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CHAPTER 174 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MAGNOLIA IN DUPLIN COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 9. That said judges of election, together with the registrar, who shall take with him the registration book, shall assemble at the polling place on the day of election held in said town and shall open the polls at seven o'clock A. M. They shall superintend said election and shall keep the polls open until sunset, when the polls shall be closed and the votes for mayor and commissioners shall be counted out by them. They shall keep poll-books and shall write in them the name of every person voting at said election, and at the close thereof shall certify said poll lists and deposit them with the clerk and treasurer of said town, and said poll-books shall, in any trial for illegal or fraudulent voting, be received as evidence. If for any cause any of the judges of election shall fail to attend, the registrar shall appoint some discreet person or persons to fill the vacancy, who shall be sworn before acting.
CHAPTER 91 An act entitled * An act to incorporate the Enterprise Land and Lumber Company. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 9. That this corporation is hereby granted all the privileges contained in this charter, to them and their associates and successors, in perpetual succession forever, and: sections six hundred and sixtysix, six hundred and eighty-seven, six hundred and ninety, six hundred and ninety-three and six hundred and eighty-five of The Code, together with all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act, are hereby repealed in so far as they affect this corporation, and no farther.
CHAPTER 92 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 231, PUBLIC LAWS OF 1917, IN RELATION TO THE ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY AND THE COLLECTION OF TAXES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: ARTICLE I Boarp OF STATE TAX COMMISSIONERS
Section 2. The members of said board shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office to be filed with the Secretary of State.
CHAPTER 242 AN ACT TO PROTECT AND REGULATE AGRICULTURAL FAIRS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. That every such person mentioned in the preceding section shall apply in advance for a license to the board of county commissioners of the county in which he proposes to peddle, sell or operate and the board of county commissioners may in their discretion issue license upon the payment of the tax to the sheriff which shall expire at the end of twelve months from its date.
CHAPTER 253 AN ACT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A GRADED SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS OAK GROVE GRADED SCHOOL, IN SURRY COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 8. That all statistical reports of said graded school shall be made to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
CHAPTER 484 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUE OF BONDS BY THE TOWN OF ANDREWS IN CHEROKEE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 18. The board of aldermen are hereby authorized to pay a reasonable sum, to be fixed by them, for legal and other expenses which may be incurred in connection with the sale thereof, and the board may sell any issue of said bonds at public or private sale, as May seem best.
CHAPTER 195 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CRIMINAL COURTS OF GUILFORD AND ROWAN COUNTIES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. That the defendants and witnesses recognized to appear at any criminal term shall be in the recognizance be ordered to appear on the first day of the term, as now provided by law, but in fact shall not be required to appear until the day on which the ease is set for trial, and no witness shall prove for attendance prior to the day on which the case is set on the calendar.
CHAPTER 390 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE WORKING OF THE PUBLIC ROADS OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AND TO LEVY A SPECIAL TAX THEREFOR, AND TO REPEAL CHAPTER 538 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS OF 1903 The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 15. Every supervisor or other officer may be required to execute a proper undertaking, in an amount to be fixed by said board of road commissioners, for the faithful performance of his duties and for the proper accounting for the funds and property which may come into his hands as such, and shall always be subject to the orders and control of said board, and may be at any time removed by them for inefficiency, misconduct and other good cause, and a successor may be appointed by them.
CHAPTER 50 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIVE THOUSAND AND FORTY-FOUR OF VOLUME TWO (ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETEEN) OF THE CONSOLIDAT- ED STATUTES RELATIVE TO COURT COSTS IN JUVE- NILE COURTS. 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 361 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE ROBERT J. LOWERY, FORMER SHERIFF OF ANSON COUNTY, TO COLLECT BACK TAXES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the power and authority herein granted shall expire on the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.
CHAPTER 95 AN ACT TO APPOINT A COTTON WEIGHER FOR THE TOWN OF FRANKLINTON. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. The said weigher before entering upon the duties of his office shall take the following oath before some justice of the peace, viz: I......... , do solemnly swear that I will faithfully perform the duties of cotton weigher, and that I will take no interest, near or remote, in buying and selling cotton in the town of Franklinton.
