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CHAPTER 300 AN ACT TO REVISE AND AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF WEST HICKORY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 10. That the present trustees of the schools of said district shall serve until Tuesday after the first Monday in May, one thousand nine hundred and ten, and until their successors are elected and duly qualified; that on Tuesday after the first Monday in May, one thousand nine hundred and nine, there shall be elected two schoo! trustees for the term of two years; that on Tuesday after the first Monday in May, one thousand nine hundred and ten, there shall be elected three school trustees for the term of two years, and at each annual municipal election thereafter trustees shall be elected to succeed those whose terms expire, to hold for a term of two years. Any vacancy in the board of school trustees shall be filled by the other members of such board, and the position of school trustee shall not be deemed an office or place of trust, within the meaning of article seven, section fourteen, of the Constitution of North Carolina. That the board of school trustees of said district shall be and are hereby constituted a body corporate, under the name and style of Board of School Trustees of West Hickory, with the powers and privileges usually appertaining to such corporations, and shall have control over the funds and other property of said district, as well as the management of the schools therein, the employment of teachers, the dismissal and reinstatement of pupils, and shall make or adopt rules and regulations for the government of such schools. Said board of trustees shall appoint a treasurer, who shall enter into sufficient bond for the faithful performance of his duty as such, and who shall have the custody of the funds belonging to said district, and shall pay out the same on the order of the board of trustees, and not otherwise.
CHAPTER 49 An act to amend chapter one hundred and five of public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 1. That chapter one hundred and five, public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, be and the same is hereby amended as follows: Strike out section two and put two in place of three in section three, and add to section one the following: At any time after a duly verified complaint is filed alleging facts sufficient to entitle plaintitf to the office, whether such complaint is filed at the beginning of the action or later, the plaintiff may, upon ten days notice to the defendant or his attorney of record, move before the resident judge ur the judge riding the district at chambers, to require the defendant to give said undertaking; and it shal] be the duty of the judge to require the defendant to give such undertaking within ten days, and if the undertaking shall not be so given, the judge shall render judgment in favor of plaintiff and against defendant for the recov ery of the office and the costs, and a judgment by default and inquiry to be executed at term for damages, including loss of fees and salary. Upon the filing of said judgment for the recovery of such office with the clerk, it shall be the duty of the clerk to issue and the sheriff to serve the necessary process to put plaintiff into possession of the office. In case defendant shall give the under. taking, the court, if judgment is rendered for plaintiff, shall ren. der judgment against the defendant and his sureties for costs and damages, including loss of fees and salary: Provided, that nothing herein shall prevent the judges extending, for cause, the time in which to give the undertaking.
CHAPTER 638 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 763, PUBLIC LAWS OF 1901, RELATING TO THE COMPULSORY SCHOOL LAW IN MITCH- ELL COUNTY. . The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section 2, chapter 763 of the Public Laws of 1901, entitled An act to compel attendance in the public schools in Mitchell County, be and the same is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following words: And it shall be the duty of the teacher or the principal of the public school to make report at the end of each month to the school committee of the district in which he or she is teaching, the names of all parents or persons in loco parentis who wilfully refuse to send their children to school, and it shall be the duty of the school committee of the district to take immediate steps to enforce the penalty prescribed in said section against any parent or person in loco parentis found guilty of wilfully refusing to send their children to school.
CHAPTER 311 AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE, CHAP- TER ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, AS AMENDED, TO ALLOW THE COMMISSIONERS OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY TO APPOINT THE COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; AND TO PROHIBIT THE PAYMENT OF COMMISSIONS FOR COL- LECTION OF TAXES TO ANY COLLECTOR OR ATTORNEY AND TO REQUIRE THAT COMPENSATION THEREFOR SHALL BE ON A SALARY OR FIXED BASIS. Whereas, the cost of collecting delinquent taxes in Rutherford County for the past several years has been very high; and Whereas, it appears that the tax collector should be elected in the future by the board of county commissioners; and Whereas, it appears that the majority of the people of Ruther- ford County are desirous of having a more businesslike method of collecting taxes so that their tax rate may be reduced: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That from and after the first Monday in December, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two, it shall be the duty of the said appointed tax collector to collect all taxes, both current and delinquent, including fees, penalties and other revenues due the County of Rutherford. After the said tax collector has been appointed and qualified, he shall receive the tax books of the levy of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two, and all the prior tax books and records; and all powers and duties now or hereafter imposed by law relating to the collection of taxes are hereby imposed and conferred upon him.
