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CHAPTER 278 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH CLAREMONT GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN CATAWBA COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 20. That until there shall be enough children of the colored race within said territory to justify the maintenance of a school for said race, the trustees are authorized to arrange with the county board of education to furnish adequate school facilities for such children outside of said district, or may arrange, upon such terms as may be agreed upon by said trustees and the county board of education, to receive colored children into the school of such district from outside of the territory of said graded school district.
CHAPTER 180 AN ACT TO REVISE THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WIN- STON AND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SALEM, AND TO ADOPT A CHARTER FOR THE CITY OF WINSTON- SALEM. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 9. Such registrars shall be furnished by said board of aldermen with registration books, and said registrars shall open their books at such places in the city of Winston-Salem as may be designated by said aldermen, and shall register therein the names of all persons applying for registration and entitled to register or vote in the ward or precinct for which such registrar has been appointed, keeping the names of the white voters separate and apart from those of the colored voters and designating on the registration books opposite the name of each person registering the place of his residence in his ward, and if any applicant for registration shall not disclose the place of his residence in his ward his willful failure to do so shall be prima facie evidence that he is not entitled to register in such ward: Provided, that a new registration shall not be biennially held unless the board of aldermen shall determine that the same is necessary, and by due advertisement give notice of the same, and the place where the books of registration shall be opened; but a revision of the registration books shall be made, beginning on Saturday next preceding each election to be held for said city, in accordance with the provisions of the general law.
CHAPTER 118 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 253 OF THE PRIVATE LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA, SESSION OF 1911, RELATING TO OAK GROVE GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT, SURRY COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. That said act of nineteen hundred and eleven, Private Laws, chapter two hundred and fifty-three, be further amended as follows: It shall be the duty of the board of education of Surry County and the school committee of said district to provide sepa- ate schools for the white and colored races, in event the colored race shall require and justify the establishment of a school for such race, and in the event they shall not be sufficient in number to justify the establishment of such school for their accommodation, it shall be the duty of the board of education of Surry County to assign the colored pupils, if within said district, to some school for the colored race in Mount Airy Township.
CHAPTER 347 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE ROCKDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That all the territory in Scotland County within the following described boundaries, to wit, beginning near the Peele homestead, at the intersection of the Wire Road and the State line, and runs thence in a southeasterly direction with said State line to a point where a straight line to the J. B. McColman place will exclude all the lands of D. D. Norton in North Carolina, said point being a corner of District Number One, the Mason Cross District for the white race; thence with the upper boundary of said District Number One in a direct line to the J. B. McColman place, where Preston Leggett now lives; thence along the road leading from said McColman place to Pates Mill on Joes Creek; thence down the run of Joes Creek in a southeasterly direction to the confluence of Joes Creek and Gum Swamp; thence up Gum Swamp to the mouth of Beaverdam Creek; thence up Beaverdam Creek to where it intersects with the public road leading from Laurel Hill to St. Johns Church; thence down said road towards St. Johns Church to the run of Browns Branch near Elijah Gibsons residence; thence in a westerly direction, with the run of said branch to a point two hundred yards beyond the said Elijah Gibsons residence; thence in a southerly direction to the northern edge of the Iron Monger Pond, to the second corner of the lands of the estate of Miranda Wright, deceased ; thence with the said Wright line to its beginning corner; thence with the line between the estates of N. B. Gibson and Miranda Wright to a corner of the said estates; thence in a southwesterly direction with said Gibson line to a corner of the estate lands of N. B. Gibson and the lands of T. M. McLaughlin; thence with the dividing line between the lands of T. M. McLaughlin and the estate lands of W. F. Gibson to a corner; thence with the various lines of the estate of W. F. Gibson, in a southwesterly direction, to the run of Joes Creek; thence in a northerly direction with the run of said Joes Creek to Wrights Bridge on the Wire Road; thence in a westerly direction along the center of said road to the beginning, shall be and is hereby constituted a public school district for white and colored children, to be known as the Rockdale Public School District. :
CHAPTER 305 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE A BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION KNOWN AS THE GREAT POSTOLIC TEMPLE. Whereas Clara E. Wiggins, G. A. Purvis, Ulysses S. Martin, J. C. Gorham, Cherry Bryant, Dellah Rodman, N. W. Cotton, Abraham Swindell and Percy Stevens, in conjunction with others, have joined together in an effort to organize a lodge for beneyo- lent purposes, to care for its members by providing medical atten- tion and nurse, and for the care and education and general uplift of coming generations of the colored race, and for said purposes deem it wise that the said parties and their successors in office should be incorporated : The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That the said incorporation shall have the right and power to establish a juvenile lodge for the care, protection, and education of children of the colored race, under such by-laws, rules and regulations as may be adopted.