CHAPTER 366 An act to incorporate the town of Belhaven in the county of Beaufort. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the corporate limits of said town shall be as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of the buildings of the Norfolk and Southern Railroad depot; thence north forty-seven east across the center of the railroad five hundred feet; thence south forty-three east to Haslins street; thence north tortyseven east with said street about nine hundred efeet to Pantego street; thence with Pantego street, south forty-three east to Pungo river; thence in the various courses of Pungo river and Pantego creek to the beginning. *
CHAPTER 212 AN ACT TO ENABLE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE APPALACHIAN STATE NORMAL SCHOOL TO MAKE CERTAIN CONTRACTS WITH THE WATAUGA HOSPITAL, INC. Whereas, the Appalachian State Normal School is in need of an infirmary for the benefit of the officers, teachers and stu- dents, and Whereas, the erection of such infirmary would cost more than the plan herein authorized, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. The-trustees are further authorized and empowered to pay any cost of such treatment, nursing and care to the Watauga Hospital, Incorporated, from time to time in accordance with the contract or contracts hereinbefore authorized, provided, such Appalachian State Normal School shall thereby assume no responsibility for the proper conduct of the said Watauga Hospital, Incorporated.
CHAPTER 124 AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE MANUFACTURE, PUR- CHASE, SALE, DEALING IN, TRANSPORTATION, POSSESSION, ADVERTISEMENT AND USE OF PYRO- TECHNICS IN PAMLICO COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. That for the proper construction of the provisions of this Act, the word pyrotechnics as is herein used shall be deemed to be and include any and all kinds of fireworks and explosives, which are used for exhibitions or amusement purposes: Provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the manufacture, purchase, sale, transportation and use of explosives used in the course of ordinary business or industry, or shells or cartridges used as ammunition in firearms.
CHAPTER 281 AN ACT TO EMPOWER THE TOWN OF JONESBORO, IN LEE COUNTY, TO ACQUIRE AND ESTABLISH A SYSTEM OF WATERWORKS, AND TO PASS ORDINANCES FOR THE MAN- AGEMENT AND CONTROL OF THE SAID WATERWORKS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. The commissioners of the town of Jonesboro shall have power to pass such ordinances as they may deem best for the regulation and management of the water system, and the supplying of water to the patrons thereof, and for the further protection of the water supply and waterworks.
CHAPTER 359 AN ACT TO PROMOTE ECONOMY AND EFFICIENCY IN THE OPERATION OF THE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA BY PROVID- ING FOR A UNIFORM ADOPTION OF HIGH SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the Governor and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, at the expiration of the present high school textbook contracts, shall appoint a State committee on high school textbooks, consisting of five members, five of whom are actively engaged in school work, who shall serve for a term of five years without compensation except for reimbursement out of the State Treasury upon the requisition of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for actual expenses incurred by attendance upon meetings of the committee that may be called by or under the direction of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
CHAPTER 233 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE VIRGINIA AND CAROLINA SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 20. This act shall not be forfeited by non-user: Provided, that the said company shall be organized within five years from the ratification of this act.
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 66. The judge of the municipal court shall be elected by the board of aldermen as provided in this charter, and before entering upon his duties he shall take and subscribe the oath required of judges of the Superior Court.
CHAPTER 149 AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF FISH IN NORTH PACO- LET RIVER AND VAUGHNS CREEK AND THEIR TRIBU- TARIES IN POLK COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That it shall be unlawful for any one to fish with hook and line or with hooks and lines, without the written consent of the Tryon Fish Commission Club, unless he or she is a propertyowner or a resident along said river or streams.
CHAPTER 114 An act to authorize the appointment of special tax collectors for the counties of Northampton and Robeson. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the commissioners of Northampton and Robeson county or the board of trustees of said county be and hereby are authorized and empowered, if in their discretion it shall be deemed advisable, to appoint special tax collectors in and for said counties to collect the taxes levied and hereafter to be levied.
CHAPTER 165 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE HIGHWAY AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH AT THE CENTRAL PRISON AT RALEIGH A SHOE FACTORY TO MANUFACTURE SHOES FOR THE INMATES OF THE VARIOUS STATE INSTITUTIONS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. The Director of the Division of Purchase and Contract for the State of North Carolina, or such other authority as may exercise the right to purchase shoes for the various State institutions, is hereby directed to purchase from, and to contract with, the State Highway and Public Works Commission for the shoe requirements for said institutions from year to year.
