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1903_public laws_354_7

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CHAPTER 353 AN ACT TO PROTECT GAME AND FISH IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

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.

1869/70_public laws_82_5

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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. _

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.

1901_public laws_5_55

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CHAPTER 4 An Act to Revise and Consoliaate the Public School Law. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

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.

1913_public local laws_97_3

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CHAPTER 96 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 718, PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1911 The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed.

1935_public local laws_459_3

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CHAPTER 458 AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT IN WILSON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The rules and regulations governing primary elections in Wilson County, except as herein provided, shall be the same as now provided by statute.

1885_private laws_133_3

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CHAPTER. 132 An act to appoint a cotton weigher for the town of Louisburg. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

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.

1923_public local laws_593_2

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CHAPTER 596 AN ACT RELATING TO DISCOUNTS AND PENALTIES ON TAXES IN WILKES COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the county commissioners of Wilkes County be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to adopt, by proper resolution duly passed at a meeting of said commissioners, the schedules of discounts and penalties on taxes in Wilkes County as now provided in the State Machinery Act, or in lieu thereof the following schedules: that on all taxes for the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three and in each year thereafter a discount of two per cent shall be allowed for taxes paid during the month of October and a discount of one per cent for all taxes paid during the months of November and December ; that on the first day of May in each and every year two per cent shall be added to all taxes unpaid for the next preceding year and an additional penalty of one per cent on the first day of each succeeding month thereafter that such taxes remain unpaid until the first day of October in said year, and that an additional penalty of four per cent shall be added on the first day of October in each and every year on all taxes for the next preceding year remaining unpaid.

1911_private laws_431_5

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CHAPTER 430 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY- ONE OF THE PUBLIC LAWS OF ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND NINE, PERTAINING TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

By inserting between the words dollars and failure in line seven of section five the following: embezzlement of money, goods or other thing wherein the value thereof does not exceed one hundred dollars; retailing cocaine without a license.

1957_session laws_837_11

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CHAPTER 836 AN ACT FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF HICKORY, FOR AN ELECTION IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF, FOR THE REPEAL OF THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF LONGVIEW, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

All taxes due by the property owners of the Town of Longview at the time the corporate limits of the City of Hickory are extended as herein provided, and all taxes which shall become due upon listings made during the year 1957, shall be collected by the City Manager of the City of Hickory at the same rate and under the same rules, regulations and with the same authority of distress and levy upon property, personal and real, as is now or may be given to the City of Hickory.

1935_public local laws_84_5

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CHAPTER 83 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHT OF THE PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF NINE- TEEN ELEVEN, SO AS TO TRANSFER DUKE TOWNSHIP FROM THE JURISDICTION OF THE RECORDERS COURT OF DUNN TO THE RECORDERS COURT OF HARNETT COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act, to the extent of such conflict, be and the same are hereby repealed.

1869/70_public laws_124_5

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CRATER CX AIEL. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONERS OF CATAWBA COUNTY TO SELL CERTAIN LOTS.

That all laws and clauses of laws coming in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

1963_session laws_811_4

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CHAPTER 810 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 113 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO TAXES ON SEAFOOD FOR HOME CONSUMPTION. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. 982

1915_public local laws_789_3

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CHAPTER 788 AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE IMPROVEMENT AND MAIN- TENANCE OF THE PUBLIC ROADS OF LINCOLN COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the road commission shall meet in Lincolnton with the county commissioners on the first Monday in December, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, at which time said road commission shall turn over to the county commissioners all the funds in its hands, and all books, papers, documents, and all other property in its possession belonging to the county, and said road commission shall on said date publish an itemized account of receipts and disbursements since their last report, showing balance on hand.

1963_session laws_161_2

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CHAPTER 160 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 20 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES SO AS TO RAISE THE WEIGHT LIMITS OF PROPERTY HAUL- ING VEHICLES WHOSE OPERATOR IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A CHAUFFEURS LICENSE FROM 20,000 POUNDS TO 26,000 POUNDS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

G. S. 20-6, as the same appears in the 1961 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1C of the General Statutes of North Carolina, is hereby amended by deleting the figures 20,000 from the fifth line of the paragraph defining, and commencing with, the word Chauffeur, and substituting in lieu thereof the figures 26,000.

1909_public laws_527_17

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CHAPTER 526 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONERS OF UNION COUNTY TO ISSUE BONDS TO BUILD, MACADAMIZE AND IMPROVE THE PUBLIC ROADS OF UNION COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That should the bonds hereinbefore provided for be voted, issued and sold, the chain gang for the county, as provided in section fifteen of this chapter, shall be under the supervision of the county commissioners of said county, but shall be subject to the same laws, rules and regulations as now govern the chain gang for Monroe Township. The property of the Monroe Township chain gang may be disposed of by the chain-gang commissioners, and the money received for the same and all other moneys belonging to the road fund of said township shall be used for the improvement of roads in said township.

