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CHAPTER 1194 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 62-121.8(1) AND 62-121.11 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION BY THE NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE TRANSPORTATION OF HOUSEHOLD EF- FECTS WITHIN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That Section 62-121.8(1) be amended by adding an unnumbered paragraph immediately following paragraph (1), the last subsection, to read as follows: Provided that none of the provisions of this Section nor any of the provisions of this Act shall be construed so as to prohibit or regulate the transportation of property by any motor carrier when the movement is within a municipality or within contiguous municipalities and within a zone adjacent to and commercially a part of such municipality or contiguous municipalities, as defined by the Commission; provided further that the Commission shall have the power in its discretion, in any particular case, to fix the limits of any such zone and that nothing herein shall be construed as an abridgment of the police powers of any municipality over such operation wholly within any such municipality. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit or regulate the transportation of household effects of families from one residence to another by persons who do not hold themselves out as being, and are not generally engaged in the business of transporting such property for compensation.
CHAPTER 57 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF MARTIN COUNTY TO GRANT A MORATORIUM FOR TWO YEARS IN FORECLOSING DEEDS OF TRUST AND MORT- GAGES HELD IN THE SINKING FUND OF THE COUNTY. Whereas, the board of commissioners of Martin County hold several deeds of trust and notes against the property of citizens of Martin County, which said collaterals constitute a part of the sinking fund of the county, said notes being due April one, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three; and Whereas, foreclosure proceedings to enforce collection when due would work a great hardship on many honest citizens dur- ing these depressed financial times; Now, therefore, 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 That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed. _
CHAPTER 440 AN ACT TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BURKE COUNTY FOR A MAXIMUM OF FOUR MEETINGS PER MONTH. 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 780 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-12 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATIVE TO THE RESUMPTION OF MAIDEN NAMES OF DIVORCEES IN CASES WHERE DIVORCES ARE GRANTED IN THIS STATE. 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 732 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR ELECTION OF BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS OF BURIAL ASSOCIATIONS SERVING IN THE MILITARY AND NAVAL.FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. If a member of a burial association who is in the military or naval forces of the United States fails to pay any assessment, he shall be in bad standing, and unless and until restored, shall not be entitled to benefits. However, the said member shall be reinstated in the burial association upon application made by him at any time until twelve months after his discharge from the military or naval forces of the United States, notwithstanding his physical condition and without the payment of assessments which have become due during his service in the military or naval forces of the United States. Benefits will be in force immediately after such reinstatement.
CHAPTER 351 AN ACT TO REVISE AND CONSOLIDATE THE CHARTER FOR THE TOWN OF DALLAS, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 23. It shall be the duty of the treasurer of the town of Dallas to receive and faithfully keep all moneys which shall be paid to him for the use and behalf of said corporation, and disburse the same according to an order given in obedience to a direction of said board appearing on its minutes; he shall keep a fair and correct account of all moneys so received and disbursed by him in a book kept for that purpose, showing from what source the money was received and for what purpose paid out, and shall submit said account to the board whenever required ; he shall keep his accounts so that the tax levied and collected for each. fund shall be separate, and shall pay out of each separate fund such amounts as are due the same, and when proceeds are paid over to him by an officer of the corporation they shall be credited to the fund for which the tax is levied to raise revenue for the same; he shall pay to his successor all moneys in his hands belonging to said corporation of the town of Dallas, and faithfully perform all duties imposed upon him as treasurer by the law and ordinances of said board of aldermen; the treasurer shall give a bond, payable to the corporation of the town of Dallas, in a sum to be fixed by the board of aldermen, with sureties to be approved by said board. For his services he shall receive two and one-half per cent of all moneys received by him and two and one-half per cent of all moneys disbursed by him, received in the ordinary manner from taxes and other regular sources of the town revenue, but not to apply to such moneys as the board of aldermen may from time to time borrow for the conduct of the towns business. For this he is to receive no percentage. He shall make a report of the funds coming into his hands at the end of his term, and for his failure to make this last report he shall be fined two hundred and twenty-five dollars, to be recovered by suit in the Superior Court, for which his bond will be responsible.
