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1921_public laws_171_5

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CHAPTER 170 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR STANDARD-WEIGHT PACKAGES OF GRITS, MEAL, AND FLOUR, AND TO PREVENT THE SALE OF SAME IN SHORT-WEIGHT PACKAGES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The Board of Agriculture shall cause to be made from time to time such inspections as may be necessary to determine whether the provisions of this act have been violated. If it shall appear from such inspection that any provisions of this act have been violated, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall certify the facts to the solicitor in the district in which the violation was committed, and furnish that officer with the facts in the case.

1903_private laws_108_4

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CHAPTER 107 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the said corporation shall have and is hereby given the power to maintain and operate at or near the city of Charlotte, in the county of Mecklenburg, a school for the instruction of white youth of both sexes in the common school and academic branches, the best mode of practical industry and its appliance to agricultural, domestic and technical arts; and to teach and give instruction in all branches and departments of useful and industrial knowledge; and for these purposes shall be and is hereby authorized to do all such acts and make all such contracts as may be proper and necessary.

1967_session laws_487_3

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CHAPTER 486 AN ACT TO PERMIT THE BUILDING OF A NEW COURTHOUSE IN WATAUGA COUNTY ON A NEW SITE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

1951_session laws_279_3

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CHAPTER 278 AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN TO APPOINT AN ASSISTANT TAX COLLECTOR. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The assistant tax collector shall post a bond in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) conditioned on the faithful performance of his duty and accounting for all funds coming into his hands by virtue of his office. The premium on said bond shall be paid by the board of aldermen out of the general fund of said town.

1895_public laws_411_2

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CHAPTER 410 An act for the relief of Mary Kate Thornton, a teacher in the public schools of Robeson county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the treasurer of the board of education of Robeson county to be authorized, and he is hereby instructed, to pay to Mary Kate Thornton, a public school teacher, the sum of sixty-one dollars and twenty-five cents ($61.25), due her as services in the public schools of said county of Robeson, upon presentation by said Mary Kate Thornton of order for said amount duly signed by at least two of the school committeemen of said county.

1933_public local laws_7_4

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CHAPTER 6 A AN ACT TO LIMIT THE POWERS OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND CONSTABLES OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE EXERCISE OF THEIR OFFICES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That any constable or justice of the peace who wigs lates the provisions of this act shall forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dollars to any aggrieved party who sues for the same.

1895_private laws_343_3

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CHAPTER 341 An act to authorize the commissioners of the town of Leaks- ville, North Carolina, to issue bonds for the purpose of pro- viding a system of public improvements in said town. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That said bonds shall not be sold for less than par value, and the proceeds arising from the sale thereof shall be used by the mayor and commissioners of said town for the purpose of procuring a system of internal improvements, and for the further purpose of making such improvements on the streets of said town,and such other public improvements, as the mayor and commissioners may deem expedient for the general welfare of the citizens of said town: Provided, however, that this act shall be submitted to the qualified voters of said town for their ratification or rejection at an election to be held in said town, at such time as the mayor and commissioners thereof may appoint, within twelve months after their ratification of this act. The said election shall be advertised by the mayor and commissioners of said town for thirty days prior to the day of election in at least one newspaper published in said town, and also at some public place in said town; and the said mayor and commissioners shall cause a registration of the qualified voters to be made, as now required by law, and shall appoint three electors of said town as inspectors or supervisors of said elections. Those in favor of issuing said bonds shall vote a written or printed ticket with the words for bonds thereon; those opposed to issuing said bonds shall vote a written or printed ticket with the words against bonds thereon. The result of said election shall be ascertained by the aforesaid inspectors or supervisors, and returned by them, over their signatures, to the mayor and commissioners of said town, who shall verify the same and certify the result of said election, and cause the same to be recorded in the minutes of said board of commissioners of said town. If the majority of the votes cast be for bonds, then the mayor and commissioners of said town shall proceed to issue and sell said bonds, and shall apply the proceeds of such sale as directed in this act; but if a majority of the votes cast be against bonds, then this act shall be of no force and effect. The inspectors shall be appointed and the election held as all other elections are held in said town.

1919_public local laws_304_3

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CHAPTER 303 AN ACT AMENDING CHAPTER 453 OF THE PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1913, WHICH IS THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY ROAD LAW. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed in so far as they apply to this act.

1919_public laws_162_2

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CHAPTER 161 AN ACT TO MAKE ALL SCHOOLS ORGANIZED TO TEACH ADULT ILLITERATES A PART OF THE STATE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The State Board of Education is authorized to provide rules and regulations for conducting schools to teach adult illiterates, and said schools when provided for shall become a part of the public school system of the State and shall be supported as other schools of the State are supported as provided in An act to provide a six months school term in every public school district of the State in compliance with section three of article nine of the Constitution of North Carolina.

1951_session laws_244_7

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CHAPTER 243 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA TO APPOINT AN ADMINISTRA- TIVE ASSISTANT, AND TO PRESCRIBE HIS DUTIES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

1967_session laws_223_10

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CHAPTER 222 AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 8, CHAPTER 18, OF THE GENERAL STATUTES, SO AS TO PERMIT THE TRANSPORTATION, POSSESSION AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR PERSONAL USE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

There is hereby established a new Section, immediately following Section 51 of Chapter 18 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, to read as follows: G. S. 18-51.1. Exceptions. Notwithstanding the provisions of G. S. 18-51, the following provisions shall be applicable: -1 Exemption From Fees. No fee shall be charged by the State Board of Alcoholic Control for any permit issued under subsection -7 of G. 8S. 18-51 to any county or municipality, for any premises operated by said county or municipality. -2 Local Laws. Nothing in this Article shall operate to repeal any of the local Acts of the General Assembly of North Carolina prohibiting the possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages within any county, municipality, or portion thereof, and all such local Acts shall continue in full force and effect and in concurrence herewith, until repealed or modified. -3 Exemption of Counties. Until at least one county or municipal alcoholic beverage control store has been lawfully established within any county, no permit shall be issued by the State Board of Alcoholic Control for the purposes defined in subsection -5 of G. S. 18-51 to any person, association or corporation for premises located in said county.

1941_public local laws_408_2

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CHAPTER 407 AN ACT TO AMEND SENATE BILL ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY RELATING TO TERMS OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, RATIFIED THE FOURTH DAY OF MARCH, ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY- ONE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That Section eight of Senate Bill one hundred and fifty, relating to terms of the Superior Court of Rockingham County, ratified the fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words one thousand nine hundred forty-two and inserting in lieu thereof, the words one thousand nine hundred forty-one.

1893_private laws_114_4

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CHAPTER 113 An act to incorporate The Atlantic and Ohio Railroad Company. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

That the capital of the said Atlantic and Ohio Railroad Company shall not exceed two million dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, Each share subscribed shall be entitled to one vote in all meetings of the stockholders of said company, and fifteen thousand dollars shall be the minimum subscription on which said company may be organized.

1933_public local laws_277_22

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CHAPTER 276 AN ACT TO CREATE THE OFFICES OF TREASURER-TAX COLLECTOR OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY, AND COLLEC- TOR OF REVENUE FOR THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE, PRE- SCRIBING THEIR DUTIES AND SETTING FORTH THE MANNER OF TAKING JUDGMENT AGAINST DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That when any real estate is included in any tax return upon default by any taxpayer to timely pay any taxes or assessments within one year after the due date thereof, the Treasurer-Tax Collector, or in case of delinquent city taxes or assessments, the Collector of Revenue for the City of Charlotte, after thirty days notice to said taxpayer, given by mail to his last named address, shall execute and deliver to the Clerk of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County a certificate of such nonpayment running in the name of Mecklenburg County or the City of Charlotte, if for city taxes or assessments, as plaintiff and the person, firm or corporation in whose name the property was returned, taxed or assessed as defendant, with a description of one or more lots or parcels of land included in the tax return made by said defendant, or in case of a special assessment for local improvements on the land, upon which said assessment is a specific lien, together with all persons, firms, corporations or associations presently owning any of the said lots or parcels of land so included in said certificate and with all trustees, cestui que trust, and mortgages named in deeds of trust, mortgages or other recorded instruments constituting liens on any of said lots or parcels of land so included in said certificate, as additional defendants, with a reference to the book and page in which said instruments constituting liens on said property are recorded, also reciting the year for which said taxes or assessments were levied, the date of such levy, principal amount thereof, the date from which such principal amount bears interest, the rate of interest to be paid thereon, the date from which such lien was established, and such other information as may be pertinent thereto.

1891_private laws_60_4

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CHAPTER 59 An act to amend the charter of the town of Salisbury. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That said coupons shall be receivable in payment of taxes due the town of Salisbury, and the same shall be expressed on the face of each coupon.

