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CHAPTER 92 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 3299 OF THE CONSOLIDATED STATUTES, RELATIVE TO PROBATE WHERE CLERK IS A PARPY. The Gencral Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section three thousand two hundred and ninety-nine of the Consolidated Statutes of North Carolina be amended by adding at the end thereof the following: Provided, that nothing contained herein shall prevent the clerk of the Superior Court, who is a stockholder or officer of any bank or other corporation, from adjudicating and ordering such instruments for registration, as have been acknowledged or proven before some justice of the peace or notary public.
CHAPTER 50 AN ACT TO CLARIFY SECTION 5 OF CHAPTER 66, PUB- LIC LAWS OF 1927, RELATING TO SUMMONS IN SPE- CIAL PROCEEDINGS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the following clause in section five of chapter sixty-six, Public Laws of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, be stricken out: The summons shall command the officer to summons the defendant to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court on a day named in the summons, to answer the complaint or petition of the plaintiff, and the following substituted in lieu thereof: The summons shall command the officer to summons the defendant or defendants to appear and answer the complaint of the plaintiff within thirty days after its service upon the defendant or defendants, and must contain a notice stating in substance that if the defendant or defendants fail to answer the complaint within the time specified, plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the complaint.
CHAPTER 302 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FOLICE PENSION FUND OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON TO PAY A PENSION TO MRS. RHOADY A. GEORGE. Whereas, under and by virtue of chapter fifty-five of the Pri- vate Laws one thousand nine hundred and fifteen there was created a board of trustees of police pension fund of the city of Wilmington, which said board is vested with the authority and powers provided for in said act; and Whereas, section twelve, subsection two of said act authorizes said board, in its discretion, to provide for the payment of a pension in accordance with the stipulations contained in said act to the dependent parent, widow or child, as the case may be, of any member of the police force of the city of Wilmington killed within the city limits while in the actual performance of his duty; and Whereas, on the twenty-ninth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, Leon George, a police officer of the city of Wilmington, was killed in the performance of duties which he had been instructed to perform in the county of Bruns- wick; and Whereas, said Leon George had been a capable and efficient police officer of the city of Wilmington for more than twenty years immediately preceding his death; and Whereas, the said Leon George left surviving him his widowed mother, Mrs. Rhoady A. George, who lived with him and who was dependent upon him for support and who at the death of said Leon George was left in almost destitute circumstances: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the board of trustees of the police pension fund of the city of Wilmington be and it is hereby authorized and empowered to provide a pension, not exceeding twenty-five dollars per month, and to pay the same in monthly installments to the said Rhoady A. George during her life time, said pension to be paid from such funds that said board may now have or shall from time to time acquire under the provisions of chapter fifty-five of the Private Laws of one thousand nine hundred and fifteen and acts amendatory thereof.
CHAPTER 51 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF CERTAIN OF THE DANGEROUS INSANE FROM THE STATE HOSPITALS TO THE VETERANS BUREAU OR OTHER DEPARTMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the directors and superintendents of the State Hospital at Raleigh and the State Hospital at Goldsboro are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to transfer from the wards in said hospitals set apart for the dangerous insane to the general wards any of the inmates or prisoners therein who, in the judgment of said directors and superintendents, have reached such a state of improvement in their mental condition as to justify such transfer.
CHAPTER 126 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 467 OF THE PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1919, AND CHAPTER 388 OF THE PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1921, RELATIVE TO THE PUBLIC ROADS OF ASHE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. That L. S. Vannoy, V. L. Moretz, and J. H. Colvard, be and they are hereby appointed special commissioners to construct the roads provided for in section eleven of chapter thirtyeight of the Public-Local Laws.of session of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, from Bowie to Idlewild, with the additional power also to construct said road from Idlewild to the Watauga line by the way of Hopkins, North Carolina, said commissioners to construct said road in the same manner and upon the same conditions as provided for in section three of this act for the construction of the Laurel Township roads.
CHAPTER 895 AN ACT RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION AND PAYMENT OF ACTUAL NECESSARY EXPENSES OF CERTAIN OFFICIALS IN GUILFORD COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. Section 1 of Chapter 427 of the Public-Local Laws of 1927 as amended by Chapter 1186 of the Session Laws of 1953 and as further amended by Chapter 565 of the Session Laws of 1957 is hereby rewritten to read as follows: (a) Each of the members of the Board of County Commissioners of Guilford County shall receive a salary of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per month, except the chairman of the board, who shall receive a salary of three hundred dollars ($300.00) per month; in addition thereto each of the members of the Board of County Commissioners of Guilford County, including the chairman, shall receive the sum of twenty dollars ($20.00) for attendance of any regular or special meeting of the board plus mileage of seven cents (7) per mile to and from such meeting. (b) In addition to the foregoing, Guilford County is authorized and empowered to pay the actual necessary expenses of members of the board of county commissioners together with mileage of seven cents (7) per mile, incurred by said members while engaged in performance of duties 921 on behalf of Guilford County, provided that the payment of such expenses and mileage shall first be approved by the board of county commissioners.