CHAPTER 150 AN ACT TO CODIFY AND AMEND THE ROAD LAWS OF MACON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 15. That any lumber company, corporation, person or persons engaged in the lumber business and desiring to use any of the public roads of the townships of Macon County, for the purpose of carrying on its or their business, of hauling either by its or themselves, or by hiring or contracting with other persons, mill logs, lumber or other heavy material with log wagons, log carts or other heavy vehicles, shall pay a license or privilege tax of two cents (2c) per mile on each one thousand feet of mill logs, lumber or other heavy material so hauled, said tax being payable to the secretary-treasurer of the road trustees or to the treasurer of the highway commission in the township in which said hauling is done, and it shall be the duty of any lumber company, corporation, person or persons engaged in the lumber business as hereinbefore set out to make a monthly report to the road trustees or highway commission of each township in which it or they are engaged in said business, said report to be made on the first Monday of each month of the number of feet of all lumber, logs, and other heavy material so hauled during the preceding month. Said report shall accurately state the number of feet of lumber, logs, etc., and be itemized and sworn to. That any lumber company, corporation, person or persons so engaged in the lumber business failing to make such report, or failing to make the same accurately and truthfully, or failing to pay the said license or privilege tax hereinbefore set out shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined fifty dollars ($50) for each and every offense. The failure to make such report and pay said privilege or license tax each month shall constitute a separate offense. In addition to the fine herein provided for, such lumber company, corporation, person or persons shall likewise forfeit the sum of ten dollars ($10) for each day that said report is neg: lected to be made after the time specified in which the same shall be done. That said forfeiture shall be collected by proper proceedings instituted in a court of some justice of the peace for said county against such delinquent by the chairman of the board of township trustees, or highway commission and all moneys collected under this section shall be applied for the improvement of the roads in the township in which the same is collected.
CHAPTER 72 An act to authorize Granville county to fund its floating debt. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 7. This act shall in no wise impair the obligatio of Vance county to pay her proportionate part of the debt of Granville county that existed at the time of the passage of the act to lay off and establish the county of Vance.
CHAPTER 496 AN ACT TO CREATE A HIGHWAY COMMISSION OF NASH COUNTY TO BE KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS THE NASH COUNTY HIGHWAY COMMISSION. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the said highway commission shall consist of seven responsible citizens and freeholders of Nash County, who shall be elected by the board of county commissioners and shall qualify as soon as may be practicable after the passage of this act. The said highway commissioners shall hold office for a term of two years and until their successors are elected by the board of county commissioners and qualify; Provided, that in electing said highway commission the board shall, as nearly as may be possible, select representatives from the several sections of Nash County.
CHAPTER 1197 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF WARREN COUNTY TO FIX THE COMPENSATION OF ALL ELECTED AND APPOINTIVE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. The Board of Commissioners of Warren County is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to fix the salaries, travel allowances, and other compensation paid to all appointive and elected county officers and employees of Warren County, including but not limited to the members of the Board of County Commissioners of said County; provided, that all salaries of said appointive and elected county officers and employees 1616 now fixed by law shall remain in full force and effect until said board of commissioners exercises the authority conferred upon it by this Act.
CHAPTER 25 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE BETTER ENFORCEMENT OF THE LIABILITY OF STOCKHOLDERS IN STATE BANKS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the receiver of such bank shall be empowered to demand, sue for, and collect by lawful process all indebtedness due from shareholders of such bank, whether such shareholders, or any of them, reside within or without the State, and wherever they or any Of them or their legal representatives may be served with process, or wherever any property belonging to them, or any of them, or the estate of any of them, may be subject to attachment, garnishment, or other lawful process, and all indebtedness due from such shareholders, or any of them, their representatives or estates, shall be payable to the said receiver as corporate assets, and the title thereto shall be vested in such receiver, to be by him applied for the equal benefit of all persons entitled to share in the distribution of the fund and disbursed ratably under the orders of the court.
CHAPTER 203 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 50, PUBLIC LAWS OF 1911, IN RELATION TO THE ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY AND THH COLLECTION OF TAXES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: ARTICLE I. BoarD oF STATE TAX COMMISSIONERS.
Section 49. Telegraph companies. Every joint-stock association, company, copartnership or corporation, whether incorporated under the laws of this State or any other State or of any foreign nation, engaged in transmitting to, from, through, in or across the State of North Carolina telegraph messages shall be deemed and held to be a telegraph company; and every such telegraph company shall, annually, between the first day of May and the twentieth day of May, make out and deliver to the State Tax Commission a statement, verified by oath of the officer or agent of such company making such statement, with reference to the thirtieth a of April next neers showing: First. The total capital stock of such association, company, copartnership, or corporation. Second. The number of shares of capital stock issued and outstanding, and the par value of each share. Third. Its principal place of business. Fourth. The market value of said shares of stock on the thirtieth day of April next preceding; and if such shares have no market value, then the actual value thereof. | Fifth. The real estate, structures, machinery, fixtures and appliances owned by said association, company, copartnership or corporation and subject to local taxation within the State, and the location and assessed value thereof in each county where the same is assessed for local taxation. Sixth. The specific real estate, together with the permanent improvements thereon, owned by such association, company, copartnership or corporation situated outside the State of North Carolina and not directly used in the conduct of the business, with a specific description of each such piece, where located, the purpose for which the same is used and the sum at which the same is assessed for taxation in the locality where situated. Seventh. All mortgages upon the whole or any part of its property, together with the dates and amounts thereof. Highth. (a) The total length of the lines of said association or company; (b) the total length of such of their lines as is outside the State of North Carolina; (c) the length of the lines within each of the counties and townships within the State of North Carolina.
