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CHAPTER 596 AN ACT RELATING TO DISCOUNTS AND PENALTIES ON TAXES IN WILKES COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the county commissioners of Wilkes County be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to adopt, by proper resolution duly passed at a meeting of said commissioners, the schedules of discounts and penalties on taxes in Wilkes County as now provided in the State Machinery Act, or in lieu thereof the following schedules: that on all taxes for the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three and in each year thereafter a discount of two per cent shall be allowed for taxes paid during the month of October and a discount of one per cent for all taxes paid during the months of November and December ; that on the first day of May in each and every year two per cent shall be added to all taxes unpaid for the next preceding year and an additional penalty of one per cent on the first day of each succeeding month thereafter that such taxes remain unpaid until the first day of October in said year, and that an additional penalty of four per cent shall be added on the first day of October in each and every year on all taxes for the next preceding year remaining unpaid.
CHAPTER 430 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY- ONE OF THE PUBLIC LAWS OF ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND NINE, PERTAINING TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. By inserting between the words dollars and failure in line seven of section five the following: embezzlement of money, goods or other thing wherein the value thereof does not exceed one hundred dollars; retailing cocaine without a license.
CHAPTER 836 AN ACT FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF HICKORY, FOR AN ELECTION IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF, FOR THE REPEAL OF THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF LONGVIEW, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 10. All taxes due by the property owners of the Town of Longview at the time the corporate limits of the City of Hickory are extended as herein provided, and all taxes which shall become due upon listings made during the year 1957, shall be collected by the City Manager of the City of Hickory at the same rate and under the same rules, regulations and with the same authority of distress and levy upon property, personal and real, as is now or may be given to the City of Hickory.
CHAPTER 83 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHT OF THE PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF NINE- TEEN ELEVEN, SO AS TO TRANSFER DUKE TOWNSHIP FROM THE JURISDICTION OF THE RECORDERS COURT OF DUNN TO THE RECORDERS COURT OF HARNETT COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act, to the extent of such conflict, be and the same are hereby repealed.
CRATER CX AIEL. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONERS OF CATAWBA COUNTY TO SELL CERTAIN LOTS.
Section 4. That all laws and clauses of laws coming in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 810 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 113 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO TAXES ON SEAFOOD FOR HOME CONSUMPTION. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. 982
CHAPTER 788 AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE IMPROVEMENT AND MAIN- TENANCE OF THE PUBLIC ROADS OF LINCOLN COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the road commission shall meet in Lincolnton with the county commissioners on the first Monday in December, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, at which time said road commission shall turn over to the county commissioners all the funds in its hands, and all books, papers, documents, and all other property in its possession belonging to the county, and said road commission shall on said date publish an itemized account of receipts and disbursements since their last report, showing balance on hand.
CHAPTER 160 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 20 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES SO AS TO RAISE THE WEIGHT LIMITS OF PROPERTY HAUL- ING VEHICLES WHOSE OPERATOR IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A CHAUFFEURS LICENSE FROM 20,000 POUNDS TO 26,000 POUNDS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. G. S. 20-6, as the same appears in the 1961 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1C of the General Statutes of North Carolina, is hereby amended by deleting the figures 20,000 from the fifth line of the paragraph defining, and commencing with, the word Chauffeur, and substituting in lieu thereof the figures 26,000.
CHAPTER 526 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONERS OF UNION COUNTY TO ISSUE BONDS TO BUILD, MACADAMIZE AND IMPROVE THE PUBLIC ROADS OF UNION COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 16. That should the bonds hereinbefore provided for be voted, issued and sold, the chain gang for the county, as provided in section fifteen of this chapter, shall be under the supervision of the county commissioners of said county, but shall be subject to the same laws, rules and regulations as now govern the chain gang for Monroe Township. The property of the Monroe Township chain gang may be disposed of by the chain-gang commissioners, and the money received for the same and all other moneys belonging to the road fund of said township shall be used for the improvement of roads in said township.
CHAPTER 81 An act to incorporate the Bingham School. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 3. That the Governor shall be empowered to grant commissions by brevet in not exceeding the grade of captain to the three most distinguished students in military science graduated each year from Bingham School: Provided, that commissions by brevet given under this act shall carry with them no authority except under an assignment to duty by order of the governor of North Carolina.
