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CHAPTER 19 AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT RELATING TO ROADS AND HIGH- WAYS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enaet :
Section 23. Any person charged with a road tax may discharge the same by labor on the public highways within the district where the same is charged within the time designated in this act, at the rate of one dollar per day and a ratable allowance per,day for any team, implements and material furnished by any person under the direction of the supervisor of such district, who shall give to such person a certificate specifying the amount of tax so paid, and the district and township wherein such labor was performed, which certificate shall in no case be given for any greater sum than the tax charged against such person, and the county treasurer shall receive all such certificates as money in the discharge of said road tax. All road taxes collected by the county treasurer shall be paid over to the township trustees of the proper township. The township trustees in determining the division of this fund shall be governed not by the miles of road in each district, but by necessities of the roads, the convenience of getting material, the quantity of material necessary to make substantial repairs, ete., and thus make a just and equitable division of said fund between the several districts.
CHAPTER 166 An act to repeal local prohibition in certain localities and to pro- hibit the sale of intoxicating liquors in certain other localities, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. That the sale of spirituous liquors shall be prohibited within three miles of the following places, to-wit: Bethel Methodist and Baptist churches, in Haywood county ; Town of Charleston Methodist Episcopal Church South, at Coopers Creek; the Indian Baptist church at Bird Town; Yellow Hill Baptist church, Cold Springs Baptist church, Witcher Chapel, Methodist Church South, Brushy Creek Baptist church, in Swain county ; Rose Hill church, in Pitt county; Cataloochee church, in Haywood county.
CHAPTER 325 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A SANATORIUM IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FOR THE TREATMENT OF TUBER- CULOSIS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 13. Each member of the Board of Directors while engaged in attending to the affairs of said sanatorium shall be entitled to receive as compensation the sum of five dollars ($5.00) per day, and in addition thereto the necessary traveling and hotel expenses of such member.
CHAPTER 102 An act to amend the charter of the Southern Guarantee and Investment Company. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: That the charter of the Southern Guarantee and Investment Company, formerly the Worth-Wharton Real Estate and [nvest- ment Company, a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of this state on the fourth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety, with its principal office at Greensboro in this state, be amended so that the same shall read as follows:
Section 13. Any and every court in which moneys may be paid, lodged or deposited by agreement of parties or by order, judgment or decree of such court, may order or direct the same to be deposited with the said company, and when such deposits shall have been made the same, like all moneys deposited with said company by individuals or corporations, shall be at all times subject to withdrawal by the check or order of the person entitled and duly authorized to withdraw the same; and any executor or administrator, guardian or other trustee or public officer having the control of any bonds, stocks, securities, moneys or other valuables belonging to others shall be and is hereby authorized to deposit the same for safe keeping with said company.
CHAPTER 228 An act to incorporate the Mountain View Road Company, and to authorize the construction of a turnpike road between the iron bridge west of Morganton and the town of Linville or Millers Gap. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. That when said road is open for public travel between the points hereinbefore specified, the company shall have power to erect gates on any part of the new portion of said road, the said gates to be at least ten miles apart: Provided, there shall be not more than two gates between Morganton and Linville, and collect such tolls as they may fix for passage over said road not to exceed the following: For hogs, cattle, sheep or goats, five cents each; loose horses, mules and asses ten cents each; single horsemen, fifteen cents; vehicles pulled by one animal, twenty cents; by two animals, thirty cents, and for each additional animal ten cents: Provided, that the said company and their associxtes, successors and assigns shall keep said road in good condition.
CHAPTER 175 AN ACT TO VALIDATE THE ACTS OF BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF HENDERSON COUNTY RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF CERTAIN BONDS FOR TAXES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the acts on the part of the Board of County Commissioners of Henderson County and the tax collector of said County in accepting bonds and interest coupons of the County at par in the payment of taxes and in the sale of tax sale certificates be, and the same are hereby ratified and validated.
CHAPTER 27 \ An act to incorporate the Levi Bank of Rutherfordton, N. C. 3
Section 3. That the corporators in the first section named, ora | majority of them, are hereby empowered to open books of subscription to the capital stock of said corporation at such time or times, at such places and forsuch periods as they shall determine ; and the stockholders at any general meeting called after due organization of said corporation, may, at their discretion, from time to time re-open books of subscription to said capital stock until the same, as herein limited, be wholly taken.