421 CHAPTER 453 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 7, SECTION 70 OF TH GENERAL STATUTES OF 1943, TO CHANGE TH TERMS OF THE SUPERIOR COURT IN CALDWEL COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That portion of Section Jul-70 of the General Sts utes of North Carolina, fixing the terms of Superior Court f Caldwell County in the Sixteenth Judicial District, is here rewritten to read as follows: CaldwellFirst Monday before the first Monday in Marc second Monday before the first Monday in September, each continue two weeks; eleventh Monday after the first Monc in March, to continue two weeks, for civil cases only; twel Monday after the first Monday in September, to continue t weeks, for the trial of civil and criminal cases; the eighth M day before the first Monday in March, to continue two wee for the trial of civil cases only; ninth Monday after the f Monday in March, to continue one week, for the trial of  and criminal cases; fourth Monday after the first Monday September, to continue two weeks, for the trial of civil c only; thirteenth Monday after the first Monday in March, continue two weeks, for the trial of civil cases only; first \/ day in September, to continue two weeks, for the trial of  cases only. For the last five terms provided for above, Governor may assign a regular, special, or emergency ju when the judge regularly assigned to the district is unable to hold said terms for any cause set out in Article IV, Section 11, of the Constitution. If the regular judge holding the courts in the Sixteenth District is not available for any cause set out in Article IV, Section 11, of the Constitution, to hold any of the terms of court provided for in this Act, the Governor shall assign a judge to hold such term or terms from among the regular, special or emergency judges.
CHAPTER 372 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH RECORDERS COURTS IN COLUM- BUS COUNTY AND TO PRESCRIBE THE JURISDICTION - THEREOF. _ The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 16. When the recorder of either of the districts provided for in this act is unable to preside over the court on account of sickness, absence, or other cause, said recorder shall appoint some other person, who shall possess the same qualifications as provided herein for the recorder, to act as substitute recorder, and the person so appointed shall have all the powers and duties of the recorder of said district. The compensation for the said substitute recorder shall be paid by the recorder. Any vacancy occurring in the office of recorder of either of the districts shall be filled by the clerk of the Superior Court of Columbus County.
CHAPTER 574 AN ACT TO PROTECT GAME AND REGULATE HUNTING IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the county commissioners of Cumberland County be and they are hereby empowered to appoint a game warden for said county, whose term of office shall be fixed by them, who shall be empowered to issue hunting licenses for the annual open season under this act, and for which he shall collect from each resident of Cumberland County applying for license the sum of two dollars ($2), and for each nonresident of Cumberland County applying for license the sum of ten dollars ($10), one-half of which license fee shall be retained by him and one-half paid into the county school fund of Cumberland County: Provided, that no person shall be required to take out license to hunt on his own land.
OHAPTER XXIII. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE YOUNG MEN'S INTELLIGENT AND ENTERPRISING ASSOCIATION.
Section 5. The capital stock shall be two hundred and fitty thousand dollars, with authority to the stockholders to increase the same to an amount not exceeding one million ; it shall be divided into shares of twenty dollars each, but when two thonsand dollars are actually subscribed and one thousand paid in cash, said board may proceed to business. The capital shall or may be invested in bonds and mortgages on unencumbered real estate, within this state, or in stocks or bonds of the United States or of this state, or in the stocks or bonds of the incorporated cities of this state authorized to be issued by the legislature, or in undoubted personal security approved by the board of directors. All the corporate powers of said association shall be exercised by a board of directors who shall be elected annually by the stockholders, and no person shall be elected a director unless they are a stockholder to the amount of sixty dollars at least. The board of directors shall elect annually from their own body a president. The certificates of stock and of money received in trust shall be assignable on the books of the association according to such regulations as the board of directors shall establish, but no alteration shall be made in the regulations so established unless by a vote of two thirds of the whole number of directors. The directors shall have a discretionary power of investing the moneys received by them in trust or on deposit in public stock of the United States or of this state, or in the bonds and stock of any incorporated city or town in this state authorized by the legislature, but the said association shall not hold stock in any private corporation beyond ten thousand dollars.
CHAPTER 411 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR BETTER ROADS IN LANESBORO TOWNSHIP IN ANSON COUNTY, PRECINCT NUMBER TWO. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 11. The said board of supervisors shall annually at their August meeting divide the roads of their precincts into districts of two or more sectionsa road district to consist of such a number of road sections as the board may determine. They shall appoint superintendents of each district, they shall at the same time allot the road hands to each section and shall also designate the boundaries of each district, and shall within ten days after such meeting certify to such overseer or superintendent written notice of his appointment with list of hands assigned to each section under his charge, and shall give to each superintendent or overseer such written instructions as they may deem necessary as to the mode or manner of working the roads of his district: Provided, that the board of supervisors may at any time alter the districts and sections or allotment, but shall give notice thereof to the superintendent or overseer.
