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CHAPTER 1 An act to revise, consolidate and amend the insanity laws of this state. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: _

The State Hospital at Morganton, and the State Hospital jat Raleigh, shall be exclusively for the accommodation, maintenance, ieare and treatment of the white insane and inebriates of this state, and the State Hospital at Goldsboro shall be exclusively for the accommodation, maintenance, care and treatment of the colored insane and inebriates of this state.

1957_session laws_1370_3

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CHAPTER 1369 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING FOR TRAINABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

County and city boards of education are hereby authorized and empowered to establish training programs or centers for training such trainable mentally retarded children. Boards of education in adjacent administrative units may by written agreement recorded in their minutes jointly operate such a program or center. In addition to such other funds 1551 as may be available for this purpose, county or city boards of education establishing such programs or centers are authorized to expend therefor any State or local funds apportioned to them under the provisions of this Act. County and city boards may also receive gifts to be used for such programs or centers and may expend them for such purposes. County and city boards of education are authorized to include in their capital outlay and current expense budgets funds to enable the establishment, maintenance and operation of training programs or centers established pursuant to this Act and the tax levying authorities are authorized to allow said budgetary items and to levy proper taxes therefor.

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CHAPTER CLXXXIX. AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE THE SCHOOL LAWS AND TO PROVIDE FOR A 8YSTEM OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. -

The school committee shall conenlt the convenience of the white residents in settling the boundaries of districts for white schools, and of colored residents in settling the boundaries ot districts tor colored schools. The schools of the two races shall be separate ; the districts may be the same or not, according to the convenience of the #NAME? concerned. In cases where there are two sets of districts in a township, they shall be designated as School District; No. 1, 2, 8, &e., for white schools, or School District, No. 1, 2, 3, &e., for colored schools, as the case may be, of township ot , &e., as before stated.

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CHAPTER 278 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS IN THE TOWN OF BEAUFORT, CARTERET COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That in case a majority of the qualified voters of the said Beaufort Graded School District shall be in favor of such tax, the Board of Commissioners of Carteret County shall, in addition to other taxes laid upon said school district. annually compute and levy, at the time of levying other taxes, a sufficient special tax upon the property and polls of the white and colored persons of said Beaufort Graded School District, to raise such a sum of money as the trustees of said graded schools in said graded school district shall deem necessary to Support and maintain said graded schools, which sum shall not exceed thirty cents on one hundred dollars valuation of property and ninety cents on each poll. The said trustees, whose appointment is hereinafter provided for, upon their appointment and qualification after the election herein provided for, shall meet and organize and report to the Commissioners of Carteret County what sum said trustees deem necessary to support and maintain said graded schools during the first year; and annually thereafter the said trustees, thirty days prior to the time for levying the county taxes. shall report to the said Board of Commissioners of Carteret County what sum is necessary to support and maintain said graded schools during the next year. The taxes levied for the support of said schools, as hereinafter provided, shall be annually collected as other taxes are collected and paid over by the sheriff or other collecting officer to the Treasurer of Carteret County for the safe-keeping and proper distribution of the same, and the said tax levied and collected for said graded schools shall be kept sacred and separate and distinct from other taxes by the said officers, and shall be used only for the purposes for which they were levied and collected.

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CHAPTER 199 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF GASTONIA; NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That it shall be the duty of the board of aldermen to declare at what place or places elections shall be held in said city; and they shall give due notice of the establishment of said voting place or places by publication in some newspaper published in said city four weeks before the election or by posting such notiges at three or more public places in said city. The board of aldermen shall at their first regular meeting in March, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and biennially thereafter, appoint a registrar for said election, and shall give notice of registration by causing publication to be made at three public places in said city of Gastonia, giving in said notice the name of said registrar and the place of registration. The board of aldermen shall furnish said registrar with registration books, and it shall be the duty of the registrar appointed by the year one thousand nine hundred and thirteen and thereafter, for four consecutive Saturdays next preceding the election, between the hours of seven A. M. and seven Pp. M., to open the registration books at such place or places as has been advertised as aforesaid, and to register therein the names of all persons applying for registration and entitled to register and vote, keeping the names of the white voters separate and apart from those of the colored voters: Provided, however, that the registrar, after said registration books have been opened and before the same are closed according to law, may in his discretion, register persons applying for registration and entitled to register and vote, at other times and places than the time and place mentioned in said advertisement or notice. Any person offering to register shall be required to take an oath that he is a citizen of North Carolina and has resided in the county ninety days and in the city of Gastonia thirty days; and if any person shall willfully swear falsely he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction be sentenced to pay a fine of fifty dollars or imprisoned for thirty days in the county jail: Provided, however, that it shall not be required or necessary to have a new registration under this act, but the registration as now in force and effect, under the Private Laws of North Carolina of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, chapter one hundred and forty-eight, or acts supplementary or amendatory thereof, or ordinances of said city in furtherance of said act, shall be in full force and operation, and such books may be revised so as to show an active list of electors previously registered and still residing in said city without requiring said electors to be registered anew; and such registration books shall on the fourth Saturday before the first Monday in May, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and biennially thereafter, be opened for the registration of any elector entitled to registration whose names have not before been registered in said books or do not appear in the revised list: Provided, however, that the board of aldermen may at any time order a new registration. The said registrar and the two judges appointed as above set forth shall compose the judges or inspectors of election to open the polls, receive and deposit the ballots in the boxes provided for that purpose, and to superintend and have control of the voting.

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CHAPTER OCOXCITTI. AN ACT CONCERNING MARRIAGES, MARRIAGE SETTLEMENTS AND THE CONTRACTS OF MARRIED WOMEN.

What to be declared void at all times: All marriages between a white person snd a negro, or _indian, or between a white person and a negro or indian descent, to the third generation inclusive, shal] be absol utely void to all intents and purposes, and shall be so held and declared by every court at all times, whether during the lives or atter the deaths of the parties thereto; and it shall not be lawful for the issue of any such marriage to be legitimated to the supposed father.

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CHAPTER 647 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ATTENDANCE OF CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS OF MACON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That this act shall not apply in any case where the child has been or is being taught at home in such branches as are taught in the public schools for the length of time required in section one of this act, or whose physical or mental condition renders his or her attendance impracticable, or who shall be excused by the public school committee of the township or district in which the parent, guardian or other person having control resides, upon its being shown to their satisfaction that the parent, guardian or other person having control was not able, on account of poverty, to clothe such child properly, or that he or she has already acquired the ordinary branches required by law, or that. there is no white school, in the case of white children, or colored school, in the case of colored children, within two miles by the nearest traveled road.

1889_public laws_200_10

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CHAPTER 199 An act to amend the public school law. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the auditor of the. State shall include on the form which he furnishes to the board of county commissioners, and on which the tax-lists are to be made out, separate columns for school poll-tax and school property tax, in one of which columns shall be entered the total poll-tax levied by the General Assembly and the county authorities for schools due by each tax-payer, and in the other the total property tax levied by the General Assembly and the county authorities for schools due by each tax-payer. The auditors form shall likewise show, in separate columns, the white and colored polls, and in separate columns the property of whites and colored, and the list-takers form shall be arranged accordingly.

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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

Kindergartens may be established. Upon a petition by the board of directors or trustees or school committee of any school district, endorsed by the county board of education, the board of county commissioners, after thirty days notice at the courthouse door and three other public places in the district named, shall order an election to ascertain the will of the people within said district whether there shall be levied in such a district a special annual tax of not more than fifteen cents on the one hundred dollars worth of property and fortyfive cents on the poll for the purpose of establishing kindergarten departments in the schools of said district. The election so ordered shall be conducted under the rules and regulations for holding special tax elections in special school districts, as provided in article eighteen of this chapter. At such election those who are in favor of the special tax shall vote a ballot on which shall be printed the words For Kindergartens, and those who are opposed shall vote a ballot on which shall be printed the words Against Kindergartens. If a majority of the qualified voters shall vote in favor of the tax, then it shall be the duty of the board of trustees or directors or school committee of said district to establish and provide for kindergartens for the education of the children in said district of not more than six years of age, and the county commissioners shall annually levy a tax for the support of said kindergarten departments not exceeding the amount specified in the order of P. L.21 election. That said tax shall be collected as all other taxes in the county are collected and shall be paid by the sheriff to the treasurer of the said school district to be used exclusively for providing adequate quarters and for equipment and for the maintenance of said kindergarten department.

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CHAPTER 95 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH NEWPORT GRADED. SCHOOL DIS- TRICT IN CARTERET COUNTY The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That it shall be the duty of said board of school trustees to establish separate schools for the white and colored children of said school district, and they may grade the schools for either race, and shall appropriate and use the funds from special taxes and from state and county school funds in such manner as may be deemed just to both races, due regard being had to difference in cost of maintaining and the requirements, of said schools: Provided, donation and income for benefit of any special school shall be so applied.

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1014 CHAPTER 939 AN ACT CREATING AN AGRICULTURAL AND BREED- ERS ASSOCIATION FOR THE COUNTY OF PASQUO- TANK ON APPROVAL BY THE VOTERS OF SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That when the commission shall have granted a franchise or privilege as aforesaid to any corporation as aforesaid, the said corporation is hereby fully authorized and empowered to legally construct, build, carry on, maintain and operate a park, driving ground or race course outside the corporate limits of the City of Elizabeth City, but inside the corporate limits of Pasquotank County and to conduct and to maintain therein horse races: Provided, however, that no race or racing shall be conducted on Sunday and no race or racing shall begin or commence before the hour of one P. M. Eastern Standard Time, and that no person under the age of twenty-one years shall be admitted as a patron within the grounds of said park, driving ground or race course unless such person is accompanied by his or her parent or guardian, and such corporation is hereby expressly granted full power and authority to operate and maintain what is generally known as Pari Mutuel Machines or Appliances of the kind employed and in use at recognized racing courses in America: Provided, however, that said pari mutuel machines and appliances shall only be maintained and operated within the enclosure of said park, driving ground or race course and only on days or parts of days when races or racing is being therein conducted, and it shall be legal for any and all persons legally within the enclosure of said park, driving ground or race course while said park, driving ground or race course is open for racing, to participate in the operation, or become a patron of said pari machines and appliances. Subsec. (a). Any franchise or privilege granted by the commission to any corporation under the provisions of this Act shall be and remain irrevocable so long as said corporation complies with the terms and provisions of said franchise and complies with the rules and regulations of the said commission: Provided, however, that no franchise granted to any corporation by said Agricultural and Breeders Association Commission shall be transferred or assigned to any other corporation except by and with the written consent of the commission first obtained.

1909_private laws_267_2

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CHAPTER 266 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL, OF FAISON, NORTH CARO- LINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That H. C. Wright. A. R. Middleton, D. A. Williams, Peter Johnson, G. R. Raynor, Rev. N. Moore, R. A. Speers, Rev. J. N. McKnight, J. R. Coel, S. S. Stevens and J. C. Herring (colored), and their successors in office, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of Industrial Training and Educational School, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a school or system of schools at Faison, North Carolina, in which may be taught the usual educational branches and manual training as to the said trustees may seem expedient and proper; with the privilege of using a common seal. to be altered at their pleasure; with the power in their corporate name to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, to hold real and personal property. by gift, purchase, donation or otherwise, as they may deem necessary and convenient to the establishment and maintenance of the said school; to make all rules needful and necessary for the government of their body, and for the carrying into effect the purposes of their said institution. and to do all acts pertaining to similar corporations, not inconsistent with the laws of North Carolina and the United States.

1935_public local laws_308_8

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CHAPTER 307 AN ACT TO ENABLE CABARRUS COUNTY TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A PUBLIC HOSPITAL, TO LEVY A TAX AND ISSUE BONDS THEREFOR, APPOINT HOSPITAL TRUSTEES, MAINTAIN A TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES, ETC. The Genera? Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The hospital established under this Act shall be for the benefit of the inhabitants of Cabarrus County, and of any person falling sick or being injured or maimed within its limits; but every inhabitant or person who is not a pauper shall pay to such executive committee or such officers as it shall designate for such county public hospital a reasonable compensation for occupancy, nursing, care, medicine, and/or attendance, according to the rules and regulations prescribed by said executive committee, such hospital always being subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as said committee may adopt in order to render the use of szid hospital of the greatest benefit to the greatest number; and said executive committee may exclude from the use of such hospital any and all inhabitants and persons who shall willfully violate such rules and regulations; and said committee may extend the privileges and use of such hospital to persons residing outside of Cabarrus County upon such terms and conditions as said executive committee may from time to time by its rules and regulations prescribe.

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CHAPTER CCOXXXIV. AN ACT TO ESTABLISH NORMAL SCHOOLS.

Zhe General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, That it shall be lawful, for the state board of education, to establish a normal school, in connection with the state university, for the purpose of teaching and training young men of the white race for teachers of the common schools of the state, and to aid in defraying the expense of carrying on such normal school. The state board of education is authorized and instructed to draw upon the treasury for an amount not to exceed two thousand dollars annually for the year of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, and the year of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, to be paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to be used for the purpose herein stated, and no other.

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CHAPTER CCOXXXIV. AN ACT TO ESTABLISH NORMAL SCHOOLS.