1951_session laws_80_2

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CHAPTER 79 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 105-345 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES WITH RESPECT TO PREPAYMENT DISCOUNTS ON TAXES COL- LECTED BY ROBESON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 105-345 of the General Statutes, as amended, be and the same is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph at the end thereof to read as follows: In Robeson County the only discounts allowed for the prepayment of taxes due Robeson County provided for in this Act shall be as follows: (a) If paid during the month of September, a deduction of one per cent 64 (1%); (b) if paid during the month of October, a deduction of one-half of one per cent (% of 1%).

1961_session laws_665_11

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CHAPTER 664 AN ACT TO CONTINUE THE INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF GARNER AND TO REVISE, AMEND AND CONSOLIDATE THE STATUTES THAT CONSTITUTE THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF GARNER. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Authentication and publication of ordinances and resolutions. Upon its final passage each ordinance or resolution shall be authenticated by the signature of the mayor and the town clerk and shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose. Immediately after final passage, all ordinances shall be posted at the Town Hall and two other public places in said town for five -5 days.

1907_private laws_82_21

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CHAPTER 80 N ACT TO CHANGE AND AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CAROLINA SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPANY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the principal office of said corporation shall be in the city of Wilmington, North Carolina, but the directors may establish branch offices at such other places as may be deemed advisable.

1951_session laws_1004_4

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CHAPTER 1003 AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE II, SECTION 13, OF THE CONSTI- TUTION OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA SO AS TO PRO- VIDE A MORE EXPEDIENT METHOD OF FILLING VACANCIES OCCURRING IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The electors favoring the adoption of this amendment shall vote a ballot on which shall be written or printed: For amendment to fill a vacancy occurring in the General Assembly by death, resignation or otherwise by immediate appointment of the Governor, upon the recommendation of the executive committee of the county in which the deceased or resigned member was resident, being the executive committee of the political party with which the deceased or resigned member was affiliated at the time of his election., and those opposed shall vote a ballot on which shall be written or printed: Against amendment to fill a vacancy occurring in the General Assembly by death, resignation or otherwise by immediate appointment of the Governor, upon the recommendation of the executive committee of the county in which the deceased or resigned member was resident, being the executive committee of the political party with which the deceased or resigned member was affiliated at the time of his election.

1961_session laws_24_5

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CHAPTER 23 AN ACT TO CREATE A CEMETERY COMMISSION FOR THE TOWN OF GARLAND AND DESIGNATE OTHER PURPOSES OF ITS EXISTENCE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The said Garland Cemetery Commission shall have the right to accept any grant, lease, loan or device of real estate, or any gift or bequest of money, or any donation given for cemetery purposes to the Town of Garland or any gift or bequest of money or any donation to be applied, principal or income, for the use, maintenance and perpetual care of the cemeteries owned or controlled by the Town of Garland. If gifts are made, the principal of which is to be invested and income only used for the maintenance of the cemeteries owned or controlled by the Town of Garland, the board of town commissioners shall invest said principal only in such securities as are approved by law for investment of guardianship funds.

1919_public local laws_520_11

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CHAPTER 519 AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE AND THE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

All ordinances passed by the board of health shall be published once a week for four successive weeks in some newspaper published in Fayetteville, and shall be recorded in a book of ordinances to be kept by said board, and either the book of ordinances or the printed copies of ordinances shall be legal evidence of their passage and effect.

1901_private laws_77_4

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CHAPTER 76 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE STATESVILLE LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The corporators above named or any three of them may open books of subscription, and whenever one hundred shares shall be subscribed, a majority of the above-named corporators may call a meeting of the subscribers to said stock at any time and place, and on such notice as they may deem sufficient, and may organize by the election of a board of five directors or more, who shall hold office for one year or until their successors are elected, and said directors shall elect the necessary officers. The company shall have authority to transact business whenever one hundred shares have been subscribed and twenty per centum paid thereon, the balance to be paid in as called for by the directors. The capital stock may be increased from time to time either by additional subscriptions of stock or by application of the surplus earnings of the corporation. And if such increase shall be from the earnings of the corporation, the directors shall have the power to declare stock dividends to the shareholders pro rata. At all stockholders meetings each share shall be entitled to one vote either in person or by proxy.

1949_session laws_1296_2

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1342 CHAPTER 1295 AN ACT TO AMEND COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 33, RATIFIED AT THE 1949 SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 22% of Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 33, as amended, is hereby further amended by adding at the end of said Section the following: Tf the bonds authorized by House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill No. 203, as amended, for the construction, repair and improvement of school plant facilities are not issued, the twentyfive million dollars ($25,000,000) appropriated by this Section shall be allocated to the various counties of the State on the basis of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) each. If the bonds provided for in House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill No. 203, as amended, are issued, the twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) provided for in this Section and the proceeds of the bonds issued pursuant to said House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill No. 203, as amended, shall be combined and the amount to be allocated in Section 2 of said House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill No. 203, as amended, is hereby increased to fifty million dollars ($50,000,000). This fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be allocated as provided in Section 2 of House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill No. 203, as amended, on the basis of a two hundred fifty thousand dollar ($250,000) allocation to each county and a per capita allocation of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) as therein provided.

1923_public laws_137_335

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CHAPTER 136 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSOLIDATED STATUTES AND TO CODIFY THE LAWS RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Whereas the acts of the General Assembly relating to public education are for the purpose of aiding all the people, and espe- cially school officials, in maintaining and conducting a system of public schools and in providing revenue for the same; and Whereas a great need is apparent for collecting all the laws relating to public education and codifying them in such a way as to set forth as clearly as possible the legal duties, powers, and responsibilities of the several school officials, in order to give them and all other friends of public education a clearer concep- tion of their duties in maintaining and conducting public schools in accordance with the needs of the people and the provisions of the Constitution: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: PART I ARTICLE I. INTERPRETATIONS

State committee on high school texrt-books; duties; reports to State Superintendent. The Governor and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall appoint a State committee on high school text-books, consisting of five members, who shall serve without pay except reimbursement out of the State Treasury upon the requisition of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for actual expenses incurred by attendance upon meetings of the committee that may be called by or under the direction of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. It shall be the duty of the State committee on high school text-books to make an examination of each book submitted by any publisher, under the provisions of this article, with a view to determining whether or not the contents, quality, and price of said book are such as to make it suitable and desirable for use in public high schools of this State; and the said State committee on high school text-books shall, every five years, except as herein otherwise provided, submit to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, on or before the first day of January of each year within which county adoptions are to be made, a report of its findings, with recommendations as to the books that shall be placed on the State approved list, which list shall constitute the State adopted list for a period of five years, except as herein otherwise provided. (C. S. 5726, revised.)

1963_session laws_923_10

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CHAPTER 922 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CARY AS CONTAINED IN CHAPTER 80 OF THE PRIVATE LAWS OF 1870-71, AS AMENDED. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: ARTICLE 1 The Charter of the Town of Cary as contained in Chap- ter 80 of the Private Laws of 1870-71, as amended, is hereby further amended as follows:

Registration and Registration Books. In all municipal elections in the Town of Cary, the Wake County Board of Elections shall use the registration books of Wake County, North Carolina for election precincts within the corporate limits of the Town of Cary, and all persons now or hereafter duly registered in such registration books who live within the corporate limits of the Town of Cary shall be entitled to vote in all general and special elections in the Town of Cary. All Town of Cary registration books previously used shall cease to be used in any Town of Cary election and shall be impounded by the Clerk of the Town of Cary. The registrars of the Wake County Board of Elections in the election precincts lying within the corporate limits of the Town of Cary shall register, in the Wake County registration books according to law all qualified electors in the Town of Cary whose names are not registered upon such registration books and who present themselves to such registrars for registration as by law provided. All electors who are now registered or who in the future may be registered by the registrars of the Wake County Board of Elections in registration precincts lying within the corporate limits of the Town of Cary shall be deemed duly registered for each and every Town, County, State and National primary and election. Such electors shall from time to time be transferred by said registrars from the registration books of one precinct to registration books of other precincts as is now or hereafter may be provided by law. The registration books of the Wake County Board of Elections for the precincts lying within the corporate limits of the Town of Cary shall remain in the custody of the Wake County Board of Elections, but such registration books shall be used by the Wake County Board of Elections in each and every election held in the Town of Cary.

1961_session laws_727_8

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CHAPTER 726 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AN ELECTION WITHIN THE NORTH ASHEBORO-CENTRAL FALLS SANITARY DISTRICT AND THE TOWN OF ASHEBORO ON THE PROPOSITION OF MERGER. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

If merger is approved, the governing body of the Town of Asheboro shall determine the proportion of the district indebtedness which was incurred for construction of the water system, and the proportion which was incurred for the construction of the sewage disposal system. Upon making such determination the governing body shall send a certified copy to the Local Government Commission in order that the said commission and the governing body of the merged municipality can determine the net debt of the merged municipality as required by G. S. 160-383.