CHAPTER 252 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A GRADED SCHOOL AT DAVIDSON, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 11. That it shall be the duty of said board of trustees to establish graded public schools for the white and colored children of said town, and said board shall use and appropriate the funds derived from said special taxes and all other sources in such manner as shall be just to both races, giving each equal school facilities, due regard, however, being had to the cost of establishing and maintaining the graded schools of each race.
CHAPTER 236 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF FREEMONT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. That the registrars shall be furnished by said board of aldermen with the registration books, and it shall be the duty of the registrar to open his books, at the time and place designated, at least ten days before election, and to register therein the names of all persons applying for registration and entitled to register and vote. It shall be the duty of the registrars to keep the names of the white voters separate and apart from those of the colored voters.
CHAPTER 68 AN ACT TO REPEAL ITS PRESENT CHARTER AND LAWS IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ACT, AND TO INCORPORATE THE CITY OF HICKORY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: ARTICLE I. NAME AND RIGHTS.
Section 1. All the territory within the corporate limits of the city of Hickory, Catawba County, as is now or shall hereafter be prescribed, shall be and remain and is hereby constituted a public school district for both white and colored children, and shall hereafter be known as the Hickory School District. The city council shall be charged with the duty of maintaining an adequate and sufficient system of public schools within the Hickory School District, and shall construct and maintain proper buildings, and to that end the public school buildings and all other property now used, or which may be hereafter acquired within the city of Hickory for school purposes, shall be under their control and subject to the disposition of the city council. The city council shall have the same power and authority to condemn lands and to do and perform any and all other acts to acquire and control school property as is given or may be conferred by law upon said council with reference to acquiring lands for streets or any other public purpose, and may control school property and grounds in like manner as it is empowered to control streets; and the said council shall also have such power not in direct conflict with the provisions of this article, with regard to the public schools of the Hickory School District, and the officers, teachers, and employees thereof, as is now conferred by law upon the Board of Commissioners of Catawba County and the Board of Education of Catawba County with regard to the public schools of the county; and the said council shall have charge of the collection of taxes to maintain the schools, and construct school buildings, and the handling and the disbursement of all money used for school purposes.
CHAPTER 59 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CITY OF RALEIGH, AND TO REPEAL ITS PRESENT CHARTER AND ALL LAWS IN CONFLICT WITH: THIS ACT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. That each registrar shall be furnished by said board of commissioners with registration books, and it shall be his duty, after being qualified, to perform the functions of his office fairly, impartially, and according to law; to revise the existing registration books of the precinct for which he is appointed in such manner that said books shall show an accurate list of electors previously registered in such precinct and still residing therein, and entitled to vote without requiring such electors to be registered anew; and such registrar shall also, between the hours of seven o'clock A. M. and sunset (Sunday excepted), from and including the last Monday in March up to ten days previous to the election, keep open the books for the registration of any electors residing in such city and entitled to registration, whose names do not appear in the revised list, and he shall register in said books all names of persons not so registered who may apply for registration and who are entitled to vote in said city. Each registrar shall be required to be at the polling place for his precinct on Saturdays from seven A. M. until sunset during the period for registration. He shall keep the names of white voters separate and apart from those of the colored voters, and any person offering to register may be required to take and subscribe an oath that he has resided in the State of North Carolina two years, in Wake County six months, and in the precinct in which he offers to register four months previous to the day of election, and that he is twenty-one years of age, and that he is a qualified elector of said city. If any person willfully swear falsely in taking such oath, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be sentenced to pay a fine of one hundred dollars and imprisoned sixty days in the county jail. But the board of commissioners, on fifteen days notice by publication in some newspaper of said city before the opening of the books, may order an entirely new registration of voters whenever they may deem it proper. The registration books shall be closed at sundown on the second Saturday before the election, and after the same are closed no person shall be allowed to register, except those coming of age after the books close and before or on election day, who are otherwise qualified electors of the city; and the books shall then be placed in the office of the city clerk, and may be inspected by any person so desiring, and the clerk shall mark the day on which they were received by him, and they shall not be taken from his custody until the day of election. Any registrar failing to deposit his registration book with the clerk, at the time prescribed, shall receive no compensation for making said registration, and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
CHAPTER 468 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH MOUNT HOLLY SUPPLEMENTAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, IN COLUMBUS COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the board of commissioners of Columbus County, upon the written application of a majority of the board of trustees of said school district, is hereby authorized and directed to submit on the first Tuesday in May, nineteen hundred and eleven, to the qualified voters of said school district embraced in said county of Columbus under such rules and regulations as exist for the election of members for the General Assembly, the question whether an annual tax shall be levied therein for the support of supplemental public schools for white and colored of said district. Each voter shall vote a written or printed ballot with the words For schools or No schools thereon.