CHAPTER 334 An act to charter Trap Hill Institute. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. Provided, nevertheless, that in the event the property of said corporation shall be abandoned or cease to be used for school purposes for the term of five years, then in that event the same shall revert to the original stockholders, and they shall have the right to dispose of the same either at a public or private sale or by petition for partition, and the proceeds of said sale shall be divided among the said stockholders according to their respective stocks or interest.
CHAPTER XLVI. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LIL- LINGTON ACADEMY, IN THE COUNTY OF PENDER.
Section 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, That 8 8 Satchwell, Andrew J. McIntire, Gratton Williams, b. C. Bordeaux, Bruce Williams, L. Souther land and G. F. Walker, their associates and successors, are hereby created a body politic and corporate under the name and style of the  Lillington Academy, and in that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with, acquire, hold and convey, in their corporate capacity, property real and personal, such as may be necessary and suitable for maintaining a school of high grade; shall have perpetual succession; may have and use a common seal; have power to elect their officers, consisting of a chairman, secretary and treasurer, and to establish such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the cause of education and maintaining said school, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state.
CHAPTER 71 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE ANY COUNTY IN NORTH CARO- LINA TO VOTE UPON THE LEVYING AND COLLECTION OF A SPECIAL TAX ON PROPERTY AND POLLS TO SUP- PLEMENT THE COUNTY SCHOOL FUND OF SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That said election shall be conducted for the county as nearly as may be under the same rules and regulations governing district special school-tax elections, as set out in section four thousand one hundred and fifteen of the Revisal of one thousand nine hundred and five of North Carolina.
CHAPTER 58 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A CHANGE IN THE ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS IN THE STATE DEPARTMENTS AND INSTI- TUTIONS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. That all officers of the State and its institutions shall at the time selected by such board put into effect the systems of accounting procedures and control of funds and disbursement thereof, and begin the use of the sets of books and accounts devised and selected for them by such board.
CHAPTER 903 AN ACT TO GRANT ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE TO REGULATE PUBLIC SOLICITATIONS FOR CHARITABLE AND SIMILAR CAUSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. The governing body of the City of Charlotte is hereby authorized to regulate, by ordinance, any and all public solicitations within the City for any charitable, benevolent, health, educational, religious, patriotic or other similar cause; provided, that such ordinance shall not apply to any solicitation made by any church or religious organization, school or college, fraternal or patriotic organization, or civic club when such solicitation is confined to their respective memberships. Such ordinance may provide for a separate board, body or commission to administer the ordinance in accordance with the rules and standards prescribed therein; may provide for regulation of the time, place and manner of soliciting; may require registration and permits and impose such fees therefor as may defray the reasonable costs thereof; may require and cause to be published such information as will tend to insure that the purpose of any solicitation will be free from any element of deceit or fraud; and may include such other requirements as may reasonably protect the public from fraudulent solicitations.
CHAPTER 193 AN ACT TO CREATE A SPECIAL ROAD DISTRICT, INCLUD- ING OCONA LUFTY, CHARLESTON, AND NANTAHALA TOWNSHIPS, IN SWAIN COUNTY, AND FOR OTHER PUR- POSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 34. It shall be the duty of said board of road commissioners, before they apply any of the funds derived from the sale of bonds provided for in this act to the building or improvement of any branch roads within said district, to provide for the laying out and construction of a main trunk-line highway passing through said road district and extending from Bryson City to the Macon County line at or near the Shallow Ford of the Tennessee River, and from Bryson City to the Jackson County line at the most practicable. point; said route to be determined and settled upon by the board of highway commissioners under the direction of the State highway engineer, if there shall be such official; which said trunk-line highway to be a link in a through intercounty or interstate highway, if the adjoining counties to said special road district shall agree to connect with same in the building of such highway, the location of any through highway to be approved by the State Road Department; and the said board of commissioners in the building of said highway are authorized to construct the same in such manner as may seem to them best, using such material in the construction and surfacing of said road as they may deem best fitted to the conditions and traffic of the country through which said road passes. Said board shall also have authority to contract for material and to construct all bridges and culverts to carry said road over any stream or streams along its route. Said bridges and culverts to be constructed out of such material as said board may deem best; and the said board of commissioners shall have the right and authority to use any of the streets in any incorporated town in said county, through which said trunk-line road may pass, as an integral part of said highway, and shall be authorized to grade and surface the same in the same manner as any other portion of said highway.
