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CHAPTER 568 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF ROAD COMMIS- SIONERS OF WAYNESVILLE TOWNSHIP, HAYWOOD COUNTY, TO PAY OVER TO THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE TOWN OF .WAYNESVILLE PART OF THE PRO- CEEDS ARISING FROM THE SALE OF BONDS FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the Road Commissioners of Waynesville Township, Haywood County, created by chapter three hundred and seventy-five, Public Laws one thousand nine hundred and three, are hereby authorized and directed to pay over to the Board of Aldermen of the town of Waynesville the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), the same being a portion of the sum realized from the sale of bonds issued by virtue of the said chapter, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Aldermen of the town of Waynesville for the purpose of grading, macadamizing and otherwise improving Main Street from a point of intersection of Hilliard and Main Streets at the Presbyterian Church to the point of intersection of Academy Street and Main Street in the said town.
CHAPTER 257 An act to incorporate the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Greenville. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 13. This company is specially invested with the power and privileges usually incident to savings banks, nray receive deposits in very small sums, the limits to be fixed by its board of directors, and may pay interest thereon by way of dividends out of the net savings or by fixed rates according as may be agreed upon between the company and its depositors, and the board of directors are hereby fully authorized to make all needful by-laws and regulations for conducting and carrying into effect the savings bank features of this corporation.
CHAPTER 239 An act to amend the charter of the town of Reidsville. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the board of commissioners of the town of Reidsville shall.at the next regular election cause an election to be held as to whether or not the board of commissioners shall consist of five or seven members; if the majority of the votes cast shall be for five -5 members, then the five names receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected; if the majority of votes cast shall be for seven members, then the seven names receiving the highest number of votes cast shall be declared elected.
CHAPTER 77 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF NOTES OF THE STATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING APPRO- PRIATIONS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That for the purpose of paying appropriations made for each year of the biennium ending June thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one for the various institutions, departments and agencies of the State, the State Treasurer, by and with the consent of the Governor and Council of State, shall have authority to borrow in anticipation of the collection of taxes and revenues for such biennium such sum or sums as may be necessary for such purpose and as may be determined by the Governor and Council of State, and to execute and issue notes of the State for the money so borrowed, and to pledge the credit of the State for the payment thereof. Such notes may be renewed from time to time and money may be borrowed upon new notes from time to time for the payment of any indebtedness evidenced thereby. All such notes and renewal notes shall bear such date or dates and such rate or rates of interest, and shall mature in such amounts and at such time or times as may be determined by the Governor and Council of State, and shall be executed by the State Treasurer and negotiated and disposed of by him in such a manner as may be determined by the Governor and Council of State.
CHAPTER 602 AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SALE OF LIQUOR AT JONKES- BORO AND VASS, IN MOORE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the place where delivery of any spirituous, malt, vinous, fermented or other intoxicating liquors is made within the corporate limits of the town of Jonesboro, or within one mile of the railroad depot at Vass, in said county, shall be construed and held to be the place of sale thereof; and any station or other place within the corporate limits of the town of Jonesboro, or within one mile of the railroad depot at Vass, in said county, to which any person, company, firm or corporation shall ship or convey any spirituous, malt, vinous, fermented or other intoxicating liquors, for the purpose of delivery or carrying the same to a purchaser, shall be construed to be the place of sale: Provided, this section shall not be construed to prevent the delivery of any spirituous, malt, vinous, fermented or other intoxicating liquors to druggists in sufficient quantities for medical purposes only, or to legally organized dispensaries.
CHAPTER 35 AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLES 24 OF CHAPTER 7 OF THE GEN- ERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA AND CHAPTER 385, SESSION LAWS OF 1957, RELATING TO RECORDERS COURT IN THE CITY OF BELMONT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. The quoted portion of Section 1 of Chapter 385, Session Laws of 1957, is hereby rewritten to read as follows: 78 That if and when a Recorders Court for the City of Belmont is established under the provisions of this Article, some suitable person who may be an attorney at law and who shall be of good moral character, shall be elected by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Belmont as Recorder of said Court to serve for a term of two -2 years and until his successor is appointed and qualified, and the Board of Commissioners shall have full power and authority to select and elect the said Recorder, and each successive Recorder biennially thereafter. The said Recorder shall be elected by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Belmont within thirty -30 days from the creation and establishment of said Court. If a vacancy occurs in the office of Recorder at any time, the same shall be filled by the election of a successor for the unexpired term by the governing body of the City of Belmont, at a regular or special meeting called for that purpose; provided, that before entering upon the discharge of their duties hereunder, the Recorder, the Vice-Recorder and the prosecuting attorney, who may be elected under the provisions of this Article, shall take and subscribe before some person authorized to administer oaths, the oath required of Judge and Solicitors of the Superior Court; provided, that the governing body of such city is hereby authorized to provide a schedule of fees to be charged by said Recorder.