1905_private laws_210_4

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CHAPTER 210 AN ACT TO RATIFY, CONFIRM AND AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE ASHEVILLE AUDITORIUM COMPANY. WHEREAS, the Asheville Auditorium Company has heretofore been duly incorporated and organized under the general laws of the State of North Carolina in force at the time, with the following articles of agreement, the names of the subscribers to its capital stock being omitted on account of their great number. to-wit: Private39 Articles of agreement entered into by and between the proposed incorporators, whose names are subscribed to these articles of agreement, for the purpose of the formation of a corporation pur- suant to the laws of North Carolina as contained in section six hundred and seventy-seven of The Code, and the amendments thereto, that is to say: That the subscribers to these articles of agreement have agreed and by these presents do agree to and with each other as follows, to-wit: T. That the name of the corporation shall be Asheville Audito- rium Company. TI. That the business proposed by said corporation is that of erecting, owning and operating for hire and profit, or otherwise, a public building or hall for the accommodation: of large assem- blages, commonly called an auditorium, in the city of Asheville, county of Buncombe and State of North Carolina, and to that end said corporation shall have the right, power and authority of acquiring, owning and holding, in fee or by less estate, all and any property, of whatsoever character, necessary or desirable for said purpose, to the extent allowed by the laws of North Carolina to corporations formed in like manner, with power to dispose of same. TIT. That the place of business of said corporation shall be in said city of Asheville, county of Buncombe and State of North Carolina. TV. That thirty years is the length of time desired for the dura- tion of said corporation. V. That the following-named persons, firms and corporations have subscribed to the stock of said corporation, viz.: Asheville Hardware Company, M. Alexander and others. VI. That the amount of the capital stock of said corporation shall be twenty-five thousand dollars, divided into twenty-five hun- dred shares of the par value of ten dollars each, with the privilege to said corporation of at any time increasing said capital stock up to one hundred thousand dollars by a vote of the majority of the shares outstanding at the time of such increase. VII. That the stockholders of said corporation shall not be individually liable for its debts, nor shall any stockholder be liable to any creditor of said corporation for more than the unpaid por- tion of his or her or its individual stock subscription. VIII. That the stock of said corporation shall be non-assess- able, nor shall any certificate of stock be issued until the par value thereof has been paid in full to the corporation. TX. Stockholders in said corporation shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock respectively held by them, upon which the installments upon the subscriptions have been paid as called for by the officers or authorized representatives of said corporation. X. That said corporation shall have the right and power of making such by-laws and regulations consistent with the laws of the State of North Carolina as to it shall seem proper, which by- laws or regulations may be amended, altered or added to at the pleasure of said corporation. XI. Said corporation shall be entitled to and enjoy all the rights, privileges and immunities granted to like corporations in the State of North Carolina. In witness whereof the said parties to this agreement have here- unto set their hands and seals, on this the twentieth day of Sep- tember, A. D. one thousand nine hundred. F (Signed) Jas. P. SAWYER, (Seal. ) GEO. S. POWELL, (Seal. ) W. T. WEAVER, (Seal. ) M. H. FLETCHER, (Seal. ) DuFF MERRICK, (Seal. ) CHAS. A. MOORE, (Seal. ) FW. W. W. GRAHAM, (Seal.) Hie 18 4M acorcan ry, (Seal. ) W. B. Gwyn. (Seal. ) Witness as to all of the above subscribers: LOLA K. TURNER. NoRTH CAROLINABuncombe Countyss: The execution of the foregoing and annexed articles of agree- ment for the formation of a corporation to be known as the Ashe- ville Auditorium Company was this day duly proven before me on the oath and examination of Lola K. Turner, the subscribing wit- ness thereto. Therefore, let the said foregoing articles of agreement for the formation of said corporation, together with this certificate, be recorded and a certified copy of the same sent to the Secretary of State in and for the State of North Carolina, that he may issue let- ters patent to said corporation. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my band and affixed ny official seal, on this the (Official Seal.) twentieth day of September, A. D. one thou- sand nine hundred. (Signed) Marcus Erwin, Clerk Superior Court Buncombe County. AND WHEREAS, said corporation has heretofore increased its capi- tal stock to thirty-five thousand dollars, as permitted so to do under its original articles of agreement aforesaid ; AND WHEREAS, said corporation later desired to issue fifteen thousand dollars of preferred stock, no provision for which is made in the said, original articles of agreement; and for the purpose of amending its articles of agreement, or certificate of incorporation, the board of directors of said company and the stockholders thereof, severally, duly and regularly adopted the following resolu- tions, the resolution of the directors having been passed at a regu- lar meeting held on the second day of November, one thousand nine hundred and three, and the resolution of the stockholders having been duly and regularly passed by a two-thirds majority in interest of the capital stock of the company then outstanding, at a meeting regularly called and held on December the first, one thousand nine hundred and three: RESOLUTION OF THE DIRECTORS. WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Asheville Auditorium Company, recognizing that it is the unmistakable sentiment of the stockholders of the company and the citizens of Asheville that the auditorium must be built as soon as possible, have heretofore, by a resolution duly passed at a called meeting of said board, held on the twenty-fourth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and three, decided that the auditorium shall be rebuilt; AND WHEREAS, it is the opinion of said board that from twelve to fifteen thousand dollars additional capital will be required to enable the company to so rebuild; AND WHEREAS, it is the further opinion of said board that such additional capital can be best raised by an issue and sale of pre- ferred stock, not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars in amount: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That it is the opinion of said board of directors, and they do hereby so declare, that it is advisable to amend the present certificate or articles of incorporation of said company so as to provide that the said Asheville Auditorium Company shall have the power and authority of increasing its capital stock at any time it may deem advisable to the amount of fifteen thousand dollars in excess of that now permitted, and of creating in addition to the common stock of the company at present provided for a class of stock to be known as preferred stock, not exceeding said sum of fifteen thousand dollars in amount, which shall have such voting strength and be entitled to such preferences in the payment of divi- dends and otherwise as the stockholders may determine. And a meeting of the stockholders of the company is hereby called, to be held at such time and place as the president of the company may designate, but not later than thirty days from this date, to take action on the subject-matter of this resolution. RESOLUTION OF THE STOCKHOLDERS. WHEREAS, the present certificate or articles of incorporation of the Asheville Auditorium Company provide, as set forth in article six thereof, that the capital stock of the corporation shall be twenty-five thousand dollars, divided into twenty-five hundred shares of the par value of ten dollars each, with the privilege of increasing the capital stock up to one hundred thousand dollars by a vote of the majority of the shares outstanding at the time of such increase; AND WHEREAS, the stockholders of the company have heretofore regularly authorized the increase of such capital stock to thirty- five thousand dollars: AND WHEREAS, the board of directors of the company have here- tofore. to-wit, by a resolution duly passed by said board at a meet- ing held on November the second, one thousand nine hundred and tnree, recommended that the capital stock of the company be in- creased fifteen thousand dollars more, and that the certificate or articles of incorporation of the company be amended so as to pro- vide for a class of stock, to be known as preferred stock, not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars in amount, to be issued in addition to the common stock of the company already provided for, as will more fully appear by reference to said resolution as the same is spread on the companys minutes: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, that the certificate or articles of incorporation of the Asheville Auditorium Company be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as followsthat is to say, article six of said certificate or articles of incorporation shall be stricken out and the following inserted and substituted in lieu thereof, to-wit: VI. That the amount of the capital stock of said corporation shall be fifty thousand dollars, divided into five thousand [shares], of the par value of ten dollars each, of which thirty-five hundred shares shall be common stock and fifteen hundred shares shall be pre- ferred stock, with the privilege to said corporation of at any time or times hereafter increasing the common stock of the company as much as fifty thousand dollars more, whenever a majority in interest of the stockholders shall determine that it is advisable to make such increase. That the preferred stock above provided for shall be entitled to such preferences in the payment of dividends and otherwise. shall have such voting strength, and shall be issued upon such conditions as the stockholders shallhereafter deter- mine. AND WHEREAS, the board of directors, by a resolution duly passed at a meeting held on the twentieth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and five, recommended that the issue of preferred stock provided for in the resolution above set forth be increased from fifteen thousand dollars to twenty thousand dollars, making the total capital stock fifty thousand dollars; AND WHEREAS, on account of the large number of stockholders of said corporation, it is extremely difficult to secure a stockholders meeting for the purpose of acting upon said last-mentioned resolu- tion of the directors, and for the same reason well-nigh impossible to secure the written assent of two-thirds in interest of the stock- holders authorizing an amendment to its articles of agreement or certificate of incorporation, so as to provide for said issue of pre- ferred stock, and its increase to twenty thousand dollars, and it is therefore necessary that such amendment providing for said issue of preferred stock and its increase to twenty thousand dollars to be authorized by a special act of the Legislature: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That said Asheville Auditorium Company be and the same is hereby relieved and exempted from the payment of all license taxes or charges levied or authorized to be levied by the State of North Carolina, the county of Buncombe and the city of Asheville against opera-houses or theaters, and all other special taxes, for and during the term of five years from and after the passage of this act.

1895_private laws_82_4

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CHAPTER 81 An act to incorporate the Bingham School. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

That the Governor shall be empowered to grant commissions by brevet in not exceeding the grade of captain to the three most distinguished students in military science graduated each year from Bingham School: Provided, that commissions by brevet given under this act shall carry with them no authority except under an assignment to duty by order of the governor of North Carolina.

1957_session laws_960_2

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CHAPTER 959 AN ACT TO EXTEND THE PLANNING AND ZONING POWERS OF THE TOWN OF SPENCER AND ITS GOVERNING BODY TO THE TERRITORY BEYOND AND SURROUNDING THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF SPENCER FOR A DISTANCE OF ONE MILE IN ALL DIRECTIONS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That for the purpose of promoting the orderly growth, expansion, and development of the Town of Spencer and the surrounding territory hereinafter defined, and for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the citizens of the Town of Spencer and of the territory and community beyond and surrounding the corporate limits of the said municipality, as hereinafter defined, the governing body of the Town of Spencer is hereby authorized and empowered, after first submitting the same to the zoning commission of said town for recommendation, to adopt such ordinances and regulations as may be considered necessary or expedient by the governing body of the Town of Spencer to regulate, control, and restrict the height, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of a lot that may be occupied, the size of yards, courts and other open spaces, the density of population, and the location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes, when specifically provided by the terms of any such ordinance, within the territory and community beyond and surrounding the corporate boundaries of the Town of Spencer, as now or hereafter fixed, for a distance of one mile of and beyond such corporate boundaries in all directions; and within the aforesaid territory, the governing body of the Town of Spencer is hereby authorized and empowered to 898 exercise any and all powers of planning and zoning conferred upon the Town of Spencer and vested in its governing body by the Charter of the Town of Spencer, or by the General Statutes of North Carolina, as amended from time to time, including the provisions of Article 14 of subchapter 1 of Chapter 160 of the General Statutes, or by any other statute applicable to the Town of Spencer, to the same extent and according to the same methods of procedure as applicable to planning or zoning, or both, within the corporate limits of the Town of Spencer. Provided, that the jurisdiction and authority herein granted to the governing body of the Town of Spencer shall not be exercised. within the corporate limits of the contiguous City of Salisbury and Town of East Spencer, nor within any part of that territory adjacent to the corporate limits of the City of Salisbury lying southwest of the prolongation of the existing corporate limits of said city North twenty-three degrees, twenty-nine minutes, and forty-two seconds West from a point in the center line of Seventeenth Street, between Spencer and Hudson Avenues.

1925_public laws_262_9

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CHAPTER 261 AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PROFESSION OF PUBLIC AC- COUNTING IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND TO PRESCRIBE ITS PRACTICE SO AS TO AFFORD PRO- TECTION TO THE PUBLIC; AND TO REPEAL CHAPTER 157 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA, SES- SION OF 1913, ENTITLED AN ACT TO CREATE A STATE BOARD OF ACCOUNTING AND PRESCRIBE ITS DUTIES AND POWERS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXAMINATION AND ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES TO QUALIFIED AP- PLICANTS, WITH DESIGNATION OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, AND TO PROVIDE THE GRADE OF PEN- ALTY FOR VIOLATION OF THE FROVISIONS HEREOF. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation, not having qualified under this act, to assume or use the style of title of public accountant, or other means of identification to indicate that such person, firm, copartnership, or association or corporation is engaged in the practice of public accounting in the State of North Carolina: Provided, however, that the inhibitions of this section shall not be construed to apply to any person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation who at the time of the passage of this act was engaged in the practice of public accounting and maintaining an office as a public accountant in the State of North Carolina.

1941_public local laws_362_4

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CHAPTER 361 AN ACT TO CREATE THE OFFICE OF TAX COLLECTOR FOR THE COUNTY OF ASHE AND TO REGULATE SALARIES AND/OR FEES OF THE SHERIFF AND OTHER OFFICERS OF SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the board of said commissioners shall require of such tax collector and/or tax collectors bonds conditioned as now required by law of the sheriff in his capacity as tax collector, said bonds to be executed by some reputable and solvent surety company, to be approved by said board, and the premium therefor to be paid by the county or by said tax collector in the discretion of said board.

1957_session laws_1369_2

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CHAPTER 1368 AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 20-140 AND 20-140.1 OF THE GEN- ERAL STATUTES RELATING TO THE PENALTY FOR RECKLESS DRIVING. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That G. S. 20-140 be and the same is hereby amended by striking out at the end thereof the words and figures as provided in 20-180 and substituting therefor the words by imprisonment not to exceed six months or by a fine, not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by both such imprisonment and fine, in the discretion of the court.

