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CHAPTER 801 AN ACT IN RELATION TO A LOT OF LAND NEAR THE CITY OF RALEIGH BEING CONVEYED BY THE STATE TO THE A. AND M. COLLEGE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the said corporation shall have power to dispose of the same as the board of agriculture, as trustees of the said college, shall think best.
CHAPTER 582 AN ACT TO RELIEVE WILLIAM H. WORTH, LATE TREAS- URER, OF THE LOSS SUSTAINED BY THE FAILURE OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ASHEVILLE, THE WEST- ERN CAROLINA BANK OF ASHEVILLE AND THE BANK OF GUILFORD OF GREENSBORO. WHEREAS, William H. Worth, late Treasurer of North Carolina, did, in pursuance of the laws of the State, deposit in the First National Bank of Asheville, in the Western Carolina Bank of Asheville and in the Bank of Guilford, Greensboro, to the credit of the State, certain funds of the State, as was customary with his predecessors in office, the said banks having been depositories of the former State Treasurer, and all of said banks having failed; and after giving credit for all dividends paid by the receivers thereof there still remains unpaid of the funds deposited in the First National Bank of Asheville the sum of one thousand nine hundred dollars, of the funds so deposited in the Western Carolina Pub. 38 Bank of Asheville the sum of four hundred and sixty-seven dol- lars and fifty cents, and of the sum deposited in the Bank of Guil- ford, Greensboro, the sum of two hundred and thirty-two dollars and fifty cents: now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That any dividends hereafter paid on said deposits shall be paid to the State Treasurer and turned into the general fund.
CHAPTER 267 AN ACT TO PREVENT OBSTRUCTING OF PEACHTREE CREEK, CHEROKEE COUNTY, BY FELLING TREES OR BRUSH THEREIN. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct the waters of Peachtree Creek in the county of Cherokee by cutting, felling or putting any tree or trees or brush in said stream, unless the same shall be immediately removed.
CHAPTER 785 ; AN ACT TO REGULATE THE DISCHARGING OF FIRE-ARMS IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF COLUMBIA. | The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person or persons | to discharge any fire-arms within the corporate limits of the town | of Columbia, or one-half mile therefrom, between the hours of sun- } set and sunrise: Provided, this act shall not apply to any person or Fops2        persons discharging same when necessary for the protection of life or property. 3
CHAPTER 234 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS- SIONERS OF GRANVILLE COUNTY TO REFUND THE BONDED INDEBTEDNESS OF OXFORD AND SALEM TOWN- SHIPS. Whereas, by virtue of the Public Laws of 1885, chapter 116, and the Public Laws of 1887, chapters 3 and 148, the Board of County Commissioners of Granville County, upon the vot of the majority of the qualified voters of Oxford Township, to aid in the construction of the Oxford and Clarksville Railroad, did issue the ecupon bonds of said township to the amount of twenty theisand dollars, payable in thirty years, bearing interest at the rate of six per cent per annum; And whereas, by the Laws of 1891, chapters 63 and 300, the township of Salem was erected out of a portion of said Oxford Township, with the proviso that the property of said Salem Town- ship should still be responsible for its proportionate part of the debt incurred in aid of the construction of the Oxford and Clarks- ville Railroad; And whereas, the people of said two townships have paid off three thousand dollars of said indebtedness, and now wish to extend the date of the payment of the seventeen thousand ($17,000) still due on said bonded indebtedness, and refund the same at a lower rate of interest: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. That after the expiration of ten years said Board of County Commissioners may redeem one or two thousand dollars of said bonds each year, if they deem it advisable, by giving netice to the holders of said bonds and paying the principal and interest up to date.
CHAPTER 155 AN ACT TO REGULATE THE MAKING AND WORKING OF PUBLIC ROADS IN HENDERSON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 25. That at any time during the year when any public highway shall be obstructed, it shall be the duty of the Supervisor of the district in which the same may be, forthwith to cause such obstruction to be removed, for which purpose he shall immediately order out such number of persons liable to do work or pay tax upon the public highways of his district as he may deem necessary to remove such obstructions. If the person or persons thus called out shall have performed their six days labor upon the public highways, or paid their road tax, the Supervisor shall give to such person or persons a certificate for the amount of labor performed, and said certificate shall apply on the labor or tax that may be due from such person or persons the ensuing year.
CHAPTER 561 An act for the protection of game on Bogue Banks in Carteret County. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That any person violating any provision of this aet  shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined twenty dollars, one-half of which shall be paid to the informant, and onehalf to the public school fund.