CHAPTER 959 AN ACT TO EXTEND THE PLANNING AND ZONING POWERS OF THE TOWN OF SPENCER AND ITS GOVERNING BODY TO THE TERRITORY BEYOND AND SURROUNDING THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF SPENCER FOR A DISTANCE OF ONE MILE IN ALL DIRECTIONS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That for the purpose of promoting the orderly growth, expansion, and development of the Town of Spencer and the surrounding territory hereinafter defined, and for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the citizens of the Town of Spencer and of the territory and community beyond and surrounding the corporate limits of the said municipality, as hereinafter defined, the governing body of the Town of Spencer is hereby authorized and empowered, after first submitting the same to the zoning commission of said town for recommendation, to adopt such ordinances and regulations as may be considered necessary or expedient by the governing body of the Town of Spencer to regulate, control, and restrict the height, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of a lot that may be occupied, the size of yards, courts and other open spaces, the density of population, and the location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes, when specifically provided by the terms of any such ordinance, within the territory and community beyond and surrounding the corporate boundaries of the Town of Spencer, as now or hereafter fixed, for a distance of one mile of and beyond such corporate boundaries in all directions; and within the aforesaid territory, the governing body of the Town of Spencer is hereby authorized and empowered to 898 exercise any and all powers of planning and zoning conferred upon the Town of Spencer and vested in its governing body by the Charter of the Town of Spencer, or by the General Statutes of North Carolina, as amended from time to time, including the provisions of Article 14 of subchapter 1 of Chapter 160 of the General Statutes, or by any other statute applicable to the Town of Spencer, to the same extent and according to the same methods of procedure as applicable to planning or zoning, or both, within the corporate limits of the Town of Spencer. Provided, that the jurisdiction and authority herein granted to the governing body of the Town of Spencer shall not be exercised. within the corporate limits of the contiguous City of Salisbury and Town of East Spencer, nor within any part of that territory adjacent to the corporate limits of the City of Salisbury lying southwest of the prolongation of the existing corporate limits of said city North twenty-three degrees, twenty-nine minutes, and forty-two seconds West from a point in the center line of Seventeenth Street, between Spencer and Hudson Avenues.
CHAPTER 261 AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PROFESSION OF PUBLIC AC- COUNTING IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND TO PRESCRIBE ITS PRACTICE SO AS TO AFFORD PRO- TECTION TO THE PUBLIC; AND TO REPEAL CHAPTER 157 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA, SES- SION OF 1913, ENTITLED AN ACT TO CREATE A STATE BOARD OF ACCOUNTING AND PRESCRIBE ITS DUTIES AND POWERS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXAMINATION AND ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES TO QUALIFIED AP- PLICANTS, WITH DESIGNATION OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, AND TO PROVIDE THE GRADE OF PEN- ALTY FOR VIOLATION OF THE FROVISIONS HEREOF. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 8. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation, not having qualified under this act, to assume or use the style of title of public accountant, or other means of identification to indicate that such person, firm, copartnership, or association or corporation is engaged in the practice of public accounting in the State of North Carolina: Provided, however, that the inhibitions of this section shall not be construed to apply to any person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation who at the time of the passage of this act was engaged in the practice of public accounting and maintaining an office as a public accountant in the State of North Carolina.
CHAPTER 361 AN ACT TO CREATE THE OFFICE OF TAX COLLECTOR FOR THE COUNTY OF ASHE AND TO REGULATE SALARIES AND/OR FEES OF THE SHERIFF AND OTHER OFFICERS OF SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That the board of said commissioners shall require of such tax collector and/or tax collectors bonds conditioned as now required by law of the sheriff in his capacity as tax collector, said bonds to be executed by some reputable and solvent surety company, to be approved by said board, and the premium therefor to be paid by the county or by said tax collector in the discretion of said board.
CHAPTER 1368 AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 20-140 AND 20-140.1 OF THE GEN- ERAL STATUTES RELATING TO THE PENALTY FOR RECKLESS DRIVING. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That G. S. 20-140 be and the same is hereby amended by striking out at the end thereof the words and figures as provided in 20-180 and substituting therefor the words by imprisonment not to exceed six months or by a fine, not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by both such imprisonment and fine, in the discretion of the court.
CHAPTER 93 An act making indictable the felling of trees in Muddy Fork ere k. Cleveland county, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any pegson to fell or cause to fall any tree into Muddy Fork creek, in Cleveland county.
CHAPTER 482 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CARTHAGE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 11. That if any person who shall be elected mayor shall refuse to be qualified, or there is any vacancy in the office after election and qualification by reason of resignation or otherwise, or if the mayor be temporarily absent from the town, or be unable to discharge the duties of his office from sickness or otherwise, the commissioners shall choose one of their number to act as mayor pro tempore, or to fill the unexpired term; and likewise in case of commissioner refusing to qualify, or in case of resignation or inability to act, the remaining commissioners shall elect some suitable person within the limits of said town to fill the vacancy.