1883_public laws_94_2

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CHAPTER 93 An act making indictable the felling of trees in Muddy Fork ere k. Cleveland county, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

That it shall be unlawful for any pegson to fell or cause to fall any tree into Muddy Fork creek, in Cleveland county.

1907_private laws_485_12

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CHAPTER 482 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CARTHAGE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That if any person who shall be elected mayor shall refuse to be qualified, or there is any vacancy in the office after election and qualification by reason of resignation or otherwise, or if the mayor be temporarily absent from the town, or be unable to discharge the duties of his office from sickness or otherwise, the commissioners shall choose one of their number to act as mayor pro tempore, or to fill the unexpired term; and likewise in case of commissioner refusing to qualify, or in case of resignation or inability to act, the remaining commissioners shall elect some suitable person within the limits of said town to fill the vacancy.

1938 extra_public laws_2_9

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CHAPTER 1 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS AND NOTES OF THE STATE FOR PERMANENT IMPROVE- MENTS OF STATE INSTITUTIONS, DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE STATE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the Governor, with the advice of the Council of State, is hereby authorized and empowered to reallocate the sums appropriated in the foregoing section of this Act, and to provide that the same may be used and employed by the several institutions, departments and agencies of the State for purposes other than those defined and described in this Act, if such purposes are approved by the Governor, provided, it shall be found by reason of additional grants in aid made available through applications to any agency or agencies of the United States of America, or by funds otherwise provided, or by savings made, funds may be provided to complete the specific projects out of the appropriations mentioned in this Act and without requiring the full use of the funds herein provided for such purposes: Provided, further, that no expenditures by or for the State shall be approved or authorized by the Governor which shall be in excess of the total amounts provided in this Act for the respective institutions, departments and agencies as herein mentioned.

1917_public laws_65_3

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CHAPTER 64 AN ACT TO ALLOW COUNTY TOWNSHIPS TO VOTE RAILROAD AID BONDS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The board of commissioners of any county proposing to take stock, for the use and benefit of any railroad company, as mentioned in section one of this act, shall meet and agree upon the amount to be subscribed for such township or townships, and if a majority of the board shall vote for the proposition, this shall be entered of record, which shall show the amount proposed to be subscribed, and for what township or townships, to what company, and whether in bonds, money, or other property, and thereupon the board shall order an election, to be held upon a notice of not less than thirty days, in each and every township for whose use and benefit such subscription is made, for the purpose of voting for or against the proposition to subscribe the amount agreed on by the board of commis sioners. And if a majority of the qualified voters of the township or townships for whose use and benefit such subscription is made shall vote in favor of the proposition, the board of county commissioners through their chairman shall have power to subscribe the amount of stock proposed by them, for the use and benefit of such township or townships, as was originally made and submitted to the voters of said township or townships, subject to all the rules, regulations, and restrictions of other stockholders in such railroad company: Provided, that the township or townships, in the manner aforesaid, shall subscribe from time to time such amounts, either in bonds or money, as they may think proper.

1915_public local laws_211_2

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CHAPTER 210 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 196, PUBLIC LAWS OF 1913, BEING AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE DIVISION OF THE STATE INTO JUDICIAL DISTRICTS, AND FOR HOLD- ING THH COURTS THEREIN, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF TERMS OF SUPERIOR COURT IN LINCOLN COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That section one of chapter one hundred and ninetySix, Public Laws of one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, is hereby amended by striking out paragraph nine on page three hun- \dred and thirty, beginning with the word Lincoln in line forty on said page and ending with the word September in line fortythree, and substituting for said paragraph the following: Lincoln County.Fifth Monday before the first Monday in March; seventh Monday before the first Monday in September; sixth Monday after the first Monday in September, this term to continue for two weeks, the second week for the trial of civil cases exclusively.

1901_private laws_345_2

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CHAPTER 344 AN ACT TO ALLOW THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE TOWN OF ALBEMARLE TO ISSUE BONDS, AND TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF SAID TOWN. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the Board of Commissioners for the town of Albemarle, in Stanly County, are hereby authorized and empowered to cause an election to be hela at the various polling places in said town at any time and as many times as said Commissioners may appoint, and to submit to the qualified voters of said town the question of issuing bonds not to exceed in amount the sum of twenty thousand dollars, for the purposes and under the provisions hereinafter named in this act, and levying and collecting annually a special tax to provide for the payment of the interest thereon, and to provide a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of said bonds when they shall become due. And said election or elections shall be advertised by the Commissioners of said town for thirty days prior to the day of election in some newspaper published in said town, and shall be held under the same rules and regulations as is prescribed by law for the election of Mayor and Commissioners of said town. And said Commissioners shall specify in each advertisement for election on the issuing of bonds under this act the amount of bonds to be yeted for at such election, and the purpose for which they are to be issued; and those who are in favor of issuing the amount of bonds specified in any advertisement calling an election for said purpose, and levying and collecting said special tax, shall vote a written or printed ticket with the words For Bonds uhereon, and those who oppose shall vote a written or printed licket with the words Against Bonds thereon.

1913_private laws_109_18

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CHAPTER 108 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF GRAHAM TO ISSUE BONDS FOR PAVING STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the board of town commissioners of the town of. Graham shall tax one-third of the cost of paving and curbing all such streets as shall be paved and curbed, making a finished street from curb to curb, against the property-owners on both sides of such streets, that is to say, the town paying two-thirds and the property-owners owning lots on each side of such street one-sixth of the entire cost of any given street that is curbed and paved from curb to curb: Provided, that the cost of paving the tracks between the rails and to a width of one foot on each side thereof. of any street car or railway company laid in any of said streets shall be paid by such company, and shall be excluded in making said estimates, and the paving and curbing of such streets shall be considered as finished for the purpose of this assessment, without the completion of such work as the street car company or railway company is bound and obligated to do; and the said board of town commissioners shall tax one-fourth of the entire cost of building such streets or roadways of any approved material as shall be built within said town which is not curbed and paved from curb to curb against the property-owners on both sides of such streets or roadways, that is to say, the said town shall pay threefourths of such cost and the property-owners owning lots or land on each side of such streets or roadways one-eighth of the entire cost of any given street or roadway that is built and not curbed and paved from curb to curb. The said taxes or assessments on abutting property as above provided for to be based on the frontage of such property upon the street improved in any given case, and to be a direct charge in favor of the town against such lots or tracts of land, and the owners of such lots or tracts of land shall pay to said town the said tax or assessment in ten annual installments, one installment thereof each year, the amount of money so advanced by the town of Graham, said annual installment to be placed upon the tax books as taxes upon said property and to be collected as other taxes are under the law. Upon the collection by the tax collector of said installments, he shall pay the same to the town treasurer, who shall keep a separate account of the said fund: Provided, that the board of commissioners of the town of Graham may use the said installment fund for the purpose of paving or otherwise permanently improving the streets and sidewalks of the said town, assessing and collecting from abutting property-owners their pro rata share of the cost of such work as provided for in the streets and sidewalks built by the street commission. The said taxes and assessments against abutting property shall be levied by the board of commissioners of the town of Graham at the first regular meeting of said board for levying municipal taxes for general purposes after the said street work shall have been completed, and the entire cost of any given street whereon assessments are made and prorated against abutting property shall be reckoned from the report of the street commission on the cost of said street. The said board of town commissioners shall cause to be made and filed upon its records a complete statement for each street that shall have been paved, showing the frontage of each lot in feet, the owners thereof, and the amount assessed thereon. The said taxes or assessments prorated against the abutting property on streets improved is hereby declared a benefit to the property affected thereby, and is assessed against the same as such benefit, and upon the amount to be assessed against the property affected being determined by the board of Commissioners, Such assessment for benefits shall be in effect a judgment against the property so assessed: Provided, however, that upon the payment during any tax year of one-tenth of the amount of such assessment the person whose property is so assessed shall have until the next tax year within which to pay another one-tenth, and so on until the assessment is paid, the time not to exceed ten years from the expiration of the current tax year after the assessment is made; but if one-tenth of the assessment shall not be paid during any year, then the tax collector of the town of Graham shall advertise the property assessed on which said assessment has not been paid as above provided, for sale at the time of making his sale for taxes, and shall sell the same, and shall make title as provided by law for tax sales: Provided further, that property-owners affected thereby shall have the right to appeal, after the notice of the assessment, directly to the next civil term of the Superior Court of Alamance County, from the amount assessed against any property, for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the property affected by said assessment has been assessed for more than its pro rata share of the actual cost of such paving: Provided, that all nontaxable abutting property upon streets and sidewalks that are improved shall be exempt from this assessment.

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CHAPTER 129 An act to dispose of the unclaimed dead bodies of convicts. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: '

That for the purpose of aiding and promoting the study of anatomy in this state the board of directors of the penitentiary are hereby directed to turn over to the state medical school estab- lished at the University. or any other medical institution or college in this state, under such rules as they may prescribe, the dead bodies of all convicts, except such as shall die of small-pox or scarlet fever or any other contagious disease, and which are unclaimed by relatives after due notice.