CHAPTER 281 An act for the working of public roads in Graham County and Clay County. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 19. That this act shall apply only to Graham and Clay Counties, except as to section sixteen, which shall not apply to Clay County.
CHAPTER 277 An act for the better protection of wild fowls in Currituck Sound. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. Every game keeper shall be authorized and empowered to arrest all offenders against the hunting or fishing laws whom he may detect violating said laws and carry them before some Justice of the Peace in said county to be dealt with according to law. And he shall be authorized to execute any warrant that may be issued to him by any Justice of the Peace of said county for the arrest of any person offending against the laws regulating hunting and fishing in said county: Provided, that this authority shall not be in exclusion of like authority now conferred by law upon other officers to execute process.
CHAPTER 682 An act to review, lay out and amend the public road from Millers Creek Post-office, in Wilkes county, to Creston Post-office, in Ashe county. The General. Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 1. That the provisions of chapter three hundred and sixty-four, public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-three, being an act to review, lay out and amend the public road from Millers Creek Post-office, in Wilkes egunty, to Creston Postoffice, in Ashe county, be and the same are hereby extended for two years from the ratification of this act.
CHAPTER 524 An act to protect oysters in New Hanover county. \ The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons or, corporation to gather or take or remove oysters from any of the waters in New Hanover county to be used in building or repairing any road or walk or for any use or purpose save that of ating or table use or for selling the same for eating or table use.
CHAPTER 178 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AN INSTITUTE TO PROVIDER CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AND MANUAL TRAINING FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, AND TO DO OTHER INSTITUTIONAL WORK IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. ; The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 178. That the annual meetings of said corporation shall be held on the first Wednesday in September in each and every year, at Plum Tree in one thousand nine hundred and seven, at 3anners Elk in one thousand nine hundred and eight, alternating these places each year thereafter successively.
CHAPTER 174 An act to amend the public school law, chapter fifteen of The Code. The General Assembly uf North Carolina do enact:
Section 25. The treasurer of the county board of education shall attend at the office of the county board of education on the first Monday of each month and the Saturday preceding for the purpose of paying school orders.
CHAPTER 152 An act to incorporate The Troy Manufacturing Company at Troy, North Carolina. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. That the said company shall have power to contract debts and borrow money for the legitimate purposes of the corporation, and to make and issue notes, and shall have power to issue bonds and other evidences of debt and indebtedness for any obligation incurred in the conduct of its business, and shall have power to execute a mortgage or mortgages or deeds in trust upon or conveying its property, franchise and income to secure the payment of any indebtedness of said company as it may deem expedient.
CHAPTER 101, An act to incorporate the Henderson Storage Company. _ The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 11. Subject to the by-laws, rules and regulations of the company the board of directors shall have the management and control of its affairs and business. From their own body they shall elect a president, who shall preside at all meetings of the board and perform such other duties as may be prescribed for him by the stockholders or board of directors. His compensation, if any, shall be fixed by the board of directors. They may also choose a vice-president and an executive committee from their own number or from the body of stockholders and prescribe their duties. Said officers shall remain in office for the term of one year or until their successors are elected. The said board of directors shall also appoint such officers, agents, inspectors and clerks as they may find necessary for the management of the companys business, and they shall provide for the securing of subscriptions to the capital stock of said company, which they shall make payable at such times and in such installments as they or the stockholders in general meeting may determine.
OH ek ee OO LIT Y., AN ACT TO LAY OUT AND CONSTRUCT A PUBLIC ROAD THROUGH THE COUNTIES OF WILKES AND WATAUGA.
Section 8. That when the said road provided for in this act has been constructed as herein provided, it shall be the duty ot the township board of trustees through whose township said road runs, to receive the same and report to the county commissioners that said road has been constructed according to law.
CHAPTER 19 . AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED AND TWO, PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE, ENTITLED AN ACT TO CREATE A JURY COMMISSION FOR THE COUNTY OF JACK- SON. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That that part of section six, chapter two hundred and two, Public-Local Laws, nineteen hundred and twentynine, beginning with the word that in line six -6 and ending with the word court in line fifteen -15 of said section be stricken out and in lieu thereof the following be substituted: That for each of the February and October terms of court there shall be drawn sixty-six -66 names respectively, the first forty-two of which, in each instance, shall be subject to jury service for the first week of each term, respectively, and the remaining twenty-four -24 shall in each instance be subject to jury service for the second week of said terms respectively. That for the May term there shall be drawn forty-eight -48 names, twenty-four -24 of whom shall be subject to jury service for the first week of said term and the remaining twenty-four -24 for the second week of said term.
