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CHAPTER 1066 AN ACT TO AMEND G. . 28-105 RELATIVE TO THE PRIORITY OF FUNERAL EXPENSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. G. S. 28-105, Second Class, 1965 Cumulative Supplement is hereby further amended by adding a new sentence at the end thereof to read as follows: The preferential limitation herein granted shall be construed to be only a limit with respect to preference of payment and shall not be construed to be a limitation on reasonable funeral expenses which may be incurred; nor shall the preferential limitation of payment in the amount of six hundred dollars ($600.00) be diminished by any Veterans Administration, Social Security or other Federal Governmental benefits awarded to the estate of the deceased or to his or her beneficiaries.
CHAPTER 414 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 278 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1965 RELATING TO THE CONTROL OF THE APPEARANCE OF STRUC- TURES IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS OF THE TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
CHAPTER 230 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE EXPENDITURE OF CERTAIN SUR- PLUS FUNDS OF GASTON COUNTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CON- STRUCTING THE GASTON COUNTY WELFARE BUILDING. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 313 AN ACT TO REVISE, AMEND AND CONSOLIDATE THE SCHOOL LAWS OF THE CITY OF HICKORY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. That the board of trustees of said district shall organize annually by electing a chairman and a secretary. The said board shall cause to be kept an accurate record of its proceedings. The trustees shall elect annually one of their number treasurer and custodian of all the school funds belonging to said district. The treasurer shall give bond in such sum as the board may require. The said treasurer shall receive and hold as a fund all moneys received from special taxes, gifts, grants, apportionments or other source, and shall pay out said moneys only upon the order of the board. The said treasurer shall furnish annually to the board of aldermen of the city of Hickory a statement, in writing, of the receipts and disbursements of school moneys, properly endorsed and approved by the chairman and the secretary of the board of trustees.
CHAPTER 215 An act to amend and consolidate the charter of the town of Lumberton, Robeson county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 48. That all proceedings in the mayors court shall be the same as are now or may hereafter be prescribed for courts of justices of the peace, and in all cases there shall be a right of appeal to the superior court of Robeson county; that whenever a defendant or witness or other person shall be adjudged to be imprisoned by the said court, it shall be competent for the court to sentence such person or persons to imprisonment in the county jail or town guard house for a term not exceeding thirty days, and to adjudge also that such persons may be worked during the period of their confinement on the public streets or on the public works of the said town under the supervision of the town constable, policeman or other police officer.
CHAPTER 200 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PUBLIC ROADS OF SAMPSON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. That said tax, when collected, shall be kept separate and apart from all other taxes, and shall be used only for the purposes for which the same was levied and collected. Any Commissioner who shall by any means cause any of said taxes to be used for any other purpose than that for which they were levied and collected shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction be fined or imprisoned at the discretion of the Court: Provided, that if the taxes collected in any one year shall exceed the sum required to pay the interest accrued and due on said bonds so issued, the same may be applied to the purchase of any of the bonds issued under this act.
CHAPTER 42 AN ACT TO REGULATE MOTOR VEHICLES AND PUBLIC SERVICE CARS IN MARION, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. That the warrants of the mayor of the said town of Marion shall be valid within the three-mile zone around the said town, and the marshall of said town is hereby given the right to make arrests upon warrants issued by the mayor within the said zone.
CHAPTER 482 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONERS OF CUMBER- LAND COUNTY TO SUBMIT TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF SAID COUNTY THE QUESTION OF ISSUING BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING, IMPROVING AND MAINTAIN- ING THE PUBLIC ROADS OF SAID COUNTY, AND TO PRO- VIDE FOR A HIGHWAY COMMISSION. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 20. That said highway commission shall have the authority to employ a physician at any time to assist the county physician in attending the convict working force, and shall also have the power to provide for the care and keep of said convicts, and to provide all things necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act, and, in addition to employing convicts upon the highways, herein provided for, the said highway commission, in its discretion, may employ such free labor and make such contracts for the building, repairing and maintaining of the highways of the county as it shall deem to the best interests of the county: Provided, that no free labor shall be employed to work on the same section of road on which convicts are employed: and Provided, further, that the employment of free labor shall be as hereinbefore specified.