CHAPTER 40 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 42. That they may provide for the establishment, organization and equipment, government and pay of such number of fire companies as they shall deem necessary and proper. That in case of a fire occurring in said city, the mayor, or, in his absence, a majority of the aldermen who may be present, may erder the blowing up, or pulling down, or destroying any house or houses deemed necessary to stop the progress of the fire; and no person shall be held liable civilly or criminally for acting is [in] such case in obedience to such orders. They shall also have power to establish fire limits within said city, within which it shall not be lawful for any person to erect or build any wooden house, make any wooden additions to any buildings, or cover any building with any material other than metal or slate. They may prohibit wooden buildings from being removed from without into said fire limits, or from being removed from one place to another within the same, under such penalties as the board of aldermen may establish; and said penalty may be sued for and recovered from the owner in an action of debt in any court having jurisdiction.
CHAPTER 414 AN ACT TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE SHELL FISH IN- DUSTRIES IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, to take clams from the waters of Brunswick County, or for any person or persons to pound or bed any clams in any of said waters between the first day of April and the first day of November of each year.
CHAPTER 269 An act for the establishment of a graded school in the town of Albemarle, Stanly county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. That for the purpose and benefits of this act the town of Albemarle shall be a public school district and it is hereby named and designated the Albemarle graded school district.
CHAPTER 212 An act to authorize the board of commissioners of Edgecombe county to submit to the voters of Tarboro township the levying of a tax for the ' schools of said township. : The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the board of commissioners of the county of Edgecombe be and they are hereby authorized and required to submit to the qualified voters of Tarboro township in said county on the first Monday in May, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, under such rules and regulations as said board may prescribe, whether an annual tax shall be levied therein for the support of public schools for the children in said township. Each voter shall vote a written or printed ballot with the words  For schools or  Against schools, and said election shall be conducted under the same rules, regulations and penalties as are prescribed by law for the election of members of the general assembly. The board shall submit such amount of taxation as the Tarboro school-board shall by resolution request, not to exceed twenty cents on the one hundred dollars of property and sixty cents on the poll, the said tax to be in lieu of the present special tax.
CHAPTER 41 AN ACT FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF HICKORY, FOR AN ELEC- TION IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF, FOR THE RE- PEAL OF THE CHARTERS OF OTHER TOWNS WITHIN THE EXTENDED LIMITS, AND FOR OTHER PUR- POSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 10. In the event the proposed teritory shall be embraced in the corporate limits of the City of Hickory, under the provision of this act, the City so consolidated shall before the next annual municipal election, be divided by the City Council into six -6 wards of equal population, or as nearly so as possible. The Board of Aldermen of the Town of Highland is hereby authorized and empowered to choose by majority vote of its body a member of the Council of Greater Hickory to serve for the time elapsing between the going into effect of this act and the next municipal election; and the Board of Aldermen for the Town of West Hickory, by a majority vote of its own body, is also authorized to elect a member of the City Council of Greater Hickory to serve for said time.
CHAPTER 36 An act amendatory of an act to consolidate the fire companies of the city of Newbern. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section six of chapter twenty-five of the private acts of one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six and one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, be and the same is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor:
CHAPTER 437 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMMISSIONERS OF PERSON COUNTY TO ISSUE BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MACAD- AMIZING AND SAND CLAYING THE PUBLIC ROADS OF SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. That said bonds shall be made payable forty years after the date thereof, and shall bear on their face the purpose for which and the authority by which they were issued. The bonds and coupons shall be numbered consecutively, and shall be signed by the chairman of the board of commissioners, and countersigned by the register of deeds of the county, and bear the corporate seal of the said county of Person.
CHAPTER 247 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 9 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS OF 1901, IN RELATION TO RAISING REVENUE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: That chapter 9 of the Public Laws of 1901, relating to raising revenue, be amended so as hereafter to read as follows: SCHEDULE A.
Section 62. Druggists selling liquors. Druggists dealing in spirituous, vinous or malt liquors, or medicated bitters, shall, on or before the first day in June of each year, obtain a license upon the payment of twenty-five dollars to the Sheriff or Tax Collector. But any druggist who allows liquor to be drunk within his place of business, or sells liquors except upon the prescription of a practicing physician, as allowed by law, shall be subject to all the taxes levied upon dealers in liquors, and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor: Provided, that nothing in this section shall have the effect of modifying or repealing, in whole or in part, chapter two hundred and fifteen, Public Laws of 1887, or chapter three hundred and seventy-five, Public Laws of 1889
CHAPTER 51 AN ACT TO CHANGE THE JURISDICTION OF THE SPRING TERM OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF RICHMOND COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby expressly repealed.