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CHAPTER 358 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCA- TION OF WILKES COUNTY TO PAY J. J. HENDREN, A PUBLIC-SCHOOL TEACHER, AN UNPAID BALANCE OF SALARY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the County Board of Education of Wilkes County be and is hereby authorized and empowered to pay to J. J. Hendren, for services as teacher in District Number Three, in Brushy Mountain Township, Wilkes County, for the year one thousand nine hundred and five, the sum-of seven dollars, the same being for a balance due under contract, and not paid for lack of funds; the contract, as appearing from the certificate of the county superintendent and the county board of education, filed herewith,.being in due form, and the mistake as to the funds being unavoidable on the part of the teacher and the school committee ; the said sum of seven dollars to be paid by the county treasurer, upon order of the county board of education, out of the school funds apportioned to said district for the year ending June thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and nine, or out of any other county school funds under the control of the county board of edueation for that year.

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CHAPTER 918 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC LAW LIBRARY FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS, COURTS AND OTHERS IN CRAVEN COUNTY. WHEREAS, the establishment and maintenance of a law library for the use of the public and the officials of Craven County, the City of New Bern, judges, solicitors and other officers of the courts of said county is necessary and essential and in the interests of the most efficient adminis- tration of justice in the courts; and WHEREAS, it is desired to provide for the proper books, furnishings, supplies, equipment, furniture and records necessary for the establishment and maintenance of said library: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

It shall also be the duty of the Clerk of the Recorders Court of Craven County and the Clerk of the Municipal Recorders Court of the City of New Bern after the effective date of this Act to collect in each and every case finally disposed of in his court, except in cases in which Craven County or the City of New Bern is adjudged to pay all costs, the sum of one dollar ($1.00), which amount shall be immediately paid over to the Clerk of the Superior Court of Craven County to supplement the aforesaid Law Library Fund, which shall be deposited as herein provided, and which shall be expended in the way and manner provided in this Act.

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CHAPTER 441 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A BOND ISSUE FOR THE PUB- LIC ROADS OF JOHNSTON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The said bonds and coupons shall be exempt from all county or municipal taxation, and the interest thereon shall not be subject to taxation as for income, nor shall said bonds or. coupons be subject to taxation when constituting a part of the surplus of any bank, trust company, or other corporation.

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CHAPTER 378 AN ACT TO PROVIDE A UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR RE- CORDING MAPS AND PLATS IN IREDELL COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the board of commissioners of Iredell County be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to have prepared for use in the office of the register of deeds of said county, books on which all maps or plats of land or sub-divisions of land shall be recorded, as hereinafter provided, which books shall be designated as Plat Books, and numbered, and shall be bound in a substantial manner, and the leaves or sheets thereof shall be approximately eighteen inches by twenty inches and shall be made of tracing or linen cloth, suitable for tracing or making of such maps or plats, and that the same shall be as compact and convenient for use as possible,

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CHAPTER 139 AN ACT FOR THE BETTER PROTECTION OF PORTIONS OF ROWAN COUNTY WHERE THE 8TOCK LAW NOW PREVAILS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

That this act shall apply immediately to the following portions of Rowan county, viz: To the townships of Atwell, Mt. Ulla Locke and Franklin, to that portion of Scotch-Irish township, included within the limits of the boundaries which are defined in section two of said chapter one hundred and thirty-five of the public laws of the year one thousand eight hundred and seyenty-nine, to that portion of Salisbury township bounded on the north by Grants creek, on the south by the North Carolina Railroad, on the east by the Yadkin river, and on the west by the Salisbury town line and the Western North Carolina Railroad ; and to all those portions of said county where a stock law prevails, pursuant to section sixteen of the said chapter one hundred and thirty-five of the public laws of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. This act shall also apply to all those portions of said county where a stock law now prevails or shall hereafter prevail in pursuance of said chapter one hundred and thirty-five as aforesaid.

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CHAPTER 424 AN ACT TO AMEND AND CONSOLIDATE THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That they may establish all public buildings necessary and proper for the town, and prevent the erection or establishment of wooden buildings in any part of the town where they may increase the danger of fire.

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CHAPTER Q2. An act to amend an act entitled An act to incorporate the East Carolina Land and Railway Company, being chapter 198 of the laws of 1887 The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That for the purpose of aiding in the construction and equipment of the said railroad, it shall be lawful for the said East Carolina Land and Railway Company to issue its coupon bonds in such denominations and running for such time, not exceeding thirty years, and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and payable at such times and places as its board of directors may direct, to be sold or hypothecated by the directors of the said company, and to secure the payment of the same the said East Carolina Land and Railway Company may execute a mortgage to such person or persons as their board of directors may select on its entire property, road-bed, stock and franchise, or, in case the road be divided and built in sections, which the said company is hereby authorized to do if they should so decide, such mortgage may be placed upon such separate sections in such manner as the company may direct: Provided, the said mortgage bonds shall not exceed the sum of twelve thousand dollars per mile, and the same shall be first mortgage bonds. 5

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CHAPTER 796 AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 4 OF CHAPTER 119 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES, REPLACEMENT VOLUME OF 1958, RELATING TO SAFETY REGULATIONS IN THE DESIGN, LOCATION, INSTALLA- TION AND OPERATION OF EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES FOR STORING, HANDLING, AND TRANSPORTING AND UTILIZING LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS FOR FUEL OR HEATING PUR- POSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

G. S. 119-53, Replacement Volume of 1958, is hereby rewritten so that the same shall hereafter read as follows: Sec. 119-53. Unlawful Acts. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to handle, store or distribute liquefied petroleum gas contrary to and in violation of the safety code adopted by reference in this Article or any amendments, additions or revisions of such safety code that may: be adopted by the North Carolina State Board of Agriculture, as provided in this Article.

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CHAPTER 199 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A COUNTY BUILDING AND COURTHOUSE FOR THE COUNTY OF GUILFORD. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the balance of the money arising from the sale of said bonds shall be expended by the board of county comumissioners in employing a competent architect to make plans and specifications for said county building and in building, constructing, equipping, furnishing, and completing for occupancy said building.

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CHAPTER 320 AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE ADULTERATION AND MIS- BRANDING OF FOODS, DRUGS, COSMETICS AND DE- VICES; TO PROHIBIT FALSE ADVERTISEMENT OF THE SAME, AND TO RENDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE STATE LAW AND THE ENFORCEMENT AND AD- MINISTRATION OF THE SAME UNIFORM WITH FED- ERAL LEGISLATION, ENFORCEMENT AND ADMIN- ISTRATION ON THE SUBJECT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That this Act may be cited as the North Carolina Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

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CHAPTER 232 An act to incorporate the Credit Foncier Company of Lenoir, North Carolina. 4 The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact -

Its principal business shall be the manufacture, buying and selling lumber, shingles, laths and any species of wood in the rough; the manufacture and sale of any and every article of merchandise, made of wood, stone, earth, animal or vegetable matter or metal, or a combination of any two or more such substances; the growing, buying and selling of every species of fatm products, and the manufacture of the&ame into any merchantable shape. It may loan money on real estate mortgages, on chattel mortgages, and on personal security, subject to the laws of North Carolina regarding interest and foreclosures, It may establish a savings bank for the use of its employees and such other persons as may choose to deposit with it. It may buy and sell real estate, and all deeds made to itas * Credit Foncier shall be good and valid, and all deeds signed for it in disposing of real estate shall be good and valid if signed with the corporate name and seal of Credit Foncier and acknowledged by the general . manager. It may purchase land and construct a boom at or above Catawba station, adjacent to the counties of Catawba and Iredell, and may charge toll on all logs caught in said boom, said toll not to exceed two dollars per thousand feet. It may float logs on the Catawba river and on all its tributaries that are by the laws of North Carolina open to the public for such purposes, and it may acquire by purchase, lease or gift the right to plant on any of said tributaries that are not so open, and when it shall have acquired such a right on any stream not open to the public it shall have the exclusive right to float over that stream. It shall have the right to construct tramways or railways from Lenoir through the Yadkin valley to Wilkesboro, North Carolina; from Lenoir to Linville and Cranberry, North Carolina; from Lenoir to Taylorsville, North Carolina, and from Lenoir to Morganton, North Carolina, under the laws of North Carolina now in force in such cases made and provided us regards rightsof-way and damages. It may remove the tracks of such of their tramways and railways as are not used for general freight traffic.

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CHAPTER 558 AN ACT TO EQUALIZE THE FEES OF THE CLERK OF THE COURT, REGISTER OF DEEDS, SHERIFFS AND TAX COL- LECTORS OF HERTFORD COUNTY.. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That all laws and clauses of laws in so far as they are inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

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CHAPTER 114 An act to incorporate the Lightwood Creek Canal Company. the General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

That the board of directors of the said company shall issue notice to all parties whose lands the said canal shall pass through or cross over that the commissioners hereinafter appointed will proceed to lay off and condemn a right of way for said land, and to assess the value of the lands so condemned, and said notice shall state a day certain when the said commissioners will meet and enter upon the duties prescribed to them in condemning and assessing said Jands and the place of meeting: Provided, that if the said commissioners shall be unable to condemn and asstss the value of such lands in one day, they shall continue from day to day until they have completed the duties of condemning the lands and assessing the value of the same: And provided further, that the notice required to be given by this section shall not be less than thirty days.

