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MILLS
Sty: MELUS
In their fin'l ^ession of 1"73, Terrant County Commissioners voted to give ill county employes a cost-of-living ray increave---six v-er cent -1cros' the board raise. Commissioner Jerry Menus said the 2uestirlr of the raise vas se'^nrated fri the rest of the 1174 burlget, and voted ce~orately, for account revs-ns. He s-id the pey raise had to be programmed into the 1974 n:yroll before the end of the year. Mebus snif commissioners already hat been told by county auditor Jack Benson that the county could afford the 6 ner cent figure, 2nd a-nroval today wps fairly routihe. County judge Howard Green then ad journeO' the court, which will not meet again in regular session until Januvry 2nd'. Green said that will be the dote when the commissioners bhgin considering the rest of the annual budget in earnest. Tte budget must be