CHAPTER 101 An act to incorporate the town of Hub in the County of Columbus . and State of North Carolina. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 8. Said election of mayor and commissioners shall be held at some house in said town to be selected by said commissioners, and no person shall be entitled to vote at said election or at any election held in said town for municipal purposes unless he shall be an elector of the state of North Carolina and shall have resided ninety days next preceding the day of election within the said corporation.
CHAPTER 495 AN ACT TO REGULATE THE HUNTING OF FOXES IN CHATHAM COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, trap, catch, or kill any fox in Chatham County from the first day of March to the first day of September in each year: Provided,) however, that nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit. the killing or catching of foxes during said period when actually committing, or about to commit, depredations on property.
CHAPTER 449 An act to incorporate the  Montane Road and Power Company. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 13. That said company shall have the rights granted to the Asheville Electric Company in section six, chapter two hundred and thirty-nine of the Public Laws of 1897
CHAPTER 375 An act relating to the public roads in Lexington township and other town- ships in Davidson county, and extending certain provisions of the Meck- lenburg road law to said townships.  The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 17. That nothing in this act shall be construed to take the }power from the county commissioners to. exempt anyone from ldisability to work on the public roads; and all general laws in respect to public roads so far as applicable shall be construed in laid of this act but not in derogation thereof.
CHAPTER 203 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 50, PUBLIC LAWS OF 1911, IN RELATION TO THE ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY AND THH COLLECTION OF TAXES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: ARTICLE I. BoarD oF STATE TAX COMMISSIONERS.
Section 41. Commissioners shall have power to exempt; sheriff to garnishee if taxes are not paid in sixty days; form of attachment.  The board of commissioners of the several counties shall have power to exempt any person from the payment of poll tax on account of poverty and infirmity; and when any such person has been once exempted he shall not be required to renew his application unless the commissioners shall revoke the exemption. When such exemption shall have been made, the clerk of the commissioners shall furnish the person with a certificate of such action, and the person to whom it was issued shall be required to list his poll, but upon exhibition of such certificate the list taker shall annually enter in the column intended for the poll the word Exempt, and the poll shall not be charged in computing the list. If any poll tax or other tax shall not be paid within sixty days after the same shall be demandable it shall be the duty of the sheriff, if he can find no property of the person liable sufficient to satisfy the same, to attach any debt or other property incapable of manual delivery due or belonging to the person liable or that may become due before the expiration of the calendar year, and the person owing such debt or having such property in possession shall be liable for said tax. Any corporation, firm or person who shall, on demand or request made, re-. fuse to give to the tax collector of any county, city or town a list giving the names of all persons employed by them who are liable for tax, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this section the following form shall be used as an attachment, viz.: Take notice that this is to attach any debt that is now due or: may become due to C D, a delinquent in his poli (or property) tax for the year one thousand nine hundred and ...., and you are hereby summoned to appear before E F, an acting justice of the peace for ........ County, and disclose any indebtedness which is or may be due said delinquent by you during the present calendar year, and to show cause why judgment should not be rendered against you for said delinquent tax and costs of this proceeding. rbiraryAc che Gay OL. ceecctscce, 19... A B, Sheriff, or Tax Collector. For serving notice the sheriff shall receive twenty-five cents, J and if judgment is rendered the justice shall receive twenty-five cents as costs.