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CHAPTER 131 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Upon certification to the Board of County Commissioners, or in case the territory in which the vote is to be taken lies entirely within a city or town, upon certification to the governing body of such city or town such board or body shall call and hold an election for voting a local tax to supplement the funds provided for the maintenance of the minimum school term under the constitution, at which election there shall be submitted to the voters of the entire new district the question of whether a maximum rate of tax, which shall not exceed fifty cents (50) on the one hundred dollars of assessed valuation, shall annually be levied upon the entire district: Provided, however, that in lieu of submitting such question to the voters of the entire new district at one election, there may be submitted to the voters of any component district or districts or component part or parts of a district separately or in combination the question of whether there shall be levied annually upon such district, districts, part or parts, a maximum rate of tax at the same rate, not exceeding fifty cents (50) on the one hundred dollars of assessed valuation, which was theretofore voted by any other component district or districts component part or parts of the new district.

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CHAPTER 52 An act to amend the charter of the town of Salisbury. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

That subsection three -3 of section fourteen (14), chapter thirty-four of the private laws of eighteen hundred and eightyfive be and the same is hereby stricken out and the following substituted therefor, to-wit: The privilege tax on licensed retailers of spirituous or malt liquors shall be five hundred dollars per annum.

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CHAPTER 646 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A COURT STENOGRAPHER FOR GUILFORD COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

No person shall be appointed to the position of official stenographer without being first examined as to his or her competency by three members of the bar practicing in said court, said members to be selected by the chairman of the board of county commissioners, and if found competent shall report that fact to the said board.

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CHAPTER 1 AN ACT TO VALIDATE ANY SUPPOSED ERROR OF OMISSION OR COMMISSION IN THE ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW BERN SEPTEMBER 8D, 1910, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF NEW BERN TO ISSUE FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OF BONDS TO MEET EXPENSES OF STREET PAVING AS SPECIFIED IN THE CALL FOR SAID ELECTION. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The board of aldermen of the city of New Bern are hereby authorized and empowered to issue fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars, five per cent coupon bonds, payable thirty -30 years after date of issue, to be expended in street paving as provided for in the election held in New Bern on September 3d, 1910

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CHAPTER 186 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 856 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1951, EXTENDING THE TIME FOR MAKING THE QUADRENNIAL REVALUATION AND REASSESSMENT OF REAL PROPERTY IN ROWAN COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1 of Chapter 856 of the Session Laws of 1951 is hereby amended by rewriting Section 1 thereof to read as follows: Section 1 The Board of Commissioners of Rowan County is authorized in its discretion, to postpone until the year 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, or 1956 the quadrennial revaluation and reassessment of real property as required by G. S. 105-278.

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CHAPTER 254 AN ACT TO CREATE THE OFFICE OF TAX COLLECTOR OF WATAUGA COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Beginning July 1, 1933, the sheriff of Watauga County shall receive a salary of seventy-five dollars per month payable monthly out of the general fund of the county.

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CHAPTER 61 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED SIX- TEEN, PUBLIC LAWS OF ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE, RELATING TO THE GENERAL COUNTY COURT IN WILSON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That chapter two hundred sixteen, Public Laws of one thousand nine hundred twenty-three, be amended as follows: (a) Summons in civil actions shall issue out of the General County Court and be returnable thereto, as summons is issued out of and returnable to the Superior Court. (b) If the amount in controversy exceeds the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00), summons may issue out of the General County Court to any County in the State under the seal of the said Court. (c) Complaints shall be filed as is provided for the filing of the complaints in the Superior Court; answers shall be filed as is provided in the filing of answers in the Superior Court; provided, the judge shall not extend the time in which to answer, except upon an affidavit from the defendant or defendants showing good cause and such time shall not exceed twenty days from the time allowed by law, and only one extension shall be granted. (d) If a demurrer shall be filed to the complaint or to the answer or to any other pleadings, the same shall be heard and determined by the judge within ten days from the filing thereof. If the demurrer is overruled, the party demurring shall have thirty days thereafter within which to plead to the pleadings to which the demurrer was filed. (e) The judge shall of his own motion and as a matter of course enter judgment by default, final or inquiry, as may be proper, upon the expiration of the time within which to answer, demur, or otherwise plead if no demurrer, answer or other pleading has been filed. _(f) Either party shall be entitled to a trial by jury in civil cases upon demand made in his pleadings. If the plaintiff fails to demand a trial by jury in the complaint, it shall be deemed a waiver by the plaintiff of the right of trial by jury. If the defendant fails to demand a trial by jury in his answer, the defendant shall be deemed to have waived his right of trial by jury. If either party demands a trial by jury, it shall not be necessary for the other party to make demand, and failure to make a demand in such case shall not be deemed a waiver by said party, and the other party cannot thereafter waive the right of trial by jury without the consent of the adversary party. If neither party demands a trial by jury, or if trial by jury is waived by both parties, the judge shall hear the case, find the facts and render the judgment thereon. (g) Civil actions shall stand for trial at the second term next succeeding the filing of the answer, and shall be tried during that term unless good and sufficient cause shall be shown by affidavit for a continuance. The judge shall at such term call the cases for trial in their order and if the plaintiff is not ready for trial in the absence of good cause shown by affidavit, the action shall be dismissed as of nonsuit, according to the course and practice of the Superior Court. (h) The General County Court shall have jurisdiction to try actions for divorces, according to the course and practice of the Superior Court in such actions. (i) The judge of the Court shall appoint a Court Reporter who shall be a competent stenographer, said appointment may be made for a term or may be made from Court to Court. In all civil actions the Clerk shall require of the plaintiff a deposit of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50), which he shall hold as a fund with which to pay the Reporters compensation. In the event the plaintiff in a civil action shall recover judgment, the sum of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) required to be deposited shall be taxed against the defendant as part of the cost for the use of the plaintiff. The Court shall fix the compensation of the Reporter and at the end of each term shall issue an order on the Clerk for the payment of such compensation from the funds in the hands of the Clerk hereinafter provided for. The Judge, in the exercise of his discretion and upon consideration of the pleadings and the evidence may require an additional deposit, one-half to be paid by each party, for the compensation of the Reporter, which additional deposit shall be paid to the Clerk in the same manner as herein provided and shall be taxed as cost against the party against whom the cost is cast. In the event of an appeal to the Superior Court, the Reporter shall make and file a transcript in triplicate of said proceedings of the General County Court, which shall be filed with the record and for such services shall receive no compensation. The plaintiff or plaintiffs and defendant or defendants shall each be entitled to the use of one copy of such transcript and the other copy shall be for the use of the Superior Court. In each and every criminal action in the General County Court in which by the judgment of the Court the defendant shall be required, upon his conviction, to pay the cost of the Court, there shall be taxed against each of such defendants, as a part of the cost of the case, two dollars ($2.00), which sum shall be collected by the Clerk and held by him as a part of the fund from which the compensation of the Reporter is to be paid. (j) The Judge of the General County Court shall not practice in any of the courts of this State.

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CHAPTER 126 AN ACT TO EXTEND THE TERM OF OFFICE OF THE JUDGE OF THE RECORDERS COURT OF CURRITUCK COUNTY AND TO REENACT CHAPTER FOUR HUN- DRED TWELVE OF THE PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN RELATING TO HIS SALARY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the Judge of the Recorders Court of Currituck County now holding that office shall serve in that capacity until the first Monday in December, one thousand nine hundred forty-two, or until his successor is elected and qualified.

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CHAPTER 768 AN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 162-6, RELATING TO THE FEES OF THE SHERIFF OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

When a fee to be charged for a service rendered by the Sheriff of Cumberland County is not set forth or fixed herein, such fees shall be charged as is now provided by law.

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CHAPTER 358 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER THREE HUNDRED FORTY- TWO OF PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE RELATING TO THE COST IN CRIMINAL ACTION IN THE COURTS OF THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN RICHMOND COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That Chapter three hundred and forty-two of Public-Local Laws of one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three be and the same is hereby amended as follows: Strike out the proviso in subsection A of Section two and insert in lieu thereof the following: Provided that the County shall not be liable for or pay to any Justice of the Peace or Mayor a sum in excess of five dollars per month for cases in which he has final jurisdiction, provided further, that the County shall not be liable for or pay to any lawful officer any sum in excess of fifteen dollars per month for cases in which sch officer was the actual arresting officer.

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CHAPTER XLIT. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOMOLTA IRON COMPANY.

The principal office of said company shall be in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, but the holders of three-fourths of the stock agreeing in writing, may change it to any other city.

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CHAPTER 160 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF YANCHY COUNTY TO REFUND TO N. W. HORTON, EX- TREASURER OF SAID COUNTY, FORTY DOLLARS OUT OF THE GENERAL SCHOOL FUND OF SAID COUNTY FOR MONEY OVERPAID IN EXCESS OF THE SCHOOL FUND IN 1899 The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the County Board of Education of Yancey County be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to refund to N. W. Horton, ex-treasurer of said county, forty dollars for the amount paid by said Horton in one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine to the public schools in said county in excess of the public school funds allotted to the public schools in said county.

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CHAPTER 549 AN ACT RELATING TO COUNTY OFFICIALS IN THE COUNTY OF CARTERET. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

From and after July 1, 1963, it shall not be lawful for any person holding county office in Carteret County, whether by election or appointment, to occupy or hold any other position of trust and responsibility, under the county government of the said county, whether or not for pay or profit, except as it now is or hereafter may be expressly authorized by 646 Statute or enactment of the General Assembly of the State, and the commissioners of said county shall have no authority so to appoint.