CHAPTER 147 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GLENWOOD GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. That said school committee shall elect one of their number as treasurer, and whose receipt for all moneys coming into his hands shall constitute a sufficient voucher in the hands of any person paying the same, and the said treasurer shall report to the said committee monthly his receipts and disbursements, with all vouchers, for the same; before receiving any moneys he shall execute and deliver to said committee a good and sufficient bond in the sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as treasurer of said committee. The moneys received, as aforesaid, and all other money coming into his hands shall be held by the said treasurer as school funds to be disposed of under the directions of the said school committee, whose warrants, signed by the chairman and countersigned by the secretary of said committee, shall be the only valid vouchers in the hands of the said treasurer for the disbursement of said money in any settlement required of him by law. The said treasurer shall furnish annually on the first: Monday in July to the board of aldermen of the town of Glenwood, in said county, a statement in writing of his receipts and disbursements of the school money, properly and duly audited and approved by the chairman and secretary of said school committee: Provided, the accounts, books, and vouchers of the said treasurer shall be open for the inspection of the said school committee at any time, or to any taxpayer of said school district.
CHAPTER 1149 AN ACT TO REIMBURSE JERRY WELBORNE FINNEY FOR INJURIES RECEIVED IN A CHEMICAL EXPLOSION IN JONESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, YADKIN COUNTY. WHEREAS, on March 1, 1962, an explosion occurred in the chemical laboratory in the Jonesville High School, and as a result thereof Jerry Welborne Finney, age 18, a student in the said school was seriously injured and permanently disfigured, suffering loss of a part of his left hand, and a badly mangled left arm; and WHEREAS, the said student has been informed that he has no legal remedy against the Board of Education, or the Board of County Commis- sions of Yadkin County, or against any other person or municipal body; and WHEREAS, it appears there is no legal remedy whereby the said stu- dent may be reimbursed for his extensive hospital and medical expenses except by an Act of the General Assembly; and WHEREAS, a balance in excess of three thousand dollars ($38,000.00) is owed for past medical and hospital treatment, and anticipated further medical expenses exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000.00): Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. The North Carolina Industrial Commission is authorized and directed to investigate the claim of Jerry Welborne Finney, of Yadkin County, arising out of injuries he received as a result of an explosion in the chemical laboratory of the Jonesville High School building, and upon production of satisfactory proof that the said injuries occurred in the manner herein set forth there shall be paid to the said Jerry Welborne Finney, or to the persons standing in loco parentis, such amount, not to exceed six thousand five hundred dollars ($6,500.00), as the said Commission may find that Jerry Welborne Finney has been damaged as a result of his injuries as herein set forth, the said payment to be made from Contingency and Emergency Funds. 1480
CHAPTER 192 AN ACT FOR THE BETTER WORKING OF PUBLIC ROADS OF BURKE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 27. That in case any person shall remove from any district to another who has, prior to such removal, performed the whole or any part of the labor aforesaid, or in any other way has paid the whole or any part of the amount aforesaid in lieu of such labor, shall produce a certificate of the same of supervisor (overseer) of the proper district. Such certificate shall be a complete discharge for the amount therein specified.
CHAPTER 569 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR BETTEK ROADS IN MORVEN TOWNSHIP, ANSON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 54. The board of supervisors shall cause their secretary to make a copy, for each district superintendent, of the lists of the names of each tax payer, of the amount of road tax with which each stands charged in his district, from the lists hereinbefore required to be furnished by the Commissioners of Anson County to the board of supervisors.
CHAPTER 477 An act for the relief of Daniel G. McClellan, of Cumberland county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 1. That the treasurer of the school fund of Cumberland county be and is hereby instructed to pay out of any funds that may now or hereafter be in his hands to the credit of school district number three, white race, of Black River township, Cumberland county, to Daniel G. McClellan, for board during the school term of feur months ending twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, as per agreement between him and the committee of said district, the sum of twenty-eight dollars: Provided, the board of education of Cumberland county shall have power to inquire into the claim of Daniel G. McClellan, and allow the same, provided they are satisfied of its justice, and that the same or part be paid, and if so satisfied they may endorse their approval thereon, whereupon it shall be paid out of the school fund of the district | referred to.