CHAPTER 306 AN ACT TO PROVIDE UNIFORMITY IN THE APPOINTMENT OF BOARDS OF TRUSTEES, DIRECTORS AND MANAGERS OF VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS MAINTAINED BY THE STATE, AND TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE CON- SOLIDATED STATUTES RELATING THERETO, AND TO REPEAL CERTAIN STATUTES NOW IN FORCE RELATING THERETO. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. That section two of chapter two hundred fifty-four of the Public Laws of one thousand nine hundred twenty-three, being section seven thousand three hundred and sixty-two (b) of the Consolidated Statutes, volume three, be amended so as to hereafter read as follows: Seven thousand three hundred and sixty-two (b). Trustees; appointments; terms; expenses. The Eastern Carolina Industrial School for Boys shall be under the control and management of a board of five trustees. The said trustees shall be appointed by the Governor of the State and the term of each trustee shall be four years from and after the date of his or her appointment. Within thirty days after the ratification of this act the Governor shall appoint three of the trustees and within six months after the ratification of this act the Governor shall appoint the remaining two. At the time of making the appointment the Governor shall designate which of the present trustees are to be succeeded by his appointees. All vacancies occurring in the board shall be filled by the Governor. The Governor shall transmit to the Senate at the next session of the General Assembly the names of his appointees for confirmation. Each member of the board shall be entitled to receive necessary expenses for each and every day engaged in the business of the institution.
CHAPTER 237 An act to amend the charter of the tewn of Randleman. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 32. That all persons liable to taxation of any kind in said town shall, on or before the first day of June in each and every year, make a return of their respective lists of taxable property, as assessed by the township assessors for the state, to the secretary or clerk of said board of commissioners; such lists shall give a description of the tracts or lots of land, the taxable poll and all other property liable to taxation by the persons returning the same, and shall be sworn to before some justice of the peace or before the secretary or clerk, who is hereby authorized and empowered to administer oaths required by law to be taken by persons making such returns. The said lists thus taken shall be filed with the secretary or clerk, who shall, after a levy of taxes are assessed thereon, in the same manner as tax-lists are made or required to be made for the collection of state taxes. The secretary or clerk shall also make out a list of all property and polls remaining unlisted in said town, which shall be subject to double tax. The usual tax-list, made as aforesaid by the secretary or clerk and placed in the hands of the marshal or taxcollector, shall have the force and effect of a judgment and execution for the taxes assessed and appearing on said lists respectively; and the same may be collected by levy and sale of the property of the party owning such taxes, on giving such notice as is required by law on execution from one of the superior courts of the state, and the officer charged with the duty of collecting such taxes shall have all the power vested by law in sheriffs or tax-collectors for the collection of taxes due the state.
CHAPTER 188 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF PINE BLUFF, IN MOORE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the present government of said town shall continue as now constituted until successors to the present officials shall be elected and qualified as hereinafter provided, and all of the ordinances and by-laws theretofore adopted by said town shall remain in force until altered, amended or repealed.
CHAPTER 811 AN ACT TO PROTECT GROWING CROPS IN RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, BEAUFORT 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 25 AN ACT TO EXTEND THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF REIDSVILLE, ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, AND TO PROVIDE FOR AN ELECTION TO DETERMINE THIS QUESTION. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. That the city council of the said city of Reidsville is authorized and empowered to adopt an ordinance calling for an election in conformity with this act, the said ordinance to be published in a newspaper published in the city of Reidsville once a week for four weeks prior to said election. The said city council is also authorized, empa@wered and directed to provide for a new or special registration of the voters within said territory, to designate the precinct or precincts and polling places for such election, and to name a registrar and two judges of election for each precinct.
CHAPTER 106 AN ACT TO IMPROVE THE ROADS IN PAMLICO COUNTY AND FOR THE ISSUING OF BONDS BY THE COUNTY AND THE SEVERAL TOWNSHIPS THEREIN. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That upon there being filed with the commissioners of Pamlico County a petition signed by one-fifth of the qualified voters in any township in said county asking for an election upon the question of issuing bonds for said township, under the provisions of this act, and stating in said petition the amount of bonds which it is desired to issue (Provided, however, that the amount of the proposed bond issue shall not be greater than five per centum of the total assessed value of all property in said township subject to taxation, as shown by the last assessment next preceding the filing of said petition), said petition to be recorded in the minutes of the said board, it shall be the duty of the said board of county commissioners to call an election to be held within sixty days after the presentation of said petition at the polling place or places in the township or townships petitioning, and present to the qualified voters of said township or townships the question of issuing bonds for the purposes of road improvement as provided for in this act; said bonds to be issued upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. The said board of county commissioners shall for at least thirty days preceding the election give public notice of the same, in said notice stating the purpose of the election and the amount of bonds proposed to be issued by such township in which the election is to be held, said notice to be published in some weekly newspaper published in said county for at least four weeks.