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CHAPTER 185 AN ACT FIXING THE COMPENSATION OF JURORS IN CALDWELL COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Each juror in the Superior Court in Caldwell County shall be paid seven dollars ($7.00) per day and reimbursement for travel expense at the rate currently authorized for State employees, for each mile necessarily traveled from his place of residence to the court and return, each day.

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CHAPTER LXXXII. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BRUAS- WICK COUNTY TO ISSUER BONDS.

The coupons calling for the interest upon said bonds each year shall be received by the sheriff in payment of county taxes.

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CHAPTER 292 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE FORSYTH COUNTY TO ISSUE BONDS, AND TO VALIDATE CERTAIN DEBT OF SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

In each year while any of such bonds shall be outstanding, said board shall levy and collect a tax upon all taxable property within said county sufficient for the payment of the interest and principal of such bonds as the same fall due.

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CHAPTER 101 AN ACT TO FIX THE FEES TO BE COLLECTED BY THE CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That this act shall be construed as supplementary to other laws, and the Clerk of the Superior Court shall collect all such fees that are not specifically set forth herein which may be prescribed by any other law or clause of law.

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CHAPTER 109 AN ACT TO AUTORIZE THE COMMISSIONERS OF YADKIN COUNTY TO ISSUE BONDS FOR ROAD PURPOSES, AND TO CREATE AND ESTABLISH A ROAD COMMISSION. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That it shall be the duty of the board of commissioners of Yadkin County to annually invest any and all moneys arising from said special tax for sinking fund in the purchase of said bonds, if the same can be bought at a price advantageous to the county, and if not, then to invest said funds upon approved security and upon terms advantageous to the county. Said funds to be invested in Yadkin County if satisfactory and safe investment can be had.

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CHAPTER 392 AN ACT TO MERGE AND CONSOLIDATE RUNNYMEDE HOSIERY MILLS AND THE RUNNYMEDE LAND COM- PANY, TWO CORPORATIONS OF THE COUNTY OF EDGR- COMBE, INTO ONE CORPORATION. Whereas, on the seventeenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred, there was duly incorporated by the Clerk of the Supe- rior Court of Edgecombe County, under and by virtue of the laws of North Carolina, the Tarboro Knitting Mills, with the right from time to time to increase its capital stock to one hundred thousand dollars; which said corporation by due process of law changed its corporate name from Tarboro Knitting. Mills to Run- nymede Hosiery Mills on the twenty-ninth day of December, one thousand nine hundred; and whereas, there was duly incorporated by the said Clerk of the Superior Court of Edgecombe County by the corporate name of Runnymede Land Company, on the thirty- first day of July, one thousand nine hundred, another corporation with the power to increase its capital to one hundred thousand dollars; and whereas, both of said corporations were duly organ- ized under their respective charters. and are now doing business at Runnymede, in Edgecombe County, as such corporations, and have acquired property and franchises worth one hundred and twenty thousand dollars, of which the sum of eighty thousand dollars is the value of the property and franchises of Runnymede Hosiery Mills, and the sum of forty thousand dollars is the value of the property and franchises of Runnymede Land Company; and whereas, by a unanimous vote of all the stockholders of each of said corporations it has been desired that the said two corpo- rations be merged into one corporation, to be known and exist under the corporate name of Runnymede Mills, Incorporated, with a paid-up capital of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars, divided into twelve hundred -1,200 shares of the par value of one hundred dollars each, four hundred -400 shares to be issued to the stockholders of Runnymede Land Company in proportion to the interest each now has in said corporation and eight hun- dred (S800) shares to be issued to the present stockholders of Runnymede Hosiery Mills, in proportion to the interest each now has in the corporation. That all the property of every kind be- longing to Runnymede Land Company and Runnymede Hosiery Mills shall be duly conveyed to the said Runnymede Mills, Incor- porated, and all franchises and choses in action of Runnymede Land Company and Runnymede Hosiery Mills are to vest in and be the property of the Runnymede Mills, Incorporated, and Run- nymede Mills, Incorporated, is to assume and pay off all debts of the Runnymede Land Company and Runnymede Hosiery Mills, and have all the rights and appurtenances granted both corpo- rations in their said charters: therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The corporate name of the new corporation shall be Runnymede Mills, Incorporated, and its principal place of business shall be Runnymede, near the town of Tarboro in the county of Edgecombe, State of North Carolina; under the corporate name of Runnymede Mills, Incorporated, it shall have all the rights and privileges and appurtenances and shall be subject to all burdens and liabilities heretofore belonging to and resting upon the two corporations, before this known as the Runnymede Hosiery Mills and Runnymede Land Company, to-wit: (a) It shall have the power to sue and be sued in all the courts of this State, State and Federal; (b) It shall be liable for all debts now owing by the Runnymede Hosiery Mills and Runnymede Land Company, and entitled to collect, receipt in discharge of, sue for and recover judgment for debts and claims, choses in action, due or to become due Runnymede Hosiery Mills and Runnymede Land Company ; (c) It shall have the power to engage in the manufacturing of hosiery, underwear and all products usually manufactured from cotton, to buy, sell and rent real estate, own and operate dye plants, and all other things thereto appertaining or appurtenant; to erect tenant houses and rent out the same, to hold, own, transfer, lense and let out again both real and personal property, to build, equip and operate factory plants of any kind, to build, maintain and operate a store or stores of general merchandise: to develop in such manner as shall seem best all realty owned or controlled by it; to borrow money from time to time, issuing bonds secured by mortgage upon the property therefor; to invest the czpital paid in and all moneys accumulated in such manner as it shall deem prudent, and may buy real or personal estate, bonds, mortgages and stock securities and have power to resell and convey the same and to do generally all acts and things necessary and proper to be done in the judgment of its officers charged therewith, to expedite and successfully conduct the various businesses of said corporation.

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CHAPTER 234 AN ACT TO PROVIDE A BETTER SYSTEM FOR WORKING AND MAINTAINING THE PUBLIC ROADS IN SWAIN COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That any road trustee, supervisor, or secretary-treasurer of board of road trustees who shall neglect or refuse to perform any of the duties herein required shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined or imprisoned, in the discretion of the court, and it shall be the duty of the solicitor of the Sixteenth Judicial District to prosecute all offenses against this act.

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CHAPTER 601 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF CABARRUS TO SELL THE HOME FOR THE AGED AND. INFIRM. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That in case of the sale of said property the board of commissioners of Cabarrus County is authorized to purchase another tract of land at any place in said county selected by said board, to be used as a home for the aged and infirm, or in case of the sale of only a part of said land, the proceeds derived from said sale shall be used for the improvement of the present home for the aged and infirm.

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CHAPTER 876 AN ACT TO PROMOTE PUBLIC HEALTH BY THE REGU- LATION OF BURIALS IN WILSON TOWNSHIP, WIL- SON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The Health Officer of Wilson County shall not withhold such permit if it be shown to his satisfaction that such burial will be conducted in a proper manner and in a place not injurious to the health of the community.

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CHAPTER 413 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF MORGANTON TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT BEER AND WINE MAY BE LEGALLY SOLD AND ALCOHOLIC BEV- ERAGE CONTROL STORES OPERATED IN THE TOWN OF MORGANTON. WHEREAS, more than fifteen per cent -15% of the qualified voters who voted in the last election for members of the governing body of the Town of Morganton have heretofore filed and signed with the town board of elections a petition asking that a vote be held on the question of legalizing the sale of beer and wine and the establishment and operation of Alcoholic Beverage Control Stores on the 13th day of July, 1963, for the purpose of submitting said question to the voters of the Town of Morganton; and 467 WHEREAS, it is deemed advisable that such election be held on said date: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Said election will be called and held on the date herein set forth notwithstanding the nearness or coincidence of said date with any other election. A new registration for voters for such election shall not be necessary and all qualified voters who are properly registered prior to registration for the election and those who register for said election shall be entitled to vote in said election. Said election shall be conducted by the town board of elections and the cost thereof shall be paid from the general fund of the Town of Morganton and except as otherwise herein provided this special election shall be conducted under the same statutes, rules, and regulations applicable to general elections for the Town of Morganton.

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CHAPTER 459 AN ACT TO PROMOTE MORE SECURE OCCUPANCY OF FARMS AND FARM HOMES, TO CORRECT SOME PRES- ENT FORMS OF FARM TENANCY: TO PROMOTE RURAL REHABILITATION BY PROVIDING FOR THE CON- STRUCTION AND SUPERVISION OF SUBSISTENCE HOMESTEADS AND PLANNED RURAL COMMUNITIES FOR FAMILIES OF LOW INCOMES AND THOSE WHO DESIRE TO ACQUIRE AND LIVE UPON SUBSISTENCE FARMS, AND FOR THE SALE THEREOF ON REASON- ABLE TERMS: AUTHORIZING THE INCORPORATION OF LIMITED DIVIDEND AND/OR NON-DIVIDEND RURAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES AND CREATING A STATE BOARD OF RURAL REHABILITATION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENCOURAGING, APPROVING, SUP- ERVISING AND REGULATING SUCH ACTIVITIES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The Board is hereby empowered to (a) study rural conditions and farm tenancy throughout the State, to determine in what areas unhealthful and insanitary conditions constitute a menace to health, and reasonable comfort of the citizens of the State; (b) prepare programs for correcting such conditions as may be relieved by the purposes of this act: (c) collect and distribute information relating to rural development; (d) recommend and approve the areas within which or adjacent to which the construction of rural community projects by limited dividend and/or non-dividend companies may be undertaken, and (e) co-operate with local officials and planning commissions or similar bodies in the development of projects they may have under consideration.