CHAPTER 1 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS AND NOTES OF THE STATE FOR PERMANENT IMPROVE- MENTS OF STATE INSTITUTIONS, DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE STATE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 8. That the Governor, with the advice of the Council of State, is hereby authorized and empowered to reallocate the sums appropriated in the foregoing section of this Act, and to provide that the same may be used and employed by the several institutions, departments and agencies of the State for purposes other than those defined and described in this Act, if such purposes are approved by the Governor, provided, it shall be found by reason of additional grants in aid made available through applications to any agency or agencies of the United States of America, or by funds otherwise provided, or by savings made, funds may be provided to complete the specific projects out of the appropriations mentioned in this Act and without requiring the full use of the funds herein provided for such purposes: Provided, further, that no expenditures by or for the State shall be approved or authorized by the Governor which shall be in excess of the total amounts provided in this Act for the respective institutions, departments and agencies as herein mentioned.
CHAPTER 64 AN ACT TO ALLOW COUNTY TOWNSHIPS TO VOTE RAILROAD AID BONDS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. The board of commissioners of any county proposing to take stock, for the use and benefit of any railroad company, as mentioned in section one of this act, shall meet and agree upon the amount to be subscribed for such township or townships, and if a majority of the board shall vote for the proposition, this shall be entered of record, which shall show the amount proposed to be subscribed, and for what township or townships, to what company, and whether in bonds, money, or other property, and thereupon the board shall order an election, to be held upon a notice of not less than thirty days, in each and every township for whose use and benefit such subscription is made, for the purpose of voting for or against the proposition to subscribe the amount agreed on by the board of commis sioners. And if a majority of the qualified voters of the township or townships for whose use and benefit such subscription is made shall vote in favor of the proposition, the board of county commissioners through their chairman shall have power to subscribe the amount of stock proposed by them, for the use and benefit of such township or townships, as was originally made and submitted to the voters of said township or townships, subject to all the rules, regulations, and restrictions of other stockholders in such railroad company: Provided, that the township or townships, in the manner aforesaid, shall subscribe from time to time such amounts, either in bonds or money, as they may think proper.
CHAPTER 210 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 196, PUBLIC LAWS OF 1913, BEING AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE DIVISION OF THE STATE INTO JUDICIAL DISTRICTS, AND FOR HOLD- ING THH COURTS THEREIN, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF TERMS OF SUPERIOR COURT IN LINCOLN COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section one of chapter one hundred and ninetySix, Public Laws of one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, is hereby amended by striking out paragraph nine on page three hun- \dred and thirty, beginning with the word Lincoln in line forty on said page and ending with the word September in line fortythree, and substituting for said paragraph the following: Lincoln County.Fifth Monday before the first Monday in March; seventh Monday before the first Monday in September; sixth Monday after the first Monday in September, this term to continue for two weeks, the second week for the trial of civil cases exclusively.
CHAPTER 344 AN ACT TO ALLOW THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE TOWN OF ALBEMARLE TO ISSUE BONDS, AND TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF SAID TOWN. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the Board of Commissioners for the town of Albemarle, in Stanly County, are hereby authorized and empowered to cause an election to be hela at the various polling places in said town at any time and as many times as said Commissioners may appoint, and to submit to the qualified voters of said town the question of issuing bonds not to exceed in amount the sum of twenty thousand dollars, for the purposes and under the provisions hereinafter named in this act, and levying and collecting annually a special tax to provide for the payment of the interest thereon, and to provide a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of said bonds when they shall become due. And said election or elections shall be advertised by the Commissioners of said town for thirty days prior to the day of election in some newspaper published in said town, and shall be held under the same rules and regulations as is prescribed by law for the election of Mayor and Commissioners of said town. And said Commissioners shall specify in each advertisement for election on the issuing of bonds under this act the amount of bonds to be yeted for at such election, and the purpose for which they are to be issued; and those who are in favor of issuing the amount of bonds specified in any advertisement calling an election for said purpose, and levying and collecting said special tax, shall vote a written or printed ticket with the words For Bonds uhereon, and those who oppose shall vote a written or printed licket with the words Against Bonds thereon.
CHAPTER 129 An act to dispose of the unclaimed dead bodies of convicts. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: '
Section 1. That for the purpose of aiding and promoting the study of anatomy in this state the board of directors of the penitentiary are hereby directed to turn over to the state medical school estab- lished at the University. or any other medical institution or college in this state, under such rules as they may prescribe, the dead bodies of all convicts, except such as shall die of small-pox or scarlet fever or any other contagious disease, and which are unclaimed by relatives after due notice.