CHAPTER 68 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 219 OF THE PRIVATE LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA OF THE SESSION OF THE GEN- ERAL ASSEMBLY OF 1907, RELATIVE TO TRUSTEES OF ABERDEEN GRADED SCHOOL The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section two of chapter two hundred and nineteen of the Private Laws of the General Assembly of one thousand nine hundred and seven, be and is hereby repealed and the following substituted in lieu thereof: On the third Tuesday in March, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, six trustees shall be; elected for the Aberdeen graded school district, by the qualified voters thereof; two for the term of three years; two for the term of two years, and two for the term of one year; and as these terms of office expire, their successors shall be elected for terms of three years each, at an election to be held in said graded school district annually on Tuesday after the first Monday in May. All such elections shall be held under the laws, rules and regulations governing state, county, and municipal elections.
CHAPTER 578 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SHERIFF OF DUPLIN COUNTY TO PAY ANY FUNDS NOW IN HIS HANDS BELONGING TO CALYPSO GOOD ROADS DISTRICT, DUPLIN COUNTY, TO GEO. W. ALBRITTON, AND ALBERT D. BYRD, TO BE USED ON THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS IN SAID DISTRICT. That whereas, Calypso good roads district, in Duplin County, held an election and sold bonds for the purpose of improving the highways in said district, all of which. bonds and the inter- est thereon accrued, have been paid off and discharged, and there now remains in the hands of the sheriff of Duplin County certain funds belonging to said district: The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the sheriff of Duplin County be and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay any funds now in his hands belonging to the Calypso good roads district to Albert D. Byrd and Geo. W. Albritton, to be used by them in improving the highways in said good roads district; that the receipt of said Aibert D. Byrd and Geo. W. Albritton, in the hands of the sheriff, shall be and constitute a proper voucher in all settlements by him with the commissioners of Duplin County, or any other official, or person, who may have the right to request the sheriff to make settlement for said fund; and the said Albert D. Byrd and Geo. W. Albritton shall make written report of the expenditures by them of the said fund to the commissioners of Duplin County.
CHAPTER 318 AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ALEXANDER COUNTY TO FILE AND PRESERVE ALL PAPERS AND PROCEEDINGS BE- FORE HIM OR BELONGING TO THE COURT, AND TO KEEP A PROPER INDEX THEREOF. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. All papers, books and records required by this Act, or any other law of this State relative to the same, shall be kept and filed in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court and shall not be taken therefrom, unless by a special order of the court or on the written consent of the attorneys of record of all the parties; but parties may, at all times, have copies thereof upon payment therefor.
CHAPTER 136 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSOLIDATED STATUTES AND TO CODIFY THE LAWS RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Whereas the acts of the General Assembly relating to public education are for the purpose of aiding all the people, and espe- cially school officials, in maintaining and conducting a system of public schools and in providing revenue for the same; and Whereas a great need is apparent for collecting all the laws relating to public education and codifying them in such a way as to set forth as clearly as possible the legal duties, powers, and responsibilities of the several school officials, in order to give them and all other friends of public education a clearer concep- tion of their duties in maintaining and conducting public schools in accordance with the needs of the people and the provisions of the Constitution: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: PART I ARTICLE I. INTERPRETATIONS
Section 12. How nominated and elected. In all the counties of the State there shall be nominated in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, and biennially thereafter, at the party primaries or conventions, at the same time and in the same manner as that in which other county officers are nominated, a candidate or candidates, by each political party of the State, for member or members of the county board of education to take the place of the member or members of said board whose term next expires. The names of the persons so nominated in such counties shall be duly certified by the chairman of the county board of elections, within ten days after their nomination is declared by said county board of elections, to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, who shall transmit the names of all persons so nominated, together with the name of the political party nominating them, to the chairman of the committee on education in the next session of the General Assembly within ten days after it convenes. The General Assembly shall elect or appoint one or more, from the candidates so nominated, members of the county board of education for such county. Upon failure of the General Assembly to elect or appoint members as herein provided, such failure shall constitute a vacancy, which shall be filled by the State Board of Education. The term of office of each member shall begin on the first Monday of April of the year in which he is elected, and shall continue until his successor is elected and qualified. (C. S. 5404.)
CHAPTER 390 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE NORTH STATE TELE- PHONE COMPANY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. That the said corporation shall have a common seal, may sue and be sued in the courts of the State, and for the purpose of its business may hold and possess real and personal property ; and further, may establish branch lines, purchase other lines, co-operate with other lines at its terminal office with any and all telephone lines or systems of telegraph companies doing business within the State.