CHAPTER 466 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUING OF BONDS BY THE CHADBOURN SUPPLEMENTAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER THREE FOR THE WHITE AND COLORED RACES OF COLUM- BUS COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the board of commissioners of Columbus County, upon a written application of a majority of the board of trustees of Chadbourn Supplemental School District Number Three for the White and Colored Races, hereinafter called the Chadbourn district, is authorized and directed to submit on the first Tuesday in May, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, to the qualified voters of said Chadbourn district, under such rules and regulations as now exist or may be hereafter established for the election of members of the General Assembly, the question of issuing bonds for the erection of a suitable school building in said district, to take the place of the building recently destroyed by fire, and at such election each voter shall be entitled to vote a written or printed ballot with the words For building bonds or Against building bonds thereon.
CHAPTER 429 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE CAROLINA COLLEGIATE AND AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. The object of this institution shall be to teach the branches of learning relating to industrial and agricultural arts and such other scientific and classical studies as the board of trustees may elect to have taught, and to promote moral and practical education to the male and female white race.
Section 5. The board of trustees shall use as in its judgment may be proper, for the purpose of such institute and for the benefit of education in industrial and agricultural arts any funds, buildings, lands, laboratories and other property which is or may come into its possession. The said board of trustees shall have the power to accept and receive and hold all manner of lands, tenement rents, annuities and other hereditaments, which at any time or times hereafter may be granted, bargained, sold, released, devised or otherwise conveyed to said corporation forever. Also the said corporation at all times hereafter shall be able and capable to purchase, have, receive, take, hold and enjoy in fee simple, any lands, tenements, rents, annuities or interest in real property by the gift, grant, bargain, sale, or devise of any person, persons, or bodies, corporation or politic capable to make the same; further shall be able to receive and possess all moneys, goods and chattels that have been given or shall hereafter be given, sold, released or bequeathed by any person or persons for the use of said institute. And same to apply according to the will of the donors. The said corporation shall have, hold, possess and use the same for the purpose of establishing and endowing said institute for the education of males and females of the white race.
CHAPTER 356 AN ACT TO ENLARGE THE BOUNDARIES OF PARKTON SPE- CIAL TAX SCHOOL DISTRICT, IN THE COUNTY OF ROBE- SON, :-TO CHANGE ITS NAME, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SAID DISTRICT TO ISSUE BONDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF A SITE AND THE ERECTION OF A SCHOOL BUILDING, AND TO LEVY AN ADDITIONAL SPE- CIAL TAX. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 17. That all public school funds derived from the State and the county of Robeson, and which may, from time to time be collected and apportioned under the general school law for school purposes, for the children in said Parkton graded school district, and all moneys to which said district may be entitled by reason of any special tax, gift, grant, apportionment, or otherwise, shall be paid to the treasurer of said board of trustees and shall be by him paid out by order of said board for the proper maintenance of the white and colored schools located in said Parkton graded school district and under the provisions hereof: Provided, that all donations to said schools shall be applied as directed by the donors.