CHAPTER 826 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER PURPOSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. The said board is authorized and empowered to make such appropriations from any surplus funds, including funds in the sinking fund not needed for debt service, from surplus on hand in the general fund on June 80 of each year and not needed to finance regular appropriations in the general fund in the ensuing year, and from any source or sources of revenue coming into its hand other than funds derived from ad valorem taxation.
CHAPTER 639 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 62 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 13. G. S. 62-65 (e) -2 is hereby amended by inserting immediately following the word compensation and immediately preceding the semicolon at the end thereof the following: provided, however, that the term public utility shall not include any person or company whose sole operation consists of selling water to less than twenty-five -25 residential customers;.
CHAPTER 505 AN ACT TO CREATE A PEACE OFFICERS RELIEF FUND FOR THE COUNTY OF CHOWAN. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. Source of Revenue. In all criminal cases in Chowan County, North Carolina, brought in all courts wherein the defendant enters a plea of nolo contendere, a plea of guilty, or shall be adjudged guilty by the court or found guilty by a jury, wherein the costs of the action are paid by the defendant, there shall be taxed in the bill of costs a fee of one dollar ($1.00) to be known as the Peace Officers Emergency Fee, and shall be collected as other costs in criminal cases are collected, by the justice of the peace, clerk, or other officer of the court authorized to receive costs; such funds so received shall be accounted for monthly, a copy of which report shall be sent to the chairman of the executive board, and such funds turned over to the Treasurer of the Chowan County Peace Officers Protective Association to be held by him and securely kept for the purpose of the association. Provided, however, that such officers emergency fee shall not be taxed in the costs in cases where the cost is paid by the county. Donations and contributions to said Chowan County Peace Officers Protective Association may be received from any source approved by the executive board.
CHAPTER 1246 AN ACT TO ADOPT THE UNIFORM ACT FOR SIMPLIFICATION OF FIDUCIARY SECURITY TRANSFERS IN NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 9. Tax Obligations. This Act does not affect any obligation of a corporation or transfer agent with respect to estate, inheritance, succession or other taxes imposed by the laws of this State.
CHAPTER 1130 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 1115 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1953 RELATING TO ADVISORY MEMBERS OF THE NEUSE RIVER WATERSHED AUTHORITY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 1125 AN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 77-14 RELATING TO OBSTRUCTIONS IN STREAMS AND FARMLAND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS SO AS TO MAKE THE SAME APPLY TO OTHER LANDS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 970 AN ACT TO REVISE AND CONSOLIDATE THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF ENFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF ENFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA INTRODUCTION.
Section 22. Town Treasurer and Town Tax Collector. That the Board of Town Commissioners shall appoint a Town Treasurer and a Town Tax Collector, but both positions may be held by one person. The person or persons so appointed shall be bonded in an amount to be set by the said Board of Town Commissioners. 1390 SALE OF MUNICIPAL BONDS AND GRANTING OF FRANCHISES
CHAPTER 818 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE AVERY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCA- TION TO CONVEY CERTAIN PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE TO THE AVERY COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. The Avery County Board of Education is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to sell at private sale to the Avery County Board of County Commissioners for a price of not less than thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00) certain property in Roaring Creek Township in Avery County, no longer needed for school purposes, and more fully described as follows: Those certain tracts or parcels of land containing nine and one-half acres, more or less, situate and being in Roaring Creek Township, Avery County, N. C., and being the identical land conveyed by Robert L. Cross, Jr. and wife, Nancy Pauline Cross to Harry Phillips and wife, Clara Phillips by deed dated May 1, 1951, which deed is of record in the office of the Register of Deeds, Avery County, in Book No. 47, page 405, to which reference is made for a full and complete description.
CHAPTER 74 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF GREENSBORO, THE SAME BEING CHAPTER 37, PRIVATE LAWS OF 1923, AS AMENDED, AND PARTICULARLY AS REVISED AND REORGAN- IZED BY CHAPTER 1137, SESSION LAWS OF 1959, AS AMENDED. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 21. All proceedings of the City Council of the City of Greensboro and all work performed relative to local improvements, including street paving, sidewalk construction, water and sanitary sewer construction, including water and sanitary sewer mains, lines and laterals, and all work incidental to such local improvements and the assessments levied and assessed therefor, are hereby in all respects approved and validated. 111
CHAPTER 882 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR ELECTIONS IN THE TOWNS OF HAZEL- WOOD AND WAYNESVILLE ON THE QUESTION OF CONSOLI- DATION OF SAID TOWNS AND SUBJECT TO SAID ELECTIONS TO PROVIDE A CHARTER FOR THE CONSOLIDATED TOWN. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: ARTICLE I. ELECTION ON CONSOLIDATION
Section 42. ORDINANCES: EFFECTIVE DURATION. That the ordinances and bylaws in force in the Town of Waynesville shall continue to be the ordinances and bylaws effective under the corporation hereby established until repealed or modified by the board of aldermen to be elected under the provisions of this Act.