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CHAPTER 350 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE 10, OF THE GENERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM LIMITS OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INSURANCE FOR TAXICAB OPERATORS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

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CHAPTER 426 An act for the protection of poultry and birds in Davidson county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That on and after the fifteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the superior court of Davidson county to pay to the bearer the sum of twenty-five cents for each and every hawk scalp taken in Davidson county: Provided, that sparrow and broad-winged or mouse hawks are exempted.

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CHAPTER 612 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE HENDERSONVILLE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION TO CONVEY ANY OR ALL OF ITS PROPERTY OR ASSETS OR TRANSFER THE SAME TO A NON-PROFIT OR PUB- LIC HOSPITAL. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The Board of Directors of the governing authority of the Hendersonville Hospital Association, a corporation organized under Chapter 127 of the Private Laws of 1911, in the discretion of such Board of Directors or governing authority, is hereby authorized and empowered to convey all of the property of said association, including any hospital or assets of hospital operated by said association, real, personal or mixed, to any person, firm or corporation.

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CHAPTER 149 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 129 OF THE PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1915, RELATING TO HUNTING IN CASWELL COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That section two of chapter one hundred and twenty-nine of the Public-Local Laws of one thousand nine hundred and fifteen be amended by striking out the words March the first from line four and inserting in lieu thereof the words February the first.

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PLE Boy xeiit: AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE MIDDLE FALLS MANUFACTURING | COMPANY, IN RICHMOND COUNTY. )

That within ninety days after the passage of this act that any three of the stockholders in the Company may call a general meeting vf the Company at any convenient place in Rockingham, and proceed to elect three Directors, requiring a majority of the votes present to make a choice, and the Directors thus chosen shall from among themselves choose a President, provided that a majority of the stock be represented in said meeting, and annually thereafter the stockholders shall meet in Rockingham, at such place as the Board of Directors shall designate, for the pur- pose of electing three Directors, which Directors, thus chosen by a majority of votes present, shall appoint one of their number President ; the Directors having appointed a President, the President and the other Directors shall be termed the Board of Directors, which Board of Directors shall appoint the other officers who may be required, and make such rules, regulations aud by-laws for the same as may be deemed necessary, and manage the business of the concern for one year: Provided always, That a majority of the stock shall be represented at such meeting, and the Board of Directors shall be considered in oftice until other Directors are chosen. A majority of the Board of Directors shall be capable of transacting business, and in case of the absence of the President, appoint a President pro tem.

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CHAPTER 691 AN ACT TO PLACE THE OFFICERS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY ON SALARIES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the county commissioners may make an allowance of not more than eight hundred and fifty dollars to the sheriff of Franklin County to be expended by said sheriff in collecting taxes, and for any necessary clerical assistance.

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CHAPTER 204 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE LISTING AND VALU- ING OF ALL PROPERTY, REAL, PERSONAL, AND MIXED, AT ITS TRUE VALUE IN MONEY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: ARTICLE I

Females or non-residents of the township where the property is situated, and persons physically unable to attend and file a list of their property, may appoint agents for the purpose of listing their property. Such agent shall be required to qualify by stating under oath that he knows the extent and has knowledge of the TRUE valuation of the property to be listed. The property of corporations shall be listed by the president, cashier, treasurer, or any other person appointed for that purpose. PRIVATE BANKS, BANKERS, BROKERS OR SECURITY BROKERS

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CHAPTER XCIV. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF GRIFFINSVILLE, IN THE ; COUNTY OF UNION.

An election shall be held the first Monday in May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, on the same day in each successive year, for mayor and three commissioners. All persons who have lived within the corporate limits of said town for ninety -90 days preceding the election, and qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, shall vote in the election tor officers of said town.

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CHAPTER 197 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PUBLIC ROADS IN FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, IN MACON COUNTY, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS TO PAY THE EXPENSES THEREOF. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Said commission shall also have the power to employ such other persons and to purchase such supplies as in their judgment are necessary to carry this act into effect. They may purchase such machinery, tools, blasting materials, drain pipes, and lumber as may be necessary to build or repair any road; they may construct necessary drains, culverts, and footpaths and maintain the same. It shall be unlawful for any person on horseback to use any footpath constructed under the direction of the commission, and any one so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before a justice of the peace shall be fined ten dollars for each offense. The board of county commissioners shall put into the custody and control of the highway commission the road-working machinery and tools heretofore bought and now owned by Franklin Township; and in case a county convict force shall be provided for, they shall turn over to said highway commission such part of the county convict force as may not be needed for the work of constructing and repairing the public roads elsewhere in the county, and if deemed expedient may turn over the entire force to the said commission, and the convicts, while in the custody of the highway commission, shall be employed in the construction and repairing of the public roads under the jurisdiction of the commission.

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CHAPTER 839 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CITY OF DURHAM AND TO REPEAL ITS PRESENT CHARTER AND ALL AMEND- MENTS THERETO. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That at each voting precinct in said city at such election there shall be provided one box in which each person entitled to vote may deposit one ballot. That those wishing to vote that the foregoing provisions shall become law applicable to the city of Durham may vote a ballot on which there shall be printed or written the words For New Charter, and each of those wishing to vote against the foregoing provisions becoming law applicable to the city of Durham may vote a ballot on which shall be printed or written the words Against New Charter.

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CHAPTER 364 AN ACT TO ENABLE THE COMMISSIONERS OF GRANVILLE COUNTY TO INAUGURATE A BETTER SYSTEM OF WORK- ING THE PUBLIC ROADS OF SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That any person who shall, after being duly notified as provided in section four of this act, fail to appear and work as required to do (after having failed to pay the sum of two dollars), or any person who shall appear as notified, and fail or refuse to perform good and reasonable labor, as required by said Superintendent or Supervisor, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined not less than two nor more than five dollars, or sentenced to work on the public roads of the county for not less than ten nor more than twenty days.

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CHAPTER 623 AN ACT TO CREATE A FISH AND GAME COMMISSION FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY, AND TO PROTECT THE GAME AND FRESHWATER FISH OF SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The said board shall have prepared and furnished to each person who may secure license under this act, in pamphlet form, a copy of this law, the same to be furnished free of charge.

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CHAPTER 174 AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF SPIRITUOUS, VINOUS AND MALT LIQUORS IN McDOW- _ ELL COUNTY AND TO PREVENT THE IMPORTATION THEREOF INTO SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That it shall be unlawful for any druggist to sell in said county more than one pint of such spirituous, vinous or malt liquors to any one person at any one time, and then only upon the written prescription of a regular practising physician for a sick person under his charge when such prescription is given; and it shall be the duty of the druggist filling such prescription to file the same and to furnish to the Solicitor at each-criminal term of the Superior Court of said county a list showing the number of prescriptions filled, the date thereof, with the amount and the name of the person to whom and for whose relief such liquor was sold, and the name of the physician giving such prescription, and in no case shall any one of such prescriptions be filled a second time; and any druggist failing to furnish such list to the Solicitor as aforesaid, or filling any one of such prescriptions a second time, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,

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CHAPTER 522 AN ACT TO AMEND HOUSE BILL 1405 ENTITLED AN ACT TO FIX THE SALARIES AND COMPENSATION OF CER- TAIN OFFICERS OF BLADEN COUNTY, RATIFIED APRIL 28TH, 1933 The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That House Bill fourteen hundred five of the present session of the General Assembly, ratified April twenty-eighth, one thousand nine hundred thirty-three, the same being: An act to fix the salaries and compensation of certain officers of Bladen County, be and the same is, hereby amended by striking out and rewriting section one thereof so that said section shall read as follows: Section 1 That the sheriff of Bladen County shall receive the salary of twenty-one hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly, and, in addition thereto, shall also receive fees and commissions as sheriff and tax collector of said county as follows: The sheriff of Bladen County shall receive for his services in collecting all taxes, commissions at the rate of one per centum on the first fifty thousand dollars of taxes collected, commissions at the rate of two per centum of all taxes collected by him in excess of fifty thousand dollars up to and including but not in excess of, one hundred thousand dollars, and commissions at the rate of four per centum of all taxes collected by him in excess of one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, however, that the said sheriff shall keep an accurate account of all commissions so received by him upon such tax collections, and make accurate report thereof to the Board of Commissioners of Bladen County at each regular meeting of such Board, covering such collections for the preceding calendar month, the said report to be audited and passed upon by the County Auditor or County Accountant, and all sums received by said sheriff from such commissions on taxes collected as hereinbefore set out, in excess of the sum of four thousand dollars per year, shall by said sheriff be paid over and into the treasury of Bladen County as a part of the general fund thereof, such ascertainment and settlement to be made as of the first Monday of December in each calendar year. The sheriff of Bladen County shall also receive, in addition to the compensation as above provided for, all fees and emoluments of his office which are, or may hereafter be, allowed by law for the service of process, including a fee of fifty cents for each levy made on personal property in the collection of taxes, and also all such fees allowed for his services in connection with sale or foreclosure of land for delinquent taxes, as allowed to the sheriff by chapter one hundred forty-eight, Public Laws nineteen hundred thirty-three.