CHAPTER 358 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCA- TION OF WILKES COUNTY TO PAY J. J. HENDREN, A PUBLIC-SCHOOL TEACHER, AN UNPAID BALANCE OF SALARY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the County Board of Education of Wilkes County be and is hereby authorized and empowered to pay to J. J. Hendren, for services as teacher in District Number Three, in Brushy Mountain Township, Wilkes County, for the year one thousand nine hundred and five, the sum-of seven dollars, the same being for a balance due under contract, and not paid for lack of funds; the contract, as appearing from the certificate of the county superintendent and the county board of education, filed herewith,.being in due form, and the mistake as to the funds being unavoidable on the part of the teacher and the school committee ; the said sum of seven dollars to be paid by the county treasurer, upon order of the county board of education, out of the school funds apportioned to said district for the year ending June thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and nine, or out of any other county school funds under the control of the county board of edueation for that year.
CHAPTER 918 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC LAW LIBRARY FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS, COURTS AND OTHERS IN CRAVEN COUNTY. WHEREAS, the establishment and maintenance of a law library for the use of the public and the officials of Craven County, the City of New Bern, judges, solicitors and other officers of the courts of said county is necessary and essential and in the interests of the most efficient adminis- tration of justice in the courts; and WHEREAS, it is desired to provide for the proper books, furnishings, supplies, equipment, furniture and records necessary for the establishment and maintenance of said library: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. It shall also be the duty of the Clerk of the Recorders Court of Craven County and the Clerk of the Municipal Recorders Court of the City of New Bern after the effective date of this Act to collect in each and every case finally disposed of in his court, except in cases in which Craven County or the City of New Bern is adjudged to pay all costs, the sum of one dollar ($1.00), which amount shall be immediately paid over to the Clerk of the Superior Court of Craven County to supplement the aforesaid Law Library Fund, which shall be deposited as herein provided, and which shall be expended in the way and manner provided in this Act.
CHAPTER 441 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A BOND ISSUE FOR THE PUB- LIC ROADS OF JOHNSTON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 441. The said bonds and coupons shall be exempt from all county or municipal taxation, and the interest thereon shall not be subject to taxation as for income, nor shall said bonds or. coupons be subject to taxation when constituting a part of the surplus of any bank, trust company, or other corporation.
CHAPTER 378 AN ACT TO PROVIDE A UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR RE- CORDING MAPS AND PLATS IN IREDELL COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the board of commissioners of Iredell County be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to have prepared for use in the office of the register of deeds of said county, books on which all maps or plats of land or sub-divisions of land shall be recorded, as hereinafter provided, which books shall be designated as Plat Books, and numbered, and shall be bound in a substantial manner, and the leaves or sheets thereof shall be approximately eighteen inches by twenty inches and shall be made of tracing or linen cloth, suitable for tracing or making of such maps or plats, and that the same shall be as compact and convenient for use as possible,
CHAPTER 139 AN ACT FOR THE BETTER PROTECTION OF PORTIONS OF ROWAN COUNTY WHERE THE 8TOCK LAW NOW PREVAILS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 4. That this act shall apply immediately to the following portions of Rowan county, viz: To the townships of Atwell, Mt. Ulla Locke and Franklin, to that portion of Scotch-Irish township, included within the limits of the boundaries which are defined in section two of said chapter one hundred and thirty-five of the public laws of the year one thousand eight hundred and seyenty-nine, to that portion of Salisbury township bounded on the north by Grants creek, on the south by the North Carolina Railroad, on the east by the Yadkin river, and on the west by the Salisbury town line and the Western North Carolina Railroad ; and to all those portions of said county where a stock law prevails, pursuant to section sixteen of the said chapter one hundred and thirty-five of the public laws of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. This act shall also apply to all those portions of said county where a stock law now prevails or shall hereafter prevail in pursuance of said chapter one hundred and thirty-five as aforesaid.
CHAPTER 424 AN ACT TO AMEND AND CONSOLIDATE THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 46. That they may establish all public buildings necessary and proper for the town, and prevent the erection or establishment of wooden buildings in any part of the town where they may increase the danger of fire.