CHAPTER 485 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AND REGULATE THE NUMBER, PAY, AND DUTIES OF COUNTY. COMMISSIONERS OF CHATHAM, DAVIDSON, WARREN, WATAUGA, WILKES, PASQUOTANK, BLADEN, AND McDOWELL COUNTIES, AND FIXING PAY FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HALIFAX COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That the members of the board of county commissioners of Warren County shall be allowed and shall be paid by the treasurer of the aforesaid county the sum of four dollars per day for each day they are in actual attendance on their duties as such commissioners, and no more, and that they shall receive the further sum of five cents per mile to and from their places of meetings on the first day of each session, and no mileage on other days.
CHAPTER 491 AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 3 OF CHAPTER 128 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO THE NORTH CAROLINA LOCAL GOV- ERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. G. S. 128-24 is hereby amended by inserting a new paragraph immediately following the paragraph numbered (1) and immediately preceding the paragraph numbered (2), to be designated as (la), and to read as follows: 411 (1a) Should any member in any period of six consecutive years after becoming a member be absent from service more than five years, or should he withdraw his accumulated contributions, or should he become a beneficiary or die, he shall thereupon cease to be a member.
CHAPTER 432 AN ACT TO CREATE A SPECIAL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT COMPOSED OF PORTIONS OF .MOORH, MONTGOMERY, AND RICHMOND COUNTIBS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 12. When and if Roger A. Derby shall cause to be conveyed to the said district his residence situate in said school district, consisting of three adjoining connected wings, each sixteen by forty feet, with six windows in each wing, two bathrooms and plumbing, and five fireplaces, ceiled and weather-boarded, roof shingled _ and all stained, together with ten acres of adjoining land, free of all encumbrances; or shall cause a school building acceptable to said school committee to be built in said school district for the purposes of conducting a school therein, the said residence or school building, one or both, shall be known and designated as the Derby Memorial School, as a memorial to the father and mother of the said Roger A. Derby. i
CHAPTER 145  An act to incorporate the Bank of Oxford. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That H. C. Herndon, R. I. Devin, A. H. A. Williams, 8 H. Cannady, W. A. Davis, B. F. Hester, R. H. McGuire, R. V. Minor, N. M. Ferebee, Addieus Morris and J. L. Carroll, and all other persons who may hereafter become associated with them, are hereby constituted  body politic and corporate under the name and style of The Bank of Oxford, and assuch shall have succession for the term of thirty years, and by that name may sue and be sued, appear, prosecute and defend in any court of record or other court or places whatsoever, and may have and use a common seal, and may hereafter break and renew the same at will, and may make, establish and put in execution such by-laws, not being contrary to the laws of this stute orof the United States, as may be necessary for the regulation and management of its affaire, and do all such acts and things as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act.
CHAPTER 505 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 629 OF THE PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1917, RELATING TO THE RECORDERS COURT OF LEAKSVILLE TOWNSHIP, ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. Amend said section two of the said chapter six hundred and twenty-nine of the General Assembly of one thousand nine hundred and seventeen by adding at the end of said section two the following: That said prosecuting attorney is hereby given full power and authority to take affidavits to warrants, and to issue warrants in all criminal cases originating and occurring in said Leaksville Township, and to affix the seal of the court to other writs and process of the court.
CHAPTER 30 AN ACT DEFINING CO-OPERATIVE NON-PROFIT LIFE BENEFIT ASSOCIATIONS WITH REPRESENTATIVE FORM OF GOVERNMENT, PROVIDING THE TERMS ON WHICH SUCH ASSOCIATIONS MAY DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE, PROVIDING FOR THE RE-INCORPO- RATION OF SUCH FOREIGN ASSOCIATIONS, PRO- VIDING FOR THE TAXATION, SUITS AND SERVICE REGULATION AND CONTROL OF THE BUSINESS OF SUCH ASSOCIATIONS DOING BUSINESS IN THIS STATE AND PROVIDING THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH SUCH ASSOCIATIONS MAY BECOME LEGAL RESERVE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. All policies mutual and participating. All _ beneficiary certificates or policies issued by such association on said American Experience Table of Mortality with said interest assumption or any higher standard, shall be mutual and participating, and the association may provide for automatic paidup or extended insurance for an amount not to exceed the amount the reserve to the credit of such member will purchase in the event of suspension after said certificate shall have been in force for not less than two full years or more from date of issue, and shall carry such liability on its books.
CHAPTER 651 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOECANE BAPTIST CHURCH IN MITCHELL COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That any person or persons violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than twenty dollars. .