CHAPTER 902 AN ACT TO REPEAL CHAPTER 456, SESSION LAWS OF 1947, KNOWN AS THE PENSION FUND FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE; TO PROVIDE FOR THE LIQUIDATION OF THE PENSION FUND; TO CONTINUE CERTAIN VESTED RIGHTS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE COVERAGE OF ALL CITY EM- PLOYEES EXCEPT POLICEMEN UNDER THE OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS INSURANCE PROVISIONS OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT AS AMENDED; TO PROVIDE FOR FAYETTEVILLE POLICE OFFICERS TO BECOME MEMBERS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS BENE- FIT AND RETIREMENT FUND; AND TO ESTABLISH A FAYETTE- VILLE SUPPLEMENTARY RETIREMENT SYSTEM. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: ARTICLE I REPEAL OF PENSION FUND FOR EMPLOYEES OF CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE
Section 2. Until terminated pursuant to Section 19 of Article IV of this Act, the Board of Trustees of the present Fayetteville Pension Fund shall 796 be continued in order to provide for the payment of vested rights and the disposition of accumulated contributions in the Pension Fund for the employees of the City of Fayetteville.
CHAPTER 898 AN ACT TO REPEAL CHAPTER 166 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1949 AND TO AMEND CHAPTER 405 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1949 RELATING TO JAIL FEES IN STANLY COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. Chapter 166 of the Session Laws of 1949 is hereby repealed and Section 1 of Chapter 405 of the Session Laws is hereby amended by striking out subsection 80 and inserting the following in lieu thereof: The Board of County Commissioners of Stanly County is hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to fix the fee for the county jail prisoners at not to exceed one dollar ($1.00) per day per prisoner and a turnkey fee of sixty cents (60c), which fees shall be taxed against defendants in the County Recorders Court.
CHAPTER 350 An act for the relief of Wm. M. Monroe. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the board of commissioners of Guilford county be and they are hereby empowered to audit and pass a claim in behalf of Wm. M. Monroe for the sum of one hundred and seventy-five dollars as a part of the costs incurred in the prosecution of George H. Wylde for bigamy; and that upon such auditing and passing of said claim, the same may be paid in full to the said Wm. M. Monroe by the said county of Guilford from its general fund.
CHAPTER 94 An act to incorporate the Lexington Female Seminary. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. That the capital stock of said corporation shall not be less than three thousand dollars, nor more than fifty thousand dollars, and shall be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each, and to be paid at such time and in such manner as the board of directors may prescribe.
CHAPTER 19 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 151 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS OF 1923, BEING AN ACT TO CREATE ADDITIONAL TERMS OF THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR FORSYTH COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section one of chapter one hundred fifty-one of the Public Laws of one thousand nine hundred and twentythree be amended by striking out, in lines five and six of said section, the following : First Monday before the first Monday of March, to continue for one week.
CHAPTER 127 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITIZENS SAVINGS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF NEW BERN. Whereas the Citizens Savings Bank and Trust Company was incorporated by the Secretary of State on the thirtieth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twelve; and whereas letters of incorporation were duly issued by him to William Dunn, Clyde Eby, and T. A. Uzzell, their successors or assigns, and by said letters of incorporation they were authorized to do a general banking business, including commercial and savings business and all other banking business permitted by chapter seven of the Re- visal of one thousand nine hundred and five and the laws of North Carolina and amendments thereto, with a total authorized capital stock of fifty thousand dollars, which said letters of incor- poration were issued by the Secretary of State, bearing date the thirtieth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twelve; and under said letters of incorporation and the authority therein said parties named have duly organized and are now conducting the business authorized by the charter; and whereas the board of directors of said corporation have passed a resolution declaring that an extension of the corporate powers and privileges is ad- visable; and, whereas, at a meeting held on the .... day of steele , one thousand nine hundred and twelve, it was unani- mously resolved that the corporate rights and privileges of said Citizens Savings Bank and Trust Company be changed and altered, as hereinafter set out: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 17. That the principal office of said corporation shall be in New Bern, but it is fully empowered and authorized to establish branches of its business at any other point or points in the State of North Carolina which may be decided upon by the board of directors, and such branch or branches, when so established, shall be and become as fully empowered for the transaction of the business herein authorized as is the original corporation.
CHAPTER 1280 AN ACT RELATING TO THE AMASSING OF FUNDS WITH WHICH TO ERECT A NEW COURTHOUSE FOR HARNETT COUNTY OR TO IMPROVE THE EXISTING COURTHOUSE OF SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. All delinquent taxes hereafter collected by Harnett County shall go into a special fund to be used under the direction and in the dis- 1232 cretion of the Harnett County Board of Commissioners for the purpose of erecting a new courthouse for Harnett County or for the purpose of adding to and improving the existing courthouse.