CHAPTER Q2. An act to amend an act entitled An act to incorporate the East Carolina Land and Railway Company, being chapter 198 of the laws of 1887 The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That for the purpose of aiding in the construction and equipment of the said railroad, it shall be lawful for the said East Carolina Land and Railway Company to issue its coupon bonds in such denominations and running for such time, not exceeding thirty years, and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and payable at such times and places as its board of directors may direct, to be sold or hypothecated by the directors of the said company, and to secure the payment of the same the said East Carolina Land and Railway Company may execute a mortgage to such person or persons as their board of directors may select on its entire property, road-bed, stock and franchise, or, in case the road be divided and built in sections, which the said company is hereby authorized to do if they should so decide, such mortgage may be placed upon such separate sections in such manner as the company may direct: Provided, the said mortgage bonds shall not exceed the sum of twelve thousand dollars per mile, and the same shall be first mortgage bonds. 5
CHAPTER 796 AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 4 OF CHAPTER 119 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES, REPLACEMENT VOLUME OF 1958, RELATING TO SAFETY REGULATIONS IN THE DESIGN, LOCATION, INSTALLA- TION AND OPERATION OF EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES FOR STORING, HANDLING, AND TRANSPORTING AND UTILIZING LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS FOR FUEL OR HEATING PUR- POSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. G. S. 119-53, Replacement Volume of 1958, is hereby rewritten so that the same shall hereafter read as follows: Sec. 119-53. Unlawful Acts. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to handle, store or distribute liquefied petroleum gas contrary to and in violation of the safety code adopted by reference in this Article or any amendments, additions or revisions of such safety code that may: be adopted by the North Carolina State Board of Agriculture, as provided in this Article.
CHAPTER 199 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A COUNTY BUILDING AND COURTHOUSE FOR THE COUNTY OF GUILFORD. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. That the balance of the money arising from the sale of said bonds shall be expended by the board of county comumissioners in employing a competent architect to make plans and specifications for said county building and in building, constructing, equipping, furnishing, and completing for occupancy said building.
CHAPTER 320 AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE ADULTERATION AND MIS- BRANDING OF FOODS, DRUGS, COSMETICS AND DE- VICES; TO PROHIBIT FALSE ADVERTISEMENT OF THE SAME, AND TO RENDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE STATE LAW AND THE ENFORCEMENT AND AD- MINISTRATION OF THE SAME UNIFORM WITH FED- ERAL LEGISLATION, ENFORCEMENT AND ADMIN- ISTRATION ON THE SUBJECT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That this Act may be cited as the North Carolina Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
CHAPTER 232 An act to incorporate the  Credit Foncier Company of Lenoir, North Carolina. 4 The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact -
Section 6. Its principal business shall be the manufacture, buying and selling lumber, shingles, laths and any species of wood in the rough; the manufacture and sale of any and every article of merchandise, made of wood, stone, earth, animal or vegetable matter or metal, or a combination of any two or more such substances; the growing, buying and selling of every species of fatm products, and the manufacture of the&ame into any merchantable shape. It may loan money on real estate mortgages, on chattel mortgages, and on personal security, subject to the laws of North Carolina regarding interest and foreclosures, It may establish a savings bank for the use of its employees and such other persons as may choose to deposit with it. It may buy and sell real estate, and all deeds made to itas * Credit Foncier shall be good and valid, and all deeds signed for it in disposing of real estate shall be good and valid if signed with the corporate name and seal of Credit Foncier and acknowledged by the general . manager. It may purchase land and construct a boom at or above Catawba station, adjacent to the counties of Catawba and Iredell, and may charge toll on all logs caught in said boom, said toll not to exceed two dollars per thousand feet. It may float logs on the Catawba river and on all its tributaries that are by the laws of North Carolina open to the public for such purposes, and it may acquire by purchase, lease or gift the right to plant on any of said tributaries that are not so open, and when it shall have acquired such a right on any stream not open to the public it shall have the exclusive right to float over that stream. It shall have the right to construct tramways or railways from Lenoir through the Yadkin valley to Wilkesboro, North Carolina; from Lenoir to Linville and Cranberry, North Carolina; from Lenoir to Taylorsville, North Carolina, and from Lenoir to Morganton, North Carolina, under the laws of North Carolina now in force in such cases made and provided us regards rightsof-way and damages. It may remove the tracks of such of their tramways and railways as are not used for general freight traffic.
CHAPTER 558 AN ACT TO EQUALIZE THE FEES OF THE CLERK OF THE COURT, REGISTER OF DEEDS, SHERIFFS AND TAX COL- LECTORS OF HERTFORD COUNTY.. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. That all laws and clauses of laws in so far as they are inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 114 An act to incorporate the Lightwood Creek Canal Company. the General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 9. That the board of directors of the said company shall issue notice to all parties whose lands the said canal shall pass through or cross over that the commissioners hereinafter appointed will proceed to lay off and condemn a right of way for said land, and to assess the value of the lands so condemned, and said notice shall state a day certain when the said commissioners will meet and enter upon the duties prescribed to them in condemning and assessing said Jands and the place of meeting: Provided, that if the said commissioners shall be unable to condemn and asstss the value of such lands in one day, they shall continue from day to day until they have completed the duties of condemning the lands and assessing the value of the same: And provided further, that the notice required to be given by this section shall not be less than thirty days.