CHAPTER 90 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 2116 OF THE CONSOLIDATED STATUTES, RELATING TO THE CLOSE SEASON FOR HUNTING QUAIL OR PARTRIDGE, AND PROVIDING A DIFFERENT CLOSE SEASON FOR MARTIN COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 357 AN ACT TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL PLAN TO ESTAB- LISH SPECIAL COUNTY COURTS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 35. Whenever the Clerk of the Superior Court shall transfer the papers in any case from the Superior Court to a special county court, he shall at the same time issue a notice to the accused person and his surety, informing them that the cause has been so transferred and requiring the accused person to appear at the next succeeding term of said special county court for trial, and, upon the service of said notice upon the accused person and his surety, at least five days before the beginning of the next succeeding term of the special county court, the case shall stand for trial at said term and the bond given by the accused person for his appearance at the next term of the Superior Court shall in all respects be valid and binding to compel the appearance of the accused person at the said next succeeding term of said special county court, and in case said notice is not served on the accused person and his surety at least five days before the beginning of the next succeeding term of the special county court, then the case shall not be tried without the consent of the accused person until the following term of the special county court.
CHAPTER 227 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE VIRGINIA AND EASTERN| CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. That said company shall have the right to cross at grade or over or under, intersect, join or unite its railroad with any railroad now built or constructed, or which may hereafter be built or constructed within the State of North Carolina, at any point of its main line or branches, with the necessary turn-outs, sidings, switches and other conveniences, and, when necessary, to use the right-of-way of other roads, when the same is not occupied with tracks or buildings, and have the right to cross public highways, also streets in incorporated towns.
CHAPTER 585 An act in relation to the county seat of Brunswick county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do.enact :
Section 2. That it shall be the duty of the county commissioners of said county, at least thirty days before said election, to appoint registrars and judges of election in the same manner as is now provided by law, which registrars shall perform all the duties required by [of] such officers in registering voters for members of the general assembly, in the same way and to the same extent as in said cases; and the judges of election shall be appointed and notified as in such elections, and shall conduct the same in the several townships as such elections are held and conducted for members of tke general assembly in all respects. : '
CHAPTER 163 AN ACT TO EXTEND THE PERIOD OF COMPULSORY EDU- _ CATION IN THE CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM, FOR THE FULL SESSION OF CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS EACH YEAR. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That every parent, guardian or other person in the city of Winston-Salem having charge or control of a child between the ages of eight and fourteen years shall cause such child to attend regularly some day school (public, private or parochial), in which at least the six common school branches of reading, spelling writing, arithmetic, English and geography are taught in daily session of not less than four hours per school day, for nine school months in each calendar year, or for the full session of the public schools of the city of Winston-Salem; or shall provide such child at home or elsewhere with such regular daily instruction during the usual school hours as shall be in the judgment of the court substantially equivalent in kind and amount to the instruction given the children of like age in the public schools of said city: Provided, that occasional absence from such attendance by any child between the ages of eight and fourteen years not amounting to more than two unexcused absences in four consecutive weeks shall not be unlawful.
CHAPTER 118 An act to authorize the city of Fayetteville to establish and operate a system of electric lights and motive power. WHEREAS, a proper system for lighting public streets is a ne- cessity to the inhabitants of the city of Fayetteville and is con- ducive to the advancement and prosperity of said city; and WHEREAS, by reason of its revenues from other sources and because under the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty- three -153 of the private laws of eighteen hundred and ninety- three -1893 and the act amendatory thereof, passed by the gen- eral assembly of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine (1899), enti- tled An act to amend chapter oue hundred and fifty-three -153 of the private laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-three (1893), etc., and ratified on January twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, sufficient taxes are now levied and not other- wise appropriated to amply provide for the payment of interest on the coupon bonds hereinafter provided for as it falls due and the creation of a sinking fund sufficient to fully pay off said bonds, as well as to meet al] the other obligations and liabilities of the said city: The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. Said coupon bonds shall be consecutively numbered and signed by the mayor and the clerk of the city of Fayetteville, and it shall be the duty of the said clerk to keep an accurate account of the same.
CHAPTER 167 AN ACT TO AMEND, REVISE, AND CONSOLIDATE THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF FUQUAY SPRINGS, WAKE COUNTY, AND TO ALLOW SAID TOWN TO ISSUE BONDS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 13. That the mayor may issue his precepts to the town constable. who may execute the same anywhere in Wake County, or to such other officer to whom a justice of the peace may direct his precepts. An indorsement by the mayor or court of the name of a witness upon a summons or warrant shall be an authority for the officer to execute the same.