CHAPTER 1203 AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 14 OF CHAPTER 160 OF THE GEN- ERAL STATUTES SO AS TO MAKE ZONING REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. Article 14 of Chapter 160 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Section immediately following G. S. 160-181, to be designated as G. S. 160-181.1, and to read as follows: 1245 G. S. 160-181.1. All of the provisions of this Article are hereby made applicable to the erection and construction of buildings by the State of North Carolina and its political subdivisions.
CHAPTER 188 AN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 53-67 RELATING TO THE ANNUAL MEET- ING OF STOCKHOLDERS 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 LX Xie AN ACT TO ALLOW ROBERT LEDBETTER, TAX COLLECTOR OF RICHMOND COUNTY, TO COLLECT ARREARAGES OF TAXES,
Section 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, That Robert Ledbetter, tax collector of Richmond county, have power and authority to collect arrearages of taxes due from the people of his county during the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
CHAPTER 75 AN ACT TO EMPOWER THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS- SIONERS OF SWAIN COUNTY TO ERECT A CONCRETE BRIDGE ACROSS: THE TUCKASEEGEE RIVER AT BRYSON OIE % The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. The said bridge shall be let to contract upon competitive bids or constructed upon a percentage basis as the county commissioners may in their discretion deem most advisable to the public interest, and if let to contract the said commissioners shall have the right to reject any or all bids or to let said contract to such bidder as is deemed most responsible.
CHAPTER 452 AN ACT DESIGNATING FEES, COMMISSIONS AND COSTS TO BE COLLECTED BY THE CLERK OF SUPE- RIOR COURT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 66. Lis pendens, docketing notice of, indexing and cancelling, seventy-five cents (75c) for first page, plus fifty cents (50c) for each additional page or fraction.
CHAPTER 371 AN ACT TO RAISE REVENUE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: ARTICLE I SCHEDULE A INHERITANCE TAX
Section 184. Effect of change in name of firm. No change in the name of the firm nor the taking in of a new partner, nor the withdrawal of one or more of the firm, shall be considered as commencing business; but if any one or more of the partners remain in the firm, the business shall be regarded as continuing.
CHAPTER 356 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF TAX FOR PARK AND RECREATION PURPOSES BY THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE UPON VOTE OF THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That for the purpose of ascertaining the will of the voters of the City of Charlotte upon the question of levying the tax as hereinabove set out, an election shall be held at all the voting precincts in the said city on the second day of May, one thousand nine hundred thirty-nine.
CHAPTER 261 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZA- TION: FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF REAL ESTATE IN NORTH CAROLINA FOR TAXATION. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. The secretary shall take and subscribe an oath for the faithful performance of his duties as such secretary ; he shall keep a record of the proceedings of the board.
CHAPTER 234 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 286, PUBLIC LAWS OF 1915, IN RELATION TO THE ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY AND THE COLLECTION OF TAXES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: ARTICLE I. Boarp OF STATE TAX COMMISSIONERS.
Section 53. Refrigerator and freight car companies. Every firm, person, or corporation owning refrigerator or freight cars operated over or leased to any railroad company in this State or operating in the State shall be taxed in the same manner as hereinbefore provided for the taxation of sleeping-car companies, and the collection of the tax thereon shall be followed in assessing and collecting the tax on the refrigerator and freight cars taxed under this section: Provided, if it appear that the owner does not lease the cars to any railroad company or make any contract to furnish it with cars, but they are furnished to be run indiscriminately over any lines on which shippers or railroad companies may desire to send them, and the owner receive compensation from each road over which the cars run, the State Tax Commission shall ascertain and assess the value of the average number of cars which are in use within the State as a part of the necessary equipment of any railroad company for the year ending April thirtieth next preceding, and the tax shall be computed upon this assessment.
CHAPTER 569 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS- SIONERS OF PITT COUNTY TO FIX THE SALARIES OF COUNTY OFFICERS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That upon receipt of a petition signed by twenty per cent of the qualified voters registered at the preceding general election in Pitt County asking that the salary or salaries of one or more of the county officers of said county be increased or decreased, and stating the amount of increase or decrease in such petition, the board of county commissioners of Pitt County is hereby authorized and empowered to set a day for a hearing on such increase or decrease of salary or salaries, and give ten days notice thereof in such manner as they shall deem best calculated to give the widest publicity to such petition for increase or decrease; and after a hearing, said board of commissioners shall be authorized to make such increase or decrease in the salary or salaries as it may deem just and proper: Provided, that any increase or decrease in salary shall be made only in those cases when, in the discretion of said board of commissioners the county revenues justify such increase or increases in salaries.
