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CHAPTER 204 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE LISTING AND VALU- ING OF ALL PROPERTY, REAL, PERSONAL, AND MIXED, AT ITS TRUE VALUE IN MONEY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: ARTICLE I
Section 508. Females or non-residents of the township where the property is situated, and persons physically unable to attend and file a list of their property, may appoint agents for the purpose of listing their property. Such agent shall be required to qualify by stating under oath that he knows the extent and has knowledge of the TRUE valuation of the property to be listed. The property of corporations shall be listed by the president, cashier, treasurer, or any other person appointed for that purpose. PRIVATE BANKS, BANKERS, BROKERS OR SECURITY BROKERS
CHAPTER XCIV. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF GRIFFINSVILLE, IN THE ; COUNTY OF UNION.
Section 4. An election shall be held the first Monday in May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, on the same day in each successive year, for mayor and three commissioners. All persons who have lived within the corporate limits of said town for ninety -90 days preceding the election, and qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, shall vote in the election tor officers of said town.
CHAPTER 197 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PUBLIC ROADS IN FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, IN MACON COUNTY, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS TO PAY THE EXPENSES THEREOF. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 8. Said commission shall also have the power to employ such other persons and to purchase such supplies as in their judgment are necessary to carry this act into effect. They may purchase such machinery, tools, blasting materials, drain pipes, and lumber as may be necessary to build or repair any road; they may construct necessary drains, culverts, and footpaths and maintain the same. It shall be unlawful for any person on horseback to use any footpath constructed under the direction of the commission, and any one so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before a justice of the peace shall be fined ten dollars for each offense. The board of county commissioners shall put into the custody and control of the highway commission the road-working machinery and tools heretofore bought and now owned by Franklin Township; and in case a county convict force shall be provided for, they shall turn over to said highway commission such part of the county convict force as may not be needed for the work of constructing and repairing the public roads elsewhere in the county, and if deemed expedient may turn over the entire force to the said commission, and the convicts, while in the custody of the highway commission, shall be employed in the construction and repairing of the public roads under the jurisdiction of the commission.
CHAPTER 839 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CITY OF DURHAM AND TO REPEAL ITS PRESENT CHARTER AND ALL AMEND- MENTS THERETO. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 59. That at each voting precinct in said city at such election there shall be provided one box in which each person entitled to vote may deposit one ballot. That those wishing to vote that the foregoing provisions shall become law applicable to the city of Durham may vote a ballot on which there shall be printed or written the words For New Charter, and each of those wishing to vote against the foregoing provisions becoming law applicable to the city of Durham may vote a ballot on which shall be printed or written the words Against New Charter.
CHAPTER 364 AN ACT TO ENABLE THE COMMISSIONERS OF GRANVILLE COUNTY TO INAUGURATE A BETTER SYSTEM OF WORK- ING THE PUBLIC ROADS OF SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 12. That any person who shall, after being duly notified as provided in section four of this act, fail to appear and work as required to do (after having failed to pay the sum of two dollars), or any person who shall appear as notified, and fail or refuse to perform good and reasonable labor, as required by said Superintendent or Supervisor, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined not less than two nor more than five dollars, or sentenced to work on the public roads of the county for not less than ten nor more than twenty days.
CHAPTER 623 AN ACT TO CREATE A FISH AND GAME COMMISSION FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY, AND TO PROTECT THE GAME AND FRESHWATER FISH OF SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 9. The said board shall have prepared and furnished to each person who may secure license under this act, in pamphlet form, a copy of this law, the same to be furnished free of charge.