That it shall be lawful for the state board of education to establish a normal school at any place they may deem most suitable, either in connection with some one of the colored schools of high grade in the state, or otherwise, for the teaching and training young men of the colored race, from the age of fifteen to twenty-five years, for teachers in the common schools of the state for the colored race, and to aid in defraying the expense of carrying on such normal school the state board of education is authorized and instructed to draw upon the treasury for an amount not to exceed two thousand dollars annually for the year of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven and the year.ofone thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, to be paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to be used for the purpose herein stated, and no other. _

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CHAPTER 192 An act to establish graded schools in Wilson township, Wi!son county. T he General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That E. C. Simms, Peter Rountree,Mharles Battle, G. A. Farmer, Jerry Washington, C. M. Jones, Daniel Vick, Samuel Williams and C. H. Darden be and they are constituted a board of trustees for the graded school for the colored children. That said board shall have power to fill all vacancies, to employ teachers, and do all such acts as may be necessary to keep up the said school for colored children.

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CHAPTER 192 An act to establish graded schools in Wilson township, Wi!son county. T he General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That Thomas J. Hadley, R. J. Taylor, Warren Woodard, George D. Green, G. W. Blount, Moses Rountree, H. C. Moss, H. G. Conner and M. T. Maye, be and they are hereby constituted a board of trustees for the graded school for the whites; that said board shall have power to fill all vacancies in said board, to employ teachers, and do all such acts as may be necessary to carry on said school for the white children.

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CHAPTER 188 An act to establish a graded school in the town of Monroe. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

That the public school money which shall from time to time be collected under the general school law for public school purposes for the colored children in said town, shall be applied for keeping up the public graded school for the colored children, under the orders and directions of the board of trustees for said graded school for the colored children in the event that such graded school should be operated in said town.

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CHAPTER 188 An act to establish a graded school in the town of Monroe. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

That the commissioners for the town of Monroe, in the county of Union, are hereby authorized to submit to the qualified voters of said town at such time and under such rules and regulations as the said commissioners may prescribe, whether an annual assessment shall be levied therein for the support of a graded school for the white children, and a graded school for the colored children in said town; that at such elettion such qualified voters as are in favor of levying such assessment shall vote a written or printed ballot with the words for school upon it, and such voters as are opposed to the levying of such assessment shall vote a written or printed ballot with the words against school upon it, and the penalties for illegal and fraudulent voting in this election and the rules and regulations for conducting the said election shall be in all respects the same asin the annual elections for mayor and commissioners of the said town of Monroe.

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CHAPTER 186 An act in relation to the graded schools of Goldsboro township in the county of Wayne. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That whenever it shall appear to the board of commissioners for Wayne county, upon a petition in writing, signed by the trustees of the graded school for whites for Goldsboro township, that an increase of the assessment for maintaining such school is desirable and necessary, then it shall be the duty of the said board of commissioners to submit the question of such increase of assessment to the qualified white voters of said township, under such rules and regulations as the said board of commissioners may prescribe; and in submitting such question to the voters as aforesaid, the rate of assessment on the poll and property shall be expressly named and limited. Each voter shall vote a written or printed ballot with the words for increase of school assessmert, or against increase of school assessment; and such election shall be conducted under the same rules, regulations and penalties as are prescribed by law for the election of members of the general assembly; and in case a majority of the qualified white voters of said township shall be in favor of such increase of assessment, the same shall be levied and collected in the same manner as is provided by law for levying and collecting state and county taxes. The provisions of this section shall also apply to the graded school for the colored in Goldsboro township, and at all elections held pursuant thereto, relating to said graded school for the colored, only the qualified colored voters of said township shall be entitled to vote.

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CHAPTER 148 An act to provide for local assessments in aid of public schools, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

That upon written petition, signed by ten white voters of any school district for white children, or by a like number of colored voters of any school district for colored children, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners wherein such district is located, to post a notice, signed by their chairman, at three public places in such district, notifying the white or colored tax payers, as the case may be, that they will be heard at the next regular meeting of said board as to submitting to the voters the levying and collecting an assessment in such district in aid of the public school in said district. At said meeting the board shall hear a]l persons who map desire to be heard, and shal} decide whether the question shall be submitted to the said voters or not; and if they decide to submit the question to the voters, they shall also decide what per cent., not exceeding twenty-five cents on the hundred dollars valuation of property and seventy-five cents on the poll, shall be collected on property and the amount on polls respectively, and shall issue a written order, signed by the chairman of said board, to the school committee of such district, to submit to the qualified white or colored voters of such district, as the case may be, whether an annual assessment shall be levied and collected therein for the support of the public school in said district for the white children, or for the colored children, as the case may be. Said committee shall give thirty days wrilten or printed notice of the time and place at which said election shall be held, and the said notice shall be posted at three public places in said district. Said committee, or a majority of them, after being sworn by a justice of the peace, shall open the 15 polls, hold said election, eount the votes and shall report to the board of county commissicners at their next regular meeting after said election the result thereof. ach voter shall deposit a ballot, upon which shall be written or printed the word assessment or the words no assessment; and said election shall be held and conducted in all other respects under the same rules, regulations and penalties as are prescribed for the election of members of the general assembly.

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CHAPTER 121 An act to amend an act entitled an act to revise and consolidate the public school law, and to make more efficient the system of public instruction in this state, ratified March tenth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Amend section twenty-four by striking out in line eleven the words one months, and inserting the words thirty days. Amend section twenty-four, line one, by inserting after the word each the words white and each colored. Amend the same section, in line four, by striking out the word December and inserting the word October, and by inserting after the word whose, in line four, the words, term of service shall begin the first Monday of December following, and whose.

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CHAPTER 36 | An act to establish a graded public school in the town of Statesville, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

That said Board of Education of the town of Statesville may sue and be sued, have a common seal, purchase and hold real estate for the purposes of said corporation as herein expressed, not exceeding fifty thousand dollars in value; and may adopt rules for its government not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the state; and the said board shall receive and apply to the purposes of the said graded school all publicschool moneys from whatsoever source arising which are now or may hereafier be applicable to the common school education of white children within the school age and resident within the town of Statesville. .

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CHAPTER 36 | An act to establish a graded public school in the town of Statesville, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

The commissioners of the town of Statesville are hereby authorized to submit to the qualified yoters of said town at such time or times, not oftener than one in any one year, under such regulations as said commissioners may prescribe, whether an annual tax shall be levied therein for the establishment and support of a graded school in said town. That such qualified voters at such election shall vote on written or printed ballots the words For School or Against School, and the penalties for illegal and fraudulent voting in this election shall be the same as for the annual elections for mayor and commissioners of said town of Statesville. In case @ majority of the qualified voters at such election shall be in favor of such tax, the same shall be levied and collected by the town authorities under the same rules and regulations and in the same manner as other town taxes are or may be collected, and the tax collector shall be 6 subject to the same liabilities for the collection and ing over of said taxes, as he is or may be for other taxe Provided, that the tax so collected shall not exceed one fifth of:one per centum on the value of property, an sixty cents on the poll; and the taxes thus levied an collected shail be applied exclusively to the purpose providing, by purchase or otherwise, suitable buildin and grounds, and to the support of a graded publie school which shall be free to all white persons within the school age, living within the corporate limits of the town Statesville; and for the education of colored persons within the school age living in said tone, as hereinafter gohan

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CHAPTER 142 An act to incorporate the town of Smithfield, in Johnston county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Said registrar shall be furnished by said county commissioners with registration books at the expense of the town, and it shall be the duty of said registrar to open his books at the time and place designated by said county commissioners in said town, at least thirty days before the day of election herein provided for, and to register therein the names of all persons applying for registration: and entitled to register and vote. It shall be the duty of the registrar to keep the names of the white voters separate and apart from those of colored voters, and he shall designate on the registration books opposite the name of each person registering the ward in which he resides and his place of residence in such ward ;-andif any applicant for registration shall not disclose his place of residence in his ward, his wilful failure so to do shall be prima facia evidence that he is not entitled to registration in such ward.

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CHAPTER 15 An act to incorporate the North Carolina Colored Christian Con- ference. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact ;

That Moses Fike, Joseph Mann, W. M. Hayes, Samuel Foy, Thomas Bullock, G. W. Dunn, Jackson Jefireys, Robert McKinsy, Robert Preddy, Jacob Onslow, J. F. Mitchell, S. L. Long, Norfleet White, Robert Cook, William Bullock, William Fenner, H. K. Kearney, Nelson Alston, Turner Levister, Clayton Cook, W. M. Nicholson, H. E. Long, J. L. Long, their associates and successors, be and the same are hereby declared a body politic and corporate under the name and style of The North Carolina Colored Christian Conference, and as such shall have power to purchase and hold real and personal estate, to sue and be sued by their corporate name, to use a common seal, and to make such rules and by-laws as may be necessary for their good government.

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CHAPTER 2534 AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS IN CERTAIN LOCALITIES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

That the sale of spirituous liquors shall be prohibited within three miles of the following places, to-wit : St. Andrews church in Rowan county ; the male academy in Mt. Airy, Surry county; Castenea Grove church in Gaston county ; Public school, No. 2,in Pantego township, Beaufort county ; New Hope academy, school district, number 80, in Robeson county ; Rutherfordton Baptist church in the county of Rutherford; Camp Creek Baptist church in the county of Cleveland; Old Bull Creek Baptist Church in Madison county; Gabriels Creek Baptist church in Madison county ; Double Springs Baptist church in Henderson county; Indian Creek Baptist church in Yancey county; Baptist Grove church in Harnett county; Hectors Creek church in Harnett county; Sugar Camp Baptist church in Madison county ; Back Creek church in Mecklenburg county; Woodington church in Lenoir county; New Jonathan Creek Baptist church in Granville county ; Shady Grove church in Anson county; Bethel church, in Fishing Creek township, Granville county ; Jewel Hill church, Dry Branch church, Mars Hill church, East Fork Bull Creek church, West Fork Bull Creek church, Laurel Branch church, Ivey church, California church, and Bethel church in Madison county ; Antioch church (Baptist) in the county of Person; Bethesda church in the county of Iredell; Macedonia church (Baptist) in Columbus county; Mountain Creek Baptist church in Granville county; New Hope church in the county of Perquimans; Paint Gap Baptist church, Terrys Fork school-house, and Pleasant Gap school-house in Madison county ; Clear Creek church in the county of Mecklenburg ; Rockwell academy in the county of Mecklenburg; Merritts chapel in the county of Chatham; Mowing Blade church in the county of Mecklenburg ; Columbus chapel and Torrence chapel in the county of Mecklenburg; Shilo church in the county of Iredell; Mt. Zion church in Gaston county; Turpins chapel, Hide Mountain M. E. church, Furgesons campground, Cove Creek Baptist church, Jonathans Creek Baptist church in the county of Haywood; Jamestown academy in Jamestown, the Presbyterian church at Jamestown, Friendship church, Mt. Pleasant church, Holts chapel, Cumberland chapel, Pleasant Garden, and Shady Grove, in the county of Guilford; Bethany church in the county of Randolph; Burmingtown Baptist charch, and Maidens chapel, Cartoogechaye in the county of Macon ; Shiloh academy in the county of Davidson ; Marble Spring churchin Valleytown township in the county of Cherokee; Bethlehem M. E. church, Bethel Baptist church in the county of McDowell; Sandy Creek Baptist church and Liberty church in Franklin county; Piney Grove church in Transylvania county; the Methodist church at Ansonville, Pleasant Hill M. E. church, Long Pine academy, Pee Dee academy, or the school-house at Sawyers Springs in Anson county; Mt. Liberty and Pleasant Grove churches in Cherokee county; Licking Branch school-house in Bertie county ; Hopewell Baptist church in the county of Union; Pine Log M. E. church in Clay county; St. Lukes Baptist church in Richmond county ; St. Marys, Johnsons chapel, Hannahs Creek and Pleasant Hill churches in the county of Johnston ; Oakdale factory and Summerfield postoffice in the county of Guilford; Crab Creek Baptist church in the county of Henderson; Panther Ford Presbyterian church, Bethany Presbyterian church and Sandy Grove Baptist church in the county of Robeson; Belford Methodist church in the county of Nash; Mt. Zion A. M. E. church and Trinity M. E. church in Bladen county; Ephesus and Lees Chapel churches in the county of Person; Lebanon church in Caswell county ; Mt. Holly academy in the county of Gaston ; Mt. Gilead Baptist church in the county of Chatham; Mt. Zion A. M. E. church near Elizabethtown in Bladen county; Trinity Methodist church and Corinth Baptist church in the county of Franklin; Yates Baptist church in Orange county; Social Union Baptist church (colored) in the county of Nash; Bethesda M. E. church, and Baalim Grove church in the county of Mecklenburg; Union Presbyterian church and the church at Mountain Island factory in the county of Gaston; Mt. Olivet (colored) Baptist church in Columbus county ; Shoal Creek Camp ground, Shoal Creek Methodist church, Shoal Creek Baptist church, and Shoal Creek school-house in Qualla township, Walnut Creek Baptist church, Laurel Branch Baptist church, in the county of Madison; Mt. Zion Baptist church in Franklin county ; Prospect church in the county of Rowan ; Philadelphia Baptist church in the county of Nash; Log Cabin school-house in Tysons township in the county of Stanly; the school-house in District number nine, Sandy Ridge and Jacksons township in Union county; Kerrs Chapel Baptist church in Caswell county; Bethel Baptist church in McDowell county; Baptist church in the town of Rutherfordton ; Trinity Methodist church, Corinth Baptist church, Cedar Rock Baptist church, Mt. Zion Baptist church and Maple Spring Baptist church, in the county of Franklin ; Peach Tree Baptist church and Belford Methodist church in Nash county ; Good Hope Christian church in the county of Granville; Rehoboth Methodist church in Guilford county ; Rocky Mount church, New Perth church in the county of Iredell; Mountain Island church, and River Bend school-house in the county of Gaston; Sandy Level Baptist church in the county of Wake ; Cedar Grove academy in the county of Moore; St. Peters Lutheran church in Rowan county; Rose of Sharon Baptist church in Orange county (new Jurham); Mt. Moriah Baptist church and Edneyville Methodist church in Henderson county ; Macedonia Baptist church in Columbus county; Sandy Creek church in Davidson county; the Methodist, Presbyterian and Baptist churches in the town of Carthage in Moore county; Beulah Baptish church in Crab Creek township, and the Beaver Creek Baptist church in Ashe county; county of Henderson; Indian Creek Baptist church in Yancey county; Zion Baptist church in the county of Yancey; Union church in Marshall in the county of Madison; Walnut Creek Baptist church and Laurel Fork church in Madison county, Echota Indian Mission church in Jackson county; Mt. Moriah Baptist church in Transylvania county; and it shall be unlawful for any person er persons to manufacture or sell any spirituous liquors within three miles of Pleasant Hill Presbyterian church in Mecklenburg county, and Ephesus Baptist church in Person county.