CHAPTER 344 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS IN THE CAMERON GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT. Whereas, the citizens of the Cameron graded school district, em- bracing the town of Cameron and that portion of Moore and Lee counties lying contiguous thereto, did, on the third Monday in May, one thousand nine hundred and seven, vote a special tax, not to ex- ceed forty cents -40 on the one hundred dollars ($100) valuation of property and one dollar and twenty cents ($1.20) on the poll, for the purpose of establishing graded schools in the Cameron graded schoo] district in compliance with an act of the General Assembly enacted February the twenty-sixth, one thousand nine hundred and seven, as shown in certified copy of same; therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That all the territory lying within the boundaries of the Cameron graded school district, to wit: Beginning at the ford of Herds Creek, between Angus Fergusons and George Coles, and running as the road in an easterly direction to G. S. Coles line; thence as G. 8 Coles and Matthews line in direction of Cameron to J. W. Yows southwest corner; thence as Yows line to his and Rachel Blues corner in Hartsells line; thenee as Hartsells line in direction of Cameron to William Rogers corner in the Cat Tail Branch; thence with the branch, which is Rogers line, to the Keith line; thence with Rogers line in an easterly direction across the Crains Creek and across the 8 A. L. R. R. to Rogers corner; thence with the railroad and Rogers line to Crains Creek; thence up said creek to T. B. Goodwins corner on said creek; thence with his line to southwest corner of John McDonalds land; thence with his line to the 8 W. of the John Kelly land; thence with the south line of the Kelly land to the Fergus Ferguson land; thence with the south and east line of the Ferguson land to Fayetteville road; thence as Fayetteville road in the direction of Cameron to Swans station road; thence as Swans station road in direction of Swans station to a point in the road opposite where the Richardson dwelling was burned; thence as the road leading from said point by way of Mrs. Elizabeth M. McFadyens farm, crossing the Seaboard Air Line Railroad at said farm; and thence as said road to George Browders mill; thence as road leading in a westerly direction to the N. T. Arnolds on Gulf plank road; thence as said road in direction of Gulf about one-fourth mile to road leading to old Carthage plank road; thence as said road in direction of Carthage to the line of the Melver land; thence as northeast boundary of said land to Herds Creek; thence down said creek to beginning, shall be and is hereby constituted a public school district for white and colored children, to be known as the Cameron graded school district.
CHAPTER 336 AN ACT TO REVISE THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF KERNERSVILLE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: CHAPTER I. INCORPORATIONS.
Section 72. That the moneys which from time to time be apportioned under the general school laws of the State to the above deseribed school district shall be turned over by the treasurer of Forsyth County to the treasurer of the said schoo] trustees for the benefit of said school: Provided, that in apportioning the school fund of said county said graded school shall be allowed the proportion of said fund due per capita to the white and colored children of school age.
Section 73. That the property, both real and personal, of the public school for white and colored children of said district shall become the property of the said graded school and shall be vested in the said board of trustees and their successors in trust for the said graded school, and the said board of trustees may in their discretion sell the same, or any part thereof, and apply the proceeds to the use of the graded school, to the established graded school; which is established in said graded school district.
CHAPTER 183 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE MOUNTAIN VIEW INSTITUTE IN WILKES COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. That the purpose of said institute shall be the education of boys and girls of the white race, and to that end the trustees and principal thereof may, from time to time, adopt and prescribe such a course or courses of study as will lead to thorough preparation for entrance into any of the colleges of this State, and for any of the ordinary business callings or pursuits of life; and may grant certificates or diplomas of proficiency in any given course.
CHAPTER 51 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCA- TION OF GRANVILLE COUNTY TO ESTABLISH A SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT IN OAK HILL TOWNSHIP. Whereas, there are some thirty or thirty-five white children of school age in Oak Hill Township, Granville County, who cannot reach any public school in the county because of the fact that there are several dangerous creeks between the locality in which said children reside and the public schools as now located; and whereas, there exists a necessity for the establishment in said township of a special school district, with less than sixty-five white children of school age therein, in order that the children living between said creeks may have the benefits of the public schools; and whereas, the County Board of Education of Granville County recommends the establishment of a special school district in said township, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the County Board of Education of Granville County be and it is hereby authorized to establish a special school district in Oak Hill Township, for the white race, with less than sixty-five white children of school age therein, the boundaries of the said special school district to be fixed by the said county board of education, so that the school therein shall be located and taught not more than one mile from Evans store, in said township.
CHAPTER 413 AN ACT TO BUILD A GRADED SCHOOL BUILDING IN THE TOWN OF ASHBORO. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That all the territory lying within the corporate limits of the town of Ashboro, as the boundaries of said town are on the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and five, shall constitute a public school district for the white and colored children and shall be known and designated as Ashboro Graded School District.