CHAPTER 449 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 600, PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1925, BEING AN ACT TO ENABLE LEE COUNTY TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A PUBLIC MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. That section eight of said chapter six hundred be amended by striking out all of said section and by inserting in lieu thereof a new section, as follows: Sec. 8 That the hospital established under this act shall be for the benefit of the inhabitants of such townships of Lee County as may vote for said bonds-at said election, or at any subsequent election, and of any person falling sick or being injured or maimed within their limits; but every inhabitant or person who is not a pauper shall pay to such board of trustees or such officers as it shall designate for such hospital a reasonable compensation for occupancy, nursing, care, medicine, or attendance, according to the rules and regulations prescribed by said board, such hospital always being subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as the said board may adopt, in order to render the use of said hospital of the greatest benefit to the greatest number; and said board may exclude from the use of said hospital any and all inhabitants and persons who shall wilfully violate such rules and regulations. And said board may extend the privileges and use of such hospital to persor~ residing outside of such townships in said county, upon such terms and conditions as said board may, from time to time by its rules and regulations, prescribe, provided a larger charge may be made for all persons residing outside such townships as may vote said bonds. That in the event said bonds are ratified by any township within said county, and said hospital is established, it shall be lawful for and the duty of said board of county commissioners to hold additional elections for the other townships, upon petition as herein provided, and if any other townships in said county shall vote for said hospital, then such township shall be included within the territory served by said hospital, and shall be subject to their proportionate portion of the tax to be levied for the payment of said bonds and the maintenance of said hospital, and its citizens and residents shall be entitled without discrimination to the use of said hospital.
CHAPTER 394 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CHAR- LOTTE, AND REVISE THE SAME. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 123. When any proceedings for appraisal of property or rights under this act shall have been instituted, no change of ownership or transfer of the real estate or any interest therein, or of the subject-matter of the appraisal, or any part thereof, shall in any manner affect such proceedings, but the same may be carried on and perfected as if no such conveyance or transfer had been made or attempted to be made.
CHAPTER 289 AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY BY PLACING THE SHERIFF AND DEPUTY SHERIFFS ON A SALARY AND FULL TIME BASIS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 12. That before any of the said full time deputy sheriffs including the jailer shall take office, it shall be the duty of the high sheriff, as director, and the judge and solicitor of the recorders court and county attorney, as assistants thereto, to organize, schedule, and direct and attend a school or training period for a week to ten days for the use and benefit of the said deputy sheriffs, whose duty it shall be to attend every class and session of the same. That in the said training period the said officers shall be taught and instructed as much as possible as to the use of firearms, the most commonly violated criminal laws and especially the traffic laws and rules of safety, first aid, laws and rules relating to criminal procedure, arrest, bonds, principal rules of evidence in trial of cases in court, and the main rules of courtesy and hospitality in dealing with and serving visitors and public in general, and along any other subject or course most needed by said officers. That it shall be the duty of the high sheriff, the county attorney, and judge and solicitor of recorders court to conduct for the benefit of said deputy sheriffs and jailer a similar training school at least for a period of one week or more every year hereafter. That at said training schools, it shall be the duty of the sheriff to invite the State highway patrolmen, the Superior Court solicitor and any of the judges thereof when available and any other competent and informed person to attend any of the sessions of said schools. That as far as possible the board of commissioners and the sheriff shall afford an opportunity to the said officers to attend and study, as they deem advisable, any course or training offered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the State Bureau of Investigation, and the Institute of Government.
CHAPTER 31 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE NORTHEAST FREE WILL BAP- TIST CHURCH NEAR MT. OLIVE, NORTH CAROLINA, IN THE COUNTY OF WAYNE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to open or to keep open on Sunday for the purpose of making a sale or to operate on Sunday any cafe, restaurant, cold drink stand, filling station for the sale of oils or gasoline, or other place of business where any article is sold or offered for sale, within a radius of one-half mile of the Northeast Free Will Baptist Church near Mt. Olive, North Carolina, and in Wayne County, between the hours of twelve-one a. m. on Sunday morning and twelve-one a. m. on Monday morning.
CHAPTER 1059 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 96, GENERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA, AS AMENDED, KNOWN AS THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW, TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF ADDI- TIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO OVERDRAWN AC- COUNTS; TO MAKE CERTAIN CHANGES IN THE BENEFIT FORMULA; TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS UNDER THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT UPON AUTHORIZA- TION BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND TO FURTHER CLARIFY CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SAID CHAPTER. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 9. That Article 2, Chapter 96, Section 96-9, subsection (c), paragraph (4), sub-paragraph (A), General Statutes of North Carolina as such apears in the 1955 Cumulative Supplement of Volume 2C thereof, be and the same is hereby amended by inserting after the word acquisition in line eight thereof and before the word to in said line the following: of the business.