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CHAPTER 189 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS IN GOLDSBORO TOWXK- SHIP IN WAYNE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the public school money which shall, from time to time, be collected under the general school law for public school purposes for the colored children in said township shall be applied for keeping up the public graded school for the colored children, under the orders and directions of the board of trustees for said graded school for the colored children.

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CHAPTER 189 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS IN GOLDSBORO TOWXK- SHIP IN WAYNE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That Hinton Sugg, Anestus Smith, William Crockett, Hillery Sears, Squire Hodges, Nathan Boyett, (colored,) and C. A. Scott, be and they are hereby constituted a board of trustees for the graded school for the colored children; that said board shall have power to fill all vacancies occurring in said board, to employ teachers, and do all such acts as shall be necessary to carry on said graded school for the colored children.

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CHAPTER 189 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS IN GOLDSBORO TOWXK- SHIP IN WAYNE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That E. B. Boyden, J. A. Bonitz, H. L. Grant, H.5, Lee, W. A. Deans, Nathan Bogatt and B. F. Arrington, be and they are hereby constituted a board of trustees for the graded school for the whites; that said board shall have power to fill all vacancies occurring in said board, to employ teachers, and do all such acts as shall be necessary to carry on said graded school for the white children.

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CHAPTER 149 AN ACT TO DONATE ONE ACRE OF STATE LAND TO SHAW UNI- VERSITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ERECTING A COLORED MEDI- CAL COLLEGE. Wuereas, Certain philanthropists have contributed and placed in the hands of Henry M. Tupper, president of Shaw University, a sufficient sum of money to erect the necessary buildings for a colored medical college ; AND WHEREAS, It is very necessary to have said college located upon ground contiguous to said University; now therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

That one square acre of ground, to be taken from the southeast corner of the lot on which the goy- , ernors mansion is now located, shall be and the same is hereby donated to the trustees of Shaw University, to be by them held in trust for the purpose of establishing a medical college for colored students.

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CHAPTER 141 AN ACT TO CARRY INTO EFFECT CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE IN REGARD TO THE UNIVER. SITY. WHEREAS, The constitution of this state, by section sixth, chapter ninth, provides that the general assembly shall have authority to provide for the maintenance and management of the University of North Carolina; AND WHEREAS, By article ninth and section seventh of the constitution, it is made the duty of the general assem- bly, as soon as practicable, to provide that the benefits of the University shall be extended to the youth of the state free of charge for tuition ; AND WHEREAS, By article ninth, section fourteenth of the constitution, it is made the duty of the general assem- bly to establish and maintain in connection with the University, a department of agriculture, of mechanics, of mining and of normal instruction ; AND WHEREAS, Twelve years having elapsed since the adoption of the foregoing provisions of the constitu- tion, in the opinion of the general assembly, it is now practicable, and it therefore becomes their duty to the extent hereinafter mentioned, to carry the same into effect ; : AND WHEREAS, An efficient system of public schools cannot be obtained without competent teachers for the same, and it is of vast importance to the well-being of the state that its young men of all pursuits shall be able to secure the advantages of higher education as cheaply as possible ; therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the state board of education be directed to establish other normal schools than thosg at Fayetteville and the University, and that the sum of two thousand dollars per annum is hereby appropriated for such schools for white teachers, and the sum of two thonsand dollars for such schools for colored teachers authorized by this act, in addition to the appropriation heretofore made for normal schools: Provided, however, That the number of schools shall not be less than four for each color.

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CHAPTER 117 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE LEVYING AND COLLECTION OF TAXES. Assessment and valuation of lands :

The clerk of the commissioners, on or before the firsts Monday in November, after the lists are completed by the commissioners and deposited with him, shall return to the auditor an abstract of the same, showing the number of acres of land and their value, and tke value of town lots, and the number of white and colored polls separately, and specify every other subject of taxation, and the amount of state and county tax paid on each subject, and the ameunt paid on the whole. Atthesame time the clerk shall return to the auditor an abstract of the list of the poor, county and shool taxes paid in his county, setting forth separately the tax levied on each poll, and on each one hundred dollars value of real property for each purpose, and also the gross amount of taxes of every kind levied for county purposes. Penalty on clerk for default :

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CHAPTER 50 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CITY OF GOLDSBORO, IN WAYNE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

Said registrar shall be furnished by said county commissioners with registration books at the expense of the city ; and it shall be the duty of said registrar to open his books at the time and place designated by said county commissioners in said city at least ten days before the day of election herein provided fer; and to register therein the names of all persons applying for registration and entitled to register and vote. It shall be the duty of the registrar to keep the names of the white voters separate and apart from those of colored voters, and he shall designate on the registration books, opposite the name of each person registering, the ward in which he resides and his place ef residence in such ward; and if any applicant for registration shall not disclose his place of residence in his ward, his wilful failure so to do shall be prima facie evidence that he is not entitled to registration in such ward.

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CHAPTER 40 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

Said registrars shall be furnished by said county commissioners with registration hooks; and it shall be the duty of said registrars, appointed for the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one and thereafter, to open their books at some convenient place in the ward for which they were appointedon or before the last Monday in March in such years, and to register therein the names of all persons applying for registration, and entitled to register and vote in that ward for which such registrar has been appointed, keeping the names of the white voters separate and apart from those of colored voters, and designating on the registration book, opposite the names of each person registering, the place of his residence in his ward; and if any applicant for registration shall not disclose the place of his residence in his ward, his wilful failure to do so shall be prima facie evidence that he is not entitled to register in such ward. Any person offering to register may be required to take and subscribe an oath that he is a citizen of North Carolina, and has resided in the city of Charlotte ninety days and in the ward for which he offers to register thirty days next preceding that date, or is otherwise entitled to register; and, if any person shall wilfully swear falsely in such affidavit, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be sentenced to pay a fine of fifty dollars, and to be imprisoned sixty days in the county jail: Provided, That after the tirst registration shall have been made by virtue hereof, a new registration may not be made biennially, but such registration book shall be revised so as to show an accurate list of electors previously registered, and still residing in said city without requiring such electors to be registered anew. And such registrars shall, on or before the last Monday in March biennially, open said books for the registration of any electors entitled to registration, whose names have never before been registered in such ward, or do not appear in the revised list: Provided, however, That the board of aldermep may atany time order a new registration in the manner herein prescribed.

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CHAPTER 37 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF WINSTON. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the charter of the town of Winston be amended by adding the following as a part thereof as contained in chapter one hundred and seventeen, acts of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six and one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven: that the commissioners of graded schools of the town of Winston shall be authorized to purchase lots and erect and furnish proper buildings for the graded schools, white and colored of said town, from taxes to be levied and collected on the assessed property and polls of said town for said purposes: Provided, Said taxes shall not exceed twentyfive cents on the one hundred dollars of property or seventy-five cents on the poll in any one year, and shall not be continued longer than two years.

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CHAPTER 67 AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE AND REVISE THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF WINSTON AND THE AMENDMENTS THERETO. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The commissioners of the town shall provide for the establishment and support of a system of graded schools under the following conditions, to-wit: 1 No interest-bearing debt of the corporation shall be , created for this purpose. ; 2 The schools shall be open to all bona fide residents of the town, of all races, between the ages of six and twenty-one, but the white and colored schools shall be in distinct and separate buildings and departments, and the schools shall have separate apartments for the higher classes of males and females. 3 The fund raised by taxation shall be used only for the payment of the salaries of teachers. 4 No fee or tuition shall be exacted from or on behalf of any one entitled to the benefits of the schools of more ~ than fifty cents per annum, and at the same ratio for a session of less time. 5 Persons living beyond the limits of the corporation may attend the school from their homes, or as boarders, on the payment of tuition fees to be fixed by the school commissioners. 6 Suitable buildings, furniture and apparatus for the schools shall be provided by voluntary effort. 7 The tax for school purposes shall not exceed twenty s_ feents on the hundred dollars of assessed property and polls; and twenty-five per cent. of the revenues raised ) ander sections fifteen, seventeen and eighteen, and by fines and forfeitures shall be paid to the graded school fund. _ 9 The schools shall not be established until the subject, with the conditions above, has been submitted to the qualified voters of the town on thirty days notice in the town papers and at the court house doors, and ratified by a majority of said voters at an election to be held as other town elections. : _ 10 The said proposition when voted down may be sub- mitted at other elections, but not oftener than once in peach year.

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CHAPTER CCLXXII. AN ACT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE GUARD-

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, The white and colored militia shall be separately enrolled, and shall never be compelled to serve in the same companies, battalions or regiments. .

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CHAPTER 265 An act to establish a normal school for the colored race in the town of Elizabeth City, in the county of Pasquotank. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

That it shall be the duty of the state board of education to establish a normal school at Elizabeth City, in the county of Pasquotank, for the teaching and training of teachers of the colored race to teach in the common schools of the state.

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CHAPTER 209 An act to incorporate the Chowan Educational Association in the county of Hertford. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That W. D. Newsome, George Keen, C. 8 Brown, William Reid, I. Boone, Thomas Jernigan, James Rooks, Levi Brown, W. H. Smith,and their associates and successors in office, be and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of The Chowan Educational Association in the county of Hertford, for the education of colored people, and assuch they shall have all the corporate powers, rights and immunities of similar institutions. The trusteesand directors may plead and be impleaded, sue and be sued, and may acquire and hold such personal property as may be necessary and suitable to maintain and operatea school of high grade, not to exceed fifty thousand dollars, such property to be exempt from taxation.

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CHAPTER 320 An act to provide for the general supervision of railroads, steamboat or canal companies, express and telegraph companies doing business in the state of North Carolina. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That said commissioners shall have power, whenever they deem it expedint and practicable, to require any railroad corporation operating a railroad or part of a railroad in this state to provide separate and equal accommodations for the white and colored races on the passenger trains and also at the passenger stations or waiting rooms in this state, and for failure to comply with the orders of said commissioners made under this section the penalty prescribed in section twenty of this act shall be imposed.

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CHAPTER 330 An act to establish a graded school in district number one in Cherokee county, North Carolina. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the board of education of the eounty of Cherokee, state of North Carolina, shall and they are hereby authorized to, submit to the qualified voters of school district number one for the white race under such rules and regulations and at such time within twelve months after the ratification of this act as the board may prescribe, whether a tax shall be annually levied for the support of the school of said district provided for by this act at the election held under the provisions of this act. Those who favor the levying of such tax shall vote on written or printed ballots without device the words * For school, and those who are opposed to the levying of such tax shall vote on written or printed ballots without device the words ** Against school. The penalties for illegal and fraudulent voting in this election shall be the same as in the election for members of the general assembly. The county board of education shall give at least thirty days notice of the time of holding said election in one or more newspapers published in said district.

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CHAPTER 360 AN ACT TO AMEND AND CONSOLIDATE THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Said registrars shall be furnished with registration books at the expense of the town, and it shall be the duty of said registrars to open their books at the time and place prescribed in chapter seventy-three of the Revisal of one thousand nine hundred and five, which is made a part hereof, and to register therein the names of all persons applying for registration and. entitled to register and vote. It shall be the duty of the registrars to keep the names of the white voters separate and apart from those of the colored voters.

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CHAPTER 313 AN ACT TO REVISE, AMEND AND CONSOLIDATE THE SCHOOL LAWS OF THE CITY OF HICKORY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That for the purposes and benefits of this act, all the territory within the corporate limits of the city of Hickory, Catawba County, as is now or shall hereafter be prescribed, shall be and remain and is hereby constituted a public-school district for both white and colored children, and shall hereafter be known as the Hickory School District, and that a special tax for school purposes, to wit, twenty cents on each one hundred dollars valuation of property and sixty cents on each taxable poll, shall continue to be levied and collected annually, to the same extent and in the same manner as the said tax is now and has been heretofore levied and collected in the Hickory Graded-school District: Provided, that if a majority of the registered voters of said city of Hickory shall vote in favor of the tax hereinafter provided for, then the tax for the use and benefit of the schools of said district shall be levied and collected in amounts, at times and in the manner hereinafter provided.