CHAPTER 43 AN ACT REGULATING THE SETTING OF STEEL TRAPS OR LOG TRAPS IN THE COUNTIES OF PAM- LICO, GREENE, HALIFAX, CHEROKEE, AVERY AND PERQUIMANS. 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.
CHAPTER 1235 AN ACT TO AMEND THE TURLINGTON ACT, ARTICLE I, CHAPTER 18, AS FOUND IN THE GENERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CARO- LINA SO AS TO INCLUDE EQUIPMENT OR MATERIALS DE- SIGNED OR INTENDED FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 106 AN ACT TO IMPROVE THE ROADS IN PAMLICO COUNTY AND FOR THE ISSUING OF BONDS BY THE COUNTY AND THE SEVERAL TOWNSHIPS THEREIN. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That said bonds may be issued from time to time and exchanged at par for the township bonds provided for in article one of this act; or said bonds may be sold as the said board of county commissioners may determine: Provided, none of them shall be sold or pledged in any manner for less than par value in cash or the above referred to township bonds; and no bonds shall be sold for cash until there has been deposited with the said board of county commissioners a like amount of the township bonds above referred to, and when so sold the proceeds shall be turned over to the treasurer of the road commission of the township whose bonds have been thus deposited.
CHAPTER 256 AN ACT CREATING FIVE DISTRICTS IN WAKE COUNTY FOR THE SELECTION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That there shall be elected one commissioner from each district and the districts shall be numbered one, two, three, four, and five, and shall comprise the following townships: (a) District number one shall be composed of Little River, Marks Creek, and St. Matthews townships. (b) District number two shall be composed of St. Marys, Swift Creek, Panther Branch and Middle Creek townships. (c) District number three shall be composed of Cary, Buckhorn, Cedar Fork, Holly Springs, White Oak and House Creek townships. (d) District number four shall be composed of Bartons Creek, Wake Forest, Neuse, Leesville and New Light townships. (e) District number five shall be composed of Raleigh Township.
CHAPTER 36 AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FROM THE CONTINGENCY AND EMER- GENCY FUND THE SUM OF $305,510  TO THE STATE HOSPITAL AT GOLDSBORO TO COVER A DEFICIT IN OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1958-59. WHEREAS, during the fiscal year 1958-59 the State Hospital at Golds- boro has incurred a deficit as a result of increased operational expenses and loss of receipts in the amount of three hundred five thousand five hundred ten dollars ($305,510); and WHEREAS, appropriations made to the State Hospital at Goldsboro for the biennium 1957-59 are insufficient to cover this deficit: Now, there- fore, 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 213 An act to establish the stock law in certain parts of Cumberiand; county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. Said tax so levied shall be collected by the sheriff or some lawful deputy and paid to the county treasurer under the same ryles, regulations and charges as may be prescribed for the sheriff in collecting other taxes, and the treasurer of Cumberland county shall receive and disburse the moneys so paid to him, retaining only his lawful commissions, upon the order of the fence commissioners for the purpose of providing and keeping in repair the fences and gates as above contemplated.
CHAPTER 353 AN ACT TO ANNEX BROAD RIVER TOWNSHIP OF Mc- DOWELL COUNTY TO BUNCOMBE COUNTY. Whereas, two hundred and thirty out of a total vote of two hundred and forty voters in Broad River Township of McDowell County have expressed their desire in writing that the said Broad River Township be added to, and become a part of, Buncombe County for the reason that said township is isolated geographically from McDowell County, and that all their social and business relations are with the people of Buncombe County; and Whereas, the public officials of McDowell County and Buncombe County have mutually agreed that the said Broad River Township of McDowell County logically and geograph- ically should be a part of Buncombe County and that the best interest and public welfare of the citizens of said township would be promoted and conserved by the annexing said town- ship to Buncombe County: Therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 8. That all the one thousand nine hundred and twentyfour taxes due from the people and property of Broad River Township shall be collected and retained by McDowell County.
CHAPTER 225 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE ALEXANDER HOME OF CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That the officers of the home shall consist of a president, a vice-president, a secretary and treasurer, and a board of managers to consist of the incorporators named in section 1 of this act, and their duly elected successors. In case of the death or resignation of any of the foregoing members of said board the vacancy shall be supplied by the remaining members thereof by election, in accordance with the by-laws of the home, to be adopted by said board, and the other officers of said home shall be elected by said board for such terms and upon such conditions as said by-laws shall prescribe.