CHAPTER 359 AN ACT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, CONTROL AND MAIN- TENANCE OF GRADED SCHOOLS IN THE TOWN OF NORTH WILKESBORO. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 8. That all public school funds derived from the State and from Wilkes County for the use and benefit of the public schools of said town, as indicated by the annual census of the children of school age therein, shall be paid to the town treasurer by the Treasurer of Wilkes County for the use and benefit of the graded public schools in said town; and the property, both real and personal, of said public school district, whether heretofore belonging to the white or colored public schools, shall become the property of said graded schools as hereinbefore set out, and shall be vested in the said board of trustees in trust for said graded schools, and the said board of trustees may sell the same, or any part thereof, if deemed necessary or advisable, and apply the same for the use of said graded schools.
CHAPTER 85 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS IN THE TOWN OF ENFIELD. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That all territory lying within the corporate limits of the town of Enfield. and all of the portion of Halifax County not embraced within said corporate limits, but lying contiguous thereto within the following boundaries, to-wit: Said territory shall extend for the distance of two and one-half miles north and south each way from the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company's ticket office in said town, and it shall extend east from said office three miles and west two and one-half miles, including a rectangular parallelogram five and one-half miles in length and five miles in width, with said ticket office as the basis of measurement or beginning point; shall be and is hereby constituted a public school district for white and colored children, to be known as the Enfield Graded School District.
CHAPTER 307 An act to amend the charter cf the town of Sanford. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. The registrar of each of said wards shall be iurnished by the aldermen of the town with a registration book, and it shall be his duty to perform the duties of his office fairly, impartially and acording to law; to revise the existing registration book of his ward in such manner that said book shall show an accurate list of electors previously registered in said ward and still residing therein without requiring said electors to be registered anew; and such registrar shall also, between the hours of seven oclock a. m. and nine oclock p. m., for four successive Saturdays immediately next preceding the day of election, keep open the books for the registration of any electors residing in his said ward and entitled to register, whose names have never before been registered in said ward or do not appear on said revised lists, and shall register in said book all names of persons not so registered who may apply for registration, keeping the names of white voters separate and apart from the names of colored voters. Any person offering to register may be required to take and subscribe an oath that he has resided in the state of North Carolina twelve months and in the town of Sanford ninety days next preceding the day of election, and that he is an actual and bona fide resident of the ward in which he offers for registration, or is otherwise entitled to register, and that he is twenty-one years old; and if any _ person shall wilfully swear falsely in taking such oath he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and be imprisoned not exceeding sixty days in the county jail. But the board of alderan entirely new registration of voters whenever they may deem men, upon thirty days notice, may direct that there shall be it necessary for a fair election. This new registration may, if the board so determine, be conducted by one of the registrars hereinbefore provided for, to be designated by the board, who sha.l keep all the registration, books of the town at a place to be designated by said board.
CHAPTER 262 An act to amend the charter of the town of Clayton. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. Said registrar shall be furnished by said county commissioners with registration books at the expense of the town, and it shail be the duty of said registrar to open his books at the time and place designated by said county commissioners in said town, at least thirty days before the day of election herein provided for, and to register therein the names of all persons applying for registration and entitled to register and vote. It shall be the duty of the registrar to keep the names of the white voters separate and apart from those of colored voters, and he shall designate on the registration books opposite the name of each person registering the place of residence, and if such applicant for registration shall not disclose his place of residence, his willful failure to do so shall be prima facie evidence that he is not entitled to registration.
CHAPTER 243 An act to revise, amend and consolidate the act of incorporation of the town of Louisburg, North Carolina, and the acts amendatory thereof. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. Said registrar shall be furnished by said board of commissioners with a registration book and it shall be the duty of said registrar to open his book at such place in the town of Louisburg as may be designated by said commissioners on the first Saturday in April next preceding the election, and to register therein the names of all persons applying for registration and entitled to register and vote in the said town, keeping the names of the white voters separate and apart from those of the colored voters and designating on the registration books opposite the names of each person registering the place of his residence in said town, and if any applicant for registration shall not disclose the place of his residence his willful failure so to do shall be prima facie evidence that he is not entitled to register. Any person offering to register shall be required to take an oath that he has been a bona fide resident of North Carolina for twelve months, of the town of Louisburg for ninety days next preceding that date, and that he has not been convicted of any crime which, by the laws of North Carolina disqualifies him for voting. In said oath he shall specify the place of his residence. If any person shall willfully swear falsely in such affidavit he shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and on consideration [conviction] thereof shall be punished as for larceny: Provided, that after the first registration shall have been made, as provided for herein,a new registration shallnot be held annually unless the board of commissioners shall at theirregular meeting in March determinethat the same is necessary, and by due advertisement give notice of the same and the place where the book of registration shall be opened; but a revision of the registration book shall be made, beginning on Saturday next preceding each election to be held for said town in accordance with the provisions of the general law.