1909_private laws_301_11

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CHAPTER 300 AN ACT TO REVISE AND AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF WEST HICKORY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the present trustees of the schools of said district shall serve until Tuesday after the first Monday in May, one thousand nine hundred and ten, and until their successors are elected and duly qualified; that on Tuesday after the first Monday in May, one thousand nine hundred and nine, there shall be elected two schoo! trustees for the term of two years; that on Tuesday after the first Monday in May, one thousand nine hundred and ten, there shall be elected three school trustees for the term of two years, and at each annual municipal election thereafter trustees shall be elected to succeed those whose terms expire, to hold for a term of two years. Any vacancy in the board of school trustees shall be filled by the other members of such board, and the position of school trustee shall not be deemed an office or place of trust, within the meaning of article seven, section fourteen, of the Constitution of North Carolina. That the board of school trustees of said district shall be and are hereby constituted a body corporate, under the name and style of Board of School Trustees of West Hickory, with the powers and privileges usually appertaining to such corporations, and shall have control over the funds and other property of said district, as well as the management of the schools therein, the employment of teachers, the dismissal and reinstatement of pupils, and shall make or adopt rules and regulations for the government of such schools. Said board of trustees shall appoint a treasurer, who shall enter into sufficient bond for the faithful performance of his duty as such, and who shall have the custody of the funds belonging to said district, and shall pay out the same on the order of the board of trustees, and not otherwise.

1899_public laws_50_2

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CHAPTER 49 An act to amend chapter one hundred and five of public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

That chapter one hundred and five, public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, be and the same is hereby amended as follows: Strike out section two and put two in place of three in section three, and add to section one the following: At any time after a duly verified complaint is filed alleging facts sufficient to entitle plaintitf to the office, whether such complaint is filed at the beginning of the action or later, the plaintiff may, upon ten days notice to the defendant or his attorney of record, move before the resident judge ur the judge riding the district at chambers, to require the defendant to give said undertaking; and it shal] be the duty of the judge to require the defendant to give such undertaking within ten days, and if the undertaking shall not be so given, the judge shall render judgment in favor of plaintiff and against defendant for the recov ery of the office and the costs, and a judgment by default and inquiry to be executed at term for damages, including loss of fees and salary. Upon the filing of said judgment for the recovery of such office with the clerk, it shall be the duty of the clerk to issue and the sheriff to serve the necessary process to put plaintiff into possession of the office. In case defendant shall give the under. taking, the court, if judgment is rendered for plaintiff, shall ren. der judgment against the defendant and his sureties for costs and damages, including loss of fees and salary: Provided, that nothing herein shall prevent the judges extending, for cause, the time in which to give the undertaking.

1903_public laws_639_2

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CHAPTER 638 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 763, PUBLIC LAWS OF 1901, RELATING TO THE COMPULSORY SCHOOL LAW IN MITCH- ELL COUNTY. . The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That section 2, chapter 763 of the Public Laws of 1901, entitled An act to compel attendance in the public schools in Mitchell County, be and the same is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following words: And it shall be the duty of the teacher or the principal of the public school to make report at the end of each month to the school committee of the district in which he or she is teaching, the names of all parents or persons in loco parentis who wilfully refuse to send their children to school, and it shall be the duty of the school committee of the district to take immediate steps to enforce the penalty prescribed in said section against any parent or person in loco parentis found guilty of wilfully refusing to send their children to school.

1941_public local laws_312_3

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CHAPTER 311 AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE, CHAP- TER ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, AS AMENDED, TO ALLOW THE COMMISSIONERS OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY TO APPOINT THE COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; AND TO PROHIBIT THE PAYMENT OF COMMISSIONS FOR COL- LECTION OF TAXES TO ANY COLLECTOR OR ATTORNEY AND TO REQUIRE THAT COMPENSATION THEREFOR SHALL BE ON A SALARY OR FIXED BASIS. Whereas, the cost of collecting delinquent taxes in Rutherford County for the past several years has been very high; and Whereas, it appears that the tax collector should be elected in the future by the board of county commissioners; and Whereas, it appears that the majority of the people of Ruther- ford County are desirous of having a more businesslike method of collecting taxes so that their tax rate may be reduced: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That from and after the first Monday in December, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two, it shall be the duty of the said appointed tax collector to collect all taxes, both current and delinquent, including fees, penalties and other revenues due the County of Rutherford. After the said tax collector has been appointed and qualified, he shall receive the tax books of the levy of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two, and all the prior tax books and records; and all powers and duties now or hereafter imposed by law relating to the collection of taxes are hereby imposed and conferred upon him.

1949_session laws_454_2

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421 CHAPTER 453 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 7, SECTION 70 OF TH GENERAL STATUTES OF 1943, TO CHANGE TH TERMS OF THE SUPERIOR COURT IN CALDWEL COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That portion of Section Jul-70 of the General Sts utes of North Carolina, fixing the terms of Superior Court f Caldwell County in the Sixteenth Judicial District, is here rewritten to read as follows: CaldwellFirst Monday before the first Monday in Marc second Monday before the first Monday in September, each continue two weeks; eleventh Monday after the first Monc in March, to continue two weeks, for civil cases only; twel Monday after the first Monday in September, to continue t weeks, for the trial of civil and criminal cases; the eighth M day before the first Monday in March, to continue two wee for the trial of civil cases only; ninth Monday after the f Monday in March, to continue one week, for the trial of and criminal cases; fourth Monday after the first Monday September, to continue two weeks, for the trial of civil c only; thirteenth Monday after the first Monday in March, continue two weeks, for the trial of civil cases only; first \/ day in September, to continue two weeks, for the trial of cases only. For the last five terms provided for above, Governor may assign a regular, special, or emergency ju when the judge regularly assigned to the district is unable to hold said terms for any cause set out in Article IV, Section 11, of the Constitution. If the regular judge holding the courts in the Sixteenth District is not available for any cause set out in Article IV, Section 11, of the Constitution, to hold any of the terms of court provided for in this Act, the Governor shall assign a judge to hold such term or terms from among the regular, special or emergency judges.

1915_public local laws_373_17

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CHAPTER 372 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH RECORDERS COURTS IN COLUM- BUS COUNTY AND TO PRESCRIBE THE JURISDICTION - THEREOF. _ The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

When the recorder of either of the districts provided for in this act is unable to preside over the court on account of sickness, absence, or other cause, said recorder shall appoint some other person, who shall possess the same qualifications as provided herein for the recorder, to act as substitute recorder, and the person so appointed shall have all the powers and duties of the recorder of said district. The compensation for the said substitute recorder shall be paid by the recorder. Any vacancy occurring in the office of recorder of either of the districts shall be filled by the clerk of the Superior Court of Columbus County.

1925_public local laws_575_3

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CHAPTER 574 AN ACT TO PROTECT GAME AND REGULATE HUNTING IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the county commissioners of Cumberland County be and they are hereby empowered to appoint a game warden for said county, whose term of office shall be fixed by them, who shall be empowered to issue hunting licenses for the annual open season under this act, and for which he shall collect from each resident of Cumberland County applying for license the sum of two dollars ($2), and for each nonresident of Cumberland County applying for license the sum of ten dollars ($10), one-half of which license fee shall be retained by him and one-half paid into the county school fund of Cumberland County: Provided, that no person shall be required to take out license to hunt on his own land.

1869/70_private laws_24_6

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OHAPTER XXIII. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE YOUNG MEN'S INTELLIGENT AND ENTERPRISING ASSOCIATION.

The capital stock shall be two hundred and fitty thousand dollars, with authority to the stockholders to increase the same to an amount not exceeding one million ; it shall be divided into shares of twenty dollars each, but when two thonsand dollars are actually subscribed and one thousand paid in cash, said board may proceed to business. The capital shall or may be invested in bonds and mortgages on unencumbered real estate, within this state, or in stocks or bonds of the United States or of this state, or in the stocks or bonds of the incorporated cities of this state authorized to be issued by the legislature, or in undoubted personal security approved by the board of directors. All the corporate powers of said association shall be exercised by a board of directors who shall be elected annually by the stockholders, and no person shall be elected a director unless they are a stockholder to the amount of sixty dollars at least. The board of directors shall elect annually from their own body a president. The certificates of stock and of money received in trust shall be assignable on the books of the association according to such regulations as the board of directors shall establish, but no alteration shall be made in the regulations so established unless by a vote of two thirds of the whole number of directors. The directors shall have a discretionary power of investing the moneys received by them in trust or on deposit in public stock of the United States or of this state, or in the bonds and stock of any incorporated city or town in this state authorized by the legislature, but the said association shall not hold stock in any private corporation beyond ten thousand dollars.

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CHAPTER 411 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR BETTER ROADS IN LANESBORO TOWNSHIP IN ANSON COUNTY, PRECINCT NUMBER TWO. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The said board of supervisors shall annually at their August meeting divide the roads of their precincts into districts of two or more sectionsa road district to consist of such a number of road sections as the board may determine. They shall appoint superintendents of each district, they shall at the same time allot the road hands to each section and shall also designate the boundaries of each district, and shall within ten days after such meeting certify to such overseer or superintendent written notice of his appointment with list of hands assigned to each section under his charge, and shall give to each superintendent or overseer such written instructions as they may deem necessary as to the mode or manner of working the roads of his district: Provided, that the board of supervisors may at any time alter the districts and sections or allotment, but shall give notice thereof to the superintendent or overseer.