CHAPTER 209 AN ACT TO AMEND SENATE BILL FIFTY-NINE, RATI- FIED FEBRUARY FIFTEENTH, ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE, AMENDING CHAPTER ONE OF THE PUBLIC LAWS OF THE EXTRA SESSION OF ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX, KNOWN AS THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LAW. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That Section eight of Senate Bill fifty-nine, enacted and ratified by the General Assembly on the fifteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred thirty-nine, amending Section eleven of Chapter one of the Public Laws of the extra session of one thousand nine hundred thirty-six, known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, be, and the same is hereby amended in the following particulars: -1 In line seven of said Section eight, after the second word, insert after due notice so as to make the line read as follows: The commission after due notice shall have the right and power ... 3; -2 Strike out all that portion of said Section eight, beginning with the word upon in line ninety-five of said section and ending with the period after the word law in line one hundred three, and insert in lieu thereof the following: upon any realty owned by said employer in the county only from the date of docketing of such decision or determination in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court and upon personalty owned by said employer in said county only from the date of levy on such personalty, and upon the execution thereon no homestead or personal property exemptions shall be allowed; provided, that nothing herein shall affect any rights accruing to the commission under Section fourteen of the Unemployment Compensation Law and subsections thereunder so as to make the sentence read as follows: (o) The decision or determination of the commission when docketed in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of any county and when properly indexed and cross indexed shall have the same force and effect as a judgment rendered by the Superior Court, and if it shall be adjudged in the decision or determination of the commission that any employer is indebted to the commission for contributions, penalties and interest or either of the same, then said judgment shall constitute a lien upon any realty owned by said employer in the county only from the date of docketing of such decision or determination in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court and upon personalty owned by said employer in said county only from the date of levy on such personalty, and upon the execution thereon no homestead or personal property exemptions shall be allowed; provided, that nothing herein shall affect any rights accruing to the commission under Section fourteen of the Unemployment Compensation Law and subsections thereunder.
CHAPTER 362 AN ACT TO ENLARGE THE TERM OF OFFICE OF THE SEVERAL REGISTERS OF DEEDS OF THIS STATE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That at the general election for the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six and quadrennially thereafter there shall be elected in each county of this State by the qualified voters thereof a register of deeds, who shall serve for a term of four years from the first Monday in December after his election and until his successor is elected and qualified: Provided, however, that this act shall not apply to Alleghany, Alexander, Ashe, Avery, Beaufort, Bladen, Clay, Davidson, Edgecombe, Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Hyde, Iredell, Jackson, Johnston, Macon, Mitchell, Orange, Rowan, Rutherford, Stanly, Swain, Transylvania, Vance, Washington, Yadkin, Cherokee, Dare, Lincoln, and Moore Counties.
CHAPTER 304 AN ACT TO REGULATE THE FEES TO BE COLLECTED BY THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT OF SWAIN COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That Chapter one hundred and one of the PublicLocal Laws of one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, be, and the same is hereby made applicable to the County of Swain.
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 13. Any person, association, or corporation desiring to build or alter a structure of any kind in a planning and zoning area shall present to the planning and zoning commission of said area plans thereof and a map showing the location of said structure for approval in accordance with the rules and regulations of such area. Upon approval by said commission, a permit shall be issued by it for the erection or alteration of such structure. A fee for such permit in an amount to be fixed by the zoning commission not to exceed five dollars ($5.00) shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which such area is situated. In the event a permit is refused, the person, association, or corporation may appeal to the board of county commissioners by filing notice of such appeal with the secretary of the planning and zoning commission and the clerk to the board of county commissioners within five -5 days from the refusal of said commission to issue or grant a permit. The board of county commissioners shall hear the appeal as soon as it may conveniently be heard and shall have the authority to reverse the decision appealed from or to alter, amend, or rescind any rule or regulation under which the appeal was brought. Provided, in the event any order or 1636 resolution of the said board of county commissioners shall have the effect of altering, amending, or rescinding any rule or regulation of a planning and zoning area, then such order or resolution shall be incorporated in and become a part of the rules and regulations of the planning and zoning area and shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which such area lies and indexed in the name of the planning and zoning area to which the same shall apply.
CHAPTER 304 An act to regulate fishing in Juniper swamp in Wayne county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 2. That any person violating the provisions of this sini guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined more than fifty dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.