CHAPTER 444 AN ACT TO FIX THE SALARIES OF OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES OF HENDERSON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. The Board of Commissioners of Henderson County is ordered and directed to increase by a flat fifteen per cent -159% the salaries now being paid by Henderson County to all officials, assistants, deputies, and regular employees of said county, such increase to become effective July 1, 1955
CHAPTER 393 AN ACT TO PERMIT THE TOWN OF WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH TO ISSUE BONDS TO CONSTRUCT A SEWERAGE SYSTEM. Preamble: whereas, the town of Wrightsville Beach, in the county of New Hanover, has no inhabitants save summer residents and has grown greatly within the last few years, and the sewerage system at present existing is totally inadequate to the needs of the town, and is a serious menace to the health of the residents therein, and it is necessary to construct a modern system of sewerage: The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. Upon petition being filed before the said mayor and aldermen of one-fifth of the property holders in said town, ineluding corporations, each of which for this purpose shall be entitled to one vote and shall vote by resolution of the board of directors, the mayor and aldermen shall take a vote of the property owners of said town on the question whether the said bonds shall be issued and sold, and if a majority of the property holders shall vote in favor of the issuance of said bonds then they shall be issued and sold by the mayor and aldermen and their proceeds used for the construction of the sewerage system herein and hereby authorized.
CHAPTER 312 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, AND TO PRESCRIBE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section seven thousand three hundred and nine -7309 of the Consolidated Statutes, one thousand nine hundred nineteen, be and the same is hereby amended so as hereafter to read as follows: Section 7309 Department of Labor Established. A Department of Labor is hereby created and established. The duties of said department shall be exercised and discharged under the supervision and direction of a commissioner, to be known as the Commissioner of Labor.
CHAPTER 104 AN ACT TO REVISE AND CONSOLIDATE THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SALEMBURG, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. Continuance of Contracts. All contracts entered into by the town, or for its benefit, prior to the taking effect of this Charter, shall continue in full force and effect. Public improvements for which legislative steps have been taken under laws or Charter provisions existing at the time this Charter takes effect may be carried to completion in accordance with the provisions of such existing laws and Charter provisions.
CHAPTER 324 An act for the working of the public roads of Halifax county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. That said supervisor shall appoint, whenever in his judgment one shall be necessary, a superintendent for the roads of each township, who shall act under the direction of the county supervisor, and whose compensation shall be fixed by the board of county commissioners.
CHAPTER 389 AN ACT TO HAVE CERTAIN COUNTY OFFICERS OF CASWELL COUNTY TO RENDER SEMI-ANNUAL RE- PORTS TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF SAID COUNTY AND TO HAVE SAID COMMIS- SIONERS PUBLISH SAID REPORTS AND OTHER REPORTS AND ALSO PUBLISH THE MONTHLY EX- PENDITURES OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS- SIONERS OF SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. That the county commissioners shall publish twice yearly beginning on May first, one thousand nine hundred thirty-nine and every six months thereafter in a newspaper published in Caswell County the number of white persons and the number of colored persons, drawing an old age pension under the Social Security and Old Age Assistance Act.
CHAPTER LXXV. AN ACT TO ALLOW MILTON TOWNSHIP, IN THE COUNTY OF CASWELL, TO SUBSCRIBE FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN PAYMENT OF STOCK IN THE MILTON AND SUTHERLIN NARROW GAUGE RATLROAD COMPANY.
Section 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, That the commissioners of Caswell county are authorized and directed to cause an election to be held at the ditterent precincts, in the Milton township, of said county, after due notice and publication in the usual manner of said election, and to submit to the qualified voters of said township the question of subscribing fifteen thousand dollars to the capital stock of the Milton and Sutherlin Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, at which election those in favor of said proposition shall deposit their ballots  For subscription, and those opposed shall deposit ballots  Against subscription.