CHAPTER 44 An act to amend chapter one hundred and seventy-two of the private laws of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, the same being an act to incorporate The Commercial Security Company. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That section eleven of said chapter be amended by striking out all the words after the word elect in line nine down to and including the word  directors in line ten and insert in lieu thereof the following words, to-wit:  from their number a board of directors of such number as said company shall provide for in the by-laws thereof.
CHAPTER 116 AN ACT TO PROTECT PRIMARY ELECTIONS AND CON- VENTIONS OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN UNION COUNTY, AND TO PUNISH FRAUDS COMMITTED THERBEAT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 9. If any person shall attempt to influence the vote of another by the use of intoxicating liquors, or shall bribe or shall offer to bribe any voter by the promise of anything as a reward to be delivered or a service to be performed, prior to, at the time, or subsequent to the primary, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.
CHAPTER 282 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 115, SESSION LAWS OF 1963, THE SAME BEING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 9. Subsection (b) of Section 3, Article II, Chapter 115, Session Laws of 1963, is hereby amended by striking all of the last two sentences thereof beginning with the word In in line 19, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Charter, the municipal elections in the City of Lumberton shall be held on the last Saturday in May of 1965, and biennially thereafter. In the municipal election in 1965, and biennially thereafter, there shall be elected one councilman from each ward or precinct. The person from each ward or precinct, receiving the highest number of votes of the persons running from said ward or precinct, shall be declared elected.
CHAPTER 93 AN ACT TO PROVIDE STATE AID FOR PUBLIC LIBRA- RIES IN NORTH CAROLINA. WHEREAS, it is provided in the Constitution of the State that religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good gov- ernment and happiness of mankind, schools and means of edu- cation shall forever be encouraged, and that the people have the right to the privilege of education, and it is the duty of the State to guard and maintain that right; and WHEREAS, the establishment and maintenance of public libra- ries is an integral part of the educational program of a great State: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. For the necessary expenses of administration, allocation and supervision a sum not to exceed five per cent -5% of the annual appropriation may annually be used by the North Carolina Library Commission.
CHAPTER 243 An act to amend the charter of the city of Raleigh. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 63. Every bank (not incorporated), banker, broker or stock jobber shall, at the time fixed by this charter for listing personal property, make out and furnish the clerk a sworn statement, showing: (1). The amount of property on hand or in transit. (2). The amount of funds in the hands of other banks, bankers, brokers or others subject to draft. (3). The amount of checks or other cash items, the amount thereof not being included in either of the preceding items. (4). The amount of bills receivable discounted or purchased and other credits due or to become due, including accounts receivable and interest accrued but not due, and interest due and unpaid. (5). The amount of bonds and stocks of every kind, state and county warrants and other municipal securities, and shares of capital stock of joint stok or other companies or corporations held as an investment, or anyway representing assets. (6). All other property appertaining to said business other than real estate, which real estate shall be listed and assessed as other real estate is listed and assessed under this act. (7). The amount of deposits made with them by other parties. (8). The amount of all accounts payable other than current deposit accounts. (9). The amount of bonds and other securities exempt by law from taxation, specifying the amount and kind of each, the same being included in the preceding fifth item. The aggregate amount of the first, second and third items in said statement shall be listed as moneys. The amount of the sixth item shall be listed the same as other similar personal property is listed under this chapter. The aggregate amount of the seventh and eighth items shall be deducted from the aggregate amount of the fourth item of said statement, and the amount of the remainder, if any, shall be listed as credits. The aggregate amount of the ninth item shall be deducted from the aggregate amount of the fifth item of such statement, and the remainder shall be listed as bonds or stocks.
CHAPTER 19 AN ACT TO AMEND THE UHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MOORESVILLE, IN IREDELL COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 12. That said taxesshall be due the first Monday in August of each and every year, but the tax collector shall have no power to enforce collection of the same by sale before the first day of November next ensuing.
CHAPTER 179 AN ACT TO APPOINT JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That section one hundred and ninety-eight of the Consolidated Statutes shall not be applicable to the said Fred W. Ashcraft and B. Capps, herein appointed Justices of the Peace.
CHAPTER 645 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONS IN TYRRELL COUNTY AND FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES FOR CON- STRUCTION, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF NEEDED WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. Upon its receipt the Board of Commissioners of Tyrrell County shall review the petition and determine if it bears the requisite number of signatures, if those who signed the petition were eligible to sign as residents within the area of the proposed association, and if the description of the area of the proposed association clearly sets forth the boundaries of the association. If the Board of Commissioners of Tyrrell County should find the petition lacking in any of the particulars set forth in Section 2 of this Act, it shall be returned to the petitioners together with notice in writing of any deficiences found. Upon receipt of such notice the petitioners may correct the petition as indicated and re-submit same to the Board of Commissioners of Tyrrell County.
