board and Committee members attached, March 19, 1970
Item 12 – Letter from Charles Evert, County Attorney, to James Burgess, with a letter attached from Evert to the Board of Commissioners of Muscogee County concerning his review of the latest draft of the proposed charter and comments on changes that have been made, March 23, 1970
Item 13 – Columbus-Muscogee County Charter Commission – Minutes (with budget issues attached), March 24, 1970
Item 14 – Letter from James Burgess to Mrs. Dorothy Mead concerning the legal description covering the four council districts proposed for the consolidated government. Attached is a letter to Whitley (plus duplicate) from Jerris Leonard, Assistant Attorney General dated March 30th concerning the proposed charter with regard to the Civil Rights Act of 1965. Also attached is a letter from Hughes Spalding to Whitley (dated April 2nd, 1970) and another from James Burgess to Hughes Spalding (dated march 31st, 1970), March 25, 1970
Item 15 – Letter from W. J. Wright, Jr. to Mayor J. R. Allen concerning the Charter Commission budget, March 25, 1970
Dates
- Other: 1970, March 12-25
Extent
From the Collection: 1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections Repository
4225 University Ave
Columbus Georgia 31907 United States