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CHAPTER 306 AN ACT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A GRADED SCHOOL, TO BE KNOWN AS SALEM GRADED SCHOOL, OF SURRY COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the board of county commissioners of the county of Surry are hereby authorized and directed to submit to the qualified voters of said Salem School District, on the first Monday in May, one thousand nine hundred and nine, under such rules and regulations as prevail in the election of county officers, the question whether an annual tax shall-be levied therein for the support of a graded public free school for the white children and a graded public free school for the colored children therein, in said district. Hach voter shall vote a printed ballot with the words For Schools or No Schools thereon, and the result of the election shall be declared by the same rules as govern elections of county officers.

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CHAPTER 298 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER AND EXTEND THE COR- PORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF MADISON. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the registrar shall be furnished by said board of aldermen with registration books, and it shall be his duty, after being qualified to perform the functions of his office fairly, impartially and according to law, to revise the existing registration book of the said town in such a manner that said: book shal! show an accurate list of electors previously registered in such town and still residing therein and entitled to vote without requiring such electors to be registered anew; and such registrar shall, also. between the hours of seven oclock A. M. and sunset (Sunday excepted), from and including the last Monday in March, up to ten days previous to the election, keep open the book for the registration of any electors residing in the town and entitled to registration whose names do not appear in the revised list, and he shall register in said books all names of persons not so registered who mmay apply for registration and who are entitled to vote in said town, keeping the names of white voters separate and apart from those of the colored voters; and any person offering to register may be required to take and subscribe an oath that he has resided in the State of North Carolina two years and in the town of Madison ninety days previous to the day of election, and that he is twentyone years of age, and that he is a qualified elector of said town, as defined in section four of this act. If any person willfully swear falsely in taking such oath, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be sentenced to pay a fine of one hundred dollars and imprisoned sixty days in the county jail. But the board of aldermen, on fifteen days notice before the opening of the books, may order an entirely new registration of voters whenever they may deem it necessary and proper.

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CHAPTER 282 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE PEACHTREE HIGH SCHOOL, CHEROKEE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The board of trustees provided for by this act shall apportion the money raised or received for educational purposes in said district as shall be just to the white and colored races, without discrimination in favor of or to the prejudice of either race, due regard being paid to the cost of keeping up and maintaining the public schools of both races in proportion to the number and advancement of the pupils, respectively.

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CHAPTER 254 AN ACT TO APPOINT TRUSTEES FOR THE YANCEYVILLE PEMALE ACADEMY AND TO AUTHORIZE AND EMPOWER SAID TRUSTEES TO SELL AND CONVEY IN FEE SIMPLE THE LOT UPON WHICH SAID ACADEMY IS SITUATED, AND TO TURN THE PROCEEDS OF SAID SALE OVER TO SCHOOL COMMITTEEMEN FOR DISTRICT No. 388, FOR THE WHITE RACE, TO BE USED IN REPAIRING AND IM- PROVING DAN RIVER INSTITUTE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Whereas the Yanceyville Female Academy has been used for school purposes but for one year in the last past twentythree years; and whereas there are no trustees to hold said property; and whereas it is the desire of the people of Yanceyville and those who would naturally be the patrons of said academy, if used for school purposes, to sell the lot upon which said academy building is situated, and to use the proceeds of said sale, when made, in repairing and improving the school building located in said town of Yanceyville and known as Dan River Institute: now, therefore, G. A. Anderson, R. L. Mitchelle and Thomas P. Womack are hereby appointed trustees of said Yanceyville Female Academy, with power and authority to sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, after due notice, the lot or parcel of land in the town of Yanceyville, Caswell County, whereon the Yanceyville Female Academy is situated, and generally known and designated as the Yanceyville Female Academy lot; and the said trustees are hereby authorized and empowered to make a fee-simple deed for said lot to the purchaser; and the proceeds of said sale, after paying the costs of said sale, the trustees will turn over to F. W. Brown, N. C. Brandon and T. J. Florance, school committeemen for School District Number Thirty-eight, for the white race, in Caswell County, to be used by them and their successors in office in repairing and improving Dan River Institute, a school building situated in the town of Yanceyville, wherein the public school for the white race in said District Number Thirty-eight has been taught for the past twelve years.

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CHAPTER 176 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE WALNUT COVE GRADED- SCHOOL DISTRICT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the territory embraced within the following bounds, to wit, beginning at a stake two and a quarter miles north of the schoolhouse in Walnut Cove, in the county of Stokes, and running west two miles to a stake; thence south to a stake in the Forsyth County line; thence east with said line four miles to a stake; thence north to a stake, two miles east of the beginning ; thence west two miles to a stake, at the beginning point, lying and being in the county of Stokes, shall be and is hereby constituted a public-school district for white and colored children, to be known as the Walnut Cove Graded-school District. The Board of County Commissioners of Stokes County shall cause the county surveyor to survey and run and locate the boundaries of said district, as herein set out, at least ten days before the election herein provided for, and to certify the same, with a plat thereof, to the board. The expense of such survey and plat shall be paid for out of the funds of said district.

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CHAPTER 72 AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE AND REVISE THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WINSTON. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: '

Said registrars shall be furnished by said board of aldermen with registration books, and said registrars shall open their books at such places in the city of Winston as may be desig: nated by said aldermen, on the second Tuesday in April next preceding the election, and to register therein the names of all persons applying for registration and entitled to register or yote in the ward or precinct for which such registrar has been appointed, keeping the names of the white voters separate and apart from those of the colored voters, and designating on the registration books opposite the name of each person registering the place of his residence in his ward, and if any applicant for registration shall not disclose the place of his residence in his ward his willful failure so to do shall be prima facie evidence that he is not entitled to register in such ward. Any person offering to register shall be required to take an oath that he has been a bona fide resident of North Carolina for two years, of the city of Winston and of the ward in which he proposes to register for four months next pre ceding that date, and that he has not been convicted of any crime which by the laws of North Carolina disqualifies him from voting. In said oath he shall specify the place of his residence in such ward. If any person shall willfully swear falsely in such affidavit he shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof be punished as for larceny: Provided, that after the first registration shall have been made, as provided for herein, a new registration shall not be biennially held unless the board of aldermen shall at their regular meeting in December determine that the same is necessary, and by due advertisement give notice of the same and the place where the books of registration shall be opened, but a revision of the registration books shall be made, beginning on Saturday next preceding each election to be held for said. city, in accordance with the provisions of the general law.

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CHAPTER 53 _AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS IN THE TOWN OF LAURINBURG, NORTH CAROLINA. _ The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That said board of graded-school trustees shall establish graded public schools for the white and colored children of said graded-school district, shall fix a curriculum of studies, adopt text-books, provide for instruction other than that included in the prescribed course, fix the rate of tuition to be charged therefor, and admit pupils residing without the limits of said graded-school district upon such terms as the said board of trustees may deem just and reasonable.

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CHAPTER 58 _AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS IN THE TOWN OF BEAUFORT, CARTERET COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That all the territory embraced within the corporate limits of the town of Beaufort, and also all the territory embraced and included as it is now laid out in the present Public School District Number Eighteen, in Beaufort Township, shall be and is hereby constituted a school district for the white and colored children, to be known and designated as the Beaufort Graded School District.

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CHAPTER 387 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE J. C. BRASWELL AND J. W. SHER- ROD TO DISINTER AND REMOVE THE DEAD BODIES BURIED IN THE LOT ON CHURCH STREET, IN THE CITY OF ROCKY. MOUNT, KNOWN AS THE OLD METHODIST CHURCH LOT, AND THE LOTS ADJACENT THERETO, AND TO REINTER THEM ELSEWHERE, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That J. C. Braswell, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and J. W. Sherrod, of Hamilton, North Carolina, are authorized to disinter and remove the dead bodies buried in the lot on Church Street, in the city of Rocky Mount, known as the old Methodist Church lot, and in the lots adjacent thereto, as described in deed, recorded in book one hundred and two, at page two hundred and eleven, Nash County registry: Provided, that the bodies of white people there buried shall be decently buried in Pine View Cemetery, and the bodies of colored people there buried shall be decently buried in Unity Cemetery. i

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CHAPTER 424 AN ACT TO AMEND AND CONSOLIDATE THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Said registrar shall be furnished by said county commissioners with registration books at the expense of the town, and it shall be the duty of said registrar to open his books at the time and place designated by said county commissioners in said town, at least thirty days before the day of election herein provided for, and to register therein the names of all persons applying for registration and entitled to register and vote. It shall be the duty of the registrar to keep the names of the white voters separate and apart from those of colored voters, and he shall designate on the registration books opposite the name of each person registering the ward in which he resides and his place of residence in such ward, and if any applicant for registration shall not disclose his place of residence in his ward, his willful failure so to do shall be prima facie evidence that he is not entitled to registration in such ward.

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CHAPTER 298 AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWN OF WINDSOR TO CON- VEY CERTAIN SCHOOL PROPERTY TO THE WINDSOR GRADED SCHOOL. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the Mayor and Commissioners of the Town of Windsor, in Bertie County, are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to convey by deed executed by said mayor and clerk of said town and all of the said commissioners the property on Queen Street, known as the Windsor Academy lot, together with all buildings thereon; which said property shall be held by the Trustees of the Windsor Graded School District for the purpose of a public school for the white race of said graded school district.

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CHAPTER 297 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A SPECIAL TAX SCHOOL DISTRICT IN CASWELL COUNTY TO BE KNOWN AS SEMORA GRADED SCHOOL. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the following described territory, lying and being in Caswell County, in Milton Township, covering Milton School Districts Numbers Thirty-one and Thirty-two, bounded as follows, to-wit: Beginning at a stake in the Person County line at a point where it is intersected by the line of School District Number Thirty, near John W. Smiths residence; thence with said Person County line north to the Virginia and North Carolina State line; thence west along said Virginia and North Carolina State line to a stake near Miss Elizabeth Connellys; thence south along known lines of School Districts Thirty-one and Thirty-two to the corner stake in Leesburg Township line, near M. P. Hixs residence; thence east with the line of District Number Thirty to the beginning, near John W. Smiths, be incorporated into and established as a special tax school district for the white race and colored race, to be known as Semora Graded School.

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CHAPTER 237 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF CANTON TO ISSUE BONDS AMOUNTING TO $65,000 FOR A WATER SUPPLY. SEWERAGE, ELECTRIC LIGHTS, A GRADED SCHOOL BUILDING AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS, AND TO LEVY A SPECIAL TAX TO MEET THE INTEREST AND PAY SAID BONDS, AND FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF A GRADED SCHOOL. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the property, both real and personal, of the public schools of said town shall become the property of the said graded schools, and shall be vested in the said board of trustees and its successors in trust for said graded schools: Provided, that in the event of the discontinuance of said graded schools all the property thereto belonging shall revert to and become the property of the said public schools of said town: Provided further, that the said property belonging to or used for the graded school for white children shall revert to the public schools of said town for white children, and the property belonging to or used for the graded school for the colored children shall revert to the public school for colored children of said town.

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CHAPTER 237 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF CANTON TO ISSUE BONDS AMOUNTING TO $65,000 FOR A WATER SUPPLY. SEWERAGE, ELECTRIC LIGHTS, A GRADED SCHOOL BUILDING AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS, AND TO LEVY A SPECIAL TAX TO MEET THE INTEREST AND PAY SAID BONDS, AND FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF A GRADED SCHOOL. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That it shall be the duty of said board of trustees to establish a graded school for the white children and one for the colored children of said town, if any; and to appropriate the funds derived from said special tax and all other sources for said graded schools for white and colored children so as to equalize school facilities between the two races.

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CHAPTER 235 AN ACT TO AMEND THE AURORA GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That for the purposes of providing for and defraying the expense of the Aurora Graded School District for white and colored children, provided for in this act, the Board of Town Commissioners of the Town of Aurora shall annually and at the time of levying the municipal taxes levy and lay a particular tax on all persons, property and subjects of taxation within the limits of the Aurora Graded School District, as heretofore described, on which said board of town commissioners may now or hereafter be authorized to lay or levy taxes for any purpose whatsoever. The said particular taxes to be and remain the same as when the original Aurora graded school was first established, which is thirty cents on the one hundred dollars assessed valuation on all personal and real property of whatsoever kind and ninety cents on each taxable poll of said district.

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CHAPTER 199 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE WINDSOR GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT, IN BERTIE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the following territory in Windsor Township, in Bertie County, State of North Carolina, to-wit: Beginning at Cashie River at the county farm at Austin; thence running along the southern line of said farm to Cashie Neck and Windsor public road; thence up said public road to the church and Reeves old railroad bed; thence along said old railroad bed to the public road leading from the Heckstall farm to the Windsor and Colerain public road; thence along said public road by J. B. Stokes residence to the Windsor and Colerain public road to Cashie bridge, at Cashie River to Hoddards mill; thence down Cashie River to the place of beginning, be and the same is hereby constituted a public school district fer white and colored children, to be known as The Windsor Graded School District.

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CHAPTER 189 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS IN THE TOWN OF ROANOKE RAPIDS, IN HALIFAX COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That it shall be the duty of said board of trustees to establish graded public schools for the white and colored children of said district: And said board of trustees shall appropriate and use the funds derived from said particular taxes and from other sources in such manner as shall be deemed just to both races, providing equal school facilities for each, due regard being paid, however, to the difference in the cost of maintaining said schools: Provided, that all donations to said schools shall be applied as directed by the donors.

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CHAPTER 188 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS IN CAMERON DISTRICT, GREENWOOD TOWNSHIP, MOORE COUNTY, AND TO LEVY A SPECIAL TAX FOR THE ESTABLISHING AND SUPPORT OF THE SAME. ' The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: :

That said trustees may elect a principal for the graded school for white children (who may be superintendent), and shall elect a principal for the graded school for colored children annually, on the first Tuesday of June in each year, or subsequently, as the best interest of the schools may require. In the election of teachers preference shall be given to those applicants who attend some school or method in teaching.