CHAPTER 131 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. Upon certification to the Board of County Commissioners, or in case the territory in which the vote is to be taken lies entirely within a city or town, upon certification to the governing body of such city or town such board or body shall call and hold an election for voting a local tax to supplement the funds provided for the maintenance of the minimum school term under the constitution, at which election there shall be submitted to the voters of the entire new district the question of whether a maximum rate of tax, which shall not exceed fifty cents (50) on the one hundred dollars of assessed valuation, shall annually be levied upon the entire district: Provided, however, that in lieu of submitting such question to the voters of the entire new district at one election, there may be submitted to the voters of any component district or districts or component part or parts of a district separately or in combination the question of whether there shall be levied annually upon such district, districts, part or parts, a maximum rate of tax at the same rate, not exceeding fifty cents (50) on the one hundred dollars of assessed valuation, which was theretofore voted by any other component district or districts component part or parts of the new district.
CHAPTER 52 An act to amend the charter of the town of Salisbury. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 1. That subsection three -3 of section fourteen (14), chapter thirty-four of the private laws of eighteen hundred and eightyfive be and the same is hereby stricken out and the following substituted therefor, to-wit: The privilege tax on licensed retailers of spirituous or malt liquors shall be five hundred dollars per annum.
CHAPTER 646 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A COURT STENOGRAPHER FOR GUILFORD COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. No person shall be appointed to the position of official stenographer without being first examined as to his or her competency by three members of the bar practicing in said court, said members to be selected by the chairman of the board of county commissioners, and if found competent shall report that fact to the said board.
CHAPTER 1 AN ACT TO VALIDATE ANY SUPPOSED ERROR OF OMISSION OR COMMISSION IN THE ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW BERN SEPTEMBER 8D, 1910, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF NEW BERN TO ISSUE FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OF BONDS TO MEET EXPENSES OF STREET PAVING AS SPECIFIED IN THE CALL FOR SAID ELECTION. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. The board of aldermen of the city of New Bern are hereby authorized and empowered to issue fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars, five per cent coupon bonds, payable thirty -30 years after date of issue, to be expended in street paving as provided for in the election held in New Bern on September 3d, 1910
CHAPTER 186 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 856 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1951, EXTENDING THE TIME FOR MAKING THE QUADRENNIAL REVALUATION AND REASSESSMENT OF REAL PROPERTY IN ROWAN COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. Section 1 of Chapter 856 of the Session Laws of 1951 is hereby amended by rewriting Section 1 thereof to read as follows: Section 1 The Board of Commissioners of Rowan County is authorized in its discretion, to postpone until the year 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, or 1956 the quadrennial revaluation and reassessment of real property as required by G. S. 105-278.
CHAPTER 254 AN ACT TO CREATE THE OFFICE OF TAX COLLECTOR OF WATAUGA COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. Beginning July 1, 1933, the sheriff of Watauga County shall receive a salary of seventy-five dollars per month payable monthly out of the general fund of the county.
CHAPTER 126 AN ACT TO EXTEND THE TERM OF OFFICE OF THE JUDGE OF THE RECORDERS COURT OF CURRITUCK COUNTY AND TO REENACT CHAPTER FOUR HUN- DRED TWELVE OF THE PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN RELATING TO HIS SALARY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the Judge of the Recorders Court of Currituck County now holding that office shall serve in that capacity until the first Monday in December, one thousand nine hundred forty-two, or until his successor is elected and qualified.
CHAPTER 768 AN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 162-6, RELATING TO THE FEES OF THE SHERIFF OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. When a fee to be charged for a service rendered by the Sheriff of Cumberland County is not set forth or fixed herein, such fees shall be charged as is now provided by law.
CHAPTER 358 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER THREE HUNDRED FORTY- TWO OF PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE RELATING TO THE COST IN CRIMINAL ACTION IN THE COURTS OF THE JUSTICE  OF THE PEACE IN RICHMOND COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That Chapter three hundred and forty-two of Public-Local Laws of one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three be and the same is hereby amended as follows: Strike out the proviso in subsection A of Section two and insert in lieu thereof the following: Provided that the County shall not be liable for or pay to any Justice of the Peace or Mayor a sum in excess of five dollars per month for cases in which he has final jurisdiction, provided further, that the County shall not be liable for or pay to any lawful officer any sum in excess of fifteen dollars per month for cases in which sch officer was the actual arresting officer.
CHAPTER XLIT. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOMOLTA IRON COMPANY.
Section 3. The principal office of said company shall be in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, but the holders of three-fourths of the stock agreeing in writing, may change it to any other city.