CHAPTER 485 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF VOTERS AND FOR THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR THE TOWN OF STAN- FIELD IN STANLY COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 477 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER TO ISSUE BONDS FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. The proceeds of the sale of said bonds shall be apportioned to the following objects: Sixteen thousand dollars may be used to pay off any outstanding indebtedness, and the balance shall be thus distributed: Hish?school: 320 aereseetis Ske ee $125,000.00  Purchasevof balancevotdotaescentere ieee 10,000.00 CarolinasBeachie iat 2A eee eee 1,500.00 Oak Billie seis BEE SSP ee eee 1,500.00 Past Wilningtonnie. tke ssi oiee eee 3,000.00 Repairs to old high school building...... 15,000.00 Peabody. schoolastaaeee See ae 20,000.00 Williston industrial addition............ 10,000.00 Williston. primary: <4. 330s eee eee 2,000.00 Myrtle :Grovesd.t:2 katie ee Se eee 1,000.00 Ruralj,colored ys asacnt. te Se Ree 5,000.00 Scottiss Millioaiee Wess Sao Ree eee 1,500.00 South: Wilmine tong sagee sa See eee 2,000.00 Acorn: Braneh &:t22 eee eee eee 1,500.00 iBearsMemorial ss &.2ee eee ae Se eee 8,000.00
CHAPTER 235 AN ACT TO AMEND THE AURORA GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. That the said board of graded school trustees and their successors shall be and are hereby constituted a body corporate by the name and style of the Board of the Aurora Graded School Trustees of Aurora, North Carolina, and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with, acquire by gift, purchase or devise real and personal property, hold, change, mortgage or sell the same and exercise such other rights and privileges as are incident to other corporations, and said corporation shall have a corporate seal which it may break and change at pleasure.
CHAPTER 429 AN ACT TO PERMIT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS- SIONERS OF CASWELL COUNTY TO EMPLOY A PROSE- CUTING ATTORNEY AND FIX HIS FEES THEREFOR. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. The justices of the peace of Caswell County shall, upon issuing any warrant, immediately notify the prosecuting attorney of the crime charged and when the same is set for hearing.
CHAPTER 385 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE THRIFT SOCIETY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 8. The funds in the Treasurers hands may be deposited by him to his credit as State Treasurer and Treasurer of the Society in banks upon like terms and secured in like manner as other State deposits. The interest accruing and paid on such deposits shall be added to the funds of the Society.
CHAPTER 101 An act to amend and consolidate the acts incorporating the town of Rockingham. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 16. If for any cause there should be a vancancy in the office of mayor or commissioner of said town, the board of commissioners thereof shall be and are hereby empowered to fill said vacancy or vacancies, and their appointee or appointees shall hold office until the next regular election herein provided for.
CHAPTER 633 AN ACT TO PROHIBIT PERSONS FROM PUTTING OUT POISON. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. That this act shall apply to Watauga County only.
CHAPTER 235 AN ACT TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION AND PLANTING IN ANY OF THE WATERS OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA WHAT IS KNOWN AS JAPANESE, PORTUGUESE OR MONGOLIAN OY- STERS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm or corporation to plant, store, distribute or in any way deposit the Japanese, Portuguese or Mongolian oysters in any of the waters of North Carolina.
CHAPTER 35 AN ACT TO CONFER CIVIL JURISDICTION UPON THE RECORDERS COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF SCOTLAND. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the jurisdiction of such Court in civil actions shall be as follows: (a) Jurisdiction concurrent with the justices of the peace within the county. (b) Jurisdiction concurrent with the Superior Court in all actions founded on contract, wherein the amount involved, exclusive of interest and cost, does not exceed five hundred ($500.00) dollars. (c) Jurisdiction concurrent with the Superior Court in all actions not founded on a contract wherein the amount involved, exclusive of interest and cost, does not exceed the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars.
CHAPTER 589 An act to regulate fishi:g in certain waters of North River in Camden County. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That any person violating tne provisions of this act shall upon conviction be fined not more than fifty dollars, or imprisoned not to exceed thirty days.
CHAPTER 798 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A TRAINING SCHOOL FOR TEACH- ERS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. That tuition in said institution shall be free to all persons in the State who shall sign a pledge to teach in the public schools of North Carolina for a term of not less than two years.
CHAPTER 204 AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE APPALACHIAN TRAINING SCHOOL AND TO OUTLINE ITS ORGANIZA- TION, POWERS AND DUTIES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 13. That all appropriations made to the Appalachian Training School for the fiscal year ending June the thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, remaining unpaid, at the time of this act, shall be paid to the new corporation in the manner and form provided in the appropriation act of nineteen hundred and twenty-three.
CHAPTER 94 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 2116 OF THE CONSOLIDATED STATUTES, RELATIVE TO THE CLOSE SEASON FOR QUAIL OR PARTRIDGE IN POLK AND RUTHERFORD COUNTIES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That section two thousand one hundred and sixteen of the Consolidated Statutes be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words February fifteen to December one occurring after the word Rutherford and inserting in lieu thereof the words February fifteen to November fifteen.