CHAPTER 445 AN ACT RELATING TO THE MEETING PLACE OF THE GUILFORD COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. Chapter 153, Section 8, of the General Statutes of North Carolina, as the same appears in the 1964 Replacement Volume 3C of the General Statutes, as amended, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph to read as follows: The board of commissioners of Guilford County may adopt a resolution designating some public building in Guilford County as its regular meeting place, in lieu of the courthouse. In such case the public building so designated shall become the regular meeting place of said board of commissioners after such fact has been advertised in a newspaper having circulation throughout the county once a week for two successive weeks, and has been posted on the courthouse bulletin board for a period of two successive weeks. The board of commissioners may thereafter hold its regular, special, and adjourned meetings at such designated regular meeting place in accordance with the provisions of this Act. The board of commissioners is further authorized to hold an occasional regular, special, or adjourned meeting or meetings in any public building in the county upon posting notice thereof on the courthouse bulletin board at least two days prior to the day of such meeting.
CHAPTER 146 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FISCAL AFFAIRS OF COUNTIES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 8. It shall be the duty of the board of county commis sioners, not later than the fourth Monday in July in each year to adopt and record on its minutes an appropriation resolu tion, the form of which shall be prescribed by the county) accountant, which resolution shall make appropriations fo the several purposes of the county and subdivisions thereof upon the basis of the estimates and statements submitted by the county accountant, such sums as the board may deem suf ficient and proper, whether greater or less than the recom. mendations of the budget estimates: Provided, however, thai (a) no appropriation recommended by the county accountant for debt service shall be reduced, and (b) the powers giver by the general law to the county board of education and county commissioners jointly, in respect to the determination of the amount to be raised or expended for the maintenance of the six months school term, shall be observed by the county ac. countant and by the board of county commissioners, and (c) the board shall appropriate the full amount of all lawful deficits reported in the budget estimate not funded as provided by law, and (d) no appropriation shall be made in excess of the amount which may be raised under any constitutional or statutory limits of taxation.
CHAPTER 879 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF BURLINGTON TO CONVEY CERTAIN LANDS AT PRIVATE SALE TO ANN MAY JENNINGS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 59 AN ACT TO ISSUE BONDS TO FUND THE DEBT FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS OF MAGNOLIA SPECIAL TAX DISTRICT IN DUPLIN COUNTY. Whereas, the board of education of Duplin County has in- curred an indebtedness of five thousand dollars which has been used in the erection of school buildings in Magnolia special. tax district of Duplin County, and the note of said board of educa- tion is outstanding for the same, with the promise that said debt shall be repaid by said district; and whereas, it is desirable that bonds of said district shall be issued to fund said debt: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. The boundaries of said Magnolia special tax district are hereby defined as follows: Beginning on the Sampson line, at the run of Stewarts Creek; thence with the Sampson line southward to the lower corner of B. N. Williamss land, thence eastward with the line of said Williamss and J. M. Huffam land to the southeastern corner of said Huffam land to the run of Beaver Dam Creek, thence down the said creek to the mouth of Murphys Creek, thence up Murphys Creek to the mouth of Bens Creek, thence up Bens Creek to L. C. Drews lower line, thence to and with the Rose Hill and Magnolia township line to the run of Maxwell Swamp, then down Maxwell Swamp to the State highway number forty, thence up said highway to Elder Swamp, thence up Elder Swamp to Alston Chestnutts southern line, thence with his southern line, and western line to the Kenansville and Magnolia public road, near the colored school house, thence northward to Clara Middletons land, thence along her line eastward to the old road leading to Warsaw, thence along the Warsaw road and the southern lines of L. H. Howard, J. A. Powell, and C. J. Hamilton, to the run of Maxwell Swamp, thence up said swamp to K. E. Hollingsworths northern line, thence his northern and western line to the public road, thence with the public road crossing the Atlantic Coast railroad near the fiftieth mile post to T. K. Torrenss southwestern corner, near old Carltons Chapel, thence northward with his line to the run of Kenan Branch, thence down the run of said branch to Stewarts Creek, thence down Stewarts Creek to the beginning.
