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APR 2 1966Q Boa 64 PAG8 E 4 the request and we added the Clerk's approval; he asked if we now want to bring somebody else in too. Chairman Scurlock stated no; the Administrator is going to find space for any documents that we remove from down there. Mr. Woodard asked if the Board wished these records inventoried prior to that or just wanted to remove everything en masse. Chairman Scurlock felt everything needs to be catalogued before it takes a hike because you will never get it back. Mrs. Bunnell emphasized that the Society wants permission to inventory, look over these records, and decide if some things, such as leather bound books, etc., should be saved in toto as they are. She noted that there is a possibility of a grant through the Historical Society to microfilm these historical documents. Commissioner Lyons felt that was a very welcome bit of news. Chairman Scurlock asked if we need to designate anybody at this point to be the Board's custodian, and Administrator Wright stated that since Mrs. Weeks is not in a place to do this any more, he would not have any problem at all with Mr. Woodard as this would help coordinate things. Chairman Scurlock pointed out that Mr. Woodard works for the Clerk, and this would have to be checked out with her. Mr. Woodard wished to give the Board a little background. He explained that 800 of the basement contains records under the jurisdiction of the Clerk of the Court, and they are all in unsatisfactory storage conditions. He is involved in trying to determine which records are permanent and which are not. Those that are not, they are going to get permission from the state to destroy, and those that are permanent will either be put on film or the document itself preserved. Those documents that it is decided are permanent and they are going to film, they can get rid of after they are filmed, but there is a little hangup with the State. The State says we can then take them to the dump and 48