CHAPTER 300 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED NINETY- FOUR, PUBLIC LAWS OF ONE THOUSAND NINE HUN- DRED AND TWENTY-NINE, KNOWN AS THE PURE SEED LAW. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That section eighteen of the above chapter be amended by adding at the end thereof the following: Provided further, that no farmer residing in North Carolina shall be required to procure a State seed license to sell seeds raised on his own farm. That all of section nineteen of the above chapter be stricken out and the following substituted in lieu thereof: Sec. 19 That the word approximate as used in this Act shall be interpreted as follows: For purity guarantees the tolerance allowed shall be twotenths of one per cent, plus twenty per cent of the lesser part of the sample. That is to say, a sample is considered as being made up of two parts, the Pure Seed (meaning the seed or seeds named on the label), and the balance of the sample (other agricultural seeds. weed seeds and inert matter). For example. if a purity of ninety-eight per cent -98.00% is claimed, the sample may test as low as ninety-seven and forty one-hundredth per cent -97.40% and not be deemed mis-labeled; if a purity of eightytwo and twenty one-hundredth per cent -82.20% is claimed, the sample may test as low as seventy-eight and forty-four onehundredth per cent -78.44% and not be deemed mis-labeled. For germination guarantees the following tolerance scale shall be allowed: Guarantee (%) Allowable Variation (%) OOM OT AD OV Caen aac stersecc eocees aS Soe a eee seater 6 S80 or above, but less than 90..................-. 7 70 or above, but less than 80.................-- 8 60 or above, but less than 70..............-----. 9 OSS Chan GO ssccc. sissies ce set gals hace boca ndens fetetecs 10
CHAPTER 94 AN ACT TO CREATE THE STATE SHIP AND WATER TRANS- PORTATION COMMISSION. Whereas, in order to further promote the public welfare, to provide cheaper transportation to the markets within and with- out the State of the products of the farms, the forests, mines, and factories of the State, and to effect cheaper transportation for commodities purchased by the people of the State, both within and without the State, it is deemed advisable to use more fully the navigable rivers, sounds and other bodies of water within the boundaries of the State: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. That for the purpose of making the investigation required by section two of this act, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) is hereby appropriated out of the general funds of the State Treasury, to be paid by the State Treasurer upon vouchers approved by the chairman and secretary of said commission and by the Governor of the State.
CHAPTER 349 AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE THE ACTIVITIES OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF THE COUNTY OF FORSYTH AND THE CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. Such Director of Public Welfare of Forsyth County shall have, under the direction of the above named board, authority to supervise, co-ordinate and direct all public welfare activities of Forsyth County and the City of Winston-Salem and shall have such other duties and powers as may be determined by the said Board.
CHAPTER 36 AN ACT TO REVISE AND CONSOLIDATE THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF FARMVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: Corporate Powers
Section 15. Duties of the Town Attorney. The town attorney shall be an attorney at law who shall] have qualified to practice in the State of North Carolina. He shall be the chief legal advisor of and attorney for the town and al] departments and officers thereof in matters relating to their official powers and duties. It shall be his duty, either personally 87 or by such assistants as he may designate to perform all services incident to the department of law; to attend all meetings of the board of commissioners; to give advice in writing when so requested, to the board of commissioners or the director of any department; to prosecute or defend, as the case may be, all suits or cases to which the town may be a party; to prepare all contracts, bonds and other instruments in writing in which the town is concerned, and to endorse on each, his approval of the form and correctness thereof, and to perform such other duties of a legal nature as the board of commissioners may require. In addition to the duties imposed upon the town attorney by this Charter or required by ordinance or resolution of the board of commissioners, he shall perform any duties imposed upon the chief legal officers of municipalities by law.
CHAPTER 78 AN ACT TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL TO SECRETLY PEEP INTO A ROOM OCCUPIED BY A WOMAN. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That any person who shall peep secretly into any room occupied by a woman shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined or imprisoned in the discretion of the court.
CHAPTER 510 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A PART-TIME ASSISTANT CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT IN BURKE COUNTY AND TO FIX HIS COMPENSATION. 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 523 AN ACT TO AMEND AND ENFORCE THE STOCK LAW IN MITCHELL COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 9. That chapter two hundred and ninety-two of the Public Laws of nineteen hundred and one be and the same is hereby revived, except such part as may conflict with this act.
CHAPTER 98 An act to establish Flatts township in Macon county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 1. That a new township be and the same is hereby created in the county of Macon to be known as Flatts township, to be formed of a part of Smiths Bridge township.