CHAPTER 14 AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE TENURE OF OFFICE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE TOWN OF GRANITE QUARRY, FIXING DATES FOR GENERAL AND PRIMARY MUNICI- PAL ELECTIONS, TIME AND PROCEDURE FOR FILING NOTICE OF INTENTION OF BECOMING A CANDIDATE, TIME OF REGIS- TRATION PERIOD AND PROVIDING FOR THE BOARD OF ALDER- MEN TO ELECT ONE OF ITS MEMBERS MAYOR AND ONE MAYOR PRO TEM. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 11. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 217 AN ACT TO AMEND THE HENDERSON COUNTY ROAD LAW, CHAPTER 3 OF THE PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA, SESSION 1913 The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 19. It shall be the duty of every district supervisor to} warn out his men to work on any new road or change in any old, road which has been made a public road in his district, when ordered by the chairman of his township or by the general road supervisor. Each district supervisor shall keep an accurate | account of all work done in his district, giving the names of, the persons, and the number of days of work done by each person, the amount of money collected, and the name of the party from whom the money was collected, as well as an account of all money expended, and shall make out this account on blanks, furnished by the board of county road trustees, and shall swear to and file said account with the township trustees at their meeting on the first Monday in April.
CHAPTER 484 AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF ALTAN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN UNION COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. That any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined or imprisoned in the discretion of the court.
CHAPTER 558 AN ACT FOR THE BETTER DRAINAGE AND STRAIGHTEN- ING OF NOE a IN DAVIE COUNTY. The General Assembly of oh Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That said Commissioners shall estimate the number of acres of bottom-lands on said creek #NAME? to each land-owner within said boundary, and to make such estimate they are hereby authorized to employ some competent surveyor to survey said bottom-lands of the land-owners within the territory aforesaid; and from time to time, not oftener than once a year, in order to raise money for he purpose contemplated in this act, they shall levy an assessment, not to exceed one dollar and a half ($1.50) per acre of the estimated amount of bottom-land, on the land-owners aforesaid; of which estimate of the number of acres, and the names and amounts of each owner thereof, and also the rate of assessment, they shall make a report to the Commissioners of Davie County, who shall file the same among their records and spread the same upon their records.
CHAPTER 217 An act to change the name of the charter of the Albemarle and Roanoke Railroad Company, ratified the twenty-seventh day of February, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, to the Roanoke Railroad Company. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 3. That the capital stock of said company may be created by subscription or contribution on the part of governments, individuals, counties, townships, towns or cities, or by banking, railroad, or other corporations in shares of the value of one hundred dollars each, the same having been approved by a vote of the people of the county, township, town or city, or properly authorized officers of corporations. .
CHAPTER 302 An act to define the words  swamp lands as the same are employed in the statutes of this state in respect to the entry and grant of lands and the lands appropriated and belonging to the state board of educa- tion. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 1. That the words  marsh and swamp land  employed in section twenty-seven hundred and fifty-one -2751 [of] The Code, and the words swamp lands employed in the statutes creating the literary fund and literary board of North Carolina and the state board of education of North Carolina, or in any act in relation thereto, shall be construed to include all those lands which have been or may now be known and called swamp or  marsh lands, * pocosin bay,  briary bay and savanna, and all lands which may be covered by the waters of any lake or pond.
CHAPTER 418 AN ACT TO EXEMPT NEW HANOVER COUNTY FROM THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE EIGHT OF CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX OF VOLUME THREE OF THE CONSOLI- DATED STATUTES, KNOWN AS THE TURLINGTON ACT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. The Board shall have complete control and jurisdiction over the importation, transportation, sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages within New Hanover County, as hereinafter provided, and shall have the exclusive power to buy in the manner hereinafter set forth, have in its possession and sell in its own name all alcoholic beverages distributed within New Hanover County. The Board shall adopt rules and regulations governing the carrying out of this act, and any supplemental acts, which said regulations shall have the force and effect of law. All rules and regulations promulgated by the Board shall be published in pamphlet form and supplied to the public on request.
CHAPTER 44 AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE AND REVISE THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF ELKIN. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 9. 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 preserve and keep 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 commissioners. The mayor shall further be a special court within the corporate limits of the town to arrest and try all persons who are charged with a misdemeanor for violating any ordinance of the town, and if the accused be found guilty, he shall be fined at the discretion of the court or mayor, not exceeding the amount specified in the ordinance or ordinances so violated, or at the discretion of the mayor or court trying the same such offender may be imprisoned not more than thirty days in the common jail of the county. If the accused is dissatisfied with the judgment of the mayor or court he may appeal in like manner as prescribed for appeals from judgments of a justice of the peace.