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CHAPTER 334 An act to charter Trap Hill Institute. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Provided, nevertheless, that in the event the property of said corporation shall be abandoned or cease to be used for school purposes for the term of five years, then in that event the same shall revert to the original stockholders, and they shall have the right to dispose of the same either at a public or private sale or by petition for partition, and the proceeds of said sale shall be divided among the said stockholders according to their respective stocks or interest.

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CHAPTER XLVI. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LIL- LINGTON ACADEMY, IN THE COUNTY OF PENDER.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, That 8 8 Satchwell, Andrew J. McIntire, Gratton Williams, b. C. Bordeaux, Bruce Williams, L. Souther land and G. F. Walker, their associates and successors, are hereby created a body politic and corporate under the name and style of the Lillington Academy, and in that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with, acquire, hold and convey, in their corporate capacity, property real and personal, such as may be necessary and suitable for maintaining a school of high grade; shall have perpetual succession; may have and use a common seal; have power to elect their officers, consisting of a chairman, secretary and treasurer, and to establish such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the cause of education and maintaining said school, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state.

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CHAPTER 71 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE ANY COUNTY IN NORTH CARO- LINA TO VOTE UPON THE LEVYING AND COLLECTION OF A SPECIAL TAX ON PROPERTY AND POLLS TO SUP- PLEMENT THE COUNTY SCHOOL FUND OF SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That said election shall be conducted for the county as nearly as may be under the same rules and regulations governing district special school-tax elections, as set out in section four thousand one hundred and fifteen of the Revisal of one thousand nine hundred and five of North Carolina.

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CHAPTER 58 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A CHANGE IN THE ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS IN THE STATE DEPARTMENTS AND INSTI- TUTIONS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That all officers of the State and its institutions shall at the time selected by such board put into effect the systems of accounting procedures and control of funds and disbursement thereof, and begin the use of the sets of books and accounts devised and selected for them by such board.

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CHAPTER 903 AN ACT TO GRANT ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE TO REGULATE PUBLIC SOLICITATIONS FOR CHARITABLE AND SIMILAR CAUSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The governing body of the City of Charlotte is hereby authorized to regulate, by ordinance, any and all public solicitations within the City for any charitable, benevolent, health, educational, religious, patriotic or other similar cause; provided, that such ordinance shall not apply to any solicitation made by any church or religious organization, school or college, fraternal or patriotic organization, or civic club when such solicitation is confined to their respective memberships. Such ordinance may provide for a separate board, body or commission to administer the ordinance in accordance with the rules and standards prescribed therein; may provide for regulation of the time, place and manner of soliciting; may require registration and permits and impose such fees therefor as may defray the reasonable costs thereof; may require and cause to be published such information as will tend to insure that the purpose of any solicitation will be free from any element of deceit or fraud; and may include such other requirements as may reasonably protect the public from fraudulent solicitations.

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CHAPTER 193 AN ACT TO CREATE A SPECIAL ROAD DISTRICT, INCLUD- ING OCONA LUFTY, CHARLESTON, AND NANTAHALA TOWNSHIPS, IN SWAIN COUNTY, AND FOR OTHER PUR- POSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

It shall be the duty of said board of road commissioners, before they apply any of the funds derived from the sale of bonds provided for in this act to the building or improvement of any branch roads within said district, to provide for the laying out and construction of a main trunk-line highway passing through said road district and extending from Bryson City to the Macon County line at or near the Shallow Ford of the Tennessee River, and from Bryson City to the Jackson County line at the most practicable. point; said route to be determined and settled upon by the board of highway commissioners under the direction of the State highway engineer, if there shall be such official; which said trunk-line highway to be a link in a through intercounty or interstate highway, if the adjoining counties to said special road district shall agree to connect with same in the building of such highway, the location of any through highway to be approved by the State Road Department; and the said board of commissioners in the building of said highway are authorized to construct the same in such manner as may seem to them best, using such material in the construction and surfacing of said road as they may deem best fitted to the conditions and traffic of the country through which said road passes. Said board shall also have authority to contract for material and to construct all bridges and culverts to carry said road over any stream or streams along its route. Said bridges and culverts to be constructed out of such material as said board may deem best; and the said board of commissioners shall have the right and authority to use any of the streets in any incorporated town in said county, through which said trunk-line road may pass, as an integral part of said highway, and shall be authorized to grade and surface the same in the same manner as any other portion of said highway.

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CHAPTER 147 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GLENWOOD GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That said school committee shall elect one of their number as treasurer, and whose receipt for all moneys coming into his hands shall constitute a sufficient voucher in the hands of any person paying the same, and the said treasurer shall report to the said committee monthly his receipts and disbursements, with all vouchers, for the same; before receiving any moneys he shall execute and deliver to said committee a good and sufficient bond in the sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as treasurer of said committee. The moneys received, as aforesaid, and all other money coming into his hands shall be held by the said treasurer as school funds to be disposed of under the directions of the said school committee, whose warrants, signed by the chairman and countersigned by the secretary of said committee, shall be the only valid vouchers in the hands of the said treasurer for the disbursement of said money in any settlement required of him by law. The said treasurer shall furnish annually on the first: Monday in July to the board of aldermen of the town of Glenwood, in said county, a statement in writing of his receipts and disbursements of the school money, properly and duly audited and approved by the chairman and secretary of said school committee: Provided, the accounts, books, and vouchers of the said treasurer shall be open for the inspection of the said school committee at any time, or to any taxpayer of said school district.

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CHAPTER 1149 AN ACT TO REIMBURSE JERRY WELBORNE FINNEY FOR INJURIES RECEIVED IN A CHEMICAL EXPLOSION IN JONESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, YADKIN COUNTY. WHEREAS, on March 1, 1962, an explosion occurred in the chemical laboratory in the Jonesville High School, and as a result thereof Jerry Welborne Finney, age 18, a student in the said school was seriously injured and permanently disfigured, suffering loss of a part of his left hand, and a badly mangled left arm; and WHEREAS, the said student has been informed that he has no legal remedy against the Board of Education, or the Board of County Commis- sions of Yadkin County, or against any other person or municipal body; and WHEREAS, it appears there is no legal remedy whereby the said stu- dent may be reimbursed for his extensive hospital and medical expenses except by an Act of the General Assembly; and WHEREAS, a balance in excess of three thousand dollars ($38,000.00) is owed for past medical and hospital treatment, and anticipated further medical expenses exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000.00): Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The North Carolina Industrial Commission is authorized and directed to investigate the claim of Jerry Welborne Finney, of Yadkin County, arising out of injuries he received as a result of an explosion in the chemical laboratory of the Jonesville High School building, and upon production of satisfactory proof that the said injuries occurred in the manner herein set forth there shall be paid to the said Jerry Welborne Finney, or to the persons standing in loco parentis, such amount, not to exceed six thousand five hundred dollars ($6,500.00), as the said Commission may find that Jerry Welborne Finney has been damaged as a result of his injuries as herein set forth, the said payment to be made from Contingency and Emergency Funds. 1480

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CHAPTER 192 AN ACT FOR THE BETTER WORKING OF PUBLIC ROADS OF BURKE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That in case any person shall remove from any district to another who has, prior to such removal, performed the whole or any part of the labor aforesaid, or in any other way has paid the whole or any part of the amount aforesaid in lieu of such labor, shall produce a certificate of the same of supervisor (overseer) of the proper district. Such certificate shall be a complete discharge for the amount therein specified.