CHAPTER 489 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTERS 385 AND 481 OF THE PUB- LIC LAWS OF 1933, RELATING TO THE NORTH CARO- LINA STATE THRIFT SOCIETY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section five of chapter three hundred and eighty-five of the Public Laws, relating to the incorporation of the North Carolina State Thrift Society, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 5 The officers of the Society shall be elected by the Board, and shall include a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer and auditor. The treasurer of the Society shall be responsible for the funds of the Society, and shall furnish good and sufficient surety in such amount as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors.
CHAPTER 120 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY TO ISSUE BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF LAYING OUT, ESTABLISHING, BUILDING, CONSTRUCTING, AND REPAIRING PUBLIC ROADS AND BRIDGES IN SAID COUNTY AND PROVIDING FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SAME. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 18. That for the purpose of paying the interest upon the bonds provided for in this act and providing a redemption or sinking fund for same, and securing a fund to aid in repairing the public roads of the county, and to pay damages to the owners of land or personal property condemned or purchased for road use or benefits under this act, the board of county commissioners of Alleghany County shall, annually at the time of levying the other taxes of the county, levy a special tax on all property and polls subject to taxation within the limits or jurisdiction of the county, of not more than forty cents and not less than twenty-five cents on the hundred dollars valuation of real, personal and mixed property, and not more than one and twenty one-hundredths dollars and not less than seventy-five cents on each poll, observing the constitutional equation between property and polls. The tax so levied shall be collected by the sheriff or other person authorized by law to collect the other taxes of the county. The funds so collected shall be paid by the sheriff or accounted for by him to the acting treasurer of the county, and the proceeds of such fund shall be held by such treasurer and shall be used by said board of road commissioners and drawn upon by them for the purposes designated in this act.
CHAPTER 109 An act to incorporate ** The Pender and Onslow Land and Improve- ment Company. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That whenever the sum of ten thousand dollars shall have been subscribed to the capital stock, and five per centum paid in, it shall be the duty of said corporators, or any five of them, to call a general meeting of the stockholders, and at such meeting to elect seven directors, one of whom shall be elected president by said directors, whose term of office shall be one year, and hold their offices until ofhers are chosen.
CHAPTER 5 An act to incorporate the Swain Lumber and Boom Company. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. That said company shall have power to take by purchase, lease or other operation of law, any lands, tenements and hereditaments in the state of North Carolina to such an amount as to them shall seem proper, and to hold and convey same in fee simple, as provided in section six hundred and eighty-five of The Code and its amendments. They shall have power to sell, grant and convey, improve, manage, develop, lease, mortgage, dispose of, or otherwise deal with, any part or all of the property of said company, in such manner as the said company may see fit.
CHAPTER 494 AN ACT TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH IN THE TOWNS OF ANDREWS AND MURPHY, IN CHEROKEE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. The boards of aldermen of said towns shall have the authority to furnish material and fixtures for wiring houses and otherwise equipping them for the use of electricity from the municipal generating plants, and may collect for the costs and expenses of installing the same, and the said boards of aldermen shall have the same liens upon each piece of property improved, with the same rights of enforcing the said liens and collecting the amount due with interest, as are provided in section three of this act.
CHAPTER 358 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION OF A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE STATE FOR THE TERM OF EIGHT MONTHS WITHOUT THE LEVY OF AN AD VALOREM TAX THEREFOR. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 29. Cooperation with Highway and Public Works Commission in Maintenance of Equipment. The State School Commission is hereby authorized to negotiate with the Highway and Public Works Commission in coordinating all facilities for the repair, maintenance, and upkeep of equipment to be used by the State School Commission in the school transportation system. In all cases where this is done, the State Highway and Public Works Commission shall be reimbursed in the amount of the actual cost involved for labor and parts to be determined by an itemized statement filed with the State School Commission.
CHAPTER 198 [ AN ACT PROVIDING FOR WORKING THE PUBLIC ROADS OF CRAVEN COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That it shall be the duty of said superintendent of roads to give his entire time to relocating, building, directing, maintaining, supervising, and repairing the public roads of the county, and he shall have (subject to the approval of said board of commissioners) charge of, supervision, maintenance, and direction of the building of all public roads in said county, including the supervising of the convict force, and shall submit a written monthly report concerning the work and progress, and shall submit semiannually a written report on the condition of the public roads and bridges of the said county, and also file plans and specifications for their improvement, which said semiannual reports shall include an inventory of the tools, implements, teams, and other property and equipments on hand belonging to the county for road purposes. The said superintendent of roads shall have direct charge, control, and management of maintaining and keeping in good repair all the roads of said county, and it shall be his duty to maintain, repair, and keep in good condition all the said roads, either with work by convict force or by employing some one under his direction to repair and maintain the same; and the board of commissioners of said county shall furnish to the superintendent of roads aS soon as convenient all necessary machinery to build and keep in good repair the roads, and also road machinery and other necessary machinery to build and maintain good roads for each township in said county; and if the superintendent of roads. with the approval of the board of commissioners of said county, shall Jet by contract any or all of the public roads of the townships, he or they may take into consideration the furnishing of such road machinery as the board of commissioners may have or may hereafter provide for the building and repairing of the public roads, and make their contracts accordingly.