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CHAPTER 188 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS IN CAMERON DISTRICT, GREENWOOD TOWNSHIP, MOORE COUNTY, AND TO LEVY A SPECIAL TAX FOR THE ESTABLISHING AND SUPPORT OF THE SAME. ' The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: :

It shall be the duty of the said board of trustees to establish and keep up a public graded school in said district for the white children, and one for the colored children of said district; and the said board shall use and appropriate the funds derived from the said special taxes and from all other sources, and shall be just and equitable to both white and colored races, giving each equal facilities, having due regard, however, to the relative cost of keeping up and maintaining the graded schools for both races.

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CHAPTER 140 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS IN THE TOWN OF ELIZABETH CITY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That all the territory in Pasquotank County within the following boundaries, to-wit: All that portion of said county included in Elizabeth City Township and that portion of Nixonton ~ Township which is within the corporate limits of Elizabeth City, shall be and is hereby constituted a public school district for white and colored children, to be known as Elizabeth City Graded School District.

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CHAPTER 343 AN ACT TO REVISE THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF LUMBERTON. Whereas, numerous acts have been heretofore enacted by the General Assembly of North Carolina relating to the town of Lum- berton, which now constitute the charter of said town; and whereas, it is deemed advisable by the authorities and citizens of said town that the numerous acts of assembly relating thereto should be revised, consolidated and amended to the end that the charter of said town shall be contained in one act of the General Assembly: therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Any and all amounts which may be apportioned from the county school fund or from the State of North Carolina for Said district under the general school law of the State or under any other act of assembly or otherwise, shall be hereafter paid direct by the county treasurer to the treasurer of the said board of graded school trustees; and the said graded school district shall be entitled to receive a proportionate amount of all funds to the credit of the public school districts, white and colored, in which the town of Lumberton was located just prior to the pasSage of this act, which may be in the hands of the county treasurer at the time of the ratification of this act, such proportionate part of said funds to be determined in accordance as the number of children contained in the graded school district hereby established bears to the total number of children in the public school district in which said town of Lumberton was located just prior to the passage of this act, and the county treasurer shall at once ascertain such proportion and pay over such proportionate part of such funds to the treasurer of the said graded school district.

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CHAPTER 58 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE TOWN OF HIGHLAND, CATAWBA COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the said board of school trustees shall apportion the money raised and received for educational purposes in said town as shall be just to the white and colored races, without discrimination to the prejudice of either race, due regard being paid to the cost of keeping up and maintaining the schools for both races, separate schools to be provided for each race. If the number for either race and the fund therefor is insufficient to maintain a graded school, the fund may be applied for a public free school for said race, under the control of the said board.

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CHAPTER 140 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ASHE- VILLE, AND TO REPEAL ALL LAWS IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ACT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: CHAPTER 1 ORGANIZATION.

That each registrar shall be furnished by said board of commissioners with registration books, and it shall be his duty, after being qualified, to perform the functions of his office fairly, impartially and according to law; to revise the existing registration books of the precinct for which he is appointed in such manner that said books shall show an accurate list of electors previously registered in such precinct and still residing therein, and entitled to vote without requiring such electors to be registered anew; and such registrar shall also, between the hours of seven oclock a. m. and sunset (Sunday excepted), from and including the last Monday in March up to ten days previous to the election, keep open the books for the registration of any electors residing in such city and entitled to registration, whose names do not appear in the revised list, and he shall register in said books all names of persons not so registered who may apply for registration and who are entitled to vote in said city. Each registrar shall be required to be at the polling place for his precinct on Saturdays from seven a. m. until sunset during the period for registration. He shall keep the names of white voters separate and apart from those of the colored voters, and any person offering to register may be required to take and subscribe an oath that he has resided in the State of North Carolina two years, in Buncombe County six months, and in the precinct in which he offers to register four months previous to the day of election, and that he is twenty-one years of age, and that he is a qualified elector of said city. If any person willfully swear falsely in taking such oath, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be sentenced to pay a fine of one hundred dollars and imprisoned sixty days in the county jail. But the board of commissioners on fifteen days notice, by publication in some newspaper of said city, before the opening of the books may order an entirely new registration of voters whenever they may deem it proper. The registration books shall be closed at sundown on the second Saturday before the election, and after the same are closed no person shall be allowed to register, except those coming of age after the books closed and before or on election day, who are otherwise qualified electors of the city, and the books shall then be placed in the office of the city clerk, and may be inspected by any person so desiring, and the clerk shall mark the day on which they were received by him, and they shall not be taken from his custody until the day of election. Any registrar failing to deposit his registration book with the clerk, at the time prescribed, shall receive no compensation for making said registration, and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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CHAPTER 336 AN ACT TO REVISE THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF KERNERSVILLE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: CHAPTER I. INCORPORATIONS.

That the registrar shall be furnished by the board of aldermen with registration books, and it shall be his duty after being qualified to perform the functions of his office fairly, impartially and according to law, to revise the existing registration books of the said town in such manner that such books shall show an accurate list of electors previously registered in such town and still residing therein, and entitled to vote, without requiring such electors to be registered anew; and such registrar shall also, between the hours of eight oclock a. m. and sunset (Sundays excepted), from and ineluding the first Monday in April up to ten days previous to the election, keep open the books for the registration of any electors residing in the town and entitled to register, whose names do not appear in the revised list, and he shall register in said books all names of persons not so registered, who may apply for registration, and who are entitled to vote in said town, keeping the names of the white voters separate and apart from those of the colored voters, and any person offering to register may be required to take and subscribe an oath that he has resided in the State of North Carolina twelv> months, and in the town of Kernersville four months previous to the day of election, and that he is twenty-one years of age, and that he is a qualified elector of said town as defined in section four of this act. If any person shall willfully swear falsely in taking such oath, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be sentenced to pay a fine of fifty dollars or imprisoned thirty days in the county jail or town lockup, or both. But the board of aldermen, upon fifteen days notice before the opening of the books, may order an entirely new registration of voters whenever they may deem it proper.

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CHAPTER LXIX. AN_ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 68, REVISED CODE, PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES OF CLERKS IN ISSUING MARRIAGE LICENSE.

Be it / further enacte!, That said section be further auieadedias follows, to-wit : The Clerk of the County Court of the county, in which the feme resides, shall issue a license for the marriage of any person not in this chapter prohib ted, to any person applying for the same, directed to any ordained minister or Justice of Peace, in which license he shall state the names of the parties in full, and the parents of each, when known, and also whether the parties are white or colored.

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CHAPTER VI. AN ACT TO AMEND THE 5TH CHAPTER OF THE REVISED CODE, ENTITLED APPRENTICES.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the aw thority of the same, That the Ist section of the 5th chapter of the Revised Code, entitled Apprentices, be amended by striking out the words also the children of free negroes where the parents, with whom such children may live, do not habitually employ their time in some honest, industrious occupation, and all free base born children of color, aftr the word mother, in the 14th line, and insert, in lieu thereof, the words and all base born children whose mothers may not have the means or ability to support them, and that the second section of said chapter be amended by striking out the words if white, but if colored, till twentyone, after the words eighteen years, in the fourth line.

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CHAPTER 380 AN ACT TO AMEND, REVISE, AND CONSOLIDATE THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SANFORD. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The registrar of each of said wards shall be furnished by the aldermen of said town with a registration book, and it shall be his duty to perform the duties of his office fairly, impartially, and according to law; to revise the existing registration book of his ward in such manner that said book shall show an accurate list of the electors previously registered in said ward and still residing therein, without requiring said electors to be registered anew; and such registrar shall also, between the hours of seven oclock a. m. and nine oclock p. m. for four successive Saturdays immediately preceding the day of election, keep open the books for the registration of any electors residing in his said | } ward and entitled to register whose names have never before been registered in said ward or do not appear on said revised lists, and shall register in said books all names of persons not so registered who may apply for or are entitled to registration, keeping the names of white voters separate and apart from the names of colored voters. Any person offering to register may be required to take and subscribe an oath that he has resided in the State of North Carolina twelve months and in the town of Sanford for hinety days, next preceding the day of election, and that he is an actual-and bona fide resident of the ward in which he offers for registration, or is otherwise entitled to register, and that he is twenty-one years old; and if any person shall willfully swear falsely in taking such oath he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and be imprisoned not exceeding sixty days in the county jail. But the board of aldermen, upon thirty days notice, may direct that there be an entirely new registration of voters whenever they may deem it necessary for a fair election. The new registration may, if the board so determine, be conducted by one of the registrars hereinbefore provided for, to be designated by the board, who shall keep all the registration books of the town at a place to be designated by said board.

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CHAPTER 280 AN ACT TO CREATE THE CROSS CREEK CEMETERY COM- MISSION, TO PROVIDE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF A CEMETERY IN THH CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, AND TO AMEND CHAPTER 30, PRIVATE LAWS 1873-74. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the objects of said corporation shall be to provide for, maintain, and control suitable burial-grounds for the white race of the city of Fayetteville; and to this end it is authorized and empowered to take by deed, will, or otherwise any real and personal property, and to hold and use the same for such purpose; and to pass and enforce reasonable rules, regulations, and by-laws as from time to time may be deemed necessary and proper to maintain such property in good and improved condition and to protect and preserve the same from injury and trespass.

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CHAPTER 278 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH CLAREMONT GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN CATAWBA COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That until there shall be enough children of the colored race within said territory to justify the maintenance of a school for said race, the trustees are authorized to arrange with the county board of education to furnish adequate school facilities for such children outside of said district, or may arrange, upon such terms as may be agreed upon by said trustees and the county board of education, to receive colored children into the school of such district from outside of the territory of said graded school district.

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CHAPTER 180 AN ACT TO REVISE THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WIN- STON AND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SALEM, AND TO ADOPT A CHARTER FOR THE CITY OF WINSTON- SALEM. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Such registrars shall be furnished by said board of aldermen with registration books, and said registrars shall open their books at such places in the city of Winston-Salem as may be designated by said aldermen, and shall register therein the names of all persons applying for registration and entitled to register or vote in the ward or precinct for which such registrar has been appointed, keeping the names of the white voters separate and apart from those of the colored voters and designating on the registration books opposite the name of each person registering the place of his residence in his ward, and if any applicant for registration shall not disclose the place of his residence in his ward his willful failure to do so shall be prima facie evidence that he is not entitled to register in such ward: Provided, that a new registration shall not be biennially held unless the board of aldermen shall determine that the same is necessary, and by due advertisement give notice of the same, and the place where the books of registration shall be opened; but a revision of the registration books shall be made, beginning on Saturday next preceding each election to be held for said city, in accordance with the provisions of the general law.

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CHAPTER 118 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 253 OF THE PRIVATE LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA, SESSION OF 1911, RELATING TO OAK GROVE GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT, SURRY COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That said act of nineteen hundred and eleven, Private Laws, chapter two hundred and fifty-three, be further amended as follows: It shall be the duty of the board of education of Surry County and the school committee of said district to provide sepa- ate schools for the white and colored races, in event the colored race shall require and justify the establishment of a school for such race, and in the event they shall not be sufficient in number to justify the establishment of such school for their accommodation, it shall be the duty of the board of education of Surry County to assign the colored pupils, if within said district, to some school for the colored race in Mount Airy Township.

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CHAPTER 347 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE ROCKDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That all the territory in Scotland County within the following described boundaries, to wit, beginning near the Peele homestead, at the intersection of the Wire Road and the State line, and runs thence in a southeasterly direction with said State line to a point where a straight line to the J. B. McColman place will exclude all the lands of D. D. Norton in North Carolina, said point being a corner of District Number One, the Mason Cross District for the white race; thence with the upper boundary of said District Number One in a direct line to the J. B. McColman place, where Preston Leggett now lives; thence along the road leading from said McColman place to Pates Mill on Joes Creek; thence down the run of Joes Creek in a southeasterly direction to the confluence of Joes Creek and Gum Swamp; thence up Gum Swamp to the mouth of Beaverdam Creek; thence up Beaverdam Creek to where it intersects with the public road leading from Laurel Hill to St. Johns Church; thence down said road towards St. Johns Church to the run of Browns Branch near Elijah Gibsons residence; thence in a westerly direction, with the run of said branch to a point two hundred yards beyond the said Elijah Gibsons residence; thence in a southerly direction to the northern edge of the Iron Monger Pond, to the second corner of the lands of the estate of Miranda Wright, deceased ; thence with the said Wright line to its beginning corner; thence with the line between the estates of N. B. Gibson and Miranda Wright to a corner of the said estates; thence in a southwesterly direction with said Gibson line to a corner of the estate lands of N. B. Gibson and the lands of T. M. McLaughlin; thence with the dividing line between the lands of T. M. McLaughlin and the estate lands of W. F. Gibson to a corner; thence with the various lines of the estate of W. F. Gibson, in a southwesterly direction, to the run of Joes Creek; thence in a northerly direction with the run of said Joes Creek to Wrights Bridge on the Wire Road; thence in a westerly direction along the center of said road to the beginning, shall be and is hereby constituted a public school district for white and colored children, to be known as the Rockdale Public School District. :

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CHAPTER 305 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE A BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION KNOWN AS THE GREAT POSTOLIC TEMPLE. Whereas Clara E. Wiggins, G. A. Purvis, Ulysses S. Martin, J. C. Gorham, Cherry Bryant, Dellah Rodman, N. W. Cotton, Abraham Swindell and Percy Stevens, in conjunction with others, have joined together in an effort to organize a lodge for beneyo- lent purposes, to care for its members by providing medical atten- tion and nurse, and for the care and education and general uplift of coming generations of the colored race, and for said purposes deem it wise that the said parties and their successors in office should be incorporated : The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the said incorporation shall have the right and power to establish a juvenile lodge for the care, protection, and education of children of the colored race, under such by-laws, rules and regulations as may be adopted.