CHAPTER 53 AN ACT TO REGULATE THE MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES IN NORTH CARO- LINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. That all manufacturers and dealers, for the purpose of defraying the expenses connected with the enforcement of this act, shall pay to the Department of Agriculture the sum of ten cents per hundred pounds for paris green, calcium arsenate, lead arsenate and all other insecticides and fungicides, manufactured for sale or sold in this State.
CHAPTER 256 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 588 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS OF 1905 The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: That chapter five hundred and eighty-eight of the Public Laws of one thousand nine hundred and five, relating to raising revenue, be amended so as hereafter to read as follows: SCHEDULE A.
Section 14. Proportion of tax to be repaid upon certain conditions. Whenever debts shall be proven against the estate of a decedent, after the distribution of legacies from which the inheritance tax has been deducted in compliance with this act, and the legatee is required to refund any portion of the legacy, a proportion of the said tax shall be repaid to him by the executor or administrator if the said tax has not been paid into the State Treasury, or shall be refunded by the State Treasurer if it has been so paid in.
CHAPTER 271 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR REGISTRATION OF LABBLS, TRADE-MARKS AND DESIGNS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. Whenever any person or corporation has heretofore adopted and filed for record or registry, or shall hereafter adopt and file for registry, any label, trade-mark, term or design, as herein provided, it shall be unlawful for any other person or corporation to make any use, sale, offer for sale or display of the genuine label, trade-mark, term or design of any sveh person or corporation filing the same, or to have any such genuine label, trade-mark, term or design in possession with intent that the same shall be used, sold, offered for sale, or displayed, or that the same shall be applied, attached or displayed in any manner whatever to or on any goods, wares or merchandise, or to sell, offer to sell, or dispose of, or have in possession with intent that the same shall be sold or disposed of, any goods, wares or merchandise in any box, case, can or package, to or which any such genuine label, trade-mark, term or design of any such person or corporation is attached, affixed, or displayed, or to make any use whatever of any such genuine label, trade-mark, term or design, without first obtaining in every such case the license, consent or authority of the person or corporation adopting, filing and registering the same, or causing the same to be adopted, filed and registered; and any such license, consent or authority may be revoked and terminated at any time upon notice, and thereafter any use thereof shall be a violation of this act, and subject those violating the same to all the liabilities and penalties herein provided against any violation thereof.
CHAPTER 222 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CONCORD. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. Section 2 of Chapter 716 of the Session Laws of North Carolina Session of 1947 is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof is inserted the following: The board of aldermen at the regular meeting in June 1965 shall appoint three members of the Board of Light and Water Commissioners, one of whom shall be appointed for a term of one year, one of whom shall be appointed for a term of two years, and one of whom shall be appointed for a term of three years. Each succeeding term shall be three years. The City Manager of Concord shall be an ex officio member of said board but shall not have a vote. The board of aldermen shall also appoint a treasurer, an attorney, and such other officers as it may deem necessary for the proper government of the city who shall hold office during the pleasure of the board of aldermen, or until their successors are appointed and qualified. The Mayor of the City of Concord shall be chairman ex officio of such board and shall preside at all meetings but shall not have a vote in such proceedings.
CHAPTER 1435 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ZONING OF UNINCORPORATED AREAS IN PERQUIMANS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. As soon as practicable after their appointment the planning and zoning commissioners shall meet and organize by electing one of the members chairman and one secretary. It shall be the duty of the chairman to preside at all meetings and hearings of said planning and zoning commission and to be its executive officer. It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep minutes of the meetings and hearings of said planning and zoning commission in a permanent record book and to perform such other duties as are usual for secretaries of similar organizations.
CHAPTER 692 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A RECORDERS COURT IN MOUNT AIRY TOWNSHIP, SURRY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND TO PRESCRIBE THE JUISDICTION THEREOF. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. A special court for the trial of petty misdemeanors and certain civil causes committed in Mount Airy Township, the county of Surry, and to be designated as the Recorders Court of Mount Airy Township in Surry County, is hereby created and established.