CHAPTER 130 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF DAVIE COUNTY TO ADJUST ALL DELINQUENT TAXES WHICH HAVE BEEN DELINQUENT FOR FIVE YEARS OR MORE. 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 24 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 336 OF THE PRIVATE LAWS OF 1905, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 177 OF THE PRI- VATE LAWS OF 1915, AND TO ENLARGE THE a GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That if at said election a majority of the qualified voters of the said district shall cast a ballot for extension of the said boundaries of the Hertford graded school district and levy the tax as provided by chapter three hundred and thirty-six, Private Laws of one thousand nine hundred and five, that said boundaries shall be those embarced in section one hereof. If the majority of the qualified voters of said district shall fail to cast their ballots for extension, then the boundaries of said district shall be those provided in chapter three hundred and thirtysix of the Private Laws of one thousand nine hundred and five as amended by chapter one hundred and seventy-seven of the Private Laws of one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.
CHAPTER 335 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO OF THE PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE, RELATING TO THE RE- CORDERS COURT OF LEAKESVILLE TOWNSHIP, IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. On the first Monday in May, nineteen hundred and thirty-one, and each odd year thereafter the County Commissioners of Rockingham County shall appoint a clerk for said Recorders Court who shall begin his term of office on the first day of June thereafter and shall serve two years and until his successor is appointed and qualified. The clerk for his compensation shall receive as follows: one dollar ($1.00) for all warrants issued within the jurisdiction of a Justice of the Peace, and two dollars ($2.00) for all warrants issued in matters above the jurisdiction of a Justice of the Peace; one dollar ($1.00) for all summons in civil actions and three dollars ($3.00) in all attachments and claim and delivery. If a vacancy occurs in the said clerks office the unexpired term shall be filled by the said Board of County Commissioners. The clerk shall have concurrent powers and authority with the several Justices of the Peace of Rockingham County to take affidavits to warrants and to issue warrants in all criminal matters originating in Rockingham County, and shall have power to affix the seal of the court to other writs and processes of the court and take appearance bonds of defendants in criminal actions, or witnesses therein, such amount or amounts as fixed by the court, and to fix the amount of all bonds in the absence of the Recorder, or when the Recorder fails to fix bond, and to issue all summons, ancillary remedies, and all other papers and processes in civil actions, that the Recorder or any Justice of the Peace in Rockingham County can issue.
CHAPTER 3 AN ACT TO REPEAL CERTAIN LAWS RELATIVE TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROHIBITION LAW IN POLK COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 44 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONERS OF MARTIN COUNTY TO ISSUE BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUILD- ING AND IMPROVING THE PUBLIC ROADS OF WILLIAMS- TON TOWNSHIP IN SAID COUNTY AND PROVIDING FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF SAME. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 16. That the treasurers commission on all money received and paid out under this act shall be the same as is now provided by law for the school fund of said county.
CHAPTER 70 An act to authorize the commissioners of Henderson county to issue bonds. WHEREAS, The county of Henderson by order of her board of com- missioners entered, in pursuance of law, an ordinance in the year of one thousand eight hundredand seventy-four, authorizing an elec- tion by the voters of the county on the question of issuing her bonds in aid of Greenville and French Broad Railroad Company, afterwards changed to the Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad; and whereas, in pursuance of said order an election was duly held and it was deter- mined by a majority of voters to subscribe to the capital stock of said railroad ; and whereas, the said county by her authorized agents sub- scribed to and issued in aid of said railroad her bonds amounting in the aggregate to one hundred thousand dollars with coupons attached drawing interest semi-annually at seven per centum, the principal pay- able in twenty years ; and whereas, the said bonds will mature as per their face on the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five; and whereas, furthermore, it is desired to fund said bonds in accordance with law ; now, therefore, The General Assembly of. North Carolina do enact :
Section 9. That should there be an excess in amount of bonds provided for by this act beyond the necegsary amount to pay off the said old bonds and interest and the expenses incurred in effecting the liquidation or funding of the same, then the said excess of bonds shall be speedily cancelled and filed in safe of county.
CHAPTER 454 AN ACT TO LEVY A SPECIAL TAX IN NASH COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the Board of Commissioners of Nash County are hereby authorized and fully empowered to levy a special tax, if they find same to be necessary, during the years 1903 and 1904, for the purpose of paying off the debts accrued or to accrue against the county for the purpose of repairing the court-house and public buildings of said county: Provided, that in no one year, shall the tax herein authorized be levied exceeding 10 cents on the $100  worth of property, and 30 cents on the poll.