CHAPTER 238 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9(43), ARTICLE 2, CHAPTER 153, OF THE GENERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA RELATING TO TAX LEVIES FOR CERTAIN SPECIAL PURPOSES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES AS TO MAKE IT APPLY TO DAVIE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. General Statute 153-9(43), as the same appears in the General Statutes, Volume 3C and Supplements thereto, is hereby amended by inserting the word and comma Davie, following the word and comma Currituck, and preceding the word Edgecombe in the last paragraph thereof.
CHAPTER 375 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF GRAHAM TO BOR- ROW MONEY TO BE USED IN STREET IMPROVEMENT AND TO CREATE A STREET COMMISSION. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. That not later than the fifteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, the said street commission and the board of town commissioners for said town shall, at the call of the mayor of Graham, meet in joint session at which meeting the mayor shall preside and shall at said meeting select and finally determine what streets shall be improved and to what extent, prescribe approximately the grade to be maintained, the drainage to be made, designate the streets first to be improved, the width of the streets, the width of the macadam, and fix the compensation for the secretary and treasurer, which in no event shall exceed one per centum for all sums that he shall pay out with nothing for collecting any sum, and after these matters shall have been settled by said joint meeting the matter of having said improvements made, inspected, received and ordered paid for, shall be left entirely in the hands of said street commission. That the members of said street commission shall serve without compensation.
CHAPTER CLXXXIV. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION OF TAXES BY THE STATE AND THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF THE STATE ON PRO- PERTY, POLLS, ETC... KNOWN AS THE MACHINERY ACT,
Section 24. Penalty on Clerk for default: If any clerk shall make a default of any of the duties preseribed in the preceding section, or shall fail to deliver to the Auditor a copy of the sheriffs return, made, sworn to and subscribed as required in section thirty-five of this act, he shall forfeit and pay to the State one thousand dollars, to be recovered against him and the sureties of his bond in the Superior Court of Wake county at the term next after the default, on motion of the State Solicitor, and it shall be the duty of the Auditor to inform the Solicitor of such default. L5
CHAPTER CLXXXI AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE AND EMPOWER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO PURCHASE AND HOLD LANDS IN NORTH CAROLINA FOR TITE PURPOSE OF. A NATIONAL CEME- TERY.
Section 1. Zhe General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, That it shall be lawful for the government of the United States, or any person under authority of the same, to purchase a tract, piece or parcel of land in the county of Rowan and state of North Carolina, now occupied as a national cemetery: Provided, Said tract or parcel of land shall not exceed ten acres.
CHAPTER 115 An act to amend and consolidate the charter of the town of Greenville. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 15. That the mayor of said town is hereby constituted an inferior court, and as such, shall, within the corporate limits of said town, have all the power, jurisdiction and authority of a justice of the peace to preserve and keep the peace, to issue process, to hear and determine all causes of action which may arise upon the ordinances and regulations of the town; to enforce penalties by issuing executions upon any adjudged violations thereof, and to enforce and execute the ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations made by the board of aldermen. And the mayor shall further be a special court, within the corporate limits of said town, to arrest and try all who are charged with. misdemeanors for violating any ordinance, rule or regulation of the town, and if the accused be found guilty, he shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars or imprisoned not exceeding thirty days, at the discretion of the mayor or court trying the case. If the accused is dissatisfied with the judgment of the mayor, or court, he may appeal to the superior court in like manner as appeals may be taken from judgments of a justice of the peace. He shall also have all the authority of a justice of the peace to cause the arrest of any person charged with any criminal offense, and to detain, try and deal with them, within the corporate limits of said town, in like manner as a justice of the peace might do.
CHAPTER 622 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A SPECIAL CRIMINAL COURT IN BATH TOWNSHIP IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, AND TO PRE- SCRIBE THE JURISDICTION THEREOF. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 10. In every case of which the recorder may have final jurisdiction, the defendant, upon demand therefor, shall be entitled to a trial by jury, but before making such demand the defendant must have pleaded not guilty to the warrant or indictment, and such demand must be: made before evidence is offered. The procedure in said court upon demand for a jury, as aforesaid, shall be the same, as nearly as may be, as is now provided by law for a jury in the courts of justices of the peace, and the costs taxable against the defendant therefor shall be the same as in courts of justices of the peace, except that jurors shall each receive fifty cents per day and mileage; and in case of conviction, the defendant shall be taxed with a jury tax of three dollars, which sum shall be deposited when demand for a jury is made.