CHAPTER 174 AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF SPIRITUOUS, VINOUS AND MALT LIQUORS IN McDOW- _ ELL COUNTY AND TO PREVENT THE IMPORTATION THEREOF INTO SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That it shall be unlawful for any druggist to sell in said county more than one pint of such spirituous, vinous or malt liquors to any one person at any one time, and then only upon the written prescription of a regular practising physician for a sick person under his charge when such prescription is given; and it shall be the duty of the druggist filling such prescription to file the same and to furnish to the Solicitor at each-criminal term of the Superior Court of said county a list showing the number of prescriptions filled, the date thereof, with the amount and the name of the person to whom and for whose relief such liquor was sold, and the name of the physician giving such prescription, and in no case shall any one of such prescriptions be filled a second     time; and any druggist failing to furnish such list to the Solicitor as aforesaid, or filling any one of such prescriptions a second time, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
CHAPTER 522 AN ACT TO AMEND HOUSE BILL 1405 ENTITLED AN ACT TO FIX THE SALARIES AND COMPENSATION OF CER- TAIN OFFICERS OF BLADEN COUNTY, RATIFIED APRIL 28TH, 1933 The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That House Bill fourteen hundred five of the present session of the General Assembly, ratified April twenty-eighth, one thousand nine hundred thirty-three, the same being: An act to fix the salaries and compensation of certain officers of Bladen County, be and the same is, hereby amended by striking out and rewriting section one thereof so that said section shall read as follows: Section 1 That the sheriff of Bladen County shall receive the salary of twenty-one hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly, and, in addition thereto, shall also receive fees and commissions as sheriff and tax collector of said county as follows: The sheriff of Bladen County shall receive for his services in collecting all taxes, commissions at the rate of one per centum on the first fifty thousand dollars of taxes collected, commissions at the rate of two per centum of all taxes collected by him in excess of fifty thousand dollars up to and including but not in excess of, one hundred thousand dollars, and commissions at the rate of four per centum of all taxes collected by him in excess of one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, however, that the said sheriff shall keep an accurate account of all commissions so received by him upon such tax collections, and make accurate report thereof to the Board of Commissioners of Bladen County at each regular meeting of such Board, covering such collections for the preceding calendar month, the said report to be audited and passed upon by the County Auditor or County Accountant, and all sums received by said sheriff from such commissions on taxes collected as hereinbefore set out, in excess of the sum of four thousand dollars per year, shall by said sheriff be paid over and into the treasury of Bladen County as a part of the general fund thereof, such ascertainment and settlement to be made as of the first Monday of December in each calendar year. The sheriff of Bladen County shall also receive, in addition to the compensation as above provided for, all fees and emoluments of his office which are, or may hereafter be, allowed by law for the service of process, including a fee of fifty cents for each levy made on personal property in the collection of taxes, and also all such fees allowed for his services in connection with sale or foreclosure of land for delinquent taxes, as allowed to the sheriff by chapter one hundred forty-eight, Public Laws nineteen hundred thirty-three.
CHAPTER 238 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE COMMISSIONERS OF HENDERSON COUNTY TO ISSUE BONDS TO BUILD OR REPAIR COURT HOUSE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. That if the Commissioners shall decide to erect new buildings, they shall have the right to sell the present buildings, with the block occupied by them, as a whole or in separate lots, also the lot deeded to the county of Henderson by Alledge, after advertising the same for thirty days at the court house door and in all the papers published in the county, to the highest bidder, provided that any one shall have thirty days in which to raise any bid to an amount not less than five per cent, said sale to be made on such terms as the Commissioners may fix. The Commissioners shall also have the right and authority to select and purchase a new site for such public buildings as are herein contemplated, if they shall deem best so to do. ;
CHAPTER XXII. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED AN AOT TO INCORPORATE THE CAPE FEAR AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION, RATIFIED THE TWELFTH DAY OF APRIL, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE.
Section 4. That the collection of rents for the use of the grounds, or any portion of them, for the privilege of any lawful exhibition held thereon, shall be legal before any court of competent jurisdiction.
884 CHAPTER 610 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF THE AIR- PORT COMMISSION OF FORSYTH COUNTY AND PRE- SCRIBING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF SAID COM- MISSION. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. The officers of the Commission shall be a chairman, a vice chairman, a secretary and a treasurer, all of whom shall be members thereof. The offices of secretary and treasurer may be held with any other office. Officers shall serve for a term of one year beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31 in each year, except that the terms of the first officers elected shall expire on December 31 next succeeding their election. Members and officers of the Commission shall serve without compensation unless such compensation is ordered and fixed by the county commissioners. The Commission shall have the power to elect an assistant secretary, and an assistant treasurer, who need not be members of the said Commission, and both of said offices may be held by the same person. The county commissioners may limit the payment of compensation to members and officers of the Commission out of funds derived from the operation of the airports and landing fields over which the said Commission has control. A majority of the members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum.