CHAPTER 440 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 618 OF THE PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA, SESSION 1918, BHING AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE WORKING OF THE PUBLIC ROADS OF ROBESON COUNTY AND TO LEVY A TAX FOR THE SAME. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That chapter six hundred and eighteen of the PublicLocal Laws of North Carolina, session one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, be amended as follows, towit: Strike out section 40a, section 40b, section 40c, section 40d, section 40e, section 40f, section 40g, and section 40h. 5
CHAPTER 133 AN ACT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS AND APPOINT- ING THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE WHITEVILLE CITY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 258 AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ASSESS- MENT OF PROPERTY AND COLLECTION OF TAXES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: That chapter five hundred and ninety of the Public Laws of one thousand nine hundred and five be amended so as hereafter to read as follows: ARTICLE I. BoarRD OF STATE TAX COMMISSIONERS.
Section 56. Railroads. When any railroad has part of its road in this State and part thereof in any other State, the said Commission shall ascertain the value of railroad track, rolling-stock, and all other property liable to assessment by the Corporation Commission, of such company, as provided in the next preceding section, and divide it in the proportion to the length of such main line of road in this State bears to the whole length of such main line of road, | and determine the value in this State accordingly. On or after the first Monday in July the said Commission shall give a hearing | to all the companies interested touching the valuation and assessment of their property. The said Commission may, if they see fit, require all arguments and communications to be presented in writing.
CHAPTER 614 AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT TO DEFINE THE JURISDICTION OF THE RECORDERS COURT IN THE TOWN OF HENDER- SON, BEING HOUSE BILL FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY- TWO, SENATE BILL FOUR HUNDRED AND~ THIRTY-FOUR, RATIFIED FEBRUARY FOURTEENTH, ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 10. That the present mayor of the town of Henderson shall preside over and discharge the duties of the said recorders court until the first Monday in December, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and at the next general election held for the election of county officers of Vance County and every two years thereafter a recorder shall be elected to fill said office by the voters of the entire county of Vance as other county officers are elected and voted for, and the said court shall after that date be held in the county courthouse. Should a vacancy occur by resignation, death of the recorder, or from any cause whatever, then the board.of town commissioners of the town of Henderson and the board of county com- missioners of Vance shall immediately meet in joint session and appoint a recorder to discharge the duties of the office until the next general election for county officers shall be held to elect a recorder.
CHAPTER 326 AN ACT TO REGULATE PRIMARY AND OTHER ELECTIONS IN MITCHELL COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratifieation: Provided, that any political party may at any meeting duly advertised reject this act and have an order so written and signed by the secretary and approved by the chairman of such party, and have said order recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of such county on the book of orders and decrees. In this event such political party shall not be subject to the provisions of this act.
CHAPTER 586 AN. ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONERS OF LEE COUNTY TO SUBMIT TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF SAID COUNTY THE QUESTION OF ISSUING BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING AND IMPROVING, ETC., THE PUBLIC ROADS OF SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That at the said election or elections, the ballots tendered and cast by the qualified voters, shall have written or printed, or partly written and partly printed upon them For good roads, or Against good roads, and all qualified electors who favor the issuing of said bonds shall vote For good roads, and all qualified electors opposed to the issuing of bonds shall vote Against good roads.
CHAPTER 309 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 577, PUBLIC LAWS OF 1905, RELATING TO COTTON-WEIGHER FOR THE TOWN OF DUNN, HARNETT COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. That said chapter be further amended by adding at the end of section six thereof the following words: And it shall also be his duty to assess and deduct just and proper weights on account of dampness, damage or excessive weight, bagging or ties and so forth.
CHAPTER 183 An act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of : Marion, county of McDowell. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 17. That the mayor of said town is hereby constituted an inferior court, and as such shall, within the corporate limits of the town, have all the power, jurisdiction and authority of a justice of the peace to issue process; to hear and determine all causes of action which may arise upon the ordinances and regulations of the town; to enforce penalties by issuing execution upon any adjudged violation thereof; and to execute the by-laws, rules and regulations made by the aldermen. The mayor shall further be a special court within the corporate limits of the town to have arrested and to try all persons who are charged with a misdemeanor for violating any ordinance of the town, and if the accused shall be found guilty he shall be fined at the discretion of the court or mayor not exceeding the amount specified in the ordinance so violated, or imprisoned at the discretion of the court or mayor not exceeding the length of time specified in the ordinance or ordinances so violated.