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CHAPTER 242 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE BESSEMER CITY GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TO ALLOW IT TO VOTE ON A SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOLS THEREIN; AND TO VOTE ON THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ERECTING AND EQUIPPING SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN SAID DISTRICT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That in addition to the powers and duties hereinbefore and hereinafter imposed upon said board of trustees, it shall be their duty and they are hereby empowered : (a) To appoint a treasurer, tax collector, and such other officers and agents as they may deem necessary and expedient, and to fix the compensation of such officers and agents; and such officers and agents or any one or more of them may be appointed from among the members of the board or from the yoters of the district; but no trustee, as such, shall receive any compensation for his services as trustee. -6 To borrow money and create other indebtedness on the credit of the district: Provided, no such indebtedness shall be created except for necessary expense of maintaining the schools and for current repairs to school buildings in said district. (c) To condemn private property for public school use in said district; and whenever private property in said district shall be required for public school use, and it is so determined by resolution duly adopted by the board of trustees, such determination shall be final, and no appeal shall lie therefrom, and the said board of trustees shall appoint an appraiser, and the owner of such private property may appoint one appraiser, and the two appraisers so appointed shall appoint a third appraiser, each of which appraisers shall be a resident and freeholderin said district. Such appraisers Shall meet within three days after their appointment, and after each being duly sworn to act impartially and according to his best judgment, they shall proceed to appraise the damage which will ensue to such private property-owner in consequence of such condemnation, and shall report their finding, verified by their oaths, to the private owner and to the board of trustees, without delay, and whenever, within six months thereafter, said board shall pay or tender payment of the amount named by said appraisers to such private owner, the property so appraised shall be deemed condemned for public school use; but the owner of property so condemned shall have the right to appeal from the findings of such board of appraisers to the Superior Court of Gaston County for trial by jury. In case the private owner shall desire to appeal, he shall cause written notice to be served upon the board of trustees by some proper officer, leaving a copy of such notice with the secretary of the board of trustees or with any member of said board, within thirty days from the date of. the finding of the appraising board, and the officer serving such notice shall return the original notice, with the manner and date of seryice indorsed thereon, to the clerk of the Superior Court of Gaston County, who shall forthwith docket the cause for trial at the next ensuing term of the said Superior Court for the trial of civil actions, when the cause shall stand for trial as any other civil action. In case the private owner shall refuse or fail to appoint an appraiser as hereinbefore provided, within ten days after being notified to do so, he shall be deemed to have waived his right to so appoint, and the board of trustees may appoint an appraiser in behalf of such private owner and the appraisement be proceeded with in like manner as if such private owner had exercised his right to appoint. (d) To maintain and operate a public graded school in said district for the white children, and one for the colored children of said district; and the said board shall use and appropriate the funds derived from the district taxes and from all other public sources (applicable to the maintenance of such schools) in such manner as shall be just and equitable te both white and colored races, giving to each equal facilities, having due regard, however, to the relative cost of maintaining a graded school for both races. (e) To, exercise the control and management of the public schools and school property in said district and to prescribe rules and regulations, by and with the consent and approval of the superintendent of public instruction for Gaston County, for the government of said schools: Provided, that all children resident in said district and of ages between six and twenty-one years who conform to the established rules thereof shall be admitted into said schools, as pupils, free of tuition charges, and those desiring admission as pupils, and who reside outside the limits of said district or who may be outside the ages above mentioned, may be admitted upon such terms as said board may determine, but they shall make ho discrimination as to terms of tuition to be charged to pupils of the same grade, and such tuition charges shall be at least as much as the per capita expense of maintaining said schools for resident pupils of school age; to prescribe rules and by-laws for the transaction of the business of said board of trustees; to make an accurate census of the school population of the district as required by the general school laws of the State, and to do all other just and lawful things for the proper conduct of the school affairs in said district. (f) To have the advice, visitation, and recommendations of the superintendent of public instruction for Gaston County, and of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, when requested, in all matters pertaining to the duties of their office. (g) To employ and fix the compensation of the officers, principal, and teachers of the schools in said district, and to delegate such powers of control of the schools to the principal and teachers as they may deem proper. (.) To elect annually, between the second Monday in April and the first Monday in September, a principal or superintendent of schools in said district, and as many teachers for the several grades as in the judgment of said board may be expedient and for the best interests of said district; but no person shall be elected superintendent or principal or teacher who does not hold license to teach in the public schools of Gaston County. (i) To visit each department of the schools of said district at least once in each month when the schools are in session, such visits to be of at least one hours duration each; but such visits may be made by a committee of not less than two of the members of said board, if desired. (j) To make a full and complete report of the operations of said schools and such other reports as may be required under the general school laws of the State, to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and to the county superintendent of public instruction for Gaston County.

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CHAPTER 252 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A GRADED SCHOOL AT DAVIDSON, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That it shall be the duty of said board of trustees to establish graded public schools for the white and colored children of said town, and said board shall use and appropriate the funds derived from said special taxes and all other sources in such manner as shall be just to both races, giving each equal school facilities, due regard, however, being had to the cost of establishing and maintaining the graded schools of each race.

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CHAPTER 236 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF FREEMONT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the registrars shall be furnished by said board of aldermen with the registration books, and it shall be the duty of the registrar to open his books, at the time and place designated, at least ten days before election, and to register therein the names of all persons applying for registration and entitled to register and vote. It shall be the duty of the registrars to keep the names of the white voters separate and apart from those of the colored voters.

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CHAPTER 68 AN ACT TO REPEAL ITS PRESENT CHARTER AND LAWS IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ACT, AND TO INCORPORATE THE CITY OF HICKORY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: ARTICLE I. NAME AND RIGHTS.

All the territory within the corporate limits of the city of Hickory, Catawba County, as is now or shall hereafter be prescribed, shall be and remain and is hereby constituted a public school district for both white and colored children, and shall hereafter be known as the Hickory School District. The city council shall be charged with the duty of maintaining an adequate and sufficient system of public schools within the Hickory School District, and shall construct and maintain proper buildings, and to that end the public school buildings and all other property now used, or which may be hereafter acquired within the city of Hickory for school purposes, shall be under their control and subject to the disposition of the city council. The city council shall have the same power and authority to condemn lands and to do and perform any and all other acts to acquire and control school property as is given or may be conferred by law upon said council with reference to acquiring lands for streets or any other public purpose, and may control school property and grounds in like manner as it is empowered to control streets; and the said council shall also have such power not in direct conflict with the provisions of this article, with regard to the public schools of the Hickory School District, and the officers, teachers, and employees thereof, as is now conferred by law upon the Board of Commissioners of Catawba County and the Board of Education of Catawba County with regard to the public schools of the county; and the said council shall have charge of the collection of taxes to maintain the schools, and construct school buildings, and the handling and the disbursement of all money used for school purposes.

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CHAPTER 59 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CITY OF RALEIGH, AND TO REPEAL ITS PRESENT CHARTER AND ALL LAWS IN CONFLICT WITH: THIS ACT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That each registrar shall be furnished by said board of commissioners with registration books, and it shall be his duty, after being qualified, to perform the functions of his office fairly, impartially, and according to law; to revise the existing registration books of the precinct for which he is appointed in such manner that said books shall show an accurate list of electors previously registered in such precinct and still residing therein, and entitled to vote without requiring such electors to be registered anew; and such registrar shall also, between the hours of seven o'clock A. M. and sunset (Sunday excepted), from and including the last Monday in March up to ten days previous to the election, keep open the books for the registration of any electors residing in such city and entitled to registration, whose names do not appear in the revised list, and he shall register in said books all names of persons not so registered who may apply for registration and who are entitled to vote in said city. Each registrar shall be required to be at the polling place for his precinct on Saturdays from seven A. M. until sunset during the period for registration. He shall keep the names of white voters separate and apart from those of the colored voters, and any person offering to register may be required to take and subscribe an oath that he has resided in the State of North Carolina two years, in Wake County six months, and in the precinct in which he offers to register four months previous to the day of election, and that he is twenty-one years of age, and that he is a qualified elector of said city. If any person willfully swear falsely in taking such oath, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be sentenced to pay a fine of one hundred dollars and imprisoned sixty days in the county jail. But the board of commissioners, on fifteen days notice by publication in some newspaper of said city before the opening of the books, may order an entirely new registration of voters whenever they may deem it proper. The registration books shall be closed at sundown on the second Saturday before the election, and after the same are closed no person shall be allowed to register, except those coming of age after the books close and before or on election day, who are otherwise qualified electors of the city; and the books shall then be placed in the office of the city clerk, and may be inspected by any person so desiring, and the clerk shall mark the day on which they were received by him, and they shall not be taken from his custody until the day of election. Any registrar failing to deposit his registration book with the clerk, at the time prescribed, shall receive no compensation for making said registration, and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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CHAPTER 468 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH MOUNT HOLLY SUPPLEMENTAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, IN COLUMBUS COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the board of commissioners of Columbus County, upon the written application of a majority of the board of trustees of said school district, is hereby authorized and directed to submit on the first Tuesday in May, nineteen hundred and eleven, to the qualified voters of said school district embraced in said county of Columbus under such rules and regulations as exist for the election of members for the General Assembly, the question whether an annual tax shall be levied therein for the support of supplemental public schools for white and colored of said district. Each voter shall vote a written or printed ballot with the words For schools or No schools thereon.

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CHAPTER 466 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUING OF BONDS BY THE CHADBOURN SUPPLEMENTAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER THREE FOR THE WHITE AND COLORED RACES OF COLUM- BUS COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the board of commissioners of Columbus County, upon a written application of a majority of the board of trustees of Chadbourn Supplemental School District Number Three for the White and Colored Races, hereinafter called the Chadbourn district, is authorized and directed to submit on the first Tuesday in May, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, to the qualified voters of said Chadbourn district, under such rules and regulations as now exist or may be hereafter established for the election of members of the General Assembly, the question of issuing bonds for the erection of a suitable school building in said district, to take the place of the building recently destroyed by fire, and at such election each voter shall be entitled to vote a written or printed ballot with the words For building bonds or Against building bonds thereon.

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CHAPTER 429 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE CAROLINA COLLEGIATE AND AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The board of trustees shall use as in its judgment may be proper, for the purpose of such institute and for the benefit of education in industrial and agricultural arts any funds, buildings, lands, laboratories and other property which is or may come into its possession. The said board of trustees shall have the power to accept and receive and hold all manner of lands, tenement rents, annuities and other hereditaments, which at any time or times hereafter may be granted, bargained, sold, released, devised or otherwise conveyed to said corporation forever. Also the said corporation at all times hereafter shall be able and capable to purchase, have, receive, take, hold and enjoy in fee simple, any lands, tenements, rents, annuities or interest in real property by the gift, grant, bargain, sale, or devise of any person, persons, or bodies, corporation or politic capable to make the same; further shall be able to receive and possess all moneys, goods and chattels that have been given or shall hereafter be given, sold, released or bequeathed by any person or persons for the use of said institute. And same to apply according to the will of the donors. The said corporation shall have, hold, possess and use the same for the purpose of establishing and endowing said institute for the education of males and females of the white race.

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CHAPTER 429 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE CAROLINA COLLEGIATE AND AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The object of this institution shall be to teach the branches of learning relating to industrial and agricultural arts and such other scientific and classical studies as the board of trustees may elect to have taught, and to promote moral and practical education to the male and female white race.

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CHAPTER 356 AN ACT TO ENLARGE THE BOUNDARIES OF PARKTON SPE- CIAL TAX SCHOOL DISTRICT, IN THE COUNTY OF ROBE- SON, :-TO CHANGE ITS NAME, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SAID DISTRICT TO ISSUE BONDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF A SITE AND THE ERECTION OF A SCHOOL BUILDING, AND TO LEVY AN ADDITIONAL SPE- CIAL TAX. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That all public school funds derived from the State and the county of Robeson, and which may, from time to time be collected and apportioned under the general school law for school purposes, for the children in said Parkton graded school district, and all moneys to which said district may be entitled by reason of any special tax, gift, grant, apportionment, or otherwise, shall be paid to the treasurer of said board of trustees and shall be by him paid out by order of said board for the proper maintenance of the white and colored schools located in said Parkton graded school district and under the provisions hereof: Provided, that all donations to said schools shall be applied as directed by the donors.