CHAPTER 130 AN ACT TO AMEND, REVISE, AND CONSOLIDATE THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MILTON IN CASWELL COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. That the mayor and commissioners elected on the first Monday in May, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, under this act, shall within ten days thereafter qualify by taking and subscribing an oath before some justice of the peace or some other person authorized by law to administer oaths, and all officers thereafter elected shall qualify in like manner.
CHAPTER 247 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL OF STATE TO FIX THE SALARIES OF THE CLERKS AND STENOGRAPHERS IN THE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS OF THE STATE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. The salaries in the Department of the Secretary of State shall not exceed the following sums: Corporation Clerk________--_---_-_------ $2,500  per year Grant Clerk2= 22 2e seen ee eee $2,250  per year Special Clerk and stenographer_______---$1,200 per year The Secretary of State shall also be allowed a contingent sum for other clerical expenses not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars per annum.
CHAPTER 555 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR STANDARD-WEIGHT PACKAGES OF MEAL AND FLOUR AND TO PREVENT THE SALE OF SAME IN SHORT-WEIGHT PACKAGES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. The provisions of this act shall not apply to meal or flour on hand at the time of the passage of this act.
CHAPTER 260 AN ACT RELATING TO CERTAIN BONDS OF JACKSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That the said board of commissioners of Jackson County is hereby authorized and empowered to sell said bonds at public sale at such time or times as said board may determine at a price not less than the face value of said bonds plus accrued interest from the date of the bonds to the date of delivery to the purchaser or purchasers.
CHAPTER 218 An act to provide for the assessment of property and the collection of taxes. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : POLL-TAX.
Section 66. The owner or occupant of any land sold for taxes, or any person having a lien or interest thereon, may redeem the same at any time within one year after the day of such sale by paying the sheriff, for the use of such purchaser, his heirs, or assigns, the sum mentioned in his certificate, with interest thereon at the rate of twenty per centum per annum from the date of purchase, together with all other taxes subsequently paid, whether for any year or years previous or subsequent to said sale, and interest thereon at the same rate from the date of such payment; and the sheriff shall enter a memorandum of the redemption in the list of sales, and give a receipt therefor to the person redeeming the same, for which he may charge a fee of twenty-five cents, and shall hold the redemption money paid subject to the order of the purchaser, his agent or attorney: Provided, that infants, idiots and insane persons may redeem any land belonging to them from such sale within one year (after the expiration of such disability, on like terms as if redemption had been made within one year) from the date of said sale and from the date of each subsequent payment of taxes thereon, at the rate of twenty per centum per annum on the several amounts so paid by the purchaser until redemption. Any redemption made shall insure to the benefit of the person having the legal or equitable title to the property redeemed, subject to the right of the person making the same to be reimbursed by the person benefited.
CHAPTER 267 AN ACT TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT AN ACT TO PRO- VIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION OF A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE STATE FOR THE TERM OF EIGHT MONTHS WITHOUT THE LEVY OF AN AD VALOREM TAX THEREFOR, THE SAME BEING CHAPTER THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY- EIGHT OF THE PUBLIC LAWS OF ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. That Section fifteen be and the same is hereby amended by inserting the word monthly and a comma between the words units and and in line two, paragraph five; by striking out the words distributed monthly by in lines two and three paragraph five, and inserting in lieu thereof the words it shall be the duty of; and by striking out the word each in line three, paragraph five, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: remit such funds monthly as collected to each administrative.
CHAPTER 407 AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES, TRAILERS AND SEMI-TRAILERS, AND TO REQUIRE THE PAYMENT OF FEES THEREON; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF TITLE THEREFOR, AND TO PREVENT THE TAKING, TRANSFER OF OR INJURY TO ANY MOTOR VEHICLE WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER; TO PROVIDE FOR THE OFFICE OF VEHICLE COMMISSIONER AND MOTOR VEHICLE BUREAU, AND DEFINE THE POWERS AND DUTIES THEREOF; TO REGULATE THE OPERA- TION OF VEHICLES ON HIGHWAYS; TO PROVIDE PEN- ALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ACT, AND TO MAKE UNIFORM THE SUBJECT MATTER THEREOF. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: ARTICLE I
Section 26. Sale of Motor Vehicles to be Dismantled. Any owner who sells a motor vehicle as scrap or to be dismantled or destroyed shall assign the certificate of title thereto to the purchaser, and shall deliver such certificate so assigned to the department with an application for a permit to dismantle such vehicle. The department shall thereupon issue to the purchaser a permit to dismantle the same, which shall authorize such person to possess or transport such vehicle or to transfer ownership thereto by endorsement upon such permit. <A certificate of title shall not again be issued for such motor vehicle in the event it is scrapped, dismantled. or destroyed. In any case. where the owner for any reason fails to send in title for a junked or dismantled vehicle, the department shall have authority to take possession of such title for cancellation.