CHAPTER 154 AN ACT TO ENABLE THE HERTFORD GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ISSUE BONDS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. That said board of graded school trustees may in their discretion ask for issuance of a total sum of bonds provided for at any one election or may ask for any part of said sum at any election, and shall have the right and power to require the commissioners of the town of Hertford to call elections to vote upon the issuance of any part of the bonds herein provided for, and for each of the purposes herein set out, at any time they may deem advisable: Provided, however, that they shall not call, require, or ask that any election be held within six months of any other election held hereunder: and Provided further, that the total amounts of bonds issued from time to time not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), as herein provided: Provided further, that there shall not be any elections under this act after July first, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.
CHAPTER 5 AN ACT DEFINING THE CRIME OF BURGLARY WITH EX- PLOSIVES, AND PROVIDING THE PUNISHMENT THERE- FOR. The General Assembly of North Carolina do cnact:
Section 3. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 22 An act to incorporate The Peoples Benevolent and Relief Association of North Carolina. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: -
Section 5. That two-tenths (2-10) of one per cent. of any and all {money or monies obtained as premiums by the association, shall be donated to the Colored Oxford Orphan Asylum.
CHAPTER 180 An act to prevent the felling of timber in Pigeon river in Haywood county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. Any person violating this act shall be guilty of & misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined or imprisoned, at the discretion of the court.
CHAPTER 350 AN ACT TO PRESCRIBE THE FEES TO BE CHARGED BY THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF GRANVILLE COUNTY FOR RECORDING CERTAIN INSTRUMENTS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. The Register of Deeds of Granville County shall receive for registering deeds, mortgages, Deeds of Trust, and contracts, and other instruments not hereinafter specifically mentioned, the sum of One ($1.00) Dollar for the first three hundred words and fifteen (15c) cents for each additional hundred words or fraction thereof contained in the instrument and certificates: For recording the statutory short form of agricultural lien and chattel mortgage combined the sum of fifty (50c) cents and for recording the statutory short form of chattel mortgage alone in which no crop is mentioned the sum of thirty-five (35c) cents.
CHAPTER 1077 AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (b) OF G. S. 20-127 PERTAINING TO WINDSHIELD WIPERS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. Subsection (b) of G. S. 20-127, as the same appears in the 1965 Replacement Volume 1C of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by inserting in line 5 thereof immediately following the word vehicle. the following provision: 1591 Provided, on any vehicle equipped by its manufacturer with such devices on both the right and left sides of windshield, both such devices shall be in working order.
CHAPTER 174 AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF SPIRITUOUS, VINOUS AND MALT LIQUORS IN McDOW- _ ELL COUNTY AND TO PREVENT THE IMPORTATION THEREOF INTO SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, in the discretion of the Court.
CHAPTER 155 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE ASSETS OF BANKING INSTITUTIONS AND THE ISSUANCE OF PREFERRED STOCK. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any other law, and notwithstanding any of the provisions of its Articles of Incorporation or by-laws, any bank may, with the approval of the Commissioner of Banks, and by vote of stockholders owning a majority of the stock of such bank, upon not less than two days notice given by registered mail pursuant to action taken at a meeting of its Board of Directors (which may be held upon not less than one days notice) issue preferred stock in such amount and with such par value as shall be approved by said Commissioner of Banks. A copy of the minutes of such directors and stockholders meetings, certified by the proper officer and under the corporate seal of the bank, and accompanied by the written approval of the Commissioner of Banks shall be immediately filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and when so filed, shall be deemed and treated as an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of such bank. No issue of preferred stock shall be valid until the par value of all stock so issued shall have been paid for in full in cash or in such manner as may be specifically approved by the Commissioner of Banks.
CHAPTER 101 AN ACT TO CREATE A PARK COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE AND TO PRESCRIBE THE DUTIES OF SAID COMMISSION. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. That the governing body of the city of Asheville shall make sufficient appropriation from the general revenues of said city, or from funds derived from the sale of bonds of said city, said bonds to be sold im accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina governing the sale of municipal securities, to purchase, develop and maintain such lands and improvements as herein provided for, at the request of said park commission.
CHAPTER 96 AN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 14-835 WITH RESPECT TO PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS IN CASWELL COUNTY. 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 12 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 958 OF THE REVISAL OF 1905 The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section nine hundred and fifty-eight of the Revisal of one thousand nine hundred and five be and the same is hereby amended by inserting in line four, between the word sage and the word for, the words or deed of trust, and by inserting in line seven after the word deed the words or deed of trust.