CHAPTER 965 AN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 105-280 AS THE SAME APPLIES TO CALDWELL AND ALEXANDER COUNTIES SO AS TO FIX THE VALUATION DATE FOR INVENTORIES FOR AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX PURPOSES AS THE FIRST DAY OF TAXPAYERS FISCAL YEAR. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 240 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF NEWTON. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. That section one hundred and twenty-four of chapter thirty-nine, Private Laws of nineteen hundred and seven, be amended by striking out the word any in line ten and inserting in lieu thereof the words a sufficient, and by striking out the word may in line eleven and inserting in lieu thereof the word shall.
CHAPTER 24 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE OFFICE OF THE TAX COL- LECTOR OF JOHNSTON COUNTY AND TO PROVIDE COM- PENSATION FOR SUCH OFFICE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. The tax collector shall receive an annual salary, for all services done and performed by him in connection with the collection of, and accounting for all taxes, of not exceeding three thousand ($3,000) [dollars] per annum, which salary shall be paid to him by the county commissioners in monthly installments of one-twelfth part thereof each. The board of eounty commissioners shall have the power to fix the salary of the tax collector in their discretion not exceeding three thousand ($3,000) {dollars] per annum, The board of county commissioners shall have the authority hereunder and are charged with the duty to employ such clerical assistance, if any, as may be necessary to the proper execution of the duties of this office, and shall fix the salary for such clerical assistants, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) per month.
CHAPTER 127 An act to incorporate the Carolina and Virginia Railway Company. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 15. The board of directors hereinbefore provided for shall consist of not less than five nor more than nine, who shall be elected from the stockholders, and shall be elected by the stockholders at their annual meeting to be held on such day as the stockholders in their first meeting may direct, and shall continue in office for the term of one year from and after the date of their election and until their successors are elected and accept the duties of the office. And in case of the death, resignation or incapacity of any member of the board of directors during his term of office, the said board shall elect his successor for the unexpired term; and in case of the death,,resignation or incapacity of the president during his term of office, then the said board of directors shall elect one of their number to fill the unexpired term and also to elect a member of their board as hereinbefore provided for to fill the vacancy occasioned by the election of the president.
CHAPTER 488 AN ACT. TO PROVIDE FOR THE ERECTION OF A BRIDGE ACROSS THE CATAWBA RIVER BETWEEN BURKE AND CALDWELL COUNTIES. WHEREAS, The erection and establishment of a bridge over and across the Catawba River at a point where said stream divides the counties of Burke and Caldwell at or near the old (Daniel) John- son ferry or ford is a necessary expense to be borne by the said counties: now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. That the said several issues of the bonds of the said counties shall be sold by the said boards of commissioners, respectively, for not less than their par value and the amount realized from such sales used by them in paying the costs and charges of constructing and building the said bridge, including the approaches thereto, according to the liability of each of said counties therefor when proportioned in the manner provided in section one -1 of this act.
CHAPTER 45 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE AND EMPOWER GUARDIANS OF IDIOTS, INEBRIATES, LUNATICS OR INCOMPE- TENTS, TO RENEW OBLIGATIONS OF THEIR WARDS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That in all cases where an inebriate, lunatic, or incompetent, from want of understanding to manage his or her own affairs by reason of the excessive use of intoxicating drinks or other causes, and such inebriate, lunatic, or incompetent has been so judicially declared and pursuant to such judicial finding such inebriate, lunatic, or incompetent has had a guardian appointed, is the maker or one of the makers, a surety, or one of the sureties, an endorser or one of the endorsers of any note, bond or other obligation, for the payment of money which is due or past due at the time of the appointment of said guardian, or shall thereafter become due prior to the settlement of the estate of the said ward, the guardian of said wards estate is hereby authorized and empowered to execute as such guardian a new note, bond or other obligation for the payment of money, in the same capacity as ward was obligated for the same amount or less, but not greater than the sum due on the original obligation which shall be in lieu of the original obligation of the ward, whether made payable to the original holder or another, and is authorized and empowered to renew said note, bond, or other obligation for the payment of money from time to time, and said note, bond or other obligation for the payment of money so executed by said guardian shall be binding upon the estate of said ward to the same extent and in the same manner and with the same effect that the original note, bond or other obligation for the payment of money so executed by the ward was binding upon his estate: Provided, the time for final payment of the note, bond or other obligation for the payment of money, or any renewal thereof by said guardian shall not extend beyond a. period of two years from the qualification of the original guardian as such upon the estate of said ward.