CHAPTER 428 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE EAST BEND TOWNSHIP, YADKIN COUNTY, TO ISSUE BONDS FOR PUBLIC ROAD IMPROVE- MENT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. The said board may purchase all such machinery and implements as may be needed for the proper working and construction of the roads and may employ a competent engineer or surveyor and may exercise such other powers and privileges as may be needed for the carrying out of the purposes and provisions of this act: Provided, that no person in said township shall be subject to road duty.
CHAPTER 50 An act to incorporate the Moore County and Western Railroad Company. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That John C. Wadsworth, Rufus A. Brown and Morrison H. Caldwell, and such other persons as they may hereafter associate with them, or their assigns, and their successors, are hereby constituted a body corporate, by the name of the Moore County and Western Railroad Company, and by such name they and their assigns and successors may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in all the Courts of this State, and of the United States, may have a common seal, with the right to alter the same at pleasure, may make all by-laws and regulations, expedient or necessary, for the purpose of Incorporation, may purchase, lease, hold and convey all property real and personal, proper or requisite for their corporate purposes, and may have and enjoy all the rights, powers, franchises, immunities and privileges granted by the general laws of the State, not inconsistent with this act.
CHAPTER 946 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A SUPPLEMENTARY PENSION FUND FOR POLICEMEN IN THE CITY OF GASTONIA, N. C. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 10. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. 910
CHAPTER 254 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 141, EXTRA SESSION, LAWS OF 1908, IN REGARD TO COMPULSORY EDUCATION OF THE BLIND. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That chapter one hundred and forty-one, pertaining to the compulsory education of the blind, be so amended that after section five -5 the following be inserted: The sheriffs of the various counties of the State of North Carolina shall be required to enforce the provisions of this act in all cases of blind children reported to them by the superintendent of the said State School for the Blind and the Deaf; that said sheriffs shall have authority to reimburse themselves for such services and expenses as are entailed upon them in executing the provisions of this act. And further, in order to aid the superintendent of the said School for the Blind and the Deaf in securing the attendance of blind children upon the said school, that the various railroads operating in the State of North Carolina may grant him transportation without charge.
CHAPTER 176 An act supplemental to an act passed at the present session of the General Assembly, entitled * An act to raise revenue. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That an act passed at the present session of the General Assembly, entitled An act to raise revenue, be amended by adding to section twenty-eight of said. act the following: That any manufacturer paying a drummers tax prescribed in this section shall be allowed a rebate of that amount upon his genera! taxes for the same time.
CHAPTER 318 An act to amend the charter of ** The Goldsboro, Snow Hill and Greenville Railway Company, which was ratified the seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the act incorporating the Goldsboro, Snow Hill and Greenville Railway Company, ratified the seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, being chapter one hundred and thirtythree, laws of one thousand eight hundred and seventynine, be and is hereby amended by adding to the end of the proviso in the end of section twenty-five of said act, the words, in any of the bonds authorized by this act.
CHAPTER 29 An act to charter ** The Savings and Deposit Bank of North Carolina. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That  The Savings and Deposit Bank of North Carolina shall be established in the city of Greensboro, the capital stock of which shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of five dollars each, and that for the purpose of receiving subscriptions for said stock, books shall be opened at any time after the ratification of this act, and remain open for the space of sixty days, at Greensboro, under the superintendence of the following persons or a majority of them, to-wit: Peter D. Price, Levi M. Scott, James M. Winsted, Wm. B. Bogart, A. P. Eckel, J. W. Scott, D. W. C. Benbow, D. F. Caldwell and W. E. Bevill, and at such other places under the superintendence of such other persons as said commissioners may direct.
CHAPTER 535 AN ACT TO VALIDATE THE OFFICIAL ACTS OF W. A. BRAME, A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR MARKS CREEK TOWNSHIP, WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FROM APRIL 1, 1931, UNTIL APRIL 21, 1932 Whereas, by chapter one hundred seventy-nine, Public Laws of North Carolina, enacted by the nineteen hundred and twenty- nine Session of the General Assembly, W. A. Brame was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Marks Creek Township, Wake County, for a term of two years; and Whereas, his said term expired April first, nineteen hundred and thirty-one, but he continued to act as a Justice of the Peace until April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and thirty-two: Nov, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That all official acts of W. A. Brame, Justice of the Peace of Marks Creek Township, Wake County from April first, nineteen hundred and thirty-one, until April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and thirty-two, be and the same are hereby validated.