CHAPTER 72 An act to incorporate the town of Dudley, in Wayne county, North Carolina. e The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the incorporate limits of said town shall be as follows: Beginning at the two poplar trees at the Vicy Grant Branch, near her house, and runs thence N. 832 W. 54 chains to amaple tree at the south eage of Kings Branch, thence 8 64.W. 55 chains to a small water oak at the Henry ford, thence S. 832 E. 54 chains to a stake in GilesKornegays field, thence N. 6} E. 55 chains to the beginning. _
CHAPTER 879 AN ACT TO REGULATE THE CATCHING OF CLAMS IN BRUNSWICK, NEW HANOVER AND PENDER COUNTIES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to purchase clams in the counties of Brunswick, New Hanover or Pender for the purpose of shipping from the said counties, or for any person, firm or corporation to ship from the said counties of Brunswick, New Hanover or Pender any clams at any time from the twenty-fifth day of March to the fifteenth day of December of every year.
CHAPTER 342 An act to incorporate The Carolina Power Company. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. The capital stock of said company shall not be less than one hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, with the right to increase the same from time to time to an additional amount, not exceeding two million dollars, by the issue and sale of shares of preferred or common stock, or both, upon such terms and conditions and under such regulations as the board of directors, with the approval of the majority in interest of the stockholders of said company shall prescribe. Shares. of stock may be paid for in cash, real or personal property, services, work, labor and materials, and _ bonds, stocks and property of other corporate bodies, required, employed and furnished for and in the prosecution of the objects of the company, upon such terms and at such price and rate as the board of directors may determine and agree upon.
CHAPTER 553 , AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 640 OF THE PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1913, RELATIVE TO CONCORD SCHOOL DIS- TRIOT, SAMPSON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section one of chapter six hundred and forty of the Public-Local Laws of one thousand nine hundred and thirteen be amended by adding after said section the following: Provided, that this act shall not apply to that portion of Concord Special School District lying between White Oak Swamp and the road crossing said swamp and running by the M. B. Fowler old home to the L. C. Fowler old home and thence the road by the homes of G. H. Fowler, A. C. Crumpler, and Rastus Butler.
CHAPTER 1371 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE NORTH CAROLINA STONEWALL JACKSON MEMORIAL FUND; TO SET FORTH THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH SUCH FUND IS TO BE ESTABLISHED; TO SET UP A BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ADMINISTER THE FUND; TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION OF TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO SAID FUND. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund to the Board of Trustees herein created the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) to be expended by said Board only for the purposes herein set forth. 1553
CHAPTER 315 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 1 OF THE PRIVATE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, SESSION OF 1885, INCORPORATING THE LAW LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section ten of chapter one of the Private Laws of the State of North Carolina, Session of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, be amended by striking out all after the word declare, in line four of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof, as a part of said section ten, the following: That the provisions of this and the preceding sections of this chapter concerning stock in said corporation shall refer only to what is known as common stock, and all the stock of said corporation heretofore issued and now in force, to-wit, twenty-three shares, shalt be deemed and is hereby declared to be common stock, as well as any additional stock not exceeding, with what has already been issued, twenty thousand dollars; and that one share of common stock in the corporation shall entitle the holder to all the privileges of the library as defined and prescribed by the by-laws.
CHAPTER 1020 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 634 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1951, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ANNUAL SALARY OF THE SHERIFF OF AVERY COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 344 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 222 OF THE PRIVATE LAWS OF 1911, ENTITLED AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 89, PRIVATE LAWS OF 1907 The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section two of chapter two hundred and twentytwo of the Private Laws of nineteen hundred and eleven, entitled An act to amend chapter eighty-nine of the Private Laws of nineteen hundred and seven, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out in line three of said Schl the word two and Ra in lieu thereof the word four.
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 6. That it shall be the duty of said board of road commissioners to take control and management of the public roads in said township, and said commissioners are hereby vested with all the rights and powers for such control and management as are now vested in and exercised by the board of road or county commissioners of Northampton County as pertaining to said township.
CHAPTER 174 AN ACT TO EXTEND THE TIME TO ALLOW THE CAMDEN FERRY COMPANY TO ERECT A DRAWBRIDGE ON PAS- QUOTANK RIVER. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the Camden Ferry Company be and are hereby allowed two years extension of time in which to erect a drawbridge on Pasquotank Riverthat is to say, a period of seven years instead of five years, as set out in chapter two hundred and sevyenty, section two, Private Laws of the year one thousand nine hundred and five.