CHAPTER 147 AN ACT ALLOWING THE TOWN OF NASHVILLE TO ISSUE BONDS FOR WATER-WORKS AND SEWERAGE AND ELEC- TRIC LIGHTS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the said bonds shall be payable or redeemable at such place or places and such time or times as may be determined on by the said board of commissioners, not exceeding fifty years from the date thereof.
CHAPTER 94 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF LOCUST IN STANLY COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 12. That the commissioners of said town are hereby directed and allowed to use the taxes levied and collected in said town for the purpose of defraying the expenses of said corporation and for working and repairing streets and sidewalks therein, and in keeping the same in good and passable condition.
CHAPTER 441 AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF RIFLES FOR DEER HUNTING IN CAMDEN COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, take, kill, or attempt to take or attempt to kill deer in Camden County with a rifle; provided, that it shall be lawful to hunt, take, kill or attempt to take or attempt to kill deer with a rifle from a stand at least eight feet high, or while hunting on ones own land or while hunting on land owned or leased by a hunt club of which the hunter is a member, or while hunting on land with the permission of the owner.
CHAPTER 110 An act to incorporate the town of Brevard, and for other purposes. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 22. That the board of commissioners shall have power and authority to levy and collect a special tax not exceeding fifty dollars upon every circus company for each separate exhibition within the town; upon every person or company exhibiting within the town limits dogs or theatrical plays, sleight-of-hand performance, rope or wire dancing and tumbling, and menageries, and the exhibition for reward of artificial models or curiosities (models of useful inventions excepted), a tax not to exceed twenty dollars for each separate exhibition, said tax to be paid before the exhibition, or the tax may be doubled: upon any other exhibition for reward not enumerated above, five dollars for each exhibition: Provided, that this act shall not apply to exhibitions by amateur companies, when said exhibition is for a religious or charitable object: And provided further, that the board of commissioners are authorized and empowered to remit a part or the whole of any of the taxes allowed in this section upon good and satisfactory cause being shown to them by the exhibition [exhibitor]: And provided further, that the tax-collector, in case of a failure on the part of any of the exhibition [exhibitors] above specified to pay said tax before exhibiting, shall, immediately after the exhibition closes, demand from said exhibitions [exhibitors], the manager or treasurer, if he or she be known, if not, any member of the company, double the amount of the tax, and if it be not paid, he shall immediately levy on any of the goods or property belonging to said company, or any of them, or which was used in the exhibition or exhibitions given by them.
CHAPTER 358 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS FOUR THOUSAND AND SIXTY, FOUR THOUSAND AND EIGHTY, AND FOUR THOUSAND AND EIGHTY-SEVEN OF THE CONSOLI- DATED STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA RELATING TO WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS AND THE NEGOTIABIL- ITY THEREOF. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 362 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A CONCILIATION SERVICE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND FOR THE MEDI- ATION OF LABOR DISPUTES IN NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared as the public policy of this State that the best interests of the people of the State are served by the prevention or prompt settlement of labor disputes; that strikes and lockouts and other forms of industrial strife, regardless of where the merits of the controversy lie, are forces productive ultimately of economic waste; that the interests and rights of the consumers and the people of the State, while not direct parties thereto, should always be considered, respected and protected; and that the conciliation and voluntary meditation of such disputes under the guidance and supervision of a governmental agency will tend to promote permanent industrial peace and the health, welfare, comfort and safety of the people of the State. To carry out such policy, the necessity for the enactment of the provisions of this Article is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.
CHAPTER 118 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ORGANIZATION, INCORPO- RATION AND OPERATION OF A CASH DEPOSITORY IN THE TOWN OF ZEBULON, IN THE COUNTY OF WAKE. T'he General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That said cash depository shall be to the same extent as any State Bank subject to examination by and the supervision of the Commissioner of Banks and to the Statutes of North Carolina, and particularly to the following sections of the Consolidated Statutes of North Carolina as amended: 217 (b), 217 (c), 217 (d), 217 (e), 217 (f), 217 (g), 217 (hb), 217 (i), 217 (j), 217 (k), 217 (1), 218 (a), 218 (b), 218 (c), 218 (f), 219 (f), 220 (h), 220 (i), 220 (j), 220 (m), 220 (n), 220 (0), 220 (s), 220 (u), 220 (w), 220 (x), 220 (z), 220 (aa), 220 (bb), 220 (cc), 220 (dd), 220 (ee), 220 (ff), 221 (a), 221 (b), 221 (d), 221 (e), 221 (f), 221 (g), 221 (h), 221 (i), 221 (j), 221 (k), 221 (1), 221 (m), 222 (a), 222 (b), 222 (d), 222 (e), 222 (f), 222 (g), 222 (h), 223 (a), 223 (b), 223 (c), 2238 (d), 228 (e), 228 (f), 228 (g), 224 (a), 224 (b), 224 (b%4), 224 (d), 224 (e), 224 (f), 224 (g), 224 (h), 224 (i), and 224 (j) ; Provided, however, that said cash depository shall not make any loan of the moneys coming into its hands.