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CHAPTER 276 AN ACT TO AMEND, REVISE, AND CONSOLIDATE THE STATUTES THAT CONSTITUTE THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That in order to equalize the assessments on real estate, for the purposes described, as elsewhere provided in this act, the board of aldermen shall, before the commencement of any such work or improvement, estimate the total cost of such improvement to be made throughout the entire length of such work or improvement, and shall then prorate the cost thereof on the real estate abutting thereon in proportion to the frontage on the street or portion of the street so improved, and charge to and assess upon each side of the street upon which said work is to be done its pro rata share of the entire cost of all such improvements as may be made under the provisions of this act: Provided, however, in order to avoid obstructing lot owners in subdividing and selling their property, by reason of the liens hereby created upon the same, such lot owners may subdivide their lots in such manner as they see fit, and shall file in the office of the city clerk and treasurer a plat of the subdivisions, making the lots fronting on the streets so paved or improved of any desired frontage, but not less than one hundred feet in depth; and the assessment made and the liens created by virtue of this act for street improvement shall thereafter affect and attach to such front lots only, not less than one hundred feet in depth ; and where in any such cases lands fronting on such improvements are so subdivided into lots, each of said lots fronting on such improvements shall be and remain chargeable with its ratable proportion of said assessments, and liens, according to its frontage. That the board of aldermen shall cause to be established a permanent grade on any such street, sidewalk, or public alley; shall cause said street, sidewalk, or public alley to be accurately surveyed, and a map to be made of the various lots and properties on such street, sidewalk, or alley, or portion thereof so proposed to be improved, showing the exact frontage of each lot, and also the subdivisions, if any; and the said map shall be filed with the city clerk and treasurer, to be subject to public inspection; and when the assessments and liens, as provided for in this act, shall have been made upon the various lots and properties on the streets, sidewalks, or alleys, the city clerk and treasurer, or other proper clerical city officer, shall write upon said map the amgunt assessed upon the same, and he shall keep a properly indexed record book showing such assessments and liens, and the date and amount of all payments made on any of said assessments and liens: Provided, that no section or district shall be ordered or declared a section or district for permanent street improvement under the provisions of this act until and unless one-third, at least, in frontage of the various lots or properties abutting on the streets or sidewalks of such district or section shall have been built up or improved for business or residential purposes: Provided further, that no assessment against any piece of property improved as in this act provided shall in any ase exceed the amount of special benefit to or enhancement in value of said property by reason of said improvements, or twenty per cent of the assessed taxable value thereof; and where permanent street improvements shall be made, the property bearing such assessments shall not be assessed again until after expiration of ten years from the date of the last preceding assessment: Provided Priv.49 further, that in case any street or part of a street laid out as a district for permanent improvement is of such unequal width as to render the plan of equalization of assessments, as above set out, unjust to any abutting property owner, then and in that case the board of aldermen is authorized to divide such district into subsections and to apply the rule of equalization of assessments prescribed herein to such subsections, instead of to the entire district or section; and the board of aldermen may make as many subsections as may be necessary to make a just distribution of the cost of permanent improvements made or to be made in such district. The cost of all such improvements for special benefits to property as estimated in the above manner shall be financed by the issue of bonds, and the levy of special tax to pay the same and the interest thereon, aS hereinafter provided.

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CHAPTER 569 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR BETTEK ROADS IN MORVEN TOWNSHIP, ANSON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The board of supervisors shall cause their secretary to make a copy, for each district superintendent, of the lists of the names of each tax payer, of the amount of road tax with which each stands charged in his district, from the lists hereinbefore required to be furnished by the Commissioners of Anson County to the board of supervisors.

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CHAPTER 477 An act for the relief of Daniel G. McClellan, of Cumberland county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

That the treasurer of the school fund of Cumberland county be and is hereby instructed to pay out of any funds that may now or hereafter be in his hands to the credit of school district number three, white race, of Black River township, Cumberland county, to Daniel G. McClellan, for board during the school term of feur months ending twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, as per agreement between him and the committee of said district, the sum of twenty-eight dollars: Provided, the board of education of Cumberland county shall have power to inquire into the claim of Daniel G. McClellan, and allow the same, provided they are satisfied of its justice, and that the same or part be paid, and if so satisfied they may endorse their approval thereon, whereupon it shall be paid out of the school fund of the district | referred to.

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CHAPTER 449 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 600, PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1925, BEING AN ACT TO ENABLE LEE COUNTY TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A PUBLIC MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That section eight of said chapter six hundred be amended by striking out all of said section and by inserting in lieu thereof a new section, as follows: Sec. 8 That the hospital established under this act shall be for the benefit of the inhabitants of such townships of Lee County as may vote for said bonds-at said election, or at any subsequent election, and of any person falling sick or being injured or maimed within their limits; but every inhabitant or person who is not a pauper shall pay to such board of trustees or such officers as it shall designate for such hospital a reasonable compensation for occupancy, nursing, care, medicine, or attendance, according to the rules and regulations prescribed by said board, such hospital always being subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as the said board may adopt, in order to render the use of said hospital of the greatest benefit to the greatest number; and said board may exclude from the use of said hospital any and all inhabitants and persons who shall wilfully violate such rules and regulations. And said board may extend the privileges and use of such hospital to persor~ residing outside of such townships in said county, upon such terms and conditions as said board may, from time to time by its rules and regulations, prescribe, provided a larger charge may be made for all persons residing outside such townships as may vote said bonds. That in the event said bonds are ratified by any township within said county, and said hospital is established, it shall be lawful for and the duty of said board of county commissioners to hold additional elections for the other townships, upon petition as herein provided, and if any other townships in said county shall vote for said hospital, then such township shall be included within the territory served by said hospital, and shall be subject to their proportionate portion of the tax to be levied for the payment of said bonds and the maintenance of said hospital, and its citizens and residents shall be entitled without discrimination to the use of said hospital.

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CHAPTER 394 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CHAR- LOTTE, AND REVISE THE SAME. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

When any proceedings for appraisal of property or rights under this act shall have been instituted, no change of ownership or transfer of the real estate or any interest therein, or of the subject-matter of the appraisal, or any part thereof, shall in any manner affect such proceedings, but the same may be carried on and perfected as if no such conveyance or transfer had been made or attempted to be made.

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CHAPTER 289 AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY BY PLACING THE SHERIFF AND DEPUTY SHERIFFS ON A SALARY AND FULL TIME BASIS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That before any of the said full time deputy sheriffs including the jailer shall take office, it shall be the duty of the high sheriff, as director, and the judge and solicitor of the recorders court and county attorney, as assistants thereto, to organize, schedule, and direct and attend a school or training period for a week to ten days for the use and benefit of the said deputy sheriffs, whose duty it shall be to attend every class and session of the same. That in the said training period the said officers shall be taught and instructed as much as possible as to the use of firearms, the most commonly violated criminal laws and especially the traffic laws and rules of safety, first aid, laws and rules relating to criminal procedure, arrest, bonds, principal rules of evidence in trial of cases in court, and the main rules of courtesy and hospitality in dealing with and serving visitors and public in general, and along any other subject or course most needed by said officers. That it shall be the duty of the high sheriff, the county attorney, and judge and solicitor of recorders court to conduct for the benefit of said deputy sheriffs and jailer a similar training school at least for a period of one week or more every year hereafter. That at said training schools, it shall be the duty of the sheriff to invite the State highway patrolmen, the Superior Court solicitor and any of the judges thereof when available and any other competent and informed person to attend any of the sessions of said schools. That as far as possible the board of commissioners and the sheriff shall afford an opportunity to the said officers to attend and study, as they deem advisable, any course or training offered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the State Bureau of Investigation, and the Institute of Government.

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CHAPTER 31 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE NORTHEAST FREE WILL BAP- TIST CHURCH NEAR MT. OLIVE, NORTH CAROLINA, IN THE COUNTY OF WAYNE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to open or to keep open on Sunday for the purpose of making a sale or to operate on Sunday any cafe, restaurant, cold drink stand, filling station for the sale of oils or gasoline, or other place of business where any article is sold or offered for sale, within a radius of one-half mile of the Northeast Free Will Baptist Church near Mt. Olive, North Carolina, and in Wayne County, between the hours of twelve-one a. m. on Sunday morning and twelve-one a. m. on Monday morning.

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CHAPTER 1059 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 96, GENERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA, AS AMENDED, KNOWN AS THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW, TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF ADDI- TIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO OVERDRAWN AC- COUNTS; TO MAKE CERTAIN CHANGES IN THE BENEFIT FORMULA; TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS UNDER THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT UPON AUTHORIZA- TION BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND TO FURTHER CLARIFY CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SAID CHAPTER. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That Article 2, Chapter 96, Section 96-9, subsection (c), paragraph (4), sub-paragraph (A), General Statutes of North Carolina as such apears in the 1955 Cumulative Supplement of Volume 2C thereof, be and the same is hereby amended by inserting after the word acquisition in line eight thereof and before the word to in said line the following: of the business.

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CHAPTER 1031 AN ACT RELATING TO THE RECORDERS COURT OF HAMLET DIS- TRICT, RICHMOND COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

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CHAPTER 405 AN ACT TO REPEAL SENATE BILL NUMBER TWO HUNDRED NINETEEN, RELATING TO RICHMOND COMMISSIONERS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

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CHAPTER 56 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF MUNICIPAL STREET ASSESSMENTS IN INSTALLMENTS IN THE TOWN OF ENFIELD. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Enfield be and they are hereby authorized to readjust any and all assessments for street improvements heretofore made in said town, or any balance which may be due thereon by any property owner, by dividing the total amount due thereon, with interest, into ten equal installments, the first one of said installments to become due and payable October first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, and one installment to become due each year thereafter on the first day of October for nine successive years; and upon any such readjustment the time for the payment of said assessments shall be extended accordingly.

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CHAPTER 429 AN ACT TO EMPOWER THE BOARD OF COUNTY COM- ' MISSIONERS OF DURHAM COUNTY TO ESTABLISH AN ELECTRICAL INSPECTION OFFICE FOR SAID COUNTY AND TO EMPLOY A COMPETENT ELEC- TRICIAN TO ACT AS INSPECTOR FOR SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the board of county commissioners of Durham County shall establish in said county the office of electrica! inspector and to employ a competent electrician to act as inspector of said county.