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CHAPTER 344 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS IN THE CAMERON GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT. Whereas, the citizens of the Cameron graded school district, em- bracing the town of Cameron and that portion of Moore and Lee counties lying contiguous thereto, did, on the third Monday in May, one thousand nine hundred and seven, vote a special tax, not to ex- ceed forty cents -40 on the one hundred dollars ($100) valuation of property and one dollar and twenty cents ($1.20) on the poll, for the purpose of establishing graded schools in the Cameron graded schoo] district in compliance with an act of the General Assembly enacted February the twenty-sixth, one thousand nine hundred and seven, as shown in certified copy of same; therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That all the territory lying within the boundaries of the Cameron graded school district, to wit: Beginning at the ford of Herds Creek, between Angus Fergusons and George Coles, and running as the road in an easterly direction to G. S. Coles line; thence as G. 8 Coles and Matthews line in direction of Cameron to J. W. Yows southwest corner; thence as Yows line to his and Rachel Blues corner in Hartsells line; thenee as Hartsells line in direction of Cameron to William Rogers corner in the Cat Tail Branch; thence with the branch, which is Rogers line, to the Keith line; thence with Rogers line in an easterly direction across the Crains Creek and across the 8 A. L. R. R. to Rogers corner; thence with the railroad and Rogers line to Crains Creek; thence up said creek to T. B. Goodwins corner on said creek; thence with his line to southwest corner of John McDonalds land; thence with his line to the 8 W. of the John Kelly land; thence with the south line of the Kelly land to the Fergus Ferguson land; thence with the south and east line of the Ferguson land to Fayetteville road; thence as Fayetteville road in the direction of Cameron to Swans station road; thence as Swans station road in direction of Swans station to a point in the road opposite where the Richardson dwelling was burned; thence as the road leading from said point by way of Mrs. Elizabeth M. McFadyens farm, crossing the Seaboard Air Line Railroad at said farm; and thence as said road to George Browders mill; thence as road leading in a westerly direction to the N. T. Arnolds on Gulf plank road; thence as said road in direction of Gulf about one-fourth mile to road leading to old Carthage plank road; thence as said road in direction of Carthage to the line of the Melver land; thence as northeast boundary of said land to Herds Creek; thence down said creek to beginning, shall be and is hereby constituted a public school district for white and colored children, to be known as the Cameron graded school district.

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CHAPTER 336 AN ACT TO REVISE THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF KERNERSVILLE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: CHAPTER I. INCORPORATIONS.

That the property, both real and personal, of the public school for white and colored children of said district shall become the property of the said graded school and shall be vested in the said board of trustees and their successors in trust for the said graded school, and the said board of trustees may in their discretion sell the same, or any part thereof, and apply the proceeds to the use of the graded school, to the established graded school; which is established in said graded school district.

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CHAPTER 336 AN ACT TO REVISE THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF KERNERSVILLE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: CHAPTER I. INCORPORATIONS.

That the moneys which from time to time be apportioned under the general school laws of the State to the above deseribed school district shall be turned over by the treasurer of Forsyth County to the treasurer of the said schoo] trustees for the benefit of said school: Provided, that in apportioning the school fund of said county said graded school shall be allowed the proportion of said fund due per capita to the white and colored children of school age.

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CHAPTER 183 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE MOUNTAIN VIEW INSTITUTE IN WILKES COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the purpose of said institute shall be the education of boys and girls of the white race, and to that end the trustees and principal thereof may, from time to time, adopt and prescribe such a course or courses of study as will lead to thorough preparation for entrance into any of the colleges of this State, and for any of the ordinary business callings or pursuits of life; and may grant certificates or diplomas of proficiency in any given course.

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CHAPTER 51 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCA- TION OF GRANVILLE COUNTY TO ESTABLISH A SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT IN OAK HILL TOWNSHIP. Whereas, there are some thirty or thirty-five white children of school age in Oak Hill Township, Granville County, who cannot reach any public school in the county because of the fact that there are several dangerous creeks between the locality in which said children reside and the public schools as now located; and whereas, there exists a necessity for the establishment in said township of a special school district, with less than sixty-five white children of school age therein, in order that the children living between said creeks may have the benefits of the public schools; and whereas, the County Board of Education of Granville County recommends the establishment of a special school district in said township, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the County Board of Education of Granville County be and it is hereby authorized to establish a special school district in Oak Hill Township, for the white race, with less than sixty-five white children of school age therein, the boundaries of the said special school district to be fixed by the said county board of education, so that the school therein shall be located and taught not more than one mile from Evans store, in said township.

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CHAPTER 413 AN ACT TO BUILD A GRADED SCHOOL BUILDING IN THE TOWN OF ASHBORO. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That all the territory lying within the corporate limits of the town of Ashboro, as the boundaries of said town are on the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and five, shall constitute a public school district for the white and colored children and shall be known and designated as Ashboro Graded School District.

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CHAPTER 359 AN ACT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, CONTROL AND MAIN- TENANCE OF GRADED SCHOOLS IN THE TOWN OF NORTH WILKESBORO. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That all public school funds derived from the State and from Wilkes County for the use and benefit of the public schools of said town, as indicated by the annual census of the children of school age therein, shall be paid to the town treasurer by the Treasurer of Wilkes County for the use and benefit of the graded public schools in said town; and the property, both real and personal, of said public school district, whether heretofore belonging to the white or colored public schools, shall become the property of said graded schools as hereinbefore set out, and shall be vested in the said board of trustees in trust for said graded schools, and the said board of trustees may sell the same, or any part thereof, if deemed necessary or advisable, and apply the same for the use of said graded schools.

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CHAPTER 85 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS IN THE TOWN OF ENFIELD. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That all territory lying within the corporate limits of the town of Enfield. and all of the portion of Halifax County not embraced within said corporate limits, but lying contiguous thereto within the following boundaries, to-wit: Said territory shall extend for the distance of two and one-half miles north and south each way from the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company's ticket office in said town, and it shall extend east from said office three miles and west two and one-half miles, including a rectangular parallelogram five and one-half miles in length and five miles in width, with said ticket office as the basis of measurement or beginning point; shall be and is hereby constituted a public school district for white and colored children, to be known as the Enfield Graded School District.

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CHAPTER 307 An act to amend the charter cf the town of Sanford. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The registrar of each of said wards shall be iurnished by the aldermen of the town with a registration book, and it shall be his duty to perform the duties of his office fairly, impartially and acording to law; to revise the existing registration book of his ward in such manner that said book shall show an accurate list of electors previously registered in said ward and still residing therein without requiring said electors to be registered anew; and such registrar shall also, between the hours of seven oclock a. m. and nine oclock p. m., for four successive Saturdays immediately next preceding the day of election, keep open the books for the registration of any electors residing in his said ward and entitled to register, whose names have never before been registered in said ward or do not appear on said revised lists, and shall register in said book all names of persons not so registered who may apply for registration, keeping the names of white voters separate and apart from the names of colored voters. Any person offering to register may be required to take and subscribe an oath that he has resided in the state of North Carolina twelve months and in the town of Sanford ninety days next preceding the day of election, and that he is an actual and bona fide resident of the ward in which he offers for registration, or is otherwise entitled to register, and that he is twenty-one years old; and if any _ person shall wilfully swear falsely in taking such oath he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and be imprisoned not exceeding sixty days in the county jail. But the board of alderan entirely new registration of voters whenever they may deem men, upon thirty days notice, may direct that there shall be it necessary for a fair election. This new registration may, if the board so determine, be conducted by one of the registrars hereinbefore provided for, to be designated by the board, who sha.l keep all the registration, books of the town at a place to be designated by said board.

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CHAPTER 262 An act to amend the charter of the town of Clayton. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Said registrar shall be furnished by said county commissioners with registration books at the expense of the town, and it shail be the duty of said registrar to open his books at the time and place designated by said county commissioners in said town, at least thirty days before the day of election herein provided for, and to register therein the names of all persons applying for registration and entitled to register and vote. It shall be the duty of the registrar to keep the names of the white voters separate and apart from those of colored voters, and he shall designate on the registration books opposite the name of each person registering the place of residence, and if such applicant for registration shall not disclose his place of residence, his willful failure to do so shall be prima facie evidence that he is not entitled to registration.

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CHAPTER 243 An act to revise, amend and consolidate the act of incorporation of the town of Louisburg, North Carolina, and the acts amendatory thereof. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Said registrar shall be furnished by said board of commissioners with a registration book and it shall be the duty of said registrar to open his book at such place in the town of Louisburg as may be designated by said commissioners on the first Saturday in April next preceding the election, and to register therein the names of all persons applying for registration and entitled to register and vote in the said town, keeping the names of the white voters separate and apart from those of the colored voters and designating on the registration books opposite the names of each person registering the place of his residence in said town, and if any applicant for registration shall not disclose the place of his residence his willful failure so to do shall be prima facie evidence that he is not entitled to register. Any person offering to register shall be required to take an oath that he has been a bona fide resident of North Carolina for twelve months, of the town of Louisburg for ninety days next preceding that date, and that he has not been convicted of any crime which, by the laws of North Carolina disqualifies him for voting. In said oath he shall specify the place of his residence. If any person shall willfully swear falsely in such affidavit he shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and on consideration [conviction] thereof shall be punished as for larceny: Provided, that after the first registration shall have been made, as provided for herein,a new registration shallnot be held annually unless the board of commissioners shall at theirregular meeting in March determinethat the same is necessary, and by due advertisement give notice of the same and the place where the book of registration shall be opened; but a revision of the registration book shall be made, beginning on Saturday next preceding each election to be held for said town in accordance with the provisions of the general law.

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CHAPTER 62 An act to amend the charter of Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

By striking out section fifteen and inserting instead therof the following: Should there be more votes in the box than the recorders list shows have been cast, and the poll-holders shall be of the opinion that the excess was placed there fraudulently, and the result of the election is thereby affected, they shall certify such to the aldermen-elect at their first meeting, who shall declare the election in said ward void and proceed to fill the vacancy. But shold the excess appear to the poll-holders to be accidental they shall elect some child who cannot read to draw said excess from the box one vote at a time. Should two or more votes be folded together the poll-holders shall reject them. The ballots shall contain the name of only one person, printed or written, on white or colored paper, with or without device.

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CHAPTER 194 An act to amend chapter two hundred and seventy-four of the 'private acts of the general assembly of North Carolina passed at the session of one thousand eight hundred and ninety- one, relative to the town of Southern Pines. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: '