CHAPTER 4 AN ACT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY. Whereas, owing to the growth of education in Transylvania County, and also by reason of the physical and geographic condi- tions of said county, so that adequate representation can be had from all sections of the county on said county board of education, it is deemed advisable to increase the number of said board from three members to five members; and Whereas W. H. Duckworth has duly resigned from said county board of education: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the county board of education of Transylvania County shall hereafter consist of five members of said board.
CHAPTER 287 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED, PUBLIC LAWS OF ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWEN- TY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER EIGHT, PUB- LIC LAWS OF ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE RELATING TO SANITARY DISTRICTS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. Amend Section seventeen, Chapter one hundred, Public Laws of One Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Seven, by adding at the end of the second paragraph thereof a new paragraph to read as follows: The Sanitary District Board of any sanitary district, in lieu of collecting the taxes in the manner as hereinbefore provided, may cause to be listed by all the taxpayers residing within the district with the person designated by the District Board, all the taxable property located within the district, and after determining the amount of funds to be raised for the ensuing year in excess of the funds available from surplus operating revenues set aside as provided in Section twenty, Chapter one hundred, Public Laws of One Thousand Nine Hundred TwentySeven, as amended by Chapter eight, Public Laws of One Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty-Three, to provide payment of interest and the proportionate part of the principal of all outstanding bonds, certificates of indebtedness, Revenue Anticipation Notes issued against the district and to pay all obligations incurred by the district in the performance of all of its lawful undertakings, to determine the number of cents per one hundred ($100.00) dollars necessary to raise said amount. The said Sanitary District Board in its next annual levy shall levy against all taxable property in the district the number of cents per one hundred ($100.00) dollars necessary to raise the amount with which to pay the obligations of the district, including principal and interest on bonds, certificates of indebtedness, Revenue Anticipation Notes and other lawful obligations of the district, which tax shall be collected in the same manner as taxes of other political sub-divisions of the State of North Carolina are collected by a tax collector, to be selected by the Sanitary District Board of the sanitary district electing to assess, levy and collect its taxes in the manner herein provided. The tax collector selected by said Sanitary District Board and the depository, in which said taxes so collected are deposited, shall qualify in the same manner and give the necessary surety bonds as are required of tax collectors and depositories of county funds in the county or counties in which said sanitary districts are located.
CHAPTER 1039 AN ACT TO REAPPROPRIATE REVOLVING FUND SUMS AND AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS OF THE STATE TO PROVIDE FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR STATE INSTITU- TIONS AND AGENCIES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. The funds appropriated to provide for Capital Improvements, by Section 5 of this Act, shall be disbursed for the purposes provided in this Act upon warrants drawn by the State Disbursing Officer, which warrants shall not be drawn for_any State institution, department or agency until a requisition has been approved by the Director of the Budget and which requisition shall be approved only after full compliance with the Executive Budget Act, Article 1 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes. Any officer of the State or executive head of any institution, or any director, trustee or commissioner of any State institution, department or agency to which an appropriation is made under the provisions of this Act who votes for or aids in spending more money for any improvement for his institution, department or agency than is appropriated therefor, may be removed from office by the Governor. Any additional moneys which may be received by means of a grant or grants from the United States of 1096 America or any agency or department thereof or from any other source to aid in financing the cost of any of the improvements herein referred to, may be placed by the State Treasurer in the same fund or in a separate fund and, to the extent permitted by the terms of such grant or grants, shall be disbursed in the same manner and for the purposes mentioned in this Act.
CHAPTER 150 AN ACT TO CODIFY AND AMEND THE ROAD LAWS OF MACON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 17. That each member of the township board of trustees shall receive for his services the sum of twelve dollars ($12) per year and shall not be liable for road work or required to pay the four dollars ($4) in lieu thereof.
CHAPTER 502 AN ACT TAXING DOGS IN CASWELL COUNTY AND MAKING THEM SUBJECTS OF LARCENY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That said tax shall be collected by the sheriff of Caswell County in the same manner and under the same penalties as other taxes are collected, and be turned over to the treasurer of said county for the use of the road fund, and that each township shall receive the tax accruing from this source in said township.