CHAPTER 1031 AN ACT RELATING TO THE RECORDERS COURT OF HAMLET DIS- TRICT, RICHMOND COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 8. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 405 AN ACT TO REPEAL SENATE BILL NUMBER TWO HUNDRED NINETEEN, RELATING TO RICHMOND COMMISSIONERS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 56 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF MUNICIPAL STREET ASSESSMENTS IN INSTALLMENTS IN THE TOWN OF ENFIELD. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Enfield be and they are hereby authorized to readjust any and all assessments for street improvements heretofore made in said town, or any balance which may be due thereon by any property owner, by dividing the total amount due thereon, with interest, into ten equal installments, the first one of said installments to become due and payable October first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, and one installment to become due each year thereafter on the first day of October for nine successive years; and upon any such readjustment the time for the payment of said assessments shall be extended accordingly.
CHAPTER 429 AN ACT TO EMPOWER THE BOARD OF COUNTY COM- ' MISSIONERS OF DURHAM COUNTY TO ESTABLISH AN ELECTRICAL INSPECTION OFFICE FOR SAID COUNTY AND TO EMPLOY A COMPETENT ELEC- TRICIAN TO ACT AS INSPECTOR FOR SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the board of county commissioners of Durham County shall establish in said county the office of electrica! inspector and to employ a competent electrician to act as inspector of said county.
CHAPTER 28 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 25, PRIVATE LAWS, EX- TRA SESSION OF 1913, RELATING TO THE TOWN OF FAIR BLUFF. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section thirty-one, chapter twenty-five. Private Laws of the extra session of one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words forty cents in line seven of said section, and by inserting in lieu thereof the words ninety cents.
CHAPTER 108 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MANTEO IN DARE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section two of chapter sixty-six of Private Laws of one thousand eight hundred ninety-nine be amended so as to read that the boundaries and corporate limits of said town shall be as follows: Beginning at Manteo or Doughs Creek at the south line of the land of Robert Wescott, thence westwardly the course of said line to the State highway, thence along the east side of the State highway southwardly to the Z. V. Brinkley north line, thence eastwardly and parallel with said Brinkleys line to the center of Scarboroughs or Doughs Creek or in line thereof, thence northwardly toward the center line of said creeks to place of beginning.
CHAPTER 59 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONERS FOR JACK- SON COUNTY TO LEVY AND COLLECT SPECIAL TAX. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the board of county commissioners of Jackson County be and the same is hereby authorized, fully empowered and directed to levy in each of the years one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five and one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six the following special taxes on the property of the county: First. A special tax not to exceed ten cents on each one hundred dollars valuation for the purpose of paying off and discharging the cost and expenses incurred by the Superior and recorders courts and in maintaining the public buildings and grounds. Second. A special tax not to exceed ten cents on each one hundred dollars valuation for the purpose of paying off and discharging the countys bonded indebtedness. Third. A special tax not to exceed five cents on each one. hundred dollars valuation for the improvement of the county home and for the support of the poor in said county.
CHAPTER 299 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAIN- TENANCE OF ROADS AND BRIDGES IN DAVIDSON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. That the board of county commissioners and their successors in office shall be empowered to provide for any bonds or other legal liabilities of the board of road commissioners of Davidson County in the same manner and under the same provision made for such obligations as may be transferred to the said board of county commissioners by the said board of road commissioners of Davidson County under chapter three hundred and thirty-four of the Public-Local Laws of North Carolina for one thousand nine hundred and fifteen entitled An act to provide road commissioners and for road improvements in Davidson County, and the subsequent amendments and supplements thereto. .
CHAPTER 37 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE BOARD OF GRADED SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF ROCKY MOUNT TO ISSUE BONDS OF THE ROCKY MOUNT GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. That the caption or other statement of the nature of this act shall be printed on the ballots to be voted in said election, below which shall be printed on two separate lines the words For school bonds and Against school bonds, respectively, with a square inclosed in ruled lines at the left. of each of said two lines. At the top of such ballot shall be printed the following words: Notice to voters: For a vote for the issuance of school bonds pursuant to the provisions of the act of the General Assembly mentioned below make an X mark in the square opposite the words For school bonds. For a negative vote make a similar mark in the square opposite the words Against school bonds. Every ballot containing an X mark in the square opposite the words For school bonds cast in said election shall be counted as a vote for the issuance of bonds and the levy of taxes as provided in this act, and every ballot containing a similar mark in the square opposite the words Against school bonds cast in said election shall be counted as a vote against the issuance of bonds and the levy of taxes as aforesaid. ;
CHAPTER 1073 AN ACT GRANTING CERTAIN ADDITIONAL POWERS TO BOARD OF EDUCATION OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. This Act shall apply to Mecklenburg County only.