CHAPTER 29 AN ACT TO RATIFY AND VALIDATE THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE MINERAL SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT, MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SCHOOL BONDS OF SAID DISTRICT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That said bonds shall be sold by the board of commissioners of Moore County at either public or private sale, and when said bonds shall have been delivered and paid for at not less than par and accrued interest, they shall constitute valid and binding obligations of said school district, and for the payment of the principal and interest on said bonds a direct annual tax not exceeding fifteen cents (15c.) on the one hundred dollars ($100) of value shall be levied by the board of commissioners of Moore County on all the taxable property within the said district.
CHAPTER 300 An act to authorize the commissicners of the tewn of Rocky Mount to issue bonds to construct waterworks in said town. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 5. That the question of Waterworks or No waterworks shail be submitted to the quatified voters of said town at the next annua! election for town offices of said town. and at the voting place in each ward there sha!l be aseparate box in which this voie on waterworks shail be polled. and at said election those in favor of waterworks shall votea written or printed ticket wits Waterworks thereon and those opposed to waterworks shall vote a written or printed ticket with No waterworks thereon, an at the said election the registrars aud poll holders sha'l vote the number of freehollers in their respective wards and the number of said freeholders who vote for and against *Waterworks, and shall certify the same, showing fully the number of votes cast for waterworks, those cast against waterworks and the number of freeho!ders who voted **Waterworks, and the number of freeholders who voted No waterworks. These certificates shall be sealed and delivered to the cierk of the board of commissioners of said town, who shall present the same to the board of commissioners at their next meeting after said election, whether said meeting be a general or a special meeting and the result of the election in the several wards shall be ascertained by the said board and entered upon the record book of said town and the result posted at the door of the mayor's office of said town and at the post-office door for ten days; and if the votes so certified be in favor of waterworks, aud if no exception be filed thereto within ten days, said record shall thereafter import verity, and shal! be conclusive evidence of the correctness of said returns, and the same shall therefore be received in all the courts of this state and the United States as conclusive evidence of the correctness of the vote polled at said election.
CHAPTER 273 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 53 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF BANKS. 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 333 AN ACT TO CHANGE THE BOUNDARY LINE OF SPRING SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ALAMANCE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That chapter two hundred and sixty-three of the Public Laws of nineteen hundred and three be changed by striking out in section: one all that part from the phrase as follows in line three to the word near in line seven, and inserting instead the following: Beginning on the west side of Haw River on the line between G. W. Stockard and J. C. Thompson, running west, including the farm of G. W. Stockard, to Marys Creek.
CHAPTER 185 AN ACT FOR THE WORKING AND IMPROVING THE PUBLIC ROADS OF ASHE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 17. That section twenty-nine of said chapter and act be and the same is hereby repealed, and the following substituted in lieu thereof: whenever any person desires to change a road from one part of his land to another part, he shall file his petition in writing with the board of road trustees of that township in which the road to be changed is situated, setting forth the proper change, who in their discretion may appoint two disinterested freeholders who, together with the road overseer of said road, shall go and view said proposed change, and they may permit said change to be made upon such terms and conditions as to them may seem best, and when said change has been made upon a reasonable grade they shall make their report to the board of road trustees of said township, who shall confirm same if the terms and conditions of said change have been complied with.
CHAPTER 310 An act to amend section two, chapter three hundred and sixty-two, laws of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, concerning the sale of spirituous liquors in Brunswick county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section two of chapter three hundred and sixtytwo, laws of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, be amended by striking out the word  three in line two of eection two and inserting in lieu thereof the word two. .
CHAPTER 795 AN ACT TO PROVIDE A LEGALIZED PRIMARY ELECTION FOR ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. Any person entitled to vote at any primary which may be held under this act shall, on the day said primary is held, be entitled to absent himself from any service or employment in which he is then engaged or employed for a period of one hour, or longer, if necessary, between the time of opening and closing the polls, and such primary elector shall not, because of so absenting himself, be liable to any penalty nor shall any deduction be made, on account of such absence, from his usual salary or wages: Provided, however, that notice of such leave of absence shall be given prior to the taking of same. Any employer who imposes any penalty or forfeiture on account of such absence or refuses to allow any employee in his employment to attend said primary shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined or imprisoned, in the discretion of the court.
CHAPTER 99 AN ACT TO REVISE THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF LUM- BER BRIDGE, IN THE COUNTY OF ROBESON. Whereas, by chapter one hundred and fifty-one, Private Laws of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, the town of Lumber Bridge was duly incorporated; and, whereas, it is deemed advisable by the authorities and citizens of said town that the said act should be amended and revised to the end that the charter of said town shall be contained in one act of the General Assembly; there- fore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. In ease the office of mayor or commissioner shall become vacant from death, resignation, removal or otherwise, such office shall be filled by the commissioners of said town, and the person so elected shall serve the term to which his predecessor was elected and until his successor shall be elected and qualified.