CHAPTER 1266 AN ACT ADOPTING 1965 REPLACEMENT VOLUMES 1C AND 1D AND 1966 REPLACEMENT VOLUMES 2A AND 3A OF THE GENERAL STATUTES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. G. S. 164-11 is hereby amended by adding a new Section therein, to be designated G. S. 164-11.8, and to read as follows: 8 164-11.8. Adoption of Replacement Volumes 1C, 1D, 2A and 3A of the General Statutes. (a) The Chapters, subchapters, Articles and Sections now comprising Volume 1C of the General Statutes of North Carolina, and Cumulative Supplements thereto, consisting of  15-1 to 27-59, now in force, as amended, are hereby re-enacted and designated as 1965 Replacement Volumes 1C and 1D of the Genera] Statutes of North Carolina. (b) The Chapters, subchapters, Articles and Sections now comprising 1950 Recompiled Volume 2A of the General Statutes of North Carolina, and Cumulative Supplements thereto, consisting of  28-1 to 52A-20, now in force, as amended, is hereby re-enacted and designated as 1966 Replacement Volume 2A of the General Statutes of North Carolina. 1904 (e) The Chapters, subchapters, Articles and Sections now comprising 1960 Replacement Volume 3A of the General Statutes of North Carolina, and Cumulative Supplements thereto, consisting of  106-1 to 116-211, now in force, as amended, is hereby re-enacted and designated as 1966 Replacement Volume 3A of the General Statutes of North Carolina. (d) This enactment of 1965 Replacement Volumes 1C and 1D and 1966 Replacement Volumes 2A and 8A shall not be construed to invalidate or repeal any Acts which have been passed during the 1967 Session of the General Assembly, prior to the date of ratification, nor shall this enactment include any appended annotations, editorial notes, comments and cross references, legislative or historical references, or other material connected or supplemental to said Chapters, subchapters, Articles and Sections, but not contained in the body hereof.
CHAPTER 348 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE DRAINAGE OF CERTAIN PORTIONS OF MUDDY CREEK AND SOUTH MUDDY CREEK IN BURKE AND McDOWELL COUNTIES. Whereas there are many acres of land on Muddy Creek and South Muddy Creek and their tributaries, in McDowell and Burke counties, that have been, are now, and are liable to be greatly damaged and diminished by reason of the shallow and narrow channel of said creek and the filling of same by reason of the limited and sluggish flow of said creek and improper drainage; and whereas, by reason of same, the bottom-lands overflow and become wet and soggy, and nonproductive; and whereas a con- servative assessment upon the acreage to be benefited would make a fund sufficient, if wisely and judiciously expended, to lower the channel and bed of said stream, by excavation, the widening and changing.the bed of the creek, and removing the obstructions, Ret et ce ee ee nae giving said creeks a better fall and outlet for the water, would thereby greatly remedy and improve the condition of the land, dry and reclaim the wet and overflowed lands, making same pro- ductive to cultivation, increasing its value, and more especially improve the sanitary condition and health of the public and com- munity in general; and whereas it is impracticable to do this much needed work without legislative aid, whereby there can be con- centrated effort equally and mutually beneficial to all the owners: therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 10. If it shall be necessary to acquire a right of way or an outlet over and through lands not affected by the drainage, or shall be necessary to acquire land in changing the channel of said creeks for the betterment of the flow of the water and improvement of the objects and purposes of this act, and in either event the same cannot be acquired by purchase, then and in that event the power of eminent domain is hereby conferred, and the same may be condemned. Such owner or owners of the land proposed to be condemned may be made parties defendants in the manner of an ancillary proceeding, and the procedureshall be substantially as provided for the condemnation of rights of way for railroads in chapter sixty-one of the Revisal of one thousand nine hundred and five, so far as the same may be applicable, and such damages as may be awarded as compensation shall be paid by the commission out of the funds which shall be available from the proceeds of sale of bonds or from the collection of the assessments upon benefits; and every privilege, power, and right to carry out the provisions of this act are granted said commission to aid in the further promotion of said work herein contemplated by this act.
CHAPTER 290 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 297 OF THE REVISAL OF 1905, SO AS TO PERMIT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF WAKE COUNTY TO FIX THE AMOUNT OF THE TREAS- URERS BOND. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section two hundred and ninety-seven of the Revisal of one thousand nine hundred and five be and the same is hereby amended by adding the following: Provided, the board of commissioners may fix the bond of the Treasurer of Wake County at such sum as they may deem best, not less than thirty thousand dollars, and may increase it at any time.
CHAPTER 233 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE CARVERS CREEK TOWNSHIP IN BLADEN COUNTY TO MAINTAIN THE PUBLIC ROADS, HIGHWAYS, AND STREETS THEREOF. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 19. From time to time the highway commission shall select such roads or section of road which they intend next to improve, change, or establish, and shall thereupon publish their purpose with reference thereto by posters or such other method as they shall deem sufficient, setting forth what road or roads or what section of road they propose next to work on, and stating whether the same is to be done by contract or otherwise, and also the plans and specifications therefor and the manner and improvement thereof, to the end that the residents and taxpayers of said township may at all times know the plans and proposals of said commission with reference to said roads, and may know the manner :   in which it is proposed to expend the funds herein provided before the same are actually expended. If any serious difference of opinion shall arise among those interested as to the location, establishment, or improvement of any particular section of road, and as many as fifteen resident taxpayers shall so request in writing, the commission shall set a time and appoint a place for hearing any discussion by any of the interested parties on the question so in dispute, at which time and place all those interested in the work herein provided for may appear and be heard with reference to such disputed question; and if the commission shall see fit, it may employ road experts to furnish special plans and specifications, estimation of cost, and recommendations with reference to such disputed questions, to the end that the funds herein provided may be wisely and judiciously spent, so as to produce the greatest possible public benefit to all the people of said township; and the expenditure of any portion of said funds whatsoever for the peculiar benefit of any particular person or persons is hereby strictly forbidden.