CHAPTER 22 AN ACT TO APPOINT A BOXING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. Any person or persons guilty of engaging in or promoting, aiding or abetting such sparring matches without first having the written consent of said boxing commission, and any person or persons violating the rules and regulations of said commission or refusing to obey orders of said commission controlling a sparring match, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months in the discretion of the court.
CHAPTER 580 AN ACT TO FIX THE SALARIES OF THE SHERIFF, CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT, REGISTER OF DEEDS, COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT, AND TO ABOLISH THE OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER OF ALEXANDER COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 9. That such bank or banks acting as financial agent for said county shall execute a bond, to be approved by the said board of county commissioners (not to exceed the bond required by law for the treasurer), for the faithful accounting for any and all funds deposited with it, and conditioned as now provided by law for the faithful accounting by the county treasurer: Provided, that said bank or banks shall be selected for a period of two years, unless some good grounds as to the financial condition of said bank or banks shall in the opinion of said commissioners warrant them to designate some other bank or banks; that such bank or banks so selected shall keep an accurate account of all moneys deposited with it, and shall keep separate accounts of the school funds, and any other funds as required by the saaid board of county commissioners, which said fund shall be paid out by said bank or banks upon the proper warrant that is now or may hereafter be provided by law in like manner as if the same was on deposit by regular depositing customer on funds subject to check. The said board may appoint one bank treasurer of the general fund and another bank treasurer of the school fund.
CHAPTER 364 AN ACT TO PROVIDE A NEW HIGHWAY COMMISSION FOR WAYNE COUNTY AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR ROAD BUILDING. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 11. For the purpose of constructing, improving or repairing public roads the superintendent of road work or other person engaged in or connected with the road work, after first consulting the owner or his agent, shall have authority to enter upon any land, to cut or carry away any timber except trees left for ornament or shade; to dig or cause to be dug or carried away any gravel, earth or sand which may be necessary to construct, improve or repair said roads, and enter upon any land adjoining or lying near the roads; to make such drains or ditches through the same as may be necessary for the benefit of the roads, doing as little injury to the land as possible; and any person wilfully obstructing such drains or ditches shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than five dollars for each day the obstruction remains. Any landlord considering himself damaged by reason of acts authorized in this section, may within sixty days from the commission of the acts complained of, present his claim to the highway commission, who shall pass thereon within twenty days thereafter, and the owner may, within ten days from the notice of the decision, appeal to the Superior Court. If the owner shall not recover a greater amount than that offered in the decision of the board, shall be taxed with all costs of the appeal.
CHAPTER 616 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 587, PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1911, RELATIVE TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND AUDITING THE BOOKS OF WILKES COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. That such auditing the books shall include the books and records in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court, in the office of register of deeds, in the sheriff's office, in the treasurers office, the proceedings, records, and minutes of the county commissioners, the county board of education, and good roads commissioners of Wilkes County.
CHAPTER 430 AN ACT SUPPLEMENTAL TO AND AMENDATORY OF HOUSE BILL 246 AND SENATE BILL 308, ENTITLED AN ACT TO RESTORE THE OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER OF CLEVELAND COUNTY, APPOINTING A TREASURER, AND PROVIDING FOR INTEREST ON DEPOSITS, RATIFIED ON JANUARY 9, 1917 The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 536 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR WORKING THE PUBLIC ROADS OF KIRBY TOWNSHIP IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That J. B. Stephenson, B. F. Martin, and J. H. Sumner #NAME? hereby appointed and constituted the board of road commisTerms. Election of successors. Vacancies. Commissioners to qualify. Commissioners named to qualify. To meet and organize. Organization. Record of proceedings. Pay of secretary. Meetings. Pay of commissioners. Special meetings. Business at meetings. Incorporation. Corporate name. Corporate powers. sioners for said township. The first named of said board, towit, J. B. Stephenson, shall hold the said position of commissioner until the first Monday in December, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen; the next named of said board, towit, B. F. Martin, until the first Monday in December, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen; and the last named of said board, towit, J. H. Sumner, until the first Monday in December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty... At the regular election in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixteen and regularly every two years thereafter there shall be one commissioner elected by the voters in said township at the same time and in the same manner as county and township officers are elected. All vacancies caused by death, resignation, or otherwise shall be filled by the remaining members of said board: Provided, that should more than one vacancy occur or be at the same time, the same shall be filled by appointment by the clerk of the Superior Court of Northampton County.