CHAPTER 9 An act to raise revenue. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SCHEDULE A.
Section 102. Unless prohibited, county may levy same license tax as State. In any case where a specific license tax is levied for the privilege of carrying on any business, trade or profession, the county may levy the same tax and no more: Provided, no provision to the contrary is made in the section levying the specific license tax.
CHAPTER 274 AN ACT TO IMPROVE THE PUBLIC ROADS OF McDOWELL COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. That all male persons located or regularly employed in any township, as aforesaid, shall, after they have resided, been lacated, or employed in such township for ten days, be required to work upon the public roads as hereinbefore provided for in this act.
CHAPTER 837 AN ACT TO AMEND G. , 14-196.1 RELATING TO USING PROFANE, VULGAR OR INDECENT LANGUAGE TO A FEMALE OVER THE TELEPHONE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. G. S. 14-196.1 is hereby amended by striking the period in line 3 and substituting in lieu thereof the following: , or to repeatedly telephone any female person for the purpose of annoying, molesting or harassing such female person.
CHAPTER 14 An act to amend section 1865 of The Code, to repeal chapter 367 of the laws of 1889, and amend chapter 580 of the laws of 1891, con- cerning the duties of clerks of superior courts. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section 1865 of The Code be amended by adding thereto except fees due witnesses and jurors, which shall be paid to the school fund.
CHAPTER 110 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF CASWELL COUNTY TO FILE CERTAIN INSTRUMENTS AS A RECORD. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the register of deeds of Caswell County be and he is hereby authorized that whenever any instrument of writing conveying personal property or conditional sales shall be presented to him in duplicate, the original may be filed in a book prepared for that purpose by the county, and when so filed with the endorsement of time of filing for registration thereon and signed by the register of deeds shall be a valid record of such instrument and the register of deeds shall certify under his hand and seal that the copy delivered to him with the original is a TRUE copy of the original on file in his office and giving the book and page in which the original is filed, and the said original so filed or the copy thereof duly certified by the register of deeds shall be received in evidence as is now provided by law.
CHAPTER 205 AN ACT TO AMEND CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BELHAVEN. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: That the Private Laws of one thousand nine hundred and seven, chapter two hundred and forty-six, be amended as follows:
Section 11. That the title to any real estate, rights, privileges, or easements which has been condemned under the provisions of this act shall vest in the town of Belhaven upon its paying into court or to the parties entitled to receive the same the amount of compensation or damage recovered against it, together with the costs adjudged to be paid by it in the said proceedings, and upon its further complying in all respects with the judgment of the court.
CHAPTER 1167 AN ACT TO PROVIDE A COUNCIL OF FIVE MEMBERS AND TO AMEND G. S. 160-340, G. S. 160-341 AND G. S. 160-345 TO PRE- SCRIBE THE TERMS OF OFFICE OF THE MAYOR AND COUN- CILMEN OF THE TOWN OF GRAHAM IN ALAMANCE COUNTY AND OTHERWISE TO MAKE PLAN D FORM OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT APPLY TO SAID TOWN. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 4. G. S. 160-345, as the same appears in Volume 8C of the General Statutes of North Carolina, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: Provided, that in the Town of Graham, the mayor shall be elected by the council from among its own members, and shall hold office as mayor for a term of two years and until his successor is duly elected and qualified.
CHAPTER 288 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOUR, PRI- VATE LAWS OF ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE, AND CHAPTER NINETY-FIVE, PRI- VATE LAWS OF ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE, RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWN OF AULANDER, BERTIE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. That the town convention method of nominating candidates for Mayor and Commissioners for the Town of Aulander be and the same is hereby abolished; and that candidates for the said offices shall be nominated by a primary election as herein provided.