CHAPTER 160 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF YANCHY COUNTY TO REFUND TO N. W. HORTON, EX- TREASURER OF SAID COUNTY, FORTY DOLLARS OUT OF THE GENERAL SCHOOL FUND OF SAID COUNTY FOR MONEY OVERPAID IN EXCESS OF THE SCHOOL FUND IN 1899 The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the County Board of Education of Yancey County be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to refund to N. W. Horton, ex-treasurer of said county, forty dollars for the amount paid by said Horton in one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine to the public schools in said county in excess of the public school funds allotted to the public schools in said county.
CHAPTER 549 AN ACT RELATING TO COUNTY OFFICIALS IN THE COUNTY OF CARTERET. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. From and after July 1, 1963, it shall not be lawful for any person holding county office in Carteret County, whether by election or appointment, to occupy or hold any other position of trust and responsibility, under the county government of the said county, whether or not for pay or profit, except as it now is or hereafter may be expressly authorized by 646 Statute or enactment of the General Assembly of the State, and the commissioners of said county shall have no authority so to appoint.
CHAPTER 185 AN ACT FIXING THE COMPENSATION OF JURORS IN CALDWELL COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. Each juror in the Superior Court in Caldwell County shall be paid seven dollars ($7.00) per day and reimbursement for travel expense at the rate currently authorized for State employees, for each mile necessarily traveled from his place of residence to the court and return, each day.
CHAPTER LXXXII. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BRUAS- WICK COUNTY TO ISSUER BONDS.
Section 4. The coupons calling for the interest upon said bonds each year shall be received by the sheriff in payment of county taxes.
CHAPTER 292 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE FORSYTH COUNTY TO ISSUE BONDS, AND TO VALIDATE CERTAIN DEBT OF SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. In each year while any of such bonds shall be outstanding, said board shall levy and collect a tax upon all taxable property within said county sufficient for the payment of the interest and principal of such bonds as the same fall due.
CHAPTER 101 AN ACT TO FIX THE FEES TO BE COLLECTED BY THE CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That this act shall be construed as supplementary to other laws, and the Clerk of the Superior Court shall collect all such fees that are not specifically set forth herein which may be prescribed by any other law or clause of law.
CHAPTER 109 AN ACT TO AUTORIZE THE COMMISSIONERS OF YADKIN COUNTY TO ISSUE BONDS FOR ROAD PURPOSES, AND TO CREATE AND ESTABLISH A ROAD COMMISSION. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. That it shall be the duty of the board of commissioners of Yadkin County to annually invest any and all moneys arising from said special tax for sinking fund in the purchase of said bonds, if the same can be bought at a price advantageous to the county, and if not, then to invest said funds upon approved security and upon terms advantageous to the county. Said funds to be invested in Yadkin County if satisfactory and safe investment can be had.
CHAPTER 234 AN ACT TO PROVIDE A BETTER SYSTEM FOR WORKING AND MAINTAINING THE PUBLIC ROADS IN SWAIN COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 34. That any road trustee, supervisor, or secretary-treasurer of board of road trustees who shall neglect or refuse to perform any of the duties herein required shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined or imprisoned, in the discretion of the court, and it shall be the duty of the solicitor of the Sixteenth Judicial District to prosecute all offenses against this act.
CHAPTER 601 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF CABARRUS TO SELL THE HOME FOR THE AGED AND. INFIRM. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That in case of the sale of said property the board of commissioners of Cabarrus County is authorized to purchase another tract of land at any place in said county selected by said board, to be used as a home for the aged and infirm, or in case of the sale of only a part of said land, the proceeds derived from said sale shall be used for the improvement of the present home for the aged and infirm.
CHAPTER 876 AN ACT TO PROMOTE PUBLIC HEALTH BY THE REGU- LATION OF BURIALS IN WILSON TOWNSHIP, WIL- SON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. The Health Officer of Wilson County shall not withhold such permit if it be shown to his satisfaction that such burial will be conducted in a proper manner and in a place not injurious to the health of the community.
CHAPTER 413 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF MORGANTON TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT BEER AND WINE MAY BE LEGALLY SOLD AND ALCOHOLIC BEV- ERAGE CONTROL STORES OPERATED IN THE TOWN OF MORGANTON. WHEREAS, more than fifteen per cent -15% of the qualified voters who voted in the last election for members of the governing body of the Town of Morganton have heretofore filed and signed with the town board of elections a petition asking that a vote be held on the question of legalizing the sale of beer and wine and the establishment and operation of Alcoholic Beverage Control Stores on the 13th day of July, 1963, for the purpose of submitting said question to the voters of the Town of Morganton; and 467 WHEREAS, it is deemed advisable that such election be held on said date: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. Said election will be called and held on the date herein set forth notwithstanding the nearness or coincidence of said date with any other election. A new registration for voters for such election shall not be necessary and all qualified voters who are properly registered prior to registration for the election and those who register for said election shall be entitled to vote in said election. Said election shall be conducted by the town board of elections and the cost thereof shall be paid from the general fund of the Town of Morganton and except as otherwise herein provided this special election shall be conducted under the same statutes, rules, and regulations applicable to general elections for the Town of Morganton.