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CHAPTER 28 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 25, PRIVATE LAWS, EX- TRA SESSION OF 1913, RELATING TO THE TOWN OF FAIR BLUFF. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That section thirty-one, chapter twenty-five. Private Laws of the extra session of one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words forty cents in line seven of said section, and by inserting in lieu thereof the words ninety cents.

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CHAPTER 108 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MANTEO IN DARE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That section two of chapter sixty-six of Private Laws of one thousand eight hundred ninety-nine be amended so as to read that the boundaries and corporate limits of said town shall be as follows: Beginning at Manteo or Doughs Creek at the south line of the land of Robert Wescott, thence westwardly the course of said line to the State highway, thence along the east side of the State highway southwardly to the Z. V. Brinkley north line, thence eastwardly and parallel with said Brinkleys line to the center of Scarboroughs or Doughs Creek or in line thereof, thence northwardly toward the center line of said creeks to place of beginning.

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CHAPTER 59 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONERS FOR JACK- SON COUNTY TO LEVY AND COLLECT SPECIAL TAX. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the board of county commissioners of Jackson County be and the same is hereby authorized, fully empowered and directed to levy in each of the years one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five and one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six the following special taxes on the property of the county: First. A special tax not to exceed ten cents on each one hundred dollars valuation for the purpose of paying off and discharging the cost and expenses incurred by the Superior and recorders courts and in maintaining the public buildings and grounds. Second. A special tax not to exceed ten cents on each one hundred dollars valuation for the purpose of paying off and discharging the countys bonded indebtedness. Third. A special tax not to exceed five cents on each one. hundred dollars valuation for the improvement of the county home and for the support of the poor in said county.

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CHAPTER 299 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAIN- TENANCE OF ROADS AND BRIDGES IN DAVIDSON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the board of county commissioners and their successors in office shall be empowered to provide for any bonds or other legal liabilities of the board of road commissioners of Davidson County in the same manner and under the same provision made for such obligations as may be transferred to the said board of county commissioners by the said board of road commissioners of Davidson County under chapter three hundred and thirty-four of the Public-Local Laws of North Carolina for one thousand nine hundred and fifteen entitled An act to provide road commissioners and for road improvements in Davidson County, and the subsequent amendments and supplements thereto. .

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CHAPTER 37 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE BOARD OF GRADED SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF ROCKY MOUNT TO ISSUE BONDS OF THE ROCKY MOUNT GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the caption or other statement of the nature of this act shall be printed on the ballots to be voted in said election, below which shall be printed on two separate lines the words For school bonds and Against school bonds, respectively, with a square inclosed in ruled lines at the left. of each of said two lines. At the top of such ballot shall be printed the following words: Notice to voters: For a vote for the issuance of school bonds pursuant to the provisions of the act of the General Assembly mentioned below make an X mark in the square opposite the words For school bonds. For a negative vote make a similar mark in the square opposite the words Against school bonds. Every ballot containing an X mark in the square opposite the words For school bonds cast in said election shall be counted as a vote for the issuance of bonds and the levy of taxes as provided in this act, and every ballot containing a similar mark in the square opposite the words Against school bonds cast in said election shall be counted as a vote against the issuance of bonds and the levy of taxes as aforesaid. ;

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CHAPTER 1073 AN ACT GRANTING CERTAIN ADDITIONAL POWERS TO BOARD OF EDUCATION OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

This Act shall apply to Mecklenburg County only.

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CHAPTER 22 AN ACT TO APPOINT A BOXING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Any person or persons guilty of engaging in or promoting, aiding or abetting such sparring matches without first having the written consent of said boxing commission, and any person or persons violating the rules and regulations of said commission or refusing to obey orders of said commission controlling a sparring match, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months in the discretion of the court.

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CHAPTER 580 AN ACT TO FIX THE SALARIES OF THE SHERIFF, CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT, REGISTER OF DEEDS, COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT, AND TO ABOLISH THE OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER OF ALEXANDER COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That such bank or banks acting as financial agent for said county shall execute a bond, to be approved by the said board of county commissioners (not to exceed the bond required by law for the treasurer), for the faithful accounting for any and all funds deposited with it, and conditioned as now provided by law for the faithful accounting by the county treasurer: Provided, that said bank or banks shall be selected for a period of two years, unless some good grounds as to the financial condition of said bank or banks shall in the opinion of said commissioners warrant them to designate some other bank or banks; that such bank or banks so selected shall keep an accurate account of all moneys deposited with it, and shall keep separate accounts of the school funds, and any other funds as required by the saaid board of county commissioners, which said fund shall be paid out by said bank or banks upon the proper warrant that is now or may hereafter be provided by law in like manner as if the same was on deposit by regular depositing customer on funds subject to check. The said board may appoint one bank treasurer of the general fund and another bank treasurer of the school fund.

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CHAPTER 364 AN ACT TO PROVIDE A NEW HIGHWAY COMMISSION FOR WAYNE COUNTY AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR ROAD BUILDING. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

For the purpose of constructing, improving or repairing public roads the superintendent of road work or other person engaged in or connected with the road work, after first consulting the owner or his agent, shall have authority to enter upon any land, to cut or carry away any timber except trees left for ornament or shade; to dig or cause to be dug or carried away any gravel, earth or sand which may be necessary to construct, improve or repair said roads, and enter upon any land adjoining or lying near the roads; to make such drains or ditches through the same as may be necessary for the benefit of the roads, doing as little injury to the land as possible; and any person wilfully obstructing such drains or ditches shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than five dollars for each day the obstruction remains. Any landlord considering himself damaged by reason of acts authorized in this section, may within sixty days from the commission of the acts complained of, present his claim to the highway commission, who shall pass thereon within twenty days thereafter, and the owner may, within ten days from the notice of the decision, appeal to the Superior Court. If the owner shall not recover a greater amount than that offered in the decision of the board, shall be taxed with all costs of the appeal.

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CHAPTER 616 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 587, PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1911, RELATIVE TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND AUDITING THE BOOKS OF WILKES COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That such auditing the books shall include the books and records in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court, in the office of register of deeds, in the sheriff's office, in the treasurers office, the proceedings, records, and minutes of the county commissioners, the county board of education, and good roads commissioners of Wilkes County.

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CHAPTER 430 AN ACT SUPPLEMENTAL TO AND AMENDATORY OF HOUSE BILL 246 AND SENATE BILL 308, ENTITLED AN ACT TO RESTORE THE OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER OF CLEVELAND COUNTY, APPOINTING A TREASURER, AND PROVIDING FOR INTEREST ON DEPOSITS, RATIFIED ON JANUARY 9, 1917 The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

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CHAPTER 536 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR WORKING THE PUBLIC ROADS OF KIRBY TOWNSHIP IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That J. B. Stephenson, B. F. Martin, and J. H. Sumner #NAME? hereby appointed and constituted the board of road commisTerms. Election of successors. Vacancies. Commissioners to qualify. Commissioners named to qualify. To meet and organize. Organization. Record of proceedings. Pay of secretary. Meetings. Pay of commissioners. Special meetings. Business at meetings. Incorporation. Corporate name. Corporate powers. sioners for said township. The first named of said board, towit, J. B. Stephenson, shall hold the said position of commissioner until the first Monday in December, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen; the next named of said board, towit, B. F. Martin, until the first Monday in December, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen; and the last named of said board, towit, J. H. Sumner, until the first Monday in December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty... At the regular election in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixteen and regularly every two years thereafter there shall be one commissioner elected by the voters in said township at the same time and in the same manner as county and township officers are elected. All vacancies caused by death, resignation, or otherwise shall be filled by the remaining members of said board: Provided, that should more than one vacancy occur or be at the same time, the same shall be filled by appointment by the clerk of the Superior Court of Northampton County.

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CHAPTER 193 AN ACT TO CREATE A SPECIAL ROAD DISTRICT, INCLUD- ING OCONA LUFTY, CHARLESTON, AND NANTAHALA TOWNSHIPS, IN SWAIN COUNTY, AND FOR OTHER PUR- POSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

In acquiring any right of way for the relocation or establishment of any public road not less than thirty feet nor more than sixty feet in width shall be taken. But said commissioners shall only be required to use such part of said right of way for present construction as they deem necessary.

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CHAPTER 84 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PUBLIC ROADS OF CATAWBA COUNTY, TO REVISE THE ROAD LAW FOR SAID COUNTY, AND TO VALIDATE CER- TAIN BONDS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the board of county commissioners, or the county superintendent of roads or the township supervisor with the approval of the county commissioners, may contract with any person, firm, or corporation for the construction, improvement, or maintenance of any public road or part thereof, and pay the cost thereof out of the funds of the township in which said road or part thereof is located, or apportioned between two or more townships if on the township line: Provided, any contract may be terminated at any time by the commissioners, or by the superintendent or supervisor with the approval of the commissioners, and in that case the county commissioners shall pay pro rata for the work performed under the contract.