CHAPTER 165 An act to incorporate the Seven Springs Mineral Water and Improve- ment Company. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 12. All laws or clauses of laws in conflict with this act be and are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 133 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MOUNT GILEAD, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 25. That the said board of commissioners shall have the power to purchase, acquire, hold, lease, manage, control, and ereate, and to sell, lease, and dispose of to such person or persons, corporation or corporations, and for such price or prices and on such terms and conditions as the commissioners may deem proper, water, electricity, water rights, powers, privileges, and appropriations for milling, manufacturing, domestic, and other uses and purposes; and to dvelop, control, generally deal in and dispose of to such person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations, as to the commissioners may seem proper, electrical and other power, for the generation, distribution, and supply of electricity for light, heat, and power, and for any other uses and purposes to which the same are adapted, and to this end all purchases of property within or without the corporate limits which may hereafter be made for these purposes are hereby authorized. 4
CHAPTER 57 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE LEAKSVILLE TOWN- SHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, TO CREATE A BOARD OF TRUSTEES WITH POWERS AND DUTIES INCIDENT TO THE OPERATION OF THE SCHOOLS OF THE DISTRICT IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 13. Should any section or part of this act be declared unconstitutional or invalid by court decision, such invalidity shall not operate to render the act as a whole invalid nor sha!] it apply to any section or part save that considered in the decision.
CHAPTER 170 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE IREDELL COUNTY TO ISSUE BONDS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. The powers granted by this act are in addition to existing powers of said county.
CHAPTER 574 An act to authorize the Board of Commissioners of Haywood County to convert the excess of special bridge tax to the general county fund. . The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the Board of Commissioners of Haywood County are authorized to convert the excess of the special taxes levied for bridges into the general funds of said county.
CHAPTER 87 An act to incorporate the Roanoke and Southern Railway Company. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 24. To provide for the payment of said subscription made as provided in this act, the board of commissioners of the county in which is situated any township, city or town making such subscription, shall issue coupon bonds to the amount of the subscription so authorized, and said bonds shall upon their face indicate on account of what township, city or town they are issued, and the conditions upon which they are issued. Said bonds shall be in denominations of not less than fifty, nor more than one thousand dollars, and shall run for not exceeding forty years, and bear interest not exceeding six per centum per annum, payable annually or semi-annually, and payable at such time and place as the board of county commissioners may direct.
CHAPTER 67 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 42, VOLUME 1 OF THE CONSOLIDATED STATUTES, RELATING TO INNS, HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall pay a fine not to exceed fifty dollars or be imprisoned not more than thirty days.
CHAPTER 524 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF CON- SERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT TO CONSTRUCT AND EQUIP SMALLMOUTH BASS FISH HATCHERIES AND SUB-REARING STATIONS, AND CONTINUING FOR THE NEXT BIENNIUM THE UNEXPENDED AP- PROPRIATION THEREFOR. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 155 AN ACT TO REGULATE AND CONTROL THE PRACTICE OF PHOTOGRAPHY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: ARTICLE I
Section 2. The said board shall keep a record of its proceedings relating to issuance, refusal, renewal, suspension and revocation of certificates of registration. This record shall also contain the name, place of business and residence of every registered photographer and registered apprentice, and the date and number of his certificate of registration. This record shall be opened to public inspection at all reasonable times.
CHAPTER 576 AN ACT TO APPROVE AND CONFIRM CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF RALEIGH AND THE TOWN OF CARY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF RALEIGH AND THE TOWN OF GARNER WITH REGARD TO THE PURCHASE OF WATER FROM RALEIGH BY SAID TOWNS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. No action based upon the invalidity of the contracts herein confirmed shall lie to enjoin the issuance of, or to contest, any bonds authorized by the Town of Cary, the Town of Garner or the City of Raleigh to implement their respective contracts.
CHAPTER 350 AN ACT TO VALIDATE CERTAIN OFFICIAL ACTS OF F. E. SHUFORD, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE OF TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That owing to the loss of the book containing the record of the qualificatiom of the said F. E. Shuford, as justice of the peace of said county, that it is necessary to validate certain official acts done and performed by the said Shuford from the first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, tc the eighteenth day of February.