CHAPTER 78 AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE THE TOWNS OF WINSTON AND SALEM. The General Assembly of North Carolina-do enact :
Section 52. That the aldermen of the city of Salem shall impose, levy and collect a corporation tax of not less than five hundred dollars per annum upon every person obtaining a license for any one of the purposes specified in sections fifty and fifty-one of this act: Provided, that nothing in this act shall prohibit the board of aldermen from granting a license to retail malt liquors, such as ale, lager beer and porter, and for such license, if granted, the board of aldermen shall impose, levy and collect a corporation tax of not less than two hundred dollars per annum, and said board of aldermen shall have full power to revoke or recall said license, at pleasure, at any time after granting the same, but the said board of aldermen shall refund the proportionate amount of said tax collected for the unexpired portion of the license year to the party or persons from whom such license may be taken, recalled or revoked, and said aldermen shall grant no license to any person for any one of the purposes herein enumerated until such person shall have paid the whole tax imposed for said license, and proved a good moral character by the oaths of not less than two respectable and responsible citizens of the city, and the said aldermen shall have free and full power to grant or refuse a license to any person for any one of the aforesaid purposes at their discretion.
CHAPTER 279 AN ACT TO PROMOTE THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY OF AVERY COUNTY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO PURCHASE PURE BRED STOCK. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. The bulls selected by the livestock commission shall be from approved herds of pure bred Shorthorns and Herefords, not more than two years, and preferably between the age of fifteen and twenty-four months, and the locality where the bulls are kept must be open for inspection and no bull shall be kept at one place longer than one year.
CHAPTER 112 An act for the relief of creditors of the former town of Fayetteville, and for other purposes. Wuereas, by virtue of chapter fifty-eight of the private laws passed bygthe general assembly of North Carolina at the session of one thousand eight hundred and eighty- one, ratified March twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, the charter of the town of Fayetteville, in Cumberland county, has been repealed and abrogated, leaving the creditors of said town without the means of collecting any part of their debts, and leaving the com- munity without the necessary means of local government, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : bn
Section 20. The commissioners may organize fire companies, and to that end tbe district of Fayetteville shall be divided into four wards; the first ward shall comprise all the territory lying south of Person street and east of Gillespie street; the second ward shall comprise all territory 1883.PrivATECHAPTER 112 west of Gillespie street and south of Hay street; the third ward shall comprise all territory north of Hay street and west of Green and Ramsay streets; and the fourth ward shall com prise all the territory north of Person street and east of Green and Ramsay streets. There shall bea chief fire warden for Fayetteville, and an assistant fire warden for each of the four wards, appointed by the commissioners annually, and fire companies may be organized to number not more than seventy-five men who shall, under the direction of the commissioners, be subject to the orders of the chief fire warden and the assistant fire wardens. And upon the due organization of such companies, and upon report by the fire warden that any person isan efficient member and a regular attendant at their meetings and drills, the commissioners may direct their clerk to give such person a certificate of exemption from poll taxes imposed by this act, and such exempted person_is hereby declared exempted from all jury duty; but sue exemptions from taxes and jury duty shall only continue while such person continues to be an eflicient member of the fire company and regular in his attendance upon its meetings and drills.
CHAPTER 225 AN ACT CONCERNING INDUSTRIAL BANKS, DEFINING THE SAME, AND PROVIDING FOR THEIR INCORPORA- TION AND SUPERVISION. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. The term Industrial Bank as used in this act shall mean any corporation formed under the provisions of this act, and any corporation heretofore organized under the general corporation law of this State which shall hereafter reorganize as an industrial bank pursuant to the provisions of this act.
CHAPTER 123 AN ACT TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN A SYSTEM OF ROADS IN YANCEY COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 15. That whereas the tax authorized and directed to be levied and collected for the present year is not available for the immediate use of said county commissioners for the prompt and proper application of this act, the county commissioners of Yancey County are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to borrow money sufficient to carry out the provisions of this act, in anticipation of the tax to be levied and collected, to an amount not less than twenty thousand dollars. These funds to be borrowed on short time and to mature when in the opinion of the commissioners or a majority thereof the taxes to pay same off will have been collected.