By adding to said chapter the following sections : SEc. 26 That if any person elected town marshal shall refuse to be qualified, or there is a vacancy in the office after election and qualification, or if town marshal be absent from the town, or unable to discharge the duties of his office, the commissioners of said town shall choose some qualified person for the term or the unexpired portion of the term, or during his absence or disability, as the case may be, to act as town marshal, and he shall be clothed with all the authority and powers given under this charter to the regularly elected town marshal. SEc. 27 The commissioners shall have power to appoint such number of policemen as they inay deem necessary for. the good government of the town ; and said policemen, when appointed, and the town marshal, shall have power to execute any process, criminal or civil, in the county of Moore, which may be directed to them by the mayor of said town or other lawful authority ; it shall be the duty of the town marshal and the policemen to see that the laws, ordinances and orders of the commissioners are enforced, and report all breaches thereof to the mayor, to preserve the peace of the town by suppressing disturbances and apprehending offenders, and for that purpose they shall have all the powers and authorities vested in sheriff and county constables, they shall execute all precepts lawfully directed to them by the mayor or others, and in the execution threof shall have the same powers,which the sheriffs and constzbles of the county have, and they shall have the same fees on all processes and precepts executed or returned by them which may be allowed to the constables of the county on like processes and precepts, and also such other compensation as the commissioners may allow; the said policemen and town marshal snall have the t power when in pursuit of a criminal charged with the commis- _ sion of any crime within the corporate limits of said town of Southern Pines, to continuously follow him to anypart of Moore county and may arrest him; the said policeman and town marshal shall have the same powers and be bound by the same rules in this respect as constables of the county of Moore to apprehend all offenders against the state within the limits of the town and to carry them before the mayor or some justice of the peace, and for such duty they shall have the same fees as constables of said county. Src. 28 In all cases where an offender has been convicted ~ before the mayor of said town for a violation of any of the ordinances thereof and a fine has been imposed on such offender for said violation, the mayor of said town at the time of entering judgment against such offender therefore may order that, upon failure to pay such fine to the marshal of said town for the space of one day, such offender so convicted shall be by the marshal of Southern Pines put to work on the streets of said town for a term, to be fixed by the mayor, not exceeding tweneay days, when he shall be discharged. Sc. 29 The mayor of said town shall have the power to hear and determine all charges and indictments against any person or persons fora violation of the ordinances of said town, and in addition thereto shall all the powers, jurisdiction and authority of a justice of the peace over all crimes and criminal offences committed within the corporate limits of said town. Sxc. 30 That all fines and penalties imposed by and collected under the judgment of the mayor of Southern Pines, sittingas a justice of the peace, shall belong to and used to the exclusive benefit of the town of Southern Pines. Sc. 31 That in order to raise a fund for the expenses incident to the proper government of the town, the commissioners may annually levy and collect the following taxes, namely: -1 On all real and personal property within the corporate limits, including money on hand, solvent credits, investments in bonds, stocks and all other subjects taxed by the general assembly ad talorem, except incomes, a tax not exceeding one dollar on every one hundred dollars value. -2 On all taxable polls, a tax not exceeding one dollar a poll, who may be residents in the town on the first day of June of each year, or may have been so resident within sixty days next preceeding that day. -3 On every hundred dollars value of goods, wares and merchandise purchased for re-sale by any merehant trading in the town within one year next proceeding the first day of the year which the same is listed, a tax not exceedingtwenty cents. -4 Upon all dogs kept in the town and which may be so kept on the first day of June, a tax not exceeding five dollars. -5 Upon every express company and upon every telegraph company doing business in the town a tax not exceeding one per centum of its gross receipts in the town to be given in upon oath by the mavaging agent of such company annually at the time when other taxes are listed and under the same penalties as that prescribed in the laws of the state. SkEc. 32 That in addition to the subjects listed for for taxation, the commissioners may levy a tax on the following subjects, the amount of which tax, when fixed, shall be collected by the tax-collector of said town instantly, and if the same be not paid on demand the same may be recoved by suit or the article upon which the tax is imposed or any other property of the owner may be forthwith distrained and sold to satisfy the same namely: -1 Upon allitinerant merchants or peddlers, offering to vend in the town, a license tax not exceeding fifty dollars a year, except such only as sell books, charts or maps, or works of their own manufacture, not more than one person shall peddle under a single license. -2 Upon every company of circus riders or persons by whatever name called, who shall exhibit within the town, a licensed tax not exceeding fifty dollars for each performance or exhibition, the tax to be paid before exhibition. -3 Upon every person or company exhibiting on the town stage, or theatrical plays, slight-of-hand performances, ropedancing, tumbling, wire-dancing or menageries, a tax not exceeding twenty dollars for every twelve hours allowed for exhibiting, fo be paid before exhibiting. -4 Upon every pawn-broker, sewing machine company or agent for such company, a license not exceeding twenty-five dollars a year. -5 Upon every permission by the commissioners to retail spirituous, vinous or malt liquors, a tax of fifty dollars a year. -6 Upon every lawyer, physician, dentist, photographer, street huckster, merchandise or produce brokers or ice dealers, a license tax not exceeding ten dollars a year. -7 Upon every hotel, restaurant or eating house, a license tax not exceeding twenty-five dollars. -8 Upon every other occupation, profession or business not herein especially named, a license tax not exceeding ten dollars a year. 1897._Private LawsCuHapter 194 . Sxc. 33 The commissioners of said town shall annually, on the first meeting after their election, appoint a tax-collector whose duty it shall be to collect all the taxes required to becol- lected under this charter. He shall give bond, payable to the State of North Carolina, with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by said commissioners, in a sum double the amount of regular and special taxes levied for the current year. Said tax collector shall receive such compensation as the commis- sioners may allow, not exceeding the per centage allowed to sheriffs of the counties, and said commissioners may , in their discretion, appoint as said tax-collector the town marshal, who shall in that event serve in both capacities and have all the powers and authorities conferred upon each. ; Stc. 34 In case of a vacancy for any chuse in the office of taxcollector, the said commissioners shall fill said vacaney forthe ~ unexpired term by appointment, and the person so appointed shall give the bond and be subject to all the penalties and requirements of the regularly appointed tax collector. SEC. 35 The commissioners of the town shall appoint a treasurer whose duty it shall be to receive and disburse the funds of said town according to law. He shall give bond with good and sufficient sureties before entering upon his duties in a sum double the amount of the regular special taxes for the current year. His compensation shall be such as is allowed by the commissioners of said town, not exceeding the per centage ~ allowed to treasurers of the counties. Sc. 36 That the board of commissioners of the town of Southern Pines be and they are hereby authorized and directed toissue bonds to an amount not exceeding forty thousand dollars, tobe dueand payable thirty years from date of issue, which said bonds shall bear interest from date of issue at the rate of five per cent. perannum, payable annually on the first day of April of each and every year. Skc. 37 That said bonds shall be coupon bonds of the denomination of one hundred dollars each, and shall be designated as. series *A? and numbered from one upwards in accordance with the order of issue. They shall be signed by the mayor of said town, and countersigned by the clerk of the board of commissioners of said town and sealed with the corporate seal of said town and the coupons thereon shall be signed in the same manner. Src. 38 That said coupons shall be receivable in payment of taxes due the town of Southern Pines. Sxc. 39 That said bonds shall be sold at not less than par value and the proceeds of their sales shall be applied to the following purposes, to-wit: To defraying the expenses of providing and putting in a system of sewerage and water works in said town, and to defraying expenses of macadamizing, paving, grading, draining and otherwise improving the streets of said town and to purchasing ground fur public school purposes and erecting, equipping and furnishing school buildings. Src. 40 That the commissioners shall provide for the sale of said bonds and the money arising therefrom shall be paid to the treasurer of said town to be paid out for the purposes aforesaid according to law and as herein provided, and the bond of said treasurer shall be liable for said funds and increased so as to cover said amounts. Sec. 41 That the commissioners of said town shall have authority, and are directed to make and adopt plans for said system of sewerage aud water works and improvements of streets as contemplated in this act, and contract for putting in said system and doing said work, and can contract to let said work to the lowest responsible bidder or otherwise, or they may employ hands and have the work done. SxEc. 42 That for the purpose of paying the interest which shall accrue on said bonds and of accumulating a fund for the principal of said bonds as they shall mature, and for the payment of the same at maturity, and paying the incidental and running expense in keeping up said system of sewerage and water works, the said board of commissioners for said town shall have power annually to levy and collect in the manner and at the time prescribed for the collection of the general town taxes an ad valorem special tax not exceeding sixty cents on the one hundred dollars of the assessed valuation of real estate, and personal property in said town, and said taxes shall be used for the purposes mentioned in this section and no other. Sxc. 43 That said special tax shall be collected by the town tax-collector under the same rules and regulations as are preseribed for the collection of the general town taxes, and shall be paid to the treasurer of the town, the treasurer shall renew his bond annually on the first day of June in each year. Said bond, together with the bonds of other town officers, shall be recorded on the minutes of the commissioners. The treasurer shall keep an account of the receipts and disbursements of the said special tax money in a separate book to be kept for that purpose, and he shall annually publish a statement showing the balance and condition of the special tax funds in his hands. Src. 44 That for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this act the commissioners of the town of Southern Pines 25 1897.Privare Laws.Cuaprer 194 are hereby authorized, empowered and required to cause an election to be held at the various polling places in said town at such time as said commissioners may appoint, at which said election the qualified voters of said town shall be entitled to vote for or against the issuing of the bonds of said town to an amount not exceeding forty thousand dollars; those favoring the issuing of such bonds and levying and collecting said taxes shall vote a written or printed ticket with the words for bonds thereon, and those who are opposed shall vote a written or printed ticket with the words against bonds thereon. 'The said election shall be advertised by the commissioners of said town by printed posters ,within the corporate limits of said town for thirty days prior to the day of_election, specifying in said notices the amount of said bonds, @nd said election shall be held by inspectors and judges under the same rules and regulation prescribed for the election of mayor and commissioners in the charter of said town and amendments thereto and the general law applicable to town elections: Provided, the commissioners of said town shall have authority to appoint the registrars, inspectors and judges of election. The result of said election shall be ascertained by the inspectors and judges of election of the respective polling places and certified and returned by them to the commissioners of said town of Southern Pines within two days from the day of election, who shall verify and also certify such result and cause the same.to be recorded in theirminutes. If amajority of the qualified voters of said town shall vote for bonds then the commissioners: of said town shall issue the bonds herein provided for not to exceed the amount specified herein. Sec. 45 If the result of said election shall be against the issuing of said bonds the commissioners of said town may at any time or times after one year from said election again submit to the qualified voters of said town the question of issuing said bonds. Said election or elections to be heid in the same manner as hereinbefore directed. Skc. 46 For the purpose of constructing and maintaining said system of sewerage and water works in said town, the commissioners of said town shall have authority to condemn lands for right of way or for the purposes of putting down and establish-. ingand maintaining said system in the same manner and under | the same law and proceedure as they are authorized to lay out and establish streets and they shall have the same authority under the same rules and regulations to condemn land for purchase upon which to erect the public school buildings contemplated in this act. SEc. 47 The board of commissioners of the town of Southern Pines are hereby authorized to submit to the qualified voters of said town at the time specified and authorized hereinbefore for submitting to said voters the question of issuing bonds, and under the same rules and regulations whether a tax shall be annually levied and collected therein for the support of the schools in said town provided for by this act. At the election held under the provisions of this act, those who favor the levying and collecting of such annual tax shall vote on written or printed tickets the words for schools, and those who are opposed to the levying and collecting of such annual tax shall vote on written or printed tickets the words against schools. SEC. 48 Said election shall be certified and declared in the same manner as the said election to determine whether the bonds hereinbefore provided for shall be issued, and if a majority of the qualified voters shall vote in favor of levying and collecting of such annual tax, the said annual tax shall be levied and collected by the town authorities under the same rules and regulations under which other taxes are levied and collected, and the tax: collector shall be subject to the same liabilities for the collection and paying over of said tax as he is or may be for other town taxes: Provided, the special annual taxes so levied and collected for said schools shall not exceed one dollar on the one hundred dollars valuation of property. The annual taxes levied and collected under the provisions of this act for sohools shall be applied exclusively to the suprort and maintenance of the public schools in the town of Southern Pines. The school committee, whose appointment is hereinafter provided for, may establish one or more graded schools in the town of Southern Pines, and all taxes levied and collected for schools under this act shall not be appropriated or expended for any other purpose. SEc. 49 For the purposes of this act the town of Southern Pines shall be and constitute a public school district for both white and colored. Skc. 50 If this act relating to said schools, shall be ratified at the election authorized to be held under it in section 47 of this act, the school committee of the town of Southern Pines shall consist of five members, to be elected by the commissioners of the town of Southern Pines, at their next regular meeting held after the election aforesaid. The said school committee shall be composed of citizens of Southern Pines, and freeholders therein, and shall be divided by said commissioners at the time of their election into three classes of one member of the first class, and two members of the other two classes. The term of office of the first class shall expire at the end of one year from the date of his election and the term of office of the second class shall expire at the end of two years from the date of their election, and the term of office | of the third class shall expire at the end of three years from the date of their election, whenever the term of office of any class shall expire as above provided, his or their successors shall be elected for the term of three years by the said commissioners. Whenever any vacancy occurs in said committee except by expiration of term of office, the vacancy for the unexpired term of the member or members shall be filled by the said committee! Src. 51 That the school committeeprovided for by this act shall have entire and exclusive control of the public school interests and property of the town of Southern Pines ; shall have power to select and purchase sites for the school buildings contemplated in this act and select and provide plans for the building of school buildings and contract for the building, equipping and furnishing of the same; shall prescribe rules and regulations for their own government not inconsistent with the provisions of this act ; shall employ and fix the compensation of officers, and location of the public school and graded public schools annually, subject to removal by the said committee; shall make an accurate census of the school population of the town as required by the general school law of the state, and do all other acts that may be just and lawful to conduct and manage the public schoo! interests in said town : Provided, all the children resident in the town of Southern Pines, between the ages of 6 and twenty-one years, shall be admitted into said school free of tuition charges ; Provided, further that persons living beyond the limits of the corporation may, in the discretion of said committee, attend the school from their homes or as boarders, on the payment of tuition fees to be fixed by the school committee. Sxc. 52 The school committee elected by this act may elect annually a superintendent for the schoois established under this act, who shall be the principal of the graded school for whites, if the same shall be established. Thesaid superintendent shall examine all applicants for teachers positions in said schools and issue certificates to the same, and shall do and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the said school committee. Sxc. 538 The moneys which shall from time to time be apportioned under the general school law of the state to the publie school district or portion of districts embraced in the corporation limits of the town, and any moneys to which the said district or portion of districts may be entitled by reason of any special gift, grant, tax apportionment or otherwise, sha!l be received by the treasurer of the town of Southern Pines, who shall be ex officio treasurer of said school committee and whose receipts for such moneys shall constitute a sufficient voucher of such payments in the hands of any person paying the same, and the said treasurer shall report monthly, to the said school committee, his receipts and disbursements, with all vouchers paid the same. he moneys received as aforesaid shall be held by the treasurer as a separate fund to be disposed of under the direction of the aforesaid school committee, whose warrants signed by the chairman and one other member of the committee and countersigned by the secretary of said committee shall be the only valid voucher in the hands of the said treasurer for the disbursement of said moneys in any settlement required of them by the law. The said treasurer shall furnish annually, to the board of commissioners 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 the school committee. The accounts, books and vouchers of the said treasurer shall be open for the inspection of said school committee and the commissioners of said town at any time. Sc. 54 The school committee, provided by this act, shall apportion the money raised or received for educational purposes in the town of Southern Pines, as shall be just to the white and colored races without discrimination in favor of or to the prejudice of either race. The beginning and ending of the school year shall be fixed by the committee. SkEc. 55 The school committee hereby created shall be a body corporate by the name and style of The School Committee of the town of Southern Pines, and by that name can sue and be sued, shall be capable of receiving gifts and grants, of purchasing and holding real and personal estate, and of selling and transferring the same for school purposes ; conveyances to said school shall be to them and their successors in office, and all deeds and other agreements effecting real estate shall be deemed sufficiently executed when signed by the chairman and secretary thereof, and the seal of the corporation affixed thereto. The corporation shall have a corporate seal which it may break or change at pleasure. Skc. 56 If, at the election herein provided for, a majority of the qualified voters shall be in favor of issuing bonds, and a majority of said electors shall be opposed to the levying and collecting of the special tax for schools, the funds arising from the sale of said bonds shall be appropriated wholly to the expense of providing and putting in a system of water works and sewerage in said town, and of macademiziug, paving, grading, draining and otherwise improving the streets of said town as provided in this act. SEc..57. The commissioners of said town shall have authority . to appoint five persons, resident in the corporate limits of said | town, who shall be styled the board of health of said town, said board shall have authority and power, and it shall be their duty to regulate the sanitary condition of said town, to abate ~ nuisances which they may deem injurious to the health of the citizens of said town, and shall hve all the authority with | respects to said town as is given to the county board of health and the county superintendent of health. Skc. 58 That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Src. 59 That this act shall bei in force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 6th day of March, A. D. 1897