CHAPTER 108 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF LAUREL PARK TO ISSUE BONDS TO INSTALL WATER AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. That the provisions of this act shall be in addition to the power and authority granted to the board of aldermen under the charter of the said town.
CHAPTER 307 An act to consolidate and revise the charter of the city of Winston. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 76. That they may take such measures as they may deem effectual to prevent the entrance into the city or the spreading therein of any contagious or infectious disease; may stop, detain and examine for that purpose every person coming from places believed to-be infected with such disease; may establish and regulate hospitals within the city or within three miles thereof; may cause any person in the city suspected to be infected with such disease and whose stay may endanger its health to be removed to the hospital if the city have one, if not, where the mayor may direct; may remove from the city or destroy any furniture or other article which shall be suspected of being tainted or infected with contagious or infectious diseases, or of which there shall be reasonable cause to apprehend that they may pass into such a state as to generate and propagate disease; may abate by any reasonable means all nuisances which may be injurious to the public health.
CHAPTER 304 AN ACT TO IMPROVE THE PUBLIC ROADS OF MT. GILEAD TOWNSHIP, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TO CREATE A ROAD COMMISSION FOR SAID TOWNSHIP AND WORK THE SAME BY TAXATION. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That O. C. Bruton, D. S. Hurley and Frank McAulay are created a road commission for Mt. Gilead Township, Montgomery County, and shall hold their said offices, respectively, for one, two and three years, in the order of their names as herein set out, and thereafter each of them or his successor shall be elected for a term of three years by the two whose terms do not expire, the Board of County Commissioners of Montgomery County, the board of town commissioners of the town of Mt. Gilead and the justices of the peace of Mt. Gilead Township. They shall meet on the first Monday in June previous to the expiration of any one term, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and elect_one commissioner to succeed the one whose term is about to expire. That only two of said commissioners shall belong to any one political party: Provided, that public roads for the purpose of this act shall also include that portion of all roads or streets passing through the corporate limits of the town of Mt. Gilead.
CHAPTER CCXCIII. A&N ACT SUPPLEMENTAL TO AN ACT PASSED AT THE PRESENT SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ENTITLED  AN ACT TO DIVIDE THE STATE INTO NINE JUDICIAL DISTRICTS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF THREE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT, THREE JUDGES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS, AND NINE SOLICITORS.
Section 1. Zhe General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, That the county of Franklin, which, under the above entitled act constitutes a part of the second judicial district, be and the same is hereby transferred to the fifth judicial district.
CHAPTER 683 An act incorporating the Stockholders of Sparta Institute. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 8. That the president of said corporation, with the advice and consent of the. directors, shail have power to call a meeting of the stockholders whenever he may deem it proper.
CHAPTER 286 An act to amend section two thousand eight hundred and forty so as to license non-residents to shoot in a portion of the waters of Dare county, North Carolina. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 1. That section twenty-eight hundred and forty -2840 of The Code, be amended by adding to the end thereof the following: Provided, that non-residents shall be allowed to shoot from any blind box, battery or float not connected with the land, in such waters of Dare county as lie south of a straight line from Manteo to the Nagshead life-saving station, when they shall have obtained license for said purpose; and the clerk of the superior court of Dare county is hereby authorized and directed to issue said license on the payment of twenty-five dollars per annum, and fifty cents fee for issuing said license, said money to be applied to the school fund of Dare county. Each license shall protect only the person whose name appears in said license, and each person so licensed shall,-on the demand of any justice of the peace or other officer of said county of Dare, exhibit his license to the inspection of said officer, and on failing or refusing so to do, shall, on conviction thereof,  feit his said license.
CHAPTER 115 An act to prevent live stock from running at large in Goldsboro township, Wayne county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 8. That any person unlawfully rescuing or releasing any impounded stock, or attempting to do 60, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days.
CHAPTER 318 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AN ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY TO DE- TERMINE WHETHER CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE GENERAL STATUTES SHALL BE AMENDED INSOFAR AS THEY PERTAIN TO THE NUMBER AND ELECTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FAYETTE- VILLE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. This Act shall apply only to the City of Fayetteville in Cumberland County and Sections 1 and 2 shall not take effect until they have been approved by a majority of the voters participating in the next mu- 218 nicipal election held following the ratification of this Act. In the event a majority of the votes cast by the qualified voters in the election herein provided for shall be for the approval of Sections 1 and 2 of this Act, the next succeeding municipal primary and election, and all subsequent primaries and elections, shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of said Sections 1 and 2 insofar as the nomination and election of a mayor and members of the city council are concerned. The mayor and members of the city council so elected according to the provisions of said Sections 1 and 2 shall assume their duties on the date now prescribed by law for the members of the city governing body.