CHAPTER 232 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF CLYDE TO ISSUE BONDS AMOUNTING TO $20,000  FOR A WATER SUPPLY, SEWERAGE, ELECTRIC LIGHTS, AND OTHER NECES- SARY IMPROVEMENTS, AND TO LEVY A SPECIAL TAX TO MEET THE INTEREST TO PAY SAID BONDS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That at any time within two years after the passage of this act, upon petition to the board of commissioners or aldermen of said town signed by one-fourth of the qualified voters of said town, the board of commissioners or aldermen of said town shall call an election at which they shall submit to the qualified voters of said town the question of whether or not the said town of Clyde shall issue the twenty thousand. dollars of bonds for the purposes aforesaid and shall levy a special tax, annually, to pay the interest on said bonds as it accrues and to create a sinking fund for the purpose of paying off and discharging said bonds when they become due; and those favoring the issuing of said bonds and the levying of said special taxes shall be permitted to cast one ballot upon which shall be written or printed the words For Bonds, and those opposing the proposition shall be permitted to cast one ballot, upon which shall be written or printed the words Against Bonds.
CHAPTER 2309 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PUB- LIC ROADS OF CATAWBA COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That the board of county commissioners or the county superintendent or township supervisor with the approval of the commissioners, may contract with any person, firm or corporation for the construction or improvement of any public road or part thereof and pay the costs thereof out of the funds of the township in which said road or part thereof is located: Provided, any contract may be terminated at any. time by the commissioners, or by the superintendent or the supervisor with the approval of the commissioners, and in that case the commissioners shall pay pro rata for the work performed under the contract.
CHAPTER 376 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE WAKE FOREST GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT, WAKE FOREST TOWNSHIP, WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 616 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 370, PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1925, CHAPTER 602, PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1913, AND CHAPTER 422, PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1915, RE- LATING TO THE RECORDERS COURT OF HARNETT COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That section five, chapter six hundred and two of the Public-Local Laws of one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words, fifteen in line ten of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the words, twenty-four.
CHAPTER 115 AN ACT RELATING TO THE INCORPORATION. MAINTE- NANCE AND SUPERVISION OF CREDIT UNIONS, AND CO- OPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 12. Supervisory Committee; Audit and Report. The supervisory committee shall inspect the securities, cash and accounts of the corporation and supervise the acts of its board of directors, credit committee, and officers. At any time the supervisory committee, by a unanimous vote, may suspend the credit committee or any member of the board of directors, or any officer elected by the board and by a majority vote may call a meeting of the shareholders to consider any violation of this act or of the by-laws, or any practice of the corporation which, in the opinion of said committee, is unsafe and unauthorized. Within seven days after the suspension of the credit committee the supervisory committee shall cause notice to be given of a special meeting of the members to take such action relative to such suspension aS may seem necessary. The supervisory committee shall fill vacancies in their own number until the next regular meeting of the members. At the close of each fiscal year the supervisory committee shall make a thorough audit of the receipts, disbursements, income, assets, and liabilities of the corporation for the said fiscal year, and shall make a full report thereon to the directors. Said report shall be read at the annual meeting of the members and shall be filed and preserved with the records of the corporation.
CHAPTER 212 AN ACT TO REVISE AND AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF NORWOOD. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 29. That the board of commissioners shall have power to enact any ordinance or ordinances and to pass all laws and regulations not incorporated in this charter they may deem necessary for the better government of the town, not inconsistent with the general laws and Constitution of the State.
CHAPTER 50 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 440, PUBLIC LAWS 1909, IN RELATION TO THE ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY AND COLLECTION OF TAXBS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: That chapter four hundred and forty -440 of the Public Laws of one thousand nine hundred and nine be amended so as here- after to read as follows: ARTICLE I. Boarp or State TAX COMMISSIONERS.
Section 37. Penalty for not listing personal property. Any person, firm or corporation in this State owning or holding personal property of any nature or description, individually or as agent, trustee, guardian, administrator, executor, assignee, or receiver, which property is subject to assessment, who shall intentionally make a FALSE statement to the assessor or assistant assessor of his assessment district, or to the board of equalization thereof, for the purpose of avoiding the payment of the just and proportionate taxes thereon, shall forfeit the sum of ten dollars for every hundred dollars or major fraction thereof so withheld from the knowledge of such assessor, assistant assessor, or board of equalization. It is hereby made a duty of the sheriff of any county, upon complaint made to him by any taxpayer of the assessment district, in which it is alleged that property has been so withheld from the knowledge of the assessor, assistant assessor, or board of equalization or not included in the said statement, to investigate the case forthwith and bring an action in the Superior Court in the name of the State against the person so complained of. All forfeitures collected under the provisions of this section shall be paid into the county treasury.