CHAPTER 270 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF LINCOLNTON. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That section twenty-seven of said chapter and Private Laws be amended in line three after the word money and before the word with by inserting the following words: for general purposes.
CHAPTER 206 AN ACT TO REVISE AND AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF HIDDENITE IN THE COUNTY OF ALEXANDER, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. That the tax collector shall enforce the collection of taxes due said town by levying upon personal property, if any can be found, then upon the real property of the delinquent taxpayers within said town; and after he shall have advertised the personal property for ten days and the real property for thirty days by posting notices at the office of the mayor and four other public places in said town or in some newspaper published in Alexander County, he may sell said property or so much thereot as may be necessary to satisfy the taxes for which same is being sold and all costs incident to such sale; said sales to be made by public auction at the front door of the mayors office in said town; and for all real property so sold the tax collector shall pass to the purchaser a receipt for the purchase money and file with the secretary of the board of commissioners a TRUE return of his proceedings: Provided, that if the delinquent taxpayer whose real estate is sold, or his agent, shall desire to redeem the said real estate, he shall be permitted to do so only upon his paying to the secretary of said board within twelve months of sale the amount for which said real estate was sold, including costs, plus twentyfive per centum on such amount. Upon the payment of such sums such taxpayer shall be restored to his original rights with respect to the property so sold; but upon failure of any delinquent taxpayer to so redeem his real estate so sold, the tax collector shall make deed to such purchaser, and such deed shall be sufficient to pass all rights, title, and interest the delinquent taxpayer has in and to the real estate so sold. The said tax collector shall, by survey or otherwise, definitely designate what part of the real estate of any and all delinquents he so sold, when less than the whole lot or tract of such delinquent or delinquents was sold.
CHAPTER 199 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 232 OF PRIVATE LAWS OF SESSION 1913, ENTITLED AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 165 OF PRIVATE LAWS OF 1905, AND CHAPTER 485 OF PRIVATE LAWS 1907, AND CHAPTER 100 OF PRIVATE LAWS OF 1909, RELATING TO THE BOARD OF ALDER- MEN AND BOARD OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS OF THE TOWN OF MARSHALL, AND CHAPTER 91 OF PRI- VATE LAWS OF 1909, AND CHAPTER 485 OF PRIVATE LAWS OF 1907, RELATING TO THE BUILDING COM TEE OF THE TOWN OF MARSHALL. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. The board of aldermen of the town of Marshall is hereby authorized and empowered and directed, and it shall be its duty, within sixty days from the ratification of this act to lay out and open up a street in the town of Marshall beginning at the alley at the county jail and run parallel with rock wall as near as may be practicable, dividing the territory that lies between the main street and the rock wall and the alley at the jail and Bridge Street to the best interest of the town, and intersect said street with Bridge Street, and said street shall be of such width as the said board may deem best, but not less than twenty feet nor more than thirty feet wide, exclusive of sidewalks of not less than five feet in width.
CHAPTER 189 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 26, PRIVATE LAWS OF 1905, EXTENDING THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF FRANKLIN, AMENDING ITS CHARTER, AND PROVID- ING FOR THE ISSUING OF BONDS FOR NECESSARY PUB- LIC IMPROVEMENTS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That section five, chapter twenty-six of the Private Laws of one thousand nine hundred and five, is hereby amended by inserting at the end of said section five the following: Provided further, that the above proviso shall not apply to the chief of police, marshal, policeman, or other employees or officers elected, chosen, or employed by said board of aldermen of said town, but such chief of police, marshal, or policeman of said town, or other officers or employees so chosen, employed, or elected by said board of aldermen, need not have resided in said town for said ninety days, or previous to such election or employment by said board, and need not be a legal voter or resident of the State of North Carolina.
CHAPTER 132 AN ACT TO ENLARGE SMITHFIELD GRADED SCHOOL DIS- TRICT AND INCREASE THE TAX RATE FOR THE MAIN- TENANCE OF THE SCHOOLS THEREIN. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That chapter one hundred and seventy-nine, Private Laws of one thousand nine hundred and five, it being an act to create Smithfield Graded School District, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out all of section three thereof after the word exceed in line nine, and inserting in lieu of the same the following: thirty cents on the one hundred dollars yaluation of property and ninety cents on the poll.