CHAPTER 459 AN ACT TO PROMOTE MORE SECURE OCCUPANCY OF FARMS AND FARM HOMES, TO CORRECT SOME PRES- ENT FORMS OF FARM TENANCY: TO PROMOTE RURAL REHABILITATION BY PROVIDING FOR THE CON- STRUCTION AND SUPERVISION OF SUBSISTENCE HOMESTEADS AND PLANNED RURAL COMMUNITIES FOR FAMILIES OF LOW INCOMES AND THOSE WHO DESIRE TO ACQUIRE AND LIVE UPON SUBSISTENCE FARMS, AND FOR THE SALE THEREOF ON REASON- ABLE TERMS: AUTHORIZING THE INCORPORATION OF LIMITED DIVIDEND AND/OR NON-DIVIDEND RURAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES AND CREATING A STATE BOARD OF RURAL REHABILITATION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENCOURAGING, APPROVING, SUP- ERVISING AND REGULATING SUCH ACTIVITIES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. The Board is hereby empowered to (a) study rural conditions and farm tenancy throughout the State, to determine in what areas unhealthful and insanitary conditions constitute a menace to health, and reasonable comfort of the citizens of the State; (b) prepare programs for correcting such conditions as may be relieved by the purposes of this act: (c) collect and distribute information relating to rural development; (d) recommend and approve the areas within which or adjacent to which the construction of rural community projects by limited dividend and/or non-dividend companies may be undertaken, and (e) co-operate with local officials and planning commissions or similar bodies in the development of projects they may have under consideration.
CHAPTER 350 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE 10, OF THE GENERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM LIMITS OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INSURANCE FOR TAXICAB OPERATORS. 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 426 An act for the protection of poultry and birds in Davidson county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That on and after the fifteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the superior court of Davidson county to pay to the bearer the sum of twenty-five cents for each and every hawk scalp taken in Davidson county: Provided, that sparrow and broad-winged or mouse hawks are exempted.
CHAPTER 612 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE HENDERSONVILLE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION TO CONVEY ANY OR ALL OF ITS PROPERTY OR ASSETS OR TRANSFER THE SAME TO A NON-PROFIT OR PUB- LIC HOSPITAL. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. The Board of Directors of the governing authority of the Hendersonville Hospital Association, a corporation organized under Chapter 127 of the Private Laws of 1911, in the discretion of such Board of Directors or governing authority, is hereby authorized and empowered to convey all of the property of said association, including any hospital or assets of hospital operated by said association, real, personal or mixed, to any person, firm or corporation.
CHAPTER 149 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 129 OF THE PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1915, RELATING TO HUNTING IN CASWELL COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section two of chapter one hundred and twenty-nine of the Public-Local Laws of one thousand nine hundred and fifteen be amended by striking out the words March the first from line four and inserting in lieu thereof the words February the first.
PLE Boy xeiit:                             AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE MIDDLE FALLS MANUFACTURING | COMPANY, IN RICHMOND COUNTY. )
Section 3. That within ninety days after the passage of this act that any three of the stockholders in the Company may call a general meeting vf the Company at any convenient place in Rockingham, and proceed to elect three Directors, requiring a majority of the votes present to make a choice, and the Directors thus chosen shall from among themselves choose a President, provided that a majority of the stock be represented in said meeting, and annually thereafter the stockholders shall meet in Rockingham, at such place as the Board of Directors shall designate, for the pur- pose of electing three Directors, which Directors, thus chosen by a majority of votes present, shall appoint one of their number President ; the Directors having appointed a President, the President and the other Directors shall be termed the Board of Directors, which Board of Directors shall appoint the other officers who may be required, and make such rules, regulations aud by-laws for the same as may be deemed necessary, and manage the business of the concern for one year: Provided always, That a majority of the stock shall be represented at such meeting, and the Board of Directors shall be considered in oftice until other Directors are chosen. A majority of the Board of Directors shall be capable of transacting business, and in case of the absence of the President, appoint a President pro tem.
CHAPTER 691 AN ACT TO PLACE THE OFFICERS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY ON SALARIES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 8. That the county commissioners may make an allowance of not more than eight hundred and fifty dollars to the sheriff of Franklin County to be expended by said sheriff in collecting taxes, and for any necessary clerical assistance.