CHAPTER 456 AN ACT TO DECLARE THE NECESSITY OF CREATING PUBLIC BODIES CORPORATE AND POLITIC TO BE KNOWN AS HOUSING AUTHORITIES TO ENGAGE IN SLUM CLEARANCE AND/OR PROJECTS TO PROVIDE DWELLING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PERSONS OF LOW INCOME; TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF SUCH HOUSING AUTHORITIES; TO DEFINE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXERCISE OF SUCH POWERS, INCLUDING ACQUIRING PROPERTY BY PURCHASE, GIFT OR EMINENT DOMAIN, AND IN- CLUDING BORROWING MONEY, ISSUING REVENUE AND CREDIT BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS, AND GIVING SECURITY THEREFOR; TO CONFER REMEDIES ON OBLIGEES OF HOUSING AUTHORI- TIES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE BONDS OF THE AU- THORITY SHALL BE LEGAL INVESTMENTS; TO PROVIDE THAT HOUSING AUTHORITIES, AND CER- TAIN PROPERTY AND SECURITIES THEREOF, SHALL BE TAX EXEMPT AND TO DECLARE THAT THIS ACT TAKE EFFECT FROM THE DATE OF ITS RATIFICATION. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. Finding and Declaration of Necessity. It is hereby declared that insanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations ,exist in various cities and towns of the State having a population of more than fifteen thousand inhabitants and that such unsafe or insanitary conditions arise from overcrowding and concentration of population, the obsolete and poor condition of the buildings, improper planning, excessive land coverage, lack of proper light, air and space, insanitary design and arrangement, lack of proper sanitary facilities, and the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes; that in all such cities and towns many persons of low income are forced to reside in insanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations; that in various cities and towns of the State having a population of more than fifteen thousand inhabitants there is a lack of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations available to all the inhabitants thereof and that consequently many persons of low income are forced to occupy overcrowded and congested dwelling accommodations; that these conditions cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals and welfare of the citizens of the State and impair economic values; that the aforesaid conditions also exist in certain areas surrounding such cities and towns; that these conditions cannot be remedied by the ordinary operations of private enterprises; that the clearance, replanning and reconstruction of the areas in which insanitary or unsafe housing conditions exist and the providing of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired; that it is in the public interest that work on such projects be instituted as soon as possible in order to relieve unemployment which now constitutes an emergency; and the necessity in the public interest for the provision hereinafter enacted is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.
CHAPTER 263 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BEL- HAVEN, BEAUFORT COUNTY, N. C. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section 2 of the charter of the town of Belhaven, Beaufort County, be and is hereby amended by striking out section 2 and in lieu thereof insert the following: Beginning at the channel of Pantego Creek at the eastward line of the Alleghany Companys property, and running north 47 east with said companys line to Pantego street, thence south 43 east with Pantego street to Thoms Creek, thence with the channel of Thoms Creek to the channel of Pungo River, thence westerly with the channel of Pungo River to Pantego Creek, thence northwesterly with the channel of Pantego Creek to the beginning.
CHAPTER 132 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF SELMA TO ISSUE BONDS TO COMPLETE ITS ELECTRIC LIGHT AND WATER SYSTEMS. Whereas the town of Selma in Johnston County, on account of the large number of its inhabitants and of the great increase in the number, size, and value of its residences, hotels, and business houses, is in great need of a public water supply and electric light system ;.and whereas it is necessary to protect the property of said town from destruction by fire, and to furnish an adequate electric lighting system for the protection, convenience, and benefit of its citizens and their property; and whereas it is necessary for the protection of the health of said town that there should be a sys- tem of sewerage and waterworks in the town; and whereas, in pursuance of the urgent needs aforesaid the qualified voters of said town have heretofore by popular vote authorized the issuance of twenty-five thousand dollars interest-bearing coupon bonds; and whereas the money derived therefrom has been devoted to the installation, construction, and erection of water and electric light systems for the purposes aforesaid; and whereas the money derived from said bonds has been insufficient to carry said work to a completion, and an additional five thousand dollars is neces- sary to complete said water and lighting systems, and it is im- peratively necessary that this be done at as early a date as prac- ticable; and whereas the mayor and board of commissioners of said town of Selma, after full consideration of all conditions, have declared that there exists in said town an absolute and urgent necessity for the completion of its waterworks and electric light system for the protection of health and against fire; and whereas the ordinary funds derived from current taxes of said town are wholly insufficient to complete said works: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. Said bonds are hereby declared to be within the exercise of the corporate powers of the town of Selma, and the purposes for which the same are to be issued are hereby declared to be a municipal necessity.