CHAPTER 99 AN ACT AMENDING CHAPTER 381 OF THE PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA, SESSION 1923, PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF FINANCIAL AGENTS FOR THE COUNTY OF SCOTLAND. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section one of chapter three hundred eightyone of the Public-Local Laws of North Carolina, session nineteen hundred and twenty-three, be and the same is hereby amended by adding to said section the following: Provided, that in case at any time hereafter any such financial agent or agents shall be appointed as provided by this act, which said agent or agents shall be then acting as the County Depository of Scotland County and as such Depository shall have given the bond or bonds or pledged the collateral security required by the general laws of the State of North Carolina, then so long as said financial agent or agents shall act as such County Depository and shall keep such bond, bonds or pledged collateral security given and made as provided by law, such financial agent or agents may be appointed and may serve under the provisions of this act without being required to give any bond or other security required by this act.
CHAPTER 247 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTHR OF THE NATIONAL RELIGIOUS TRAINING SCHOOL AND CHAUTAUQUA FOR THE COLORED RACH, INCORPORATHD. Whereas the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua for the Colored Race was incorporated under the general laws of this State on June thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and now desires its charter then granted to be amended as herein set out, and has duly published notice that it would apply for such amendment; and whereas the said charter was amended by an act of the General Assembly of North Carolina, ratified the twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, chapter one hundred and twenty-eight of the Private Laws of the General Assembly of North Carolina at its session in one thousand nine hundred and eleven: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section six of the charter of incorporation as issued by the Secretary of State of North Carolina on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nine, is hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 410 AN ACT TO CREATE THE HIGHWAY COMMISSION OF NUMBER FOUR TOWNSHIP, CLEVELAND COUNTY, AND TO ABOLISH THE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONS OF KINGS MOUNTAIN AND GROVER PRECINCTS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. The members of the said highway commission of Number Four Township herein created, before entering upon their duties shall each give bond in the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) payable to the board of commissioners of Cleveland County and to be approved by the said board of commissioners for the faithful performance of their duties, and shall take and subscribe an oath for the faithful discharge of their duties as members of the highway commission of Number Four Township. Upon the taking of the said oath and the filing and approving of the said bonds the said highway commission of Number Four Township shall succeed to and have control of the roads and highways in Number Four Township and shall employ superintendents and laborers and maintain the roads and highways in Number Four Township.
CHAPTER 775 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF THE GRAN- VILLE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF ITS MEMBERS, TO DEFINE IN PART THEIR POWERS AND AUTHORITY AND TO REPEAL ALL PUBLIC, PUBLIC-LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ACT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 8. In 1964 and in each subsequent year, at the same time the other budgets are filed, the Granville County Board of Education shall file a supplemental budget and request that a sufficient levy be made by the Board of Commissioners of Granville County on all taxable property located within said Counrty not to exceed the rate voted by the people in said County. The Board of Commissioners of Granville County may approve or disapprove the supplemental budget in whole or in part, and shall levy such taxes as necessary to provide for the approved budget for supplemental purposes, not exceeding the amount of the tax levy authorized by the vote of the people. The expenditure of the proceeds of said levy shall be in accordance with the aforesaid supplemental budget as approved by the Board of Commissioners of Granville County. In the event of a disagreement between the Granville County Board of Education and the Board of Commissioners of Granville County as to the amount of the supplemental tax levy to be made, such disagreement shall be resolved by the procedure provided by the General Statutes of North Carolina, Section 115-87 and Section 115-88.
CHAPTER 287 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 96, PUBLIC LAWS 1909, FOR THE RELIEF OF THE TAX COLLECTOR FOR LOWER CREEK DRAINAGE COMMISSIONERS IN BURKE AND CALDWELL COUNTIES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the tax collector for Lower Creek Drainage Commissioners, authorized by the provisions of chapter ninetysix, Public Laws of North Carolina, session one thousand nine hundred and nine, is hereby authorized and fully empowered to collect any and all arrears of taxes due under the provisions of said act as amended by chapter forty-six, Public-Local Laws one thousand nine hundred and eleven, for the years one thousand nine hundred and nine, one thousand nine hundred and ten, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, under such rules and regulations as are prescribed by said chapter. :
CHAPTER 202 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONERS OF WAKE COUNTY TO ISSUE BONDS TO PAY AND FUND THE DEBT OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION OF WAKE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. That the said bonds shall be an indebtedness against the general fund for the public schools of Wake County, and no other.