CHAPTER 127 AN ACT TO AMEND THE BANKING LAW WITH REGARD TO THE LIMITATIONS OF LOANS OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BANKS, AND PROVIDING FOR THE SALE OF TRUST ASSETS FROM ONE TRUST TO AN- OTHER BY THE SAME TRUSTEE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That Section thirty-six twenty-nine of the General Statutes of North Carolina be amended by rewriting the same so as to read as follows: Sec. 36-29. Trustee selling from one trust to another trust. No trustee shall as trustee of one trust sell property to itself as trustee of another trust: Provided, assets of trust held by any bank or trust company under the supervision of the State Banking Commission may be sold or transferred from one trust to another trust if such transfer is expressly authorized by the instrument creating the trust from which the transfer is made, or if such transfer is approved by the board of directors by unanimous vote at a regular meeting, such action being recorded in the minutes.
1047 CHAPTER 712 AN ACT RELATING TO THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF WASHINGTON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. The Board of Education of Washington County shall consist of five members to be named and appointed as hereinafter provided.
CHAPTER 75 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS IN CIVIL SUITS UPON NON-RESIDENT OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS GROWING OUT OF ACCIDENTS OR COLLISIONS IN WHICH SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE OWN. ERS OR OPERATORS MAY BE INVOLVED. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the acceptance by a non-resident of the rights and privileges conferred by the laws now or hereafter in force in this state permitting the operation of motor vehicles, as evidenced by the operation of a motor vehicle by such nonresident on the public highways of this state, or the operation by such non-resident of a motor vehicle on the public highways of the state other than as.so permitted or regulated, shall be deemed equivalent to the appointment by such non-resident of the Commissioner of Revenue, or of his successor in office, to be his TRUE and lawful attorney upon whom may be served all summonses or other lawful process in any action or proceeding against him, growing out of any accident or collision in which said non-resident may be involved by reason of the operation by him, for him, or under his control or direction, express or implied, of a motor vehicle on such public highway of this State, and said acceptance or operation shall be a signification of his agreement that any such process against him shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served on him personally. Service of such process shall be made by leaving a copy thereof, with a fee of one dollar, in the hands of said Commissioner of Revenue, or in his office, and such service shall be sufficient service upon the said non-resident: Provided, that notice of such service and a copy of the process are forthwith sent by registered mail by the plaintiff or the Commissioner of Revenue to the defendant and the defendants return receipt and the plaintiffs affidavit of compliance herewith are appended to the summons or other process and filed with said summons, complaint and other papers in the cause. The court in which the action is pending shall order such continuance as may be necessary to afford the defendant reasonable opportunity to defend the action.
CHAPTER 2 An act to amend the charter of the town of Mount Airy, North Carolina, and to establish a system of graded schools therein. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 8. The school committee created by this act may elect annually & superintendent for the schools established under this act, who shall be the principal of the graded school for whites if the same shall be established. The said superintendent shall [examine] all applicants for teachers positions in said school, and issue certificates to the same, and shall do and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the said school committee.
CHAPTER 3825 An act to drain South Deep creek in Yadkin county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. That the said overseer shall work out the said stream on or before the first day of September in each and every year.
CHAPTER 17 An act to amend the charter of the town of Jamesville, Martin county. North Carolina. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section two (2), chapter one hundred and fiftyeight (158), private laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-one -1891 be stricken out, and the following inserted in lieu thereof: ) That the corporate limits of said town shall be as follows: Beginning on Roanoke river at the northern end of Smithwiclr street; thence southerly along Smithwick street to the northeast corner of W. T. Stallings dwelling-house tract of land, on said Smithwick street; thence westerly along said Stallings back fence to New street; thence southerly to Washington street; thence a southerly course continued one hundred and twenty yards -120 to a corner post; thence easterly to the southwest corner of Mrs. Fannie Lillys dwelling-house lot; thence southerly to the southwest corner of the A. J. Davis dwelling-house lot; thence easterly to the center of Maple branch; thence northerly along the center of said branch to Hardison street; thence easterly along Hardison street to the eastern end of said street; thence southerly one hundred and twenty yards -120 to a post; thence easterly to the Jamesville and Washington Railroad track; thence northerly along said railroad track to Roanoke river; thence up said Roanoke river along the waters edge to Smithwick street on said river, the beginning.