CHAPTER 4 AN ACT TO GIVE THE COMMISSIONERS OF CLEVELAND COUNTY THE POWER TO ABOLISH AND CONSOLIDATE ALL UNNECESSARY OFFICES IN CLEVELAND COUNTY AND TO GIVE THE COMMISSIONERS OF SAID COUNTY THE RIGHT TO FIX THE SALARIES OF ALL COUNTY OFFICERS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That from and after the ratification of this act the commissioners of Cleveland County shall have the power and authority to abolish and/or discontinue any and all offices, positions or jobs supported in whole or in part out of the funds of said county which are not required by the Constitution of North Carolina. And the said commissioners of Cleveland County shall have the further power and authority to transfer to any other county office or officer the duties performed by any person or persons holding any office, position or job which may be abolished under this act.
CHAPTER 3 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE TOWN OF WAYNESVILLE TO SELL THE CHESTNUT AND PULP TIMBER ON THE TOWN WATERSHED. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 132 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 569 OF THE PUBLIC-LOCAL. LAWS OF 1913, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE MU- NICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF HIGH POINT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That Chapter 569 of the Public-Local Laws of 1913, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended as follows: (a) By adding the following to the end of section 8 thereof as amended: The Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of High Point shall have the same power and duty as the Judges of the Superior Courts with reference to the transfer and removal of actions begun and pending in said Municipal Court to the Superior Courts of the various counties of this State, and the causes for removal shall be the same as prescribed by law for similar motions in the Superior Courts, in so far as same may be applicable to, and not inconsistent with, the provisions of this Act. ; (b) By further adding the following to the end of Section  thereof as amended: Wherever by law it is provided that any action, matter or proceeding shall, or may, be brought in, removed to, or heard by the Superior Courts, the Municipal Court of the City of High Point shall have concurrent jurisdiction and power with such Superior Courts therein, if such action, matter or proceeding be one over which said Municipal Court would otherwise have jurisdiction as provided in this Act. And wherever it is provided by law that a judge of the Superior Courts shall, or may, perform any act with reference to any action, matter or proceeding, the judge of the Municipal Court of the City of High Point shall have like power and duty with reference to any such action, matter or proceeding properly cognizable by, or within the jurisdiction of, the said Municipal Court.
CHAPTER 78 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE GARNER HIGH SCHOOL AND MT. AUBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOCATED IN GARNER-MT. AUBURN SCHOOL DIS- TRICT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That from and after the ratification of this act the school committee of the Garner High School and Mt. Auburn Elementary School located in Garner-Mt. Auburn school district, St. Marys Township, Wake County, shall consist of seven members, whose names and terms of office shall be as follows: S. T. Mitchiner and N. L. Broughton, whose terms shall expire on the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirtythree; Exum Sturdivant, L. C. Whitaker and C. L. Wrenn, whose terms of office shall expire on the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four; C. N. Allen and B. R. Buffaloe, whose terms of office shall expire on the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five. At the expiration of the terms of office of the above-named committeemen their successors shall be appointed by the county board of education of Wake County as now provided by law.
CHAPTER 285 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A RECORDERS COURT FOR MADISON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. That the said court shall be open for the trial of causes on each and every Wednesday morning at ten oclock at the Courthouse in Marshall, North Carolina, and shall continue in session daily until the business before it shall be disposed of, the first session of said court to be held on the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one: Provided the judge may continue cases to a day certain, and may, by agreement of parties, or whenever necessary, try cases at any time: Provided further, that no session of said court shall be held during the sitting of the Superior Court of Madison County: Provided further, that in the trial of civil actions the Clerk of the Superior Court, ex-officio Clerk to Recorders Court, shall together with the attorneys of the local bar prepare a civil calendar for each term, weekly.
CHAPTER 284 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR BIENNIAL ELECTIONS IN CERTAIN CITIES AND TOWNS OF MOORE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the provisions of this act shall apply to Moore County only. ;
CHAPTER 181 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF A COUNTY ATTORNEY OF MADISON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. After the selection of a county attorney, in the manner and form as provided in Section two, said county attorney shall be the legal advisor of all officers of the county for the ensuing year, except where the interest of any officer is opposed to that of the county and he shall be allowed such salary for the ensuing twelve months as the joint meeting shall vote, to be paid monthly out of the general county fund.