CHAPTER 238 An act to prohibit the sale of spirituous, vinous or malt liquors within the corporate limits of the town of Pineville, Mecklen- burg county, by any druggist on the prescription of any physician whatsoever. , The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That any person violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than fifty or more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not  less thansixty or more than one hundred days.
CHAPTER 622 AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 24 OF CHAPTER 130 OF THE GEN- ERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA RELATING TO THE FORMATION AND CORPORATE POWERS OF MOSQUITO CON- TROL DISTRICTS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. G. S. 130-211, as the same appears in the 1957 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 8B of the General Statutes, is hereby amended as follows: 511 (a) Paragraph one of subsection (b) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: Upon determining that the district should be created and established, and prior to the submission of the question of the formation of the district to the voters of the proposed district, the board of county commissioners may determine the maximum amount of special tax to be levied for mosquito control purposes should the formation of the district be approved by the voters; provided, however, that in no event shall the maximum authorized levy exceed thirty-five cents (35) upon the one one hundred dollar ($100.00) assessed valuation. If the board of county commissioners determines that the maximum amount of special tax to be levied for mosquito control purposes should the voters approve the formation of the proposed district is to be less than thirty-five cents (35) on the one hundred dollar ($100.00) valuation the maximum amount thus determined must appear on the ballot to be used by the voters voting on the question of the creation of the district. (b) Paragraph four of subsection (b) is amended by adding immediately following the word tax and immediately preceding the word for in lines four and six of said paragraph the following words and punctuation: There insert the words not to exceed and the maximum amount of special tax to be levied for mosquito control purposes if the board of county commissioners has determined that the maximum authorized amount is to be less than thirty-five cents (35) on the one hundred dollar ($100.00) assessed valuation].
CHAPTER 215 N ACT TO REGULATE THE HUNTING OF FOXES IN HARNETT, CUMBERLAND, SAMPSON, HOKE AND LEE COUNTIES. he General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person to hunt xxes in Harnett, Cumberland, Sampson, Hoke and Lee Counties ccept during the period each year from September first to arch fifteenth, both dates inclusive, and then only with dogs, :cept that foxes may be killed in any manner at any time during .e year when caught in the act of committing or about to comit depredations to domestic live stock and poultry.
CHAPTER 445 AN ACT TO RAISE REVENUE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: ARTICLE I SCHEDULE A INHERITANCE TAX
Section 2. Property exempt. The following property shall be exempt from taxation under this article: (a). Property passing to or for the use of the State of North Carolina, or to or for the use of municipal corporations within the State or other political subdivisions thereof, for exclusively public purposes. (b). Property passing to religious, charitable, or educational corporations, or to churches, hospitals, orphan asylums, public libraries, religious, benevolent, or charitable organizations, or passing to any trustee or trustees for religious, benevolent, or charitable purposes, where such religious, charitable, or educational institutions, corporations, churches, trusts, etc., are located within the State and not conducted for profit. (c). Property passing to religious, educational, or charitable corporations, not conducted for profit, incorporated under the laws of any other State, and receiving and disbursing funds donated in this State for religious, educational, or charitable purposes. (d). Proceeds of life insurance policies, not exceeding in the aggregate twenty thousand dollars, when payable to a beneficiary or beneficiaries named in such policy or policies, and such beneficiary or beneficiaries are any such person or persons as are designated in section three (a) of this article, and also proceeds of all life insurance policies payable to beneficiaries named in subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section. And also proceeds of all policies of insurance paid by the United States Government to the beneficiary or beneficiaries or heirs at law of any deceased soldier of the World War, under the present laws of Congress or any amendment that may be hereafter made thereto.
CHAPTER 518 AN ACT RELATING TO THE LEVYING OF TAXES IN THE TOWN OF DOBSON. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 295 An act to amend the charter of the town of Ayden in Pitt county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 19. That the said board of commissioners shall at their first meeting in each year elect a town clerk, a tax collector and treasurer: Provided, that the said commissioners may elect the clerk or constable as tax collector, and they may also elect one of their number as treasurer if they choose.