CHAPTER 6 AN ACT.TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF WEBSTER, IN JACKSON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the corporate limits of said Town of Webster shall be as follows: Beginning at the bank of Tuckaseigee River in the line between A. W. Davis and J. M. Loves heirs, and running up the ridge with Davis line to Felix E. Alleys. line; thence with Alleys upper outside line to F. H. Leatherwoods line; thence with Leatherwoods upper outside line to L. L. Buchanans line; thence with Buchanans line to a point above the reservoir of the Webster waterworks; thence in an easterly direction, so as to include said reservoir and waterworks, crossing the lands of Tyler Buchanan, Mrs. R. F. McKee and W. D. Frizell to J. W. Terrells line; thence with Terrells line to C. W. Davis line; thence with the said Davis outside line to the line between the county farm and J. W. Davis; thence with J. W. Davis upper line to A. V. P. Brysons line; thence a straight line to Tuckaseigee River; thence across said river to a stake on the bank of. said river between D. M. Fullbrights and J. J. Wilds land; thence with said Wilds upper line to J. Robert Ashes line; thence in a westerly direction, so as to include the lands of W. L. Cowan, J. W. Cowan and William Self to Hannah Halls line; thence with her outside line to the bank of Tuckaseigee River; thence up the river with its meanders to the beginning.
CHAPTER 145 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLICATION OF A ROSTER OR BLUE BOOK SHOWING THE OFFICERS AND EM- PLOYEES, AND THEIR COMPENSATION, IN EACH DE- PARTMENT OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. That this act shall not be construed to require the publication of the names of pensioners, nor of school teachers or officers not employed directly by the State Department of Education or the Superintendent of Public Instruction; but the amount of such money paid out of the State Treasury to the various counties of the State for pensions or educational purposes shall be set forth in said roster or Blue Book by counties; nor shall this act apply to the officers or employees of the North Carolina Agricultural Society, nor local agricultural or fair societies, nor to the orphan societies to the support of which the State contributes; but all institutions or departments of the State Government shall be considered to be embraced in this act which receive any appropriation from the State Treasury, general or special, except those above excepted.
CHAPTER 377 AN ACT TO VALIDATE THE ACTS OF CERTAIN JUSTICES OF THE PEACE IN MACON COUNTY. Whereas, it appearing that the Clerk of Superior Court of Macon County, in the years nineteen hundred and twenty-eight and nineteen hundred and thirty, appointed certain justices of the peace, and that said justices of the peace, acting in good faith, passed on various and sundry papers; and Whereas, the Clerk did not have the authority to appoint said justices of the peace, and that it is now necessary that their acts be validated: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That all the official acts performed by Onley Moses, I. V. Ramey, and any other justices of the peace in Macon County who were appointed by the Clerk of Superior Court in the years nineteen hundred and twenty-eight and nineteen hundred and thirty be and the same are hereby validated.
509 CHAPTER 646 AN ACT TO CREATE THE OFFICE OF TAX SUPERVISOR OF STOKES COUNTY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF STOKES COUNTY, IN ITS DISCRETION, TO APPOINT A BANK OR TRUST COMPANY TO ACT AS FINANCIAL AGENT FOR THE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. The Tax Supervisor of Stokes County shall have all of the powers and be charged with all of the duties pertaining to tax supervisors in Chapter 105 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, including but not by way of limitation, Subchapter II of Chapter 105 of the General Statutes, as amended or as the same may be hereafter amended. That in addition to his duties as tax supervisor, the Tax Supervisor of Stokes County shall ex-officio be the Tax Collector of Stokes County and as such tax collector, his duties shall include the collection of all taxes of whatever nature, penalties, interest and costs due the county, both current and delinquent, the collection of which is now imposed upon the sheriff, auditor or any other person collecting any of the taxes of the county in any manner whatsoever and shall also include the duty of reviewing, and correcting where necessary, the tax listings and the discovery and listing of unlisted property. The Tax Supervisor of Stokes County, as ex-officio tax collector of the county, shall be required to report all uncollected taxes to the Board of County Commissioners of Stokes County at their regular meetings on the first Monday of each month and in addition thereto to report and turn over to the county treasurer or the financial agent or depository designated by the board of commissioners under the authority of this Act all taxes collected at the time of each meeting on the first Monday of each month. If at any time the Tax Supervisor of Stokes County shall collect and have on hand a sum in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), it shall be the duty of the Tax Supervisor of Stokes County to immediately pay over the whole sum to the County Treasurer of Stokes County or to the duly designated financial agent or depository of Stokes County named by the board of commissioners under the authority of this Act. That all tax releases executed by the Tax Supervisor of Stokes County shall be approved by the Board of County Commissioners of Stokes County or by some agent or officer designated by the Board of County Commissioners of Stokes County for the purpose of approving such tax releases. That except as herein provided, the Tax Supervisor of Stokes County, as ex-officio tax collector of the county, shall exercise all the powers, duties and obligations given to sheriffs or tax collectors by virtue of Chapter 105 of the General Statutes, as amended or as the same may be hereafter amended, including but not by way of limitation, the powers, duties and obligations contained in Subchapter II of Chapter 105 of the General Statutes.