CHAPTER 99 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE ASHEVILLE GAS AND WATER SUPPLY COMPANY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. The capital stock of the said company shall be fifty thousand dollars (with the privilege to the shareholders of increasing the amount to two hundred thousand dollars) divided into shares of fifty dollars each. Each share shall be entitled to one vote in all the meetings of the stockholders, and shall be transferable as by the by laws of the company may be prescribed.
CHAPTER 267 An act in relation to the public school in the town of Mount Airy, and providing for the levying of a tax to support the same. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 9. The school committee provided for by this act shall apportion the money raised or received for educational purposes in the town of Mount Airy as shall be just to the white and colored races, without discrimination in favor of or to the prejudice of either race, due regard being paid to the cost of keeping up and maintain [maintaining] the public schools of both races.
CHAPTER 4 An act to incorporate the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway Company. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That the capital stock of said company shall be ($5,000) five thousand dollars, and the same may be increased from time to time as a majority of the stockholders may determine, up to ($500,000) five hundred thousand dollars. That the stock of said company shall be in shares of ($100) one hundred dollars each, for which certificates shall be issued, and each share shall be entitled to one vote, and the stockholders shall not be individually liable for anything beyond the amount of their subscription to the said capital stock. That books of subscription shall be opened by the corporators, or a majority of them, at such times and places and under such rules and regulations as they, or a majority-of them, may prescribe. That the said corporators, or a majority of them, acting in person or by proxy, after the sum of five thousand dollars has been subscribed, shall call a meeting of the subscribers to the said capital stock, for the purpose of completing the organization of the company, giving ten days notice thereof in some paper published in the county of Union or Anson. That at such meeting the stockholders shall elect a _board of directors, consisting of five members, who shall immediately elect one of their number president of the company.
CHAPTER 215 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BATTLEBORO. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the act entitled An act to incorporate the town of Battleboro, ratified the eighth day of February, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, and the amendments thereto ratified the tenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, be and the same are hereby amended by adding thereto the following new sections, and so much of the said two acts as is inconsistent with the provisions hereafter set forth be and the same is hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 548 AN ACT TO PREVENT THE BUYING OF SEED COTTON IN NASH COUNTY AND THE COUNTIES ADJACENT THERE- TO. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, except the landlord, or by his written consent, on whose land the cotton is made, to buy, sell, deliver, or receive for a price or for any reward whatever any cotton in the seed where the quantity is less than that which is usually baled before January fifteenth of the following year in which the cotton is made.
CHAPTER 353 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OF SHARES OF STOCK IN CORPORATIONS AND TO MAKE UNI- FORM THE LAW WITH REFERENCE THERETO. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 17. Lost or Destroyed Certificate. Where a certificate has been lost or destroyed, a court of competent jurisdiction may order the issue of a new certificate therefor on service of process upon the corporation and on reasonable notice by publication, and in any other way which the court may direct, to all persons interested, and upon satisfactory proof of such loss or destruction and upon the giving of a bond with sufficient surety to be approved by the court to protect the corporation or any person injured by the issue of the new certificate from any liability or expense, which it or they may incur by reason of the original certificate remaining outstanding. The court. may also in its discretion order the payment of the corporations reasonable costs and counsel fees. The issue of a new certificate under an order of the court as provided in this section, shall not relieve the corporation from liability in damages to a person to whom the original certificate has been or shall be transferred for value without notice of the proceedings or of the issuance of the new certificate: Provided, nothing in this section shall prevent the issuance of a new stock certificate in the place of a lost or destroyed certificate in accordance with the provisions of Section one thousand one hundred and sixty-two of the Consolidated Statutes of one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.
CHAPTER 1 AN ACT RELATING TO DRUNKENNESS IN MACON COUNTY AND PRESCRIBING A SPECIFIC PENALTY APPLICABLE THERETO. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That this act shall apply to Macon County only.
CHAPTER 169 An act to incorporate The L E. Davis Milling Company. he General Assembly of North Carolina do enuct :
Section 6. That owners of stock in this company shall not be individually liable for any contract, indebtedness or liability of this company.
CHAPTER 112 An act to incorporate the town of Union City, in Robeson county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the corporate limits of said town shall be as follows, viz: Beginning at the point where the Inman and Ionia roads intersect and runs north one-half mile; thence east onehalf mile; thence south ene mile; thence west one mile; thence north one mile; thence east one-half mile, making one mile square.