CHAPTER 53 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF ROANOKE RAPIDS, IN HALIFAX COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 17. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 51 AN ACT AMENDING CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED THIRTY- TWO OF THE PRIVATE LAWS OF ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE, RELATING TO DISCOUNTS AND PENALTIES ON TAXES LEVIED BY THE CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. Section twenty-nine of Chapter two hundred thirtytwo of the Private Laws of North Carolina is hereby amended so as to read as follows: That, as soon as the Tax Collector shall have furnished the assessment rolls, as provided, and the same shall have been issued by the Board, the Board of Aldermen shall proceed to levy the tax on such subjects of taxation as provided in the charter, and shall place the tax list in the hands of the Tax Collector, who shall collect the same as speedily as practicable, and shall pay the moneys as they are collected to the Treasurer. The City Tax Collector shall, by virtue of his office, be vested with all power and authority within the City of Winston-Salem as is now vested in sheriffs.
CHAPTER 539 AN ACT TO PROTECT HUNTING AND FISHING, AND TIM- BER RESERVATIONS IN YANCEY COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person to enter upon any hunting and fishing or timber reservations in Yancey County, without a written permission from the owner, and any person violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the discretion of the court.
CHAPTER 47 AN ACT TO ALLOW THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE TOWN OF WEAVERVILLE IN THE COUNTY OF BUN- COMBE TO AID IN RE-OPENING THE FARMERS AND TRADERS BANK OF WEAVERVILLE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the Governing Body of the Town of Weaverville shall retain the collateral and/or any guaranty it now holds securing its deposit in said Bank at the time said Bank suspended; provided, however, that as such collateral is collected by the said Governing Body of the Town of Weaverville, the amount so collected shall be credited against the deposit for which the collateral was given as security; provided, further, that nothing in this act shall relieve said Bank, or any guarantors, upon any bond or contract heretofore executed to guarantee the deposits heretofore placed in said Bank, nor shall it relieve said Bank from its duty to allow withdrawal of deposits in accordance with the terms and conditions of any contract which may be entered into pursuant to the provisions of this act.
CHAPTER 249 AN ACT TO PREVENT THE DESPOILING OF THE NAT- URAL BEAUTY OF THE FORESTS OF BURKE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. That this act shall only apply to Burke County, North Carolina.
CHAPTER 121 AN ACT FOR THE PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE IN AND THE HEALTH OF THE CITIZENS OF IREDELL COUNTY BY PROVIDING FOR THE MORE EFFICIENT DRAINAGE OF THE LOW LANDS ALONG THE STREAMS OF SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. When any land or lands in any drainage district heretofore or hereafter established shall be included in a new drainage district and there are any outstanding bonds, obligations, or debts against said existing drainage district, it shall be the duty of the commissioners of such existing drainage district to make assessments, and to take such other action as may be provided by law, to raise funds to pay off and discharge said obligations and indebtedness, and from the funds so raised to pay off and discharge such indebtedness.
CHAPTER 539 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 415 OF THE PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1925, RELATIVE TO ASSISTANT CLERK SU- PERIOR COURT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 421 AN ACT TO PRESCRIBE AND DEFINE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF ROAD COMMISSIONERS OF GRANVILLE COUNTY IN THI CONTROL AND WORKING OF CONVICTS AND PRISONERS ON THE PUBLIC ROADS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. The board of road commissioners of Granville County may, in their discretion, divide said prisoners and convicts into classes, such classification to depend upon the good behavior and satisfactory work of said prisoners and convicts. The said board of road commissioners may allow a commutation or reduction of not more than twenty-five per cent. of the time for which they are sentenced to such prisoners and convicts for good behavior and the performance of satisfactory work.
CHAPTER 201 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 275 OF THE PRIVATE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA OF THE SESSION OF 1854-55, BEING AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF WHITEHALL IN WAYNE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. Amend said chapter two hundred and seventy-five of the Private Laws of the State of North Carolina of the session of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four-fifty-five, further by adding a new section at the end of the new section 2 (b) to be known as section 2 (c) and which said section 2 (c) shall read as follows: Sec. 2 (c). That the board of commissioners shall appoint a town constable or marshall or policeman, who shall give a bond for the faithful performance of his duties in ,an amount designated by the board of commissioners and whose duties and power shall be those as are now imposed by law. The town constable or policeman shall be the tax collector of said town of Whitehall, whose duties shall be to collect the taxes as levied and imposed in said town and in the manner and under the provisions and regulations as prescribed in chapter fifty-six of the Consolidated Statutes of North Carolina and all amendments thereto.