CHAPTER 62 An act to amend the charter of Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 15. By striking out section fifteen and inserting instead therof the following: Should there be more votes in the box than the recorders list shows have been cast, and the poll-holders shall be of the opinion that the excess was placed there fraudulently, and the result of the election is thereby affected, they shall certify such to the aldermen-elect at their first meeting, who shall declare the election in said ward void and proceed to fill the vacancy. But shold the excess appear to the poll-holders to be accidental they shall elect some child who cannot read to draw said excess from the box one vote at a time. Should two or more votes be folded together the poll-holders shall reject them. The ballots shall contain the name of only one person, printed or written, on white or colored paper, with or without device.
CHAPTER 19 An act to incorporate The Yanceyville Graded (colored) School. Lhe General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That W. H. Burwell, W. L. Malone, G. &. Currie, L. Bigelow, A. Bigelow, R. R. Graves, Clem. Williamson, John L. Hill, F. R. Terry and R. C. Covington and their associates and successors, be and the same are hereby created a body politic and corporate under the name and style of  Yanceyville Colored Graded School  in the township of Yanceyville, County of Caswell and State of North Carolina, for the education of colored people, and as such they shall have all corporate powers, rights and immunities of trustees of similar academies in North Carolina. The said Trustees and their successors may sue and be sued, and acquire and hold such real and personal property as may be necessary and suitable to maintain said academy.
CHAPTER 85, An act to repeal the present charter of Elizabeth City and recharter the city. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 15. Should there be more votes in the box than the recorders list shows to have been cast, and the poll-holders shall be of the opinion that the excess was placed there fraudulently and the result of the election is thereby affected, they shall certify such to the commissioners elect at their first meeting, who shall declare the election in said ward void and proceed to fill the vacancy. But should the excess appear to the poll holders to be accidental they shall select some child who cannot read to draw said excess from the box, one vote ata time. Should two or more votes be folded together the poll-holders shall reject them. The ballots shall contain the name of only one person, printed or written, on white or colored paper, with or without device,
CHAPTER 387 An act to consolidate and revise the charter of the town of Wilson. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 6. That the registrar shall be furnished by the said board of commissioners with registration books, and it shall be his duty, after being qualified to perform the functions of his office fairly, impartially and according to law, to revise the existing registration books of said town in such manner that said book shall show an accurate list of electors previously registered in said town and still residing therein, without requiring such electors to be registered anew; and such registrar shall also every day, between the hours of ten oclock a. m. and four oclock p. m. (Sunday excepted), from and including the last Monday in March up to ten days previous to the election, keep open the books for the registration of any electors residing within the corporate limits and entitled to registration whose names have never before been registered in said town or do not appear in the revised lists; and he shall register in said books all names of persons not so registered who may apply for registration, keeping the names of the white voters separate and apart from those of the colored voters, and also their names, ages, place of birth and places of residence; and any person offering may be required to take and subscribe an oath that he has resided in the state of North Carolina twelve months and in the town of Wilson and in the ward for which he offers to register ninety days next preceding the day of election, and that his place of residente is at .... in such ward, and that he is twenty-one years of age. If any person shall wilfully swear falsely in taking such oath, he shall be guilty of perjury and punished as in like cases of perjury. The board of commissioners, upon thirty days notice, may direct that there shall be an entirely new registration of Priv38 voters whenever they may deem it necessary for a fair election or for the interest of the town.
CHAPTER 85 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS IN THE TOWN OF ENFIELD. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 12. That it shall be the duty of said Board of Trustees to establish graded public schools for the white and colored children of said district. And said Board of Trustees shall appropriate and use the funds derived from said particular taxes, and from other sources, in such manner as shall be deemed just to both races, providing equal school facilities for each, due regard being paid, however, to the difference in the cost of maintaining said schools: Provided, that all donations to said schools shall be applied as directed by the donors.