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CHAPTER 284 AN ACT TO TAX DOGS IN ALAMANCE COUNTY AND MAKE THEM SUBJECTS OF LARCENY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That this act shall apply to Alamance County only.

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CHAPTER 141 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAIN- TENANCE OF CERTAIN BRIDGES IN THE TOWN OF LYNN, POLK COUTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That this act shall not prevent the authorities of the town of Lynn from regulating the speed of travel over said bridges and of punishing offenders for the violation thereof.

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CHAPTER 116 AN ACT TO APPOINT CERTAIN JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR ORANGE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That W. M. Sugg of Chapel Hill Township, Orange County, is hereby appointed justice of the peace for said county for a period of two years.

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CHAPTER 583 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF CEMETERY TRUSTEES FOR CITIES AND TOWNS IN NORTH CARO- LINA. : The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the said board shall have the exclusive control and management of such cemetery; shall have the power to employ a superintendent and such assistants as may be needed, and may do any and all things pertaining to the control, maintenance, management and upkeep of the cemetery which the governing body of the town or city could have done, or which by law the governing body of the town or city shall hereafter be authorized to do.

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CHAPTER 243 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINETEEN OF THE CON- SOLIDATED STATUTES, RELATING TO THE BONDS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That Section nineteen of the Consolidated Statutes of one thousand nine hundred and nineteen be rewritten to read as follows: 19. The Public Administrator shall enter into bond, payable to the State of North Carolina, with two or more sufficient sureties to be justified before and approved by the Clerk, or with a duly authorized surety company, in the penal sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000.00), conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of his office and obedience to all lawful orders of the Clerk or other court touching the administration of the several estates that may come into his hands and such bonds, if executed by individual sureties, shall be renewed every two years. Whenever the aggregate value of the personal property belonging to the several estates in the hands of the Public Administrator exceeds one-half of his bond, if the bond is signed by personal sureties, or three-fourths of his bond, if the bond shall be executed by a duly authorized surety company, the Clerk shall require him to enlarge his bond in an amount so as to cover at all times at least double the aggregate of the assets of the estates in the hands of said Public Administrator if the bond is signed by personal sureties or one and one-third times the assets if the bond shall be executed by a duly authorized surety company. If the personal property of any decedent is insufficient to pay his debts and the charges of administration and it becomes necessary for the said Public Administrator to apply for the sale of real estate for assets, upon the signing of a judgment ordering the said sale by the Clerk of the Superior Court, or any other court, the Clerk shall include the value of the real estate proposed to be sold in the aggregate value of the property belonging to the several estates in the hands of the Public Administrator. Whenever the aggregate value of the personal property and the real estate that the said Administrator has been authorized to sell exceeds one-half of his bond, if the bond is executed by personal surety, or three-fourths of his bond if the bond shall be executed by a duly authorized surety company, the Clerk shall require him to enlarge his bond as hereinbefore provided as though the aggregate consisted only of personal property.

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CHAPTER 134 AN ACT RELATING TO DISCOUNT AND INTEREST RATES ON TAXES IN ANSON COUNTY The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

This Act shall apply only to Anson County and all cities and towns situated therein. 158

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CHAPTER 722 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF NORWOOD TO DETERMINE WHETHER ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL STORES SHALL BE ESTABLISHED IN THE SAID TOWN, AND TO PRESCRIBE THE NET PROCEEDS THEREOF. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Out of net revenue, five per cent -5% and no more than ten per cent -10% may be expended for law enforcement purposes. Any officers employed by the Board of Alcohol Control shall have jurisdiction throughout Stanly County. Out of net revenue, up to five per cent -5% may be expended for Alcoholic Education as to the effects of the use of Alcoholic Beverages. Out of the net revenue remaining after the payment of all costs and operating expenses and after retaining a sufficient working capital, the Town of Norwood Board of Alcohol Control shall on a quarterly basis pay fifty per cent -50% of said revenue to the general fund of the Town of Norwood, and fifty per cent -50% of the net revenue to the general fund of Stanly County; provided, if Alcohol Control Stores are established in the City of Albemarle then net proceeds shall be divided as follows: The Town of Norwood Board of Alcohol Control shall on a quarterly basis pay over eighty-five per cent -85% of said net revenue to the general fund of the Town of Norwood and fifteen per cent -15% of the net revenue to the general fund of Stanly County.

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CHAPTER 166 An act to provide for the sale of certain stock law fences in Stokes county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That whenever it shall appear upon petition and satisfactory proof to the commissioners of the county of Stokes that any stock law fence in said county has become useless, and will be of no further use as such in consequence of an adjoining territory having adopted the stock law, it shall be their duty to provide for the sale of the same, and for that purpose shall appoint some responsible person as commissioner to make such sale.

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CHAPTER 57 An act to promote the objects of the Roanoke Navigation and Water Power Company. Wuerzas, R. T. Arrington, 8 P. Arrington and Wm. | Mahone of Petersburg, Virginia, and J. D. Cameron of the State of Pennsylvania, became purchasers of the fran- chises, rights, privileges, works and property of the Roanoke Navigation Company, between the towns of Gaston and Weldon and at Weldon, at a sale made by the same under a decree of the superior court of the county of Halifax in the State of North Carolina, and in pursu- ance of the act of the Legislature of the said State, ratified on the eighteenth day.of March, one thousand eight hun- dred and seventy-five, entitled An act for the dissolution of the Roanoke Navigation Company; and whereas, said sale has been duly confirmed by said court and a convey- ance of said franchises, rights, privileges, works and prop- erty by Thomas N. Hill, receiver of said company, duly appointed by said court, has been executed to the said purchasers under the corporate name of the Roanoke Navigation and Water Power Company, and the deed of conveyance of the said receiver has been duly admitted to probate and recorded in the office of the register of deeds of Halifax county; and whereas, by the terms of said act of the General Assembly of this State and the said deed made in pursuance thereof, the said purchasers became a corporation by any name mentioned in said deed ; therefore T he General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

That this act shall not materially interfere with the legal or vested rights of any persons owning or operating mills in Northampton county, or prevent any person owning land on Roanoke river from operating or erecting any mill or other structure to be operated by water power, aud using the water of said river for operating said mill or other structure: Provided, in so doing be shall not interfere with the legal or vested rights of any other person or corporation in any unreasonable manner.

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CHAPTER 38 An act to repeal the general laws of the State in regard to towns and cities so far as the town of Kinston, in the county of Lenoir, is concerned, inconsistent with this act; to repeal all special laws and charters in relation thereto, and to re-charter the said town. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That it shall be the duty of the police to see that the laws, rules and regulations of the board of commissioners are enforced, and to report all breaches thereof to the mayor; to preserve the peace of the town by suppressing disturbances and apprehending all offenders, and for that purpose they shall have all the power and authority vested in sheriffs and county constables; they shall execute all precepts lawfully directed to them by the mayor and other judicial officers, and in the execution thereof shail have the same powers which the sheriff and constables of the county have, and they shall have the same fees of all processes and precepts executed or returned by them which may be allowed to the sheriff of the county in like process and precepts, and also such other compensation as the board of commissioners may allow. |

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CHAPTER 38 An act to repeal the general laws of the State in regard to towns and cities so far as the town of Kinston, in the county of Lenoir, is concerned, inconsistent with this act; to repeal all special laws and charters in relation thereto, and to re-charter the said town. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the court of the mayor of the said town of Kinston is hereby constituted an inferior court, and as such shall, in all criminal cases committed within the corporate limits of the town of Kinston, have all the powers, jurisdiction and authority of a justice of the peace, and also to hear and determine all causes of action which may arise upon the ordinances and regulations of the town ; to enforce penalties by issuing executions upon any adjudged violations thereof, and to execute the bylaws, ordinances, rules and regulations, made or passed by the board of commissioners of the town. The mayors court shall further be a special court within the corporate limits of the town to arrest and try all persons who may be charged with a misdemeanor for violating any by-law, ordinance, rule or regulation of the town, and if the accused be found guilty, he shall be fined at the discretion of the court or mayor, not exceeding the amount specified jn the by-law, ordinance, rule or regulation, so violated, or at the discretion of the mayor or court trying the same, such offender may be imprisoned not more than thirty days in the town lock-up, or in the common jail of the county of Lenoir. And that in all cases where a defendant may be adjudged to be imprisoned by the said court or mayor, it shall be competent for the said court or mayor to adjudge also that the said defendant work during the period of his confinement on the public streets, or other public works of said town. :

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CHAPTER 27 An act to incorporate the town of Keeversville in the county of Catawba. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

That it shall be the duty of said commissioners to meet and organize within thirty days after their election or appointment and take the following oath: I, A. B., do solemnly swear or affirm that I will faithfully discharge the duties of commissioner of the town of Keeversville to the best of my knowledge and ability for the ensuing year; so help me, God.