CHAPTER 226 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 759, SESSION LAWS OF 1963, EN- TITLED AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COM- MISSIONERS OF CARTERET COUNTY TO MAKE APPROPRIA- TIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES AND TO CREATE AND FIX THE POWERS OF AN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOP- MENT COMMISSION FOR CARTERET COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. Section 2, Chapter 759, Session Laws of 1963, is hereby amended by striking the following sentence, beginning in line 8:00 In making said appointments, the Board of Commissioners shall maintain an equal balance insofar as political party affiliation is concerned.
CHAPTER 53 AN ACT TO REGULATE THE MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES IN NORTH CARO- LINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 9. That the Commissioner in person, or by deputy, shall have the power to enter into any car, warehouse, store, building, boat, vessel or place supposed to contain insecticides or fungicides, for the purpose of inspection or sampling, and shall have the power to take samples for analysis from any lot, package or parcel of insecticides or fungicides. It shall be unlawful for any person to oppose entrance of said Commissioner or deputy, or in any way interfere with the discharge of his duty. All analyses shall be made by the official methods of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists of the United States, and shall be made by chemists of the Department of Agriculture.
CHAPTER 7 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TOWN LIQUOR CONTROL STORES IN THE TOWN OF MOORESVILLE UPON A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE AND PROVIDING FOR THE ALLOCATION OF THE NET PROCEEDS FROM THE OPERATION OF SUCH STORES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. The net profits derived from the operation of liquor control stores in the Town of Mooresville, after deducting the necessary funds for law enforcement as provided in G. S. 18-45, shall be divided as follows: 1 Twelve and one-half percent (124%%) shall be turned over to the Iredell County Board of Commissioners to be used exclusively for school purposes. 2 A minimum of twenty-five percent -25% shall be used by the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Mooresville for the acquisition and improvement of lands and buildings for public parks, playgrounds, and recreational centers and the maintenance and operation of the same. 3 A minimum of twenty-seven and one-half percent (27'2%) shall be used by the Mooresville City School Board to operate the Mooresville Schoo) District schools at a higher standard than provided by county or state support, including the use of said funds for capital improvements, and to supplement the salaries of public school teachers teaching in the Mooresville Schoo] District. 4 The remaining net profits shall be turned over to the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Mooresville to be used for any of the following purposes: a. To provide additional funds for Alcoholic Beverage Control law enforcement. b. Any town governmental purpose. c. To provide funds in addition to the minimum amounts hereinbefore specified for the acquisition and improvement of lands and buildings for public parks, playgrounds, and recreational centers and maintenance and operation of the same. d. To provide funds in addition to the minimum amounts hereinbefore specified to operate the Mooresville School District schools at a higher standard than provided by county or state support, including the use of said funds for capital improvements, and to supplement the salaries of public school teachers teaching in the Mooresville School District. e. Acquisition of sites and construction, maintenance and operation of public hospitals. f. Acquisition, maintenance, operation, enlargement and improvement of public libraries, public art museums, and armories. 25
CHAPTER 503 AN ACT TO FIX SALARIES FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS AND CREATE AND ESTABLISH AN AUDITORS OFFICE IN DUR- HAM COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 9. The Treasurer of Durham County shall receive a salary of one thousand-six hundred dollars per annum in lieu of all other compensation whatsoever; and Provided further, that the premium on the bond of said treasurer shall be paid out of the fund hereinafter created.
CHAPTER 82 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 276 OF THE PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1913, AND ALL SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS THERETO .RELATING TO THE RECORDERS COURT OF LEXINGTON. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 18. Amend section twenty-one of said chapter two hundred and seventy-six of the Public-Local Laws of North Carolina of nineteen hundred and thirteen, page six hundred and thirteen, by striking out the said section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: The Clerk of said court shall keep a record of all fines and amounts taxed for costs as hereinbefore set out and ones costs received, and shall monthly on the first day of every month pay to the Treasurer of Davidson County the fees and fines as hereinbefore taxed for the Judge and Solicitor and other expense of the Court and shall pay the witness fees and the arrest py | allowed by law to the proper person entitled thereto. The Clerk's salary or compensation for keeping the records of said court. shall be fixed by the County Commissioners of Davidson County.
CHAPTER 629 AN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 37-5 RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF CORPORATE DISTRIBUTIONS BY FIDUCIARIES AS PRINCIPAL AND AS INCOME. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. Amend G. S. 37-5 by renumbering the present subsection -5 as subsection (6) and by adding a new subsection -5 immediately following the present subsection (4), as follows: (5) Distributions made from ordinary income by a regulated investment company shal] be deemed income. All distributions made by such a company from capita] gains, whether in the form of cash or an option to take new stock or cash or an option to purchase additional shares, shall be deemed principal.