CHAPTER 3854 An act to amend the charter of the town of Shelby. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section forty of the laws of eighiteen hundred and seventy-four and eighteen hundred and seventy-five be amended as follows, Add after the last word in said section the following:  That , out of the funds arising from any license tax on bar-rooms in the town of Shelby the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars shall be applied to the maintenance of the white and colored graded schools in said town: Provided, only one such license for a bar-room shall be issued; but if two or more licenses for bar-rooms in said town shall be issued, then the sum of eleven hundred dollars arising from such funds shall be applied to the maintenance of said schools: Provided, that the balance of said funds, or if the said graded schools shall no longer be kept up then the whole of said funds, shall be applied to such public uses of said town of Shelby as the commissioners of said town may direct.
CHAPTER 62 An act to incorporate Wadeville Academy. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That E. J. Bruton, J. W. Harris, T. B. Hurley, D. F. Robinson, A. J. Bruton, J. M. Robinson and J. B. Hurley, of the county of Montgomery, and state of North Carolina, and those who hereafter may be associated with them, and their successors, are hereby created a body politic and corporate and have perpetual succession by the name and style of Wadeville Academy, located in the village of Wadeville, and by such name may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, make and use a common seal and alter the same at pleasure, and make and maintain such by-laws, rules and regulations for the government of the same and the orderly conduct of its affairs as may be deemed necessary, and shall be capable in law to take, receive and hold all manner of lands, tenements, rents, annuities and hereditaments which may at any time be granted, bargained, released, demised or otherwise granted, and that said academy and all real and personal property so granted, received or accepted and appertaining thereto shall be set apart forever for the exclusive purpose of educating the children of the white race and of assisting young men and young ladies in the education of themselves, and when in the _ judgment of a majority of the board of trustees a sale of any property acquired as aforesaid is necessary for the interests thereof such sale _and transfer is hereby authorized, and the proceeds thereof directed to be used as a general fund for improvements.
CHAPTER 579 Ana act supplemental and amendatory to an act entitled  An act to estab- lish the Agricultura! and Mechanical College for the Colored Race. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That J. M. Early of Bertie county is hereby named as temporary chairman of the board of trustees of the Agricultural and Mechanical College for the Colored Race, to the end that he call said board together at such time and place as may be suitable for the purpose of effecting a permanent organization of said board of trustees: Provided, that this act shall not interfere with the several provisions of the act of which this is amendatory.
CHAPTER 549 An act to. establish an agricultural and mechanical college for the colored race. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the said institution shall be denominated  The Agricultural and Mechanical College for the Colored Race.
Section 6. That the said board of trustees are empowered to receive any donation of property, real or personal, which may be made to the said College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, and shall have power to invest or expend the same for the benefit of said college, and shall have power to accept on behalf of this college such proportion of the fund granted by the congress of the United States to the state of North Carolina for industrial and agricultural training as is apportioned to the colored race, in accordance with the act or acts of congress in relation thereto.
Section 13. That the trustees of the said The Agricultural and Mechanical College for the Colored Race shall be entitled to the same per diem and mileage as compensation for attendance upon the meetings of said board, as are now allowed by the law to the members of the general assembly.
CHAPTER 536 An act to establish a graded school in the town of Henderson. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 1. That the commissioners for the town of Henderson, in the county of Vance, are hereby authorized to submit to the qualified voters of said town at such time and under such rules and regulations as the said commissioners may prescribe, whether an annual assessment shall be levied therein for the support of a graded school for the white children and a graded school for the colored children in said town; that at such election such qualified voters as are in favor of levying such assessment shall vote a written or printed ballot with the words  For school upon it, and such voters as are opposed to the levying of such assessment shall vote a written or printed ballot with the words  Against school upon it, and the penalties for illegal and fraudulent voting in this election shall be in all respects the same as in the annual elections for mayor and commissioners of the said town of Henderson.
CHAPTER 523 An act to remove the colored norma! school now located in Franklinton, Franklin county, to Warrenton, Warren county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 1. That the state board of education are hereby directed to remove the normal school for the colored race now located at Franklinton, Franklin county, and establish it at Warrenton, Warren county: Provided, the citizensof Warrenton shall furnish, or cause to be furnished, suitable buildings in which to conduct the exercises of said institution and the sum of three hundred dollars per annum in addition to the state appropriation to defray the expenses of the same.