CHAPTER 620 AN ACT TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 10. The various State departments are herewith authorized to codperate in every way possible with the said board of trustees in carrying out the purposes of this act, and at the request of the chairman of said board of trustees shall furnish said chairman with copies of the publications of their department in so far as they shall be available.
CHAPTER 368 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF NASH COUNTY FOR INDUSTRIAL DE- VELOPMENT AND OTHER PURPOSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. The said fund when made available and appropriated annually as authorized by this Act shall be used and expended by said board, in its discretion, for the purpose of obtaining or aiding and encouraging the locating in Nash County of manufacturing, industrial business and commercial plants and enterprises, the agricultural development of Nash County and surrounding territory, the advertising of the suitability of said county and the advantages it has to offer in connection with the foregoing and for such other purposes as will in the opinion of said board increase the population, taxable property values and the general and material welfare of said county. It is hereby found and declared that the annual setting apart and the raising and providing for the fund as herein set forth and the expenditure thereof as herein authorized for the purposes aforesaid constitutes and is for a lawful public purpose and that said expenditures are in the public interest and will promote the public welfare.
CHAPTER 1 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE CAROLINA BONDING AND GUARANTY CORPORATION. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That when the requirements of this act have been complied with, the Insurance Commissioner shall issue to the corporation a certificate authorizing and licensing it, the said Carolina Bonding and Guaranty Corporation, to execute all bonds, obligations and undertakings and fully to exercise all the powers and carry on and conduct the business provided for in section three -8 of this chapter.
CHAPTER 59 AN ACT TO REGULATE FIXED FEES OF JURORS IN HERTFORD COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 85 An act to extend the corporate limits and to amend the charter of the town of Greenville. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. That the municipal affairs of said town shall be controlled by a mayor and six councilmen, who shall be known as the board of councilmen of Greenville. Each of the three wards shall elect two councilmen, who shall hold their office for one year, or until their successors are qualified. The said officers shall be elected at an election on the first Monday in May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and on the same day every year thereafter. In case of vacancies occurring in said board of councilmen from any cause, the said board shall fill the same by an election among themselves.
CHAPTER 166 AN ACT TO CORRECT AN ERROR IN HOUSE BILL 722, SEN- ATE BILL 781, RATIFIED ON MARCH 3, 1919, RELATING TO CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF AHOSKIE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section four of House bill seven hundred and twenty-two, Senate bill seven hundred and eighty-one, ratified March third, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, entitled, An act to amend chapter one hundred and fifty-eight, Private Laws of nineteen hundred and three, relating to the corporate limits of the town of Ahoskie in Hertford County, be and the same is hereby stricken out and repealed.
CHAP TE Rs Xe Axe AN ACT TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO RESTORE THE CREDIT OF THE STATE AND TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR UN- FINISHED RAILROADS.
Section 3. It shall be further the duty of every president or other officer of a railroad as provided in section first of this act, and every such president or other officer is hereby required to return to the public treasurer, subject to the joint order of the governor and superintendent of public works as hereinafter prescribed, all bonds of the state which have been issued under any authority of law and which remain in the hands of any such president or other officer unsold or undisposed of ; or in case any such bonds have been sold or exchanged for money [or] other securities, the said president or other officer shall deposit in the public treasury such money, proceeds or securities, or so much thereof as he has not actually expended upon his road.
CHAPTER 83 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR KEEPING A RECORD OF CROSS- - TIES PURCHASED, WITH NAME OF SELLER AND DATE OF PURCHASE IN PENDER COUNTY. |The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That it shall be the duty of all persons buying crossties to keep a record of the same, showing the name of seller, _date of purchase, and number purchased.