CHAPTER 35 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 10, CHAPTER 84 OF THE PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1919, BEING AN ACT TO PRO- VIDE GOOD ROADS IN GOLDMINE TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 231 AN ACT TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL FINANCE ACT, ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE, AS AMENDED, THE COUNTY FINANCE ACT, AS AMEND- ED, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, AS AMENDED, AND THE ACT PROVIDING FOR FUNDING AND RE- FUNDING DEBTS OF LOCAL UNITS OF GOVERNMENT OTHER THAN COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO FUNDING AND REFUND- ING OF NOTES AND BONDS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the County Finance Act, being Chapter eightyone of the Public Laws of one thousand nine hundred and twentyseven, as amended, be and the same is hereby amended as follows: (a) Amend Section five by adding at the end thereof the following: In addition to the foregoing powers, a county may borrow money for the purpose of refunding or funding the principal or interest of bonds due or to become due within four months and not otherwise adequately provided for, and such loans shall be paid not later than the end of the next succeeding fiscal year following the fiscal year within which they are made: Provided, however, if such loans, or any renewals thereof, shall not be paid within the fiscal year in which the same are made, the governing body shall in the next succeeding fiscal year levy and collect a tax ad valorem upon the taxable property in the county sufficient to pay the principal and interest thereof. (b) Amend Section six by adding at the end thereof the following: The resolution authorizing issuance of notes for money borrowed under Section five of this Act for the purpose of refunding or funding principal or interest of bonds shall contain a description of the bonds the principal or interest of which is to be so paid, including the respective amounts of such principal or interest and the date or dates on which the same is due and payable. (c) Amend clause (j) of Section eight by striking out in the last sentence thereof the words One thousand nine hundred thirty-eight and inserting in lieu thereof the words One thousand nine hundred forty. (d) Amend Section thirty-two by substituting a colon for the period at the end thereof and adding the following: Provided, however, that funding or refunding bonds heretofore or hereafter authorized may be issued at any time within five years after the order takes effect.
CHAPTER 102 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE MADISON COUNTY TO ISSUE BONDS FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF: The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 12. Said bonds shall be sold by the said board of county commissioners in the manner provided by the municipal finance act for the sale of bonds. They shall not be sold for less than par and accrued interest.
CHAPTER 429 AN ACT TO EXTEND THE TERMS OF OFFICE OF COUN- TY COMMISSIONERS OF CHEROKEE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the county commissioners, now holding office in Cherokee County, shall serve in such capacity until the first Monday in December, one thousand nine hundred forty-two.
CHAPTER 137 An act to incorporate the town of Roberdel, in the county of Rich- mond. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 2. That the corporate limits of said town shall be as follows: Beginning at the mouth of a branch on south bank of Hitchcock creek, about two hundred yards below the bridge, and runs with the outside lines of the lands of Roberdel Manufacturing Company, as follows: N. 9 W. 23 5, chains; thence east 13 chains; thence S. 29 EK. 13 345, chains; thence N. 14 E. 10 chains, to the run of said creek; thence down said run to the corner of said companys land; thence with its line in a southerly direction 125 yards to its corner; thence with its west line in a westerly direction about 125 yards to R. L. Steeles N. E. corner; thence with his line to his 8 E. corner; thence with his line to his . W. corner; thence with his line to his N. W. corner, being a corner of said companys land; thence with its line N. 25 W. to the run of said creek, just below a spring; pence with said run to the beginning.
CHAPTER 128 AN ACT TO PROHIBIT SEINING IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. Any person or persons violating this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction therefor be fined or imprisoned in the discretion of the court, not less than five dollars in each and every case, in the discretion of the court.
CHAPTER 557 AN ACT TO FIX THE COMPENSATION OF THE SHERIFF AND TREASURER OF HAYWOOD COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the compensation of the sheriff and of the treasurer of Haywood County shall, in no year, exceed the amount received by the said sheriff and the said treasurer for the fiscal year ending the first Monday in December, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen: Provided, that in computing the compensation of the sheriff and the treasurer for the year one thousand nine hundred and eighteen their commissioners on all taxes listed for that year shall be included.
CHAPTER 1214 AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 5 OF G. S. CHAPTER 72 RELATING TO THE SANITATION OF ESTABLISHMENTS PROVIDING FOOD AND LODGING. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That G. S. 72-49 be and the same is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following proviso: Provided, food or drink stands operated by church, civic or charitable organizations for a period of one week or less shall meet minimum sanitation requirements but shall not be subject to grading. Provided further, that this Article shall not apply to boarding houses having regular boarders, private clubs, picnics, camp meetings, reunions, box suppers, field trials, 1154 occasional fund-raising suppers and similar gatherings conducted from time to time by church, civic or charitable organizations.