CHAPTER 403, An act in relation to the public schoo! in the town of Shelby, and pro- viding for it [the] levying of a tax to support the same. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. The school committee created by this act may elect annually a superintendent of the schools established under this act, who shall be the principal of the graded school for white children if same shall be established. The said superintendent shall examine all applicants for teachers positions in the said school and issue certificate to the same, and shall do and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by said school committee.
Section 9. The school committee provided for by this act shall apportion the money raised or received for educational purposes in the town of Shelby as shall be just to the white and colored races without discrimination in favor of or to the prejudice of either race, due regard being paid to the cost of keeping up and maintaining the public schools of both races: Provided, separate schools shall be established and maintained for the white and colored races.
CHAPTER 330 An act to establish a graded school in district number one in Cherokee county, North Carolina. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. The school committee created by this act shall elect annually a superintendent of the schools established under this act, who shall be the principal of the graded schools for white children if the same be established. The superintendent of said schools shall examine all applicants for teachers positions in the said schools and issue certificates to the same, which certificates shall be valid for one year from date, and shall do and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by said committee. .
CHAPTER 8&4, An act to amend chapter two hundred and forty-three -243 of the private laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and the charter of the city of Raleigh. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section two -2 of chapter two hundred and fortythree -243 of the private laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-one be amended as follows: Add to the end of said section two -2 the following: The tract of land conveyed to the city of Raleigh by R. S. Pullen, Esquire, by deed dated March the twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, as recorded in book ninety-five, page four hundred and sixty-three, register of deeds office of Wake county, and known as * Pullen Park, and all other territory which may be acquired by the city by purchase, or donation, or otherwise, for park purposes, and the cemetery for the burial of deceased white persons, located northeast of the city of Raleigh, known as Oakwood Cemetery, and the cemetery for the burial of deceased colored persons, located south of the city of Raleigh, known as  Mount Hope Cemetery, shall also be included in | he corporate limits of the city of Raleigh, and all ordinances now in force or hereafter enacted by the board of aldermen of said city shall be applicable to the territory included in said Pullen Park or other parks, and in said cemeteries, as fully as if the said territory was embraced within the limits of the city.
CHAPTER 91 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS IN HENDERSON TOWNSHIP IN VANCE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That all the territory embraced within the limits of Henderson Township, in Vance County, State of North Carolina, as now laid out and established, shall be and is hereby constituted a school district for the white and colored children, to be known and designated as Henderson Graded School District.
CHAPTER 122 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS IN THE TOWN OF HENDERSONVILLE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. It shall be the duty of the said school trustees to distribute and apportion the school moneys placed to their credit so as to give each school in the town, white and colored, the same length of school term as nearly as may be each year.
CHAPTER 141 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS AND AN ELEC- TRIC LIGHT SYSTEM IN THE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM, RICHMOND COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. That it shall be the duty of said board to establish a graded school for the white children and one for the colored children of said town, and to appropriate the funds derived from said special tax and all other sources for said graded schools for white and colored children so as to equalize school facilities between the two races, having due regard to the requirements of the two races.
CHAPTER 278 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS IN THE TOWN OF BEAUFORT, CARTERET COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That all the territory embraced within the corporate limits of the town of Beaufort, and also all the territory embraced and included as it is now laid out in the present public school district. number eighteen, in Beaufort Township, shall be and is hereby constituted a school district for the white and colored children, to be known and designated as the Beaufort Graded School District.
CHAPTER 262 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS IN THE TOWN OF MOREHEAD CITY, CARTERET COUNTY, NORTH CARO- LINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That all the territory lying within the corporate limits of the town of Morehead City, and all territory which may be included in any future extension of said town, be and the same is hereby constituted the public school district for the white and colored children, to be known as the Morehead City Graded School District.
CHAPTER 196 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS IN THE FLAT ROCK SPECIAL TAX SCHOOL DISTRICT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. The special tax school district of Flat Rock, Henderson County, shall be and is hereby constituted a graded school district for both white and colored schools.
CHAPTER 161 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS AND TO IM- PROVE THE STREETS IN THE CITY OF RANDLEMAN. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That all the territory lying within the corporate City mad limits of the city of Randleman shall be and is hereby constituted SP! the public school district for white and colored children, to be known as The Randleman Graded School District.