CHAPTER 466 AN ACT TO AMEND THE ROAD LAW OF LEE COUNTY AND MAKE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS EX OFFICIO HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That all portions of chapter five hundred and eightysix, Public-Local Laws one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and chapter three hundred and fifty-five, Public-Local Laws one thousand nine hundred and eleven, providing for the election of a board of highway commissioners for Lee County, and all other portions of acts amendatory thereof of similar purport, are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 106 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWNSHIPS IN DUPLIN COUNTY TO ISSUE BONDS TO AID IN THE CONSTRUC- TION OF A RAILROAD IN DUPLIN COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. That an election may be held under this act in any township, whether the board of county commissioners shall haye made any contract or not, and any contract made by them for the construction of said road shall be confirmed and made valid and binding, subject to the conditions hereinbefore set forth, upon the qualified voters of any township thereafter determining by election to issue bonds for said railroad construction.
CHAPTER 114 AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SALE OF SEED SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, OR EXPOSED FOR SALE IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. That for the purpose of providing a fund to defray the expenses of the inspection, examination, and analysis prescribed in this Act: a. Each seed dealer selling, offering or exposing for sale in, or export from, this State any agricultural, vegetable, or flower seeds, other than packet or package seeds, for seeding purposes, shall register with the Department of Agriculture the name of such dealer and shall obtain a license annually on January first of each year, and shall pay for such license as follows: -1 Twenty-five dollars ($25.00), if a wholesaler, or a wholesaler and retailer. -2 Ten dollars ($10.00), if a retailer with sales in excess of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the calendar year. Each branch of any wholesaler or retailer shall be required to obtain a retail license. -3 One dollar ($1.00), if a retailer at a permanent location with sales not in excess of one hundred dollars ($100.00). Provided: That if and when the seed sales for the calendar year shall exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00), application must be made for a ten dollars ($10.00) license, credit to be given for the one dollar ($1.00) license previously secured: Provided, further that no owner or operator of any harvester or threshing machine operating on a share basis and selling only the seed obtained in this manner shall come under the provisions of Section seven of this Act. b. A one dollar ($1.00) inspection stamp shall be purchased from the Department of Agriculture for each seventy-two -72 dozen packets or packages of vegetable or flower seeds, or fraction thereof. The said stamp shall be secured by the producer, grower, jobber or other person, firm or corporation shipping such seed into the State before shipment to agent or retailer, and shall be furnished to said agent or retailer for attachment to display case: Provided, also, that any producer, grower, jobber or other person, firm or corporation, residing within this State shall secure said stamp before furnishing any such seed to any agent or retailer within the State for resale. The said stamp or stamps shall be attached to the display case before the seed are offered or exposed for sale, and shall expire at the end of the calendar year for which issued: Provided further that in cases where package seed of one kind or variety are offered or exposed for sale in boxes or display cases not in excess of three dozen packages, a ten cent stamp shall be purchased from the Department of Agriculture and attached to said box or display case.
CHAPTER 434 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AND REGULATE THE HOLDING OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS IN THE COUNTY OF HAYWOOD. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 23. The executive committee of any political party by a two-thirds majority of all the members of the committee shall have the power and authority to make such other rules and regulations as they may deem advisable for the proper holding of any primary election in the said county of Haywood, and may, with a twothirds majority of all the members of the executive committee, refuse and decline to hold any primary election whatever, if they should desire: Provided, this act shall apply only to Haywood County.
CHAPTER 388 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE SPENCER SAVINGS BANK. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 9. Said corporation shall have power to receive moneys in trust, and shall have power to accept and execute any trust that may be committed to it by any court, corporation, company, person or persons, and it shall have power to accept any grant, assignment, transfer, desire [devise] or bequest, and hold any personal or real estate in trust created in accordance with the laws of this State, and then to execute the same on such terms as [may] be established and agreed upon by its board of directors; and said corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to act as trustee or assignee, and to receive on deposit all funds in litigation in the various courts in this State, and pay therefor such interest as may be agreed on, not exceeding the lawful rate. It shall have power and authority to receive for safe keeping on deposit all money, bonds, stock, diamonds and silver plate and other valuables, and charge and collect a reasonable compensation for the same, which charges shall be a lien upon said deposit until the same be paid; and generally to do and carry on the business of a deposit company; and any receiver, executor, administrator, assignee, guardian or committee of a lunatic, and any public officer is hereby authorized, in their discretion, to deposit with said company for safe keeping any money or bonds, stocks, securities or other valuables which have or may come into his possession or under his control by virtue of his office or appointment aforesaid.
CHAPTER 344 Au act relating to roads and highways of Granvilie county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 15. The owner of the timber or land thus used may file his petition, together with the certificate of the overseer of the road, before the board of commissioners of the county wherein injury is done, and for damages sustained thereby the board shall make the petitioner adequate compensation.