CHAPTER 193 AN ACT TO CREATE A SPECIAL ROAD DISTRICT, INCLUD- ING OCONA LUFTY, CHARLESTON, AND NANTAHALA TOWNSHIPS, IN SWAIN COUNTY, AND FOR OTHER PUR- POSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 19. In acquiring any right of way for the relocation or establishment of any public road not less than thirty feet nor more than sixty feet in width shall be taken. But said commissioners shall only be required to use such part of said right of way for present construction as they deem necessary.
CHAPTER 84 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PUBLIC ROADS OF CATAWBA COUNTY, TO REVISE THE ROAD LAW FOR SAID COUNTY, AND TO VALIDATE CER- TAIN BONDS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 9. That the board of county commissioners, or the county superintendent of roads or the township supervisor with the approval of the county commissioners, may contract with any person, firm, or corporation for the construction, improvement, or maintenance of any public road or part thereof, and pay the cost thereof out of the funds of the township in which said road or part thereof is located, or apportioned between two or more townships if on the township line: Provided, any contract may be terminated at any time by the commissioners, or by the superintendent or supervisor with the approval of the commissioners, and in that case the county commissioners shall pay pro rata for the work performed under the contract.
CHAPTER 284 AN ACT TO TAX DOGS IN ALAMANCE COUNTY AND MAKE THEM SUBJECTS OF LARCENY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. That this act shall apply to Alamance County only.
CHAPTER 141 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAIN- TENANCE OF CERTAIN BRIDGES IN THE TOWN OF LYNN, POLK COUTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That this act shall not prevent the authorities of the town of Lynn from regulating the speed of travel over said bridges and of punishing offenders for the violation thereof.
CHAPTER 116 AN ACT TO APPOINT CERTAIN JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR ORANGE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That W. M. Sugg of Chapel Hill Township, Orange County, is hereby appointed justice of the peace for said county for a period of two years.
CHAPTER 583 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF CEMETERY TRUSTEES FOR CITIES AND TOWNS IN NORTH CARO- LINA. : The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. That the said board shall have the exclusive control and management of such cemetery; shall have the power to employ a superintendent and such assistants as may be needed, and may do any and all things pertaining to the control, maintenance, management and upkeep of the cemetery which the governing body of the town or city could have done, or which by law the governing body of the town or city shall hereafter be authorized to do.
CHAPTER 243 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINETEEN OF THE CON- SOLIDATED STATUTES, RELATING TO THE BONDS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That Section nineteen of the Consolidated Statutes of one thousand nine hundred and nineteen be rewritten to read as follows: 19. The Public Administrator shall enter into bond, payable to the State of North Carolina, with two or more sufficient sureties to be justified before and approved by the Clerk, or with a duly authorized surety company, in the penal sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000.00), conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of his office and obedience to all lawful orders of the Clerk or other court touching the administration of the several estates that may come into his hands and such bonds, if executed by individual sureties, shall be renewed every two years. Whenever the aggregate value of the personal property belonging to the several estates in the hands of the Public Administrator exceeds one-half of his bond, if the bond is signed by personal sureties, or three-fourths of his bond, if the bond shall be executed by a duly authorized surety company, the Clerk shall require him to enlarge his bond in an amount so as to cover at all times at least double the aggregate of the assets of the estates in the hands of said Public Administrator if the bond is signed by personal sureties or one and one-third times the assets if the bond shall be executed by a duly authorized surety company. If the personal property of any decedent is insufficient to pay his debts and the charges of administration and it becomes necessary for the said Public Administrator to apply for the sale of real estate for assets, upon the signing of a judgment ordering the said sale by the Clerk of the Superior Court, or any other court, the Clerk shall include the value of the real estate proposed to be sold in the aggregate value of the property belonging to the several estates in the hands of the Public Administrator. Whenever the aggregate value of the personal property and the real estate that the said Administrator has been authorized to sell exceeds one-half of his bond, if the bond is executed by personal surety, or three-fourths of his bond if the bond shall be executed by a duly authorized surety company, the Clerk shall require him to enlarge his bond as hereinbefore provided as though the aggregate consisted only of personal property.
CHAPTER 134 AN ACT RELATING TO DISCOUNT AND INTEREST RATES ON TAXES IN ANSON COUNTY The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. This Act shall apply only to Anson County and all cities and towns situated therein. 158