CHAPTER 70 An act to incorporate the Carolina Manufacturing and Transporta- tion Company. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 3. That the corporators above named,,or any three of them, are hereby authorized to open books of subscription at such times and places as they shall deem best, and under such rules and regulations as they may prescribe, for the purpose of creating or increasing the capital stock of such company; and they may receive such subscription in any kind of property mentioned in section two of this act.
CHAPTER 503 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PUBLIC ROADS OF HOKE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 9. That the judges holding the Superior Court of Hoke County and the judges of any criminal court held therein are hereby authorized, on the request of the board of county commissioners, to sentence to be worked on the public roads of said county, under the control and keeping of the said board and their agents and employees, all persons convicted in said courts who by the judgment thereof shall be punished by imprisonment or committed in default of paying costs and fines or either, except such as shall be convicted of murder, rape, or arson, and such other convicts as the said judges may in their discretion deem advisable to send to the State penitentiary as now provided by law: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall prohibit or in any way restrict the said judges from suspending or imposing fines only in such cases as to them shall appear right and proper.
CHAPTER 484 AN ACT TO AID IN THE COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT TAXES AND PAVING ASSESSMENTS IN THE TOWN OF EAST FLAT ROCK AND TO DISPOSE OF REAL ES- TATE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. The Board of Commissioners of the Town of East Flat Rock shall have the right to sell at private sale any real estate it now owns or has an interest in or may hereafter acquire, either through tax foreclosure or otherwise, upon such terms and conditions as the board deems advisable.
CHAPTER 1091 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE AND EMPOWER THE CITY OF DURHAM TO CREATE AND ESTABLISH A CAPITAL RESERVE FUND, AND TO MAKE CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS TO SAID FUNDS AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE WITHDRAWAL AND USE OF SUCH FUNDS FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: WHEREAS, municipalities should be encouraged where possible to finance capital improvements from budget appropriations rather than from borrowing; and, WHEREAS, the authority to set apart and earmark current revenues in capital reserve funds for future improvements would enable municipali- ties to meet minor improvements on a pay-as-you-go basis where the cost of borrowing would be high in comparison to the cost of the improvement, and would enable municipalities to meet all or part of the cost of major improvements on a pay-as-you-go basis so as to conserve their borrowing capacity; and, now, therefore,
Section 9. In the event that an emergency arises which in the opinion of the governing body involves the health, safety, or welfare of the inhabitants of the municipality, necessitating the immediate expenditure of all or any portion of such Capital Reserve Fund for one or more of the purposes for which the Fund was created, a withdrawal may be made from the Fund by resolution of the governing body without publication as provided for in the preceding Section. Such resolution shall declare that an emergency exists and set forth such facts as are necessary to show that such emergency does exist.
CHAPTER 353 AN ACT TO PROTECT GAME AND FISH IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. It shall be unlawful for any person to fish in any of the waters of Cherokee County with net, seine, trap, basket, drag nets or drags.
CHAPTER LXXXI.                                                                 AN ACT TO ENABLE THE WILMINGTON, CHARLOTTE AND RUTH- _ ERFORD RAILROAD COMPANY TO COMPLETE THEIR ROAD, _ AND TO AUTHORIZE THE RETURN OF STATE BONDS TO THE TREASURY. _
Section 4. That upon the acceptance of this act by the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad Company, within ninety days after its ratification, it shall become a part of the charter of said company: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the public treasurer, upon the surrender to him of five hundred thousand dollars of state bonds, from delivering the bonds. of the company now in the treasury as provided in section one of this act; and he is hereby instructed and required to make said delivery immediately after the ratification of this act.
CHAPTER 4 An Act to Revise and Consoliaate the Public School Law. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 54. The Sheriff of each county shall pay annually in money to the treasurer of the county school fund on or before the thirty-first day of December of each year, the whole amount levied, less such Sum or sums as may be allowed on account of insolvents for the current year, by both State and county, for school purposes, and on failing to do so shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not less than two hundred dollars, and be liable to an action on his official bond for his default 1n such sum as will cover such default, said action to be brought to the next ensuing term of the Superior Court, and upon the relation of the County Commissioners for and in behalf of the State.
CHAPTER 96 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 718, PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1911 The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 458 AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT IN WILSON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. The rules and regulations governing primary elections in Wilson County, except as herein provided, shall be the same as now provided by statute.
CHAPTER. 132 An act to appoint a cotton weigher for the town of Louisburg. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That it shall be the duty of said weigher to weigh all baled cotton sold in the town of Louisburg at its TRUE weight, making just and proper allowance or deduction for water or damage.