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CHAPTER 19 An act to incorporate Asheville Division, number fifteen, Sons of Temperance of Asheville, North Carolina. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

That any and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

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CHAPTER 408 An act to change the time for holding the superior courts of the fourth judicial district. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : *

That the January terms of Cumberland and Robeson, as above provided for, shall be held by the resident judge of the district, unless otherwise directed by the governor, and the judge holding said January courts shall receive as compensation therefor one hundred dollars for each court, to be paid by the counties of Cumberland and Robeson.

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CHAPTER 204 An act to empower the board of county commissioners of McDowell county to compromise, commute and settle the debt of McDowell county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

The board of county commissioners of McDowell county are hereby authorized to issue coupon bonds of the denomination of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, to an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars; said bonds may be redeemable at the pleasure of the said board of county commissioners of McDowell county, after any period not less than ten nor more than thirty years, or if deemed expedient, may be made payable at any period of not more than thirty years from the date of said bonds, and bearing such interest as may be agreed upon by the said board of county commissioners of McDowell county, and the holders or owners of claims against said county of McDowell, not exceeding six per centum per annum, to be paid semi-annually. And said bonds shal! be signed by the chairman of said board of county commissioners of McDowell county, and the clerk of said board.

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CHAPTER 12 An act to incorporate the town of Germanton, Stokes county, North Carolina, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

That the board of commissioners.shall have #NAME? to levy a tax upon real estate to an amount not more than one-half of the state tax, and not more than fifty cents on the poll, whenever they, in their judgment, see it necessary to levy said tax for the improvement of the town, said taxes to be levied during the month of June of each year and to be collected during the month of September of each year. The constable shall be the tax collector for the town, he shall give an official bond to the town in the sum of two hundred dollars for [the] faithful performance of his duties, and for the collection of said taxes he shall receive five per cent. of the amount collected.

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CHAPTER 2 AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF JURORS IN CHEROKEE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

That the board of commissioners of Cherokee county shall set apart from the taxes collected for the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one the sum of six hundred dollars for the payment of jurors for said county for the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.

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CHAPTER 680 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF TARBORO TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN A CAPITAL RESERVE FUND. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

In addition to all other funds now authorized by law, the Town of Tarboro is hereby authorized and empowered to establish and maintain a capital reserve fund in the manner hereinafter provided.

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CHAPTER 116 AN ACT TO RAISE REVENUE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

Whenever the seal of the state, of the treasury department, of a notary public or other public officer required by law to keep a seal not including clerks of courts and other county officers, shall be fixed to any paper, the tax shall be as follows, to be paid by the party applying for the same: For the seal of the state one dollar, to be collected and paid into the treasury by the private secretary of the governor ; for the seal of the state department fifty cents, to be collected by the secretary of state and paid by him into the treasury; for the seal of the state treasurer, to be collected by him and accounted for as other public moneys, fifty cents; and for the seal of a notary public twenty-five cents, to be collected and paid over by said officers to the sheriff of the county where such seal is kept. Said officers shall keep an account of the number of times their seals may be used, and shall deliver to the proper officer a sworn statement thereof. Whenever a scroll is used, in the absence of a seal, by any of said officers, the said tax shall be on the scroll. Seals affixed for the use of any county or state or other government, or used on commissions of officers in the militia, justices of the peace, or any other public officer not having a salary, or under the pension law, or upon any process of court, shall be exempt from taxation. The officers collecting the said taxes may retain as compensation five per centum, except in the case of sheriffs, whose commissions shall be allowed by the auditor. Any person receiving taxes under this section, and willfully refusing or neglecting to pay the same as required, shall be guilty of embezzlement, and on conviction shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned in the state prison in the discretion of the court.

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CHAPTER 74 AN ACT TO CHARTER THE BANK OF KINSTON, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

That to aid planters, miners, manufacturers, merchants and other classes of persons, the said bank shall and may have power to advance or loan to a planter, farmer, miner, manufacturer, or merchant or other classes of persons, any sum or sums of money, and to secure the payment of the same, taking in writing a lien or liens on the crop or crops to be raised, even before planting the same; or upon the present or prospective products of any mining operations, upon any article or articles then existing or thereafter to be made, purchased, manufactured or otherwise acquired ; and any lien so taken shall be good and effectual in law, providing the same is duly recorded under the existing laws of registration, anterior to all other liens and mortgages, for securing such loans or advances; and the said bank shall have power to make loans upon mortgages of real and personal property, with power of sale inserted upon default of payment, and also to receive in storage or warehouse any cotton, wheat, corn or other produce, or any manufactured article whatsoever, as a pledge or pledges for the repayment of money or moneys loaned upon the faith of the same, the said lien, pledges or mortgages, being duly recorded or registered, as in the case of mortgages or deeds of trust, and any sales made thereunder, according to the trust therein recited, shall be good and valid in law.

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CHAPTER 32 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CARTHAGE, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

At the close of the election the votes shall be counted by the inspectors; and of such persons voted for as mayor the one having the largest number of votes shall be declared duly elected mayor, and of such persons voted for as commissioners the fiye receiving the largest number of votes shall be declared duly elected; and the officers thus elected shall be notified of their election within two days after the same by the inspectors.

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CHAPTER 101 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN, LAWS OF BIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR AND FIVE, ENTITLED AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF SHELBY, CLEVELAND COUN- TY, RATIFIED THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, AN- NO DOMINI ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY- FIVE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That section seventeen of said chapter be amended by adding after the word town, in the eleventh line, the following: that in all cases where a defendant shall be convicted before the mayor of any misdemeanor, and shall be sentenced to pay a fine and cost, and such defendant shal! refuse or shall be unable to pay the same, it may and shall be lawful for the mayor to order and require such defendant to work on the streets or other public works until, at a fair rate of wages, such person will have worked out the full amount of the fine and the costs of the prosecution.

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CHAPTER 75 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CHAMPION COMPRESS AND WAREHOUSE COMPANY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

It shall be lawful for the said corporation to borrow money for any purpose connected with its business as herein defined, to make, have discounted, negotiate and dispose of its promissory notes, drafts or bonds given for the money so borrowed or given in liquidation of any debt due or owing from said corporation, or made for the purpose of raising money, and to secure the payment of any such obligations by a mortgage or pledge of any property belonging to said corporation, including its franchise.

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CHAPTER 702 AN ACT APPOINTING MEMBERS OF THE WILSON CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION, PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF THE MEM- BERS OF SAID BOARD IN THE FUTURE, FIXING THEIR TERMS OF OFFICE AND COMPENSATION. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The members of said board of education appointed by this Act and their successors shall qualify by taking the cath of office on or before the second Monday in June next succeeding their election. 667

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CHAPTER 987 AN ACT TO AMEND THE SMALL WATERSHED LAWS WITH RE- GARD TO BORROWING BY COUNTIES FOR WATERSHED IM- PROVEMENT PROGRAMS; BORROWING BY COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES FOR WATER SUPPLY ASPECTS OF SUCH PROGRAMS; EMINENT DOMAIN POWERS; EXTRATERRITORIAL POWERS; LAND ACQUISITION AUTHORITY; RECREATIONAL EXPENDITURES, AND FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

G. S. 153-77 is amended by adding thereto at the end thereof a new paragraph, to be given an appropriate number, and to read as follows: ( ) Construction, reconstruction, installation, extension, alteration and improvement of watershed improvement works or projects installed or operated, or to be installed or operated, by a county under Article 3 of General Statutes Chapter 139 or any local act granting similar powers, including without limitation the acquisition of rea] and personal property, easements, options, or other interests in real property therefor.

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CHAPTER 879 AN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 153-9 BY ADDING THERETO A NEW SUBSECTION TO AUTHORIZE BOARDS OF COUNTY COMMIS- SIONERS TO LEVY A SPECIAL TAX FOR THE SPECIAL PUR- POSE OF ACQUIRING, CONSTRUCTING, RENOVATING AND FURNISHING COURTHOUSES AND JAILS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

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CHAPTER 54 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 1040 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1945 RELATING TO COUNTY PLANNING BOARDS SO AS TO MAKE G. S. 153-9(40) APPLICABLE TO STANLY COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

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CHAPTER 1137 AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 49D OF CHAPTER 106 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO COMPULSORY POULTRY INSPECTION. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

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CHAPTER 1059 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF EAST CAROLINA COLLEGE TO CONSTRUCT AN ADDITION AND IM- PROVEMENTS TO FICKLEN STADIUM AT EAST CAROLINA COLLEGE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PERMANENT SEATING FACILITIES; WITH APPURTENANCES AND INCIDENTALS, AND TO ISSUE REVENUE BONDS THEREFOR WITHOUT A PLEDGE OF TAXES OR THE FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE STATE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Trust Funds. All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this Act, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this Act. Any officer with whom, or any bank or trust company with which, such moneys shall be deposited shall act as trustee of such moneys and shall hold and apply the same for the purposes hereof, subject to such requirements as are provided in this Act and the resolution authorizing the bonds or the trust agreement securing such bonds.

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CHAPTER 116 AN ACT TO RAISE REVENUE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

On museums, wax works or curiosities of any kind, natural or artificial, on each days and nights exhibition, three dollars.