CHAPTER 112 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF CASHIERS, JACKSON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 15. That if any officers appointed under this act shall for any reason, fail to serve, or if a vacancy shall at any time occur in the board of aldermen, then the remaining members of said board of aldermen shall elect or appoint some reputable citizem of said town to fill such vacancy: Provided, that if for any reason the mayor fail to qualify, or if a vacancy occur in said office, then the board of aldermen shall elect or appoint a mayor from the citizens of said town, who shall serve as such until the next regular election for town officers or until his successor is elected and qualifies.
CHAPTER 460 AN ACT TO PROTECT GAME AND FISH IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. That it shall be unlawful for any person to kill or take any female deer or deer without horns at any season of the year: Provided, nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit any person from taking any kind of deer from his, her or their 34Public-Local. own inclosed parks or reservations. It shall be unlawful to trap for bear or to run or hunt deer with dogs or to use while hunting any gum having a Maxim silencer or any other device thereon that will muffle the report of such gun, nor shall any gun be used that does not produce when discharged the usual and ordinary report.
CHAPTER 330 AN ACT TO AMEND THH PUBLIC ROAD LAW OF MITCHELL COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That it shall be the duty of each of the boards of road commissioners and county commissioners to see to it that the taxes levied and collected in each township for road purposes shall be expended in the township where so levied and collected.
CHAPTER 252 AN ACT TO REPEAL CHAPTER 95 OF THE PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS, EXTRA SESSION OF 1924, FIXING THE SALARY OF THE SHERIFF OF AVERY COUNTY, AND TO REGU- LATE THE COMPENSATION OF THE SHERIFF OF SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That chapter ninety-five of the Public-Local Laws, extra session, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, be and the same is hereby repealed, said act fixing the salary of the sheriff of Avery County, and in lieu of the compensation fixed in said act the sheriff of Avery County shall receive a commission of three per cent of all taxes collected by his office and in addition shall be entitled to the fees for his services as sheriff allowed by law.
CHAPTER 240 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR PAYMENT OF SCHOOL INDEBT- EDNESS OF COLUMBUS COUNTY. Whereas, the public school laws of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three directs that the board of county commissioners fund all school indebtedness outstanding as of December thirty- one, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two; and Whereas, there was outstanding as of December thirty-one, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, in Columbus County a school indebtedness of approximately one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars to be funded under the public school law of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three; and Whereas, the various boards of county commissioners are directed by said public school laws of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three to borrow money to meet the amount called for in the budget where the levy is not sufficient to take care of the amount called for in the budget; and to increase the levy in the succeeding year to take care of the amount so bor- rowed; and Whereas, the board of county commissioners of Columbus County had to borrow fifty thousand dollars since December thirty-one, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, to meet the difference between the levy for school purposes and the amount called for in the budget of the county board of educa- tion; and Whereas, it was necessary to levy ninety cents on the one hundred dollars valuation of property, real and personal, for the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four to meet the demands of the budget, not including the fifty thousand dollars borrowed; and Whereas, the school taxes for said county are burdensome without the additional Jews to make up the fifty thousand dollars as required by Sw; Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the board of county commissioners of Columbus County is hereby authorized and directed to fund the school debt of one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars incurred prior to December thirty-one, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and the fifty thousand dollars incurred since that time and to issue sufficient bonds in an amount not to exceed one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars with which to fund said indebtedness.
CHAPTER 36 AN ACT TO REPEAL CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED NINE OF THE PRIVATE LAWS OF ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN, CREATING A POWER AND WATER COMMISSION FOR THE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 91 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 194 OF THE. PRIVATE LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA, SESSION OF 1901, SO AS TO EX- TEND THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF SHELBY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That chapter one hundred and ninety-four of the Private Laws of one thousand nine hundred and one be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words threefourths of a mile, in line six of section two, and inserting in Se nn section two, and inserting in lieu thereof the words one and one-half miles.
CHAPTER 86 AN ACT TO VALIDATE AND AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF LANDS FOR TAXES BY MUNICIPALITIES IN HAYWOOD, GRAHAM, SWAIN,. JONES, JACKSON AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 32 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF SOUTHPORT AND THE COUNTY OF BRUNSWICK TO ESTABLISH A PORT COM- MISSION FOR THE SAID CITY AND COUNTY, TO PRE- SCRIBE THE DUTIES OF THE SAID COMMISSION AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SAID CITY AND COUNTY TO CO- OPERATE WITH THE SAID COMMISSION IN CARRYING OUT THE PURPOSES AND INTENTIONS OF THIS ACT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 12. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 926 AN ACT RELATING TO THE SUSPENSION OF DRIVERS LICENSE FOR NONPAYMENT OF JUDGMENT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.