CHAPTER 197 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PUBLIC ROADS IN FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, IN MACON COUNTY, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS TO PAY THE EXPENSES THEREOF. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 13. Any person who shall obstruct or interfere with the highway commission, the road superintendent, or any engineer, surveyor, or other employee of the highway commission in making any survey as aforesaid, or who shall interfere or obstruct the highway commission, road superintendent, engineer, surveyor, or other employee of said commission, or any contractor or contractors, or his or their employees, in the construction or improvement of any road, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conyviction thereof shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, in the discretion of the court.
CHAPTER 48 - An act to abolish fences in Nash County. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. That J. M. Baines, N. B. Finch, J. T. Jones, A. H. Ricks and W. L. Thorps be and they are hereby appointed fence commissioners, with power to fill such vacancies as may occur in their body by death, resignation, or otherwise; and this body is hereby constituted a corporation under the name of The Fence Commissioners of Nash County.
CHAPTER 10 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A STADIUM ON THE SENIOR HIGH SCHCOL PREMISES IN THE CITY OF GREENSBORO. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. Authority to expend funds donated for stadium purposes. The board of trustees is hereby authorized to expend any funds which have heretofore or may hereafter be donated to the board for use in connection with the building of a stadium, in such way or ways as in the opinion of the board will best accomplish the purpose for which such donations were made.
CHAPTER 499 AN ACT TO RESTORE THE OFFICE OF COUNTY TREAS- URER IN JOHNSTON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That the county commissioners of Johnston County are hereby directed to elect a treasurer to hold and occupy and discharge the duties of the office hereby created until the next general election, and the said officer shall'take his oath and qualify and enter upon the duties of his office first of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and hold the same until the first Monday in December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five. That his successors in office shall be elected under the election laws of this State.
CHAPTER 504 AN ACT TO VALIDATE CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO CORPORATE CHARTERS EXTENDING CERTAIN COR- PORATIONS EXISTENCE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. In no event shall the limitation provided in Section 2 hereof bar any action, proceeding, defense or counterclaim based upon grounds other than those mentioned in Section 2 hereof, unless the grounds set out in Section 2 hereof are an essential part thereof.
CHAPTER 54 An aet to regulate fire insurance and other companies. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 18. Every insurance company, foreign or domestic, shall conduct its business in the state in its own proper and corporate name, and the policies and contracts of insurance issued by it shall be headed or entitled only by its proper or corporate name. When any such company publishes its assets it shall in the same connection and with equal conspicuousness publish its liabilities computed on the basis allowed for its annual statements, and any publications purporting to showits capital shall exhibit only the amount of such capital as has been actually paid in cash. NORTH CAROLINA OR  DOMESTIC COMPANIES, ORGANIZATIONS, ETC.
CHAPTER 208, An act to incorporate the Henderson Electric Light, Water- Works and Power Company. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. That said town of Henderson may, upon such terms as agreed. guarantee the payment of the interest upon not exceeding fifty thousand dollars of the first mortgage bonds of said corporation, and the commissioners of said town are hereby authorized, annually, to levy and collect such taxes as may be necessary for the due performance of said guaranty: Provided, that no such guaranty shall be entered into until approved by a majority of the registered voters of said town at an election ordered by the commissioners of the town for that purpose, which election shall be held and governed by and under the rules and regulations prescribed by the charter of said town for the election of town officers, so far as the same may be applicable; and ballots favoring the guaranty of said interest shall read,  water-works bond.interestfor guaranty, and those in opposition thereto shall read,  water-works bond interestno guaranty. Such election may be ordered at any time by said commissioners of their own motion, and shall be ordered upon the written application of twenty-five freeholders resident in said town and qualified voters therein, specifying the terms upon which the guaranty shall be made, together with the number and amount of bonds to which the guaranty shall attach.
CHAPTER 210 An act to repeal Chapter 94, Laws of 1899, and to amend Chapter 399, Laws of 1891 The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That chapter 94, Laws of 1899, is hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 584 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AND REGULATE THE HOLDING OF PRIMARY ELECTION IN THE COUNTY OF HYDE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. The time and the hours for holding said primary elections im said precincts, and the rules governing the same, not inconsistent with it, shall be prescribed by and carried into effect by the board of managers herein provided for.
CHAPTER 623 AN ACT TO CREATE A FISH AND GAME COMMISSION FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY, AND TO PROTECT THE GAME AND FRESHWATER FISH OF SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
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CHAPTER 235 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT OF THE CONSOLI- DATED STATUTES OF ONE THOUSAND NINE HUN- DRED AND NINETEEN, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO CREDIT UNIONS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.