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CHAPTER 238 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE COMMISSIONERS OF HENDERSON COUNTY TO ISSUE BONDS TO BUILD OR REPAIR COURT HOUSE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That if the Commissioners shall decide to erect new buildings, they shall have the right to sell the present buildings, with the block occupied by them, as a whole or in separate lots, also the lot deeded to the county of Henderson by Alledge, after advertising the same for thirty days at the court house door and in all the papers published in the county, to the highest bidder, provided that any one shall have thirty days in which to raise any bid to an amount not less than five per cent, said sale to be made on such terms as the Commissioners may fix. The Commissioners shall also have the right and authority to select and purchase a new site for such public buildings as are herein contemplated, if they shall deem best so to do. ;

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CHAPTER XXII. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED AN AOT TO INCORPORATE THE CAPE FEAR AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION, RATIFIED THE TWELFTH DAY OF APRIL, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE.

That the collection of rents for the use of the grounds, or any portion of them, for the privilege of any lawful exhibition held thereon, shall be legal before any court of competent jurisdiction.

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884 CHAPTER 610 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF THE AIR- PORT COMMISSION OF FORSYTH COUNTY AND PRE- SCRIBING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF SAID COM- MISSION. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The officers of the Commission shall be a chairman, a vice chairman, a secretary and a treasurer, all of whom shall be members thereof. The offices of secretary and treasurer may be held with any other office. Officers shall serve for a term of one year beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31 in each year, except that the terms of the first officers elected shall expire on December 31 next succeeding their election. Members and officers of the Commission shall serve without compensation unless such compensation is ordered and fixed by the county commissioners. The Commission shall have the power to elect an assistant secretary, and an assistant treasurer, who need not be members of the said Commission, and both of said offices may be held by the same person. The county commissioners may limit the payment of compensation to members and officers of the Commission out of funds derived from the operation of the airports and landing fields over which the said Commission has control. A majority of the members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum.

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CHAPTER 165 An act to incorporate the Seven Springs Mineral Water and Improve- ment Company. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

All laws or clauses of laws in conflict with this act be and are hereby repealed.

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CHAPTER 133 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MOUNT GILEAD, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the said board of commissioners shall have the power to purchase, acquire, hold, lease, manage, control, and ereate, and to sell, lease, and dispose of to such person or persons, corporation or corporations, and for such price or prices and on such terms and conditions as the commissioners may deem proper, water, electricity, water rights, powers, privileges, and appropriations for milling, manufacturing, domestic, and other uses and purposes; and to dvelop, control, generally deal in and dispose of to such person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations, as to the commissioners may seem proper, electrical and other power, for the generation, distribution, and supply of electricity for light, heat, and power, and for any other uses and purposes to which the same are adapted, and to this end all purchases of property within or without the corporate limits which may hereafter be made for these purposes are hereby authorized. 4

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CHAPTER 57 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE LEAKSVILLE TOWN- SHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, TO CREATE A BOARD OF TRUSTEES WITH POWERS AND DUTIES INCIDENT TO THE OPERATION OF THE SCHOOLS OF THE DISTRICT IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Should any section or part of this act be declared unconstitutional or invalid by court decision, such invalidity shall not operate to render the act as a whole invalid nor sha!] it apply to any section or part save that considered in the decision.

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CHAPTER 170 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE IREDELL COUNTY TO ISSUE BONDS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

The powers granted by this act are in addition to existing powers of said county.

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CHAPTER 574 An act to authorize the Board of Commissioners of Haywood County to convert the excess of special bridge tax to the general county fund. . The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the Board of Commissioners of Haywood County are authorized to convert the excess of the special taxes levied for bridges into the general funds of said county.

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CHAPTER 87 An act to incorporate the Roanoke and Southern Railway Company. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

To provide for the payment of said subscription made as provided in this act, the board of commissioners of the county in which is situated any township, city or town making such subscription, shall issue coupon bonds to the amount of the subscription so authorized, and said bonds shall upon their face indicate on account of what township, city or town they are issued, and the conditions upon which they are issued. Said bonds shall be in denominations of not less than fifty, nor more than one thousand dollars, and shall run for not exceeding forty years, and bear interest not exceeding six per centum per annum, payable annually or semi-annually, and payable at such time and place as the board of county commissioners may direct.

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CHAPTER 67 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 42, VOLUME 1 OF THE CONSOLIDATED STATUTES, RELATING TO INNS, HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall pay a fine not to exceed fifty dollars or be imprisoned not more than thirty days.

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CHAPTER 524 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF CON- SERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT TO CONSTRUCT AND EQUIP SMALLMOUTH BASS FISH HATCHERIES AND SUB-REARING STATIONS, AND CONTINUING FOR THE NEXT BIENNIUM THE UNEXPENDED AP- PROPRIATION THEREFOR. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

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CHAPTER 155 AN ACT TO REGULATE AND CONTROL THE PRACTICE OF PHOTOGRAPHY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: ARTICLE I

The said board shall keep a record of its proceedings relating to issuance, refusal, renewal, suspension and revocation of certificates of registration. This record shall also contain the name, place of business and residence of every registered photographer and registered apprentice, and the date and number of his certificate of registration. This record shall be opened to public inspection at all reasonable times.

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CHAPTER 576 AN ACT TO APPROVE AND CONFIRM CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF RALEIGH AND THE TOWN OF CARY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF RALEIGH AND THE TOWN OF GARNER WITH REGARD TO THE PURCHASE OF WATER FROM RALEIGH BY SAID TOWNS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

No action based upon the invalidity of the contracts herein confirmed shall lie to enjoin the issuance of, or to contest, any bonds authorized by the Town of Cary, the Town of Garner or the City of Raleigh to implement their respective contracts.

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CHAPTER 350 AN ACT TO VALIDATE CERTAIN OFFICIAL ACTS OF F. E. SHUFORD, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE OF TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That owing to the loss of the book containing the record of the qualificatiom of the said F. E. Shuford, as justice of the peace of said county, that it is necessary to validate certain official acts done and performed by the said Shuford from the first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, tc the eighteenth day of February.

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CHAPTER 232 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF CLYDE TO ISSUE BONDS AMOUNTING TO $20,000 FOR A WATER SUPPLY, SEWERAGE, ELECTRIC LIGHTS, AND OTHER NECES- SARY IMPROVEMENTS, AND TO LEVY A SPECIAL TAX TO MEET THE INTEREST TO PAY SAID BONDS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That at any time within two years after the passage of this act, upon petition to the board of commissioners or aldermen of said town signed by one-fourth of the qualified voters of said town, the board of commissioners or aldermen of said town shall call an election at which they shall submit to the qualified voters of said town the question of whether or not the said town of Clyde shall issue the twenty thousand. dollars of bonds for the purposes aforesaid and shall levy a special tax, annually, to pay the interest on said bonds as it accrues and to create a sinking fund for the purpose of paying off and discharging said bonds when they become due; and those favoring the issuing of said bonds and the levying of said special taxes shall be permitted to cast one ballot upon which shall be written or printed the words For Bonds, and those opposing the proposition shall be permitted to cast one ballot, upon which shall be written or printed the words Against Bonds.

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CHAPTER 2309 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PUB- LIC ROADS OF CATAWBA COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the board of county commissioners or the county superintendent or township supervisor with the approval of the commissioners, may contract with any person, firm or corporation for the construction or improvement of any public road or part thereof and pay the costs thereof out of the funds of the township in which said road or part thereof is located: Provided, any contract may be terminated at any. time by the commissioners, or by the superintendent or the supervisor with the approval of the commissioners, and in that case the commissioners shall pay pro rata for the work performed under the contract.

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CHAPTER 376 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE WAKE FOREST GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT, WAKE FOREST TOWNSHIP, WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed.

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CHAPTER 616 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 370, PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1925, CHAPTER 602, PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1913, AND CHAPTER 422, PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1915, RE- LATING TO THE RECORDERS COURT OF HARNETT COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That section five, chapter six hundred and two of the Public-Local Laws of one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words, fifteen in line ten of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the words, twenty-four.

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CHAPTER 115 AN ACT RELATING TO THE INCORPORATION. MAINTE- NANCE AND SUPERVISION OF CREDIT UNIONS, AND CO- OPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Supervisory Committee; Audit and Report. The supervisory committee shall inspect the securities, cash and accounts of the corporation and supervise the acts of its board of directors, credit committee, and officers. At any time the supervisory committee, by a unanimous vote, may suspend the credit committee or any member of the board of directors, or any officer elected by the board and by a majority vote may call a meeting of the shareholders to consider any violation of this act or of the by-laws, or any practice of the corporation which, in the opinion of said committee, is unsafe and unauthorized. Within seven days after the suspension of the credit committee the supervisory committee shall cause notice to be given of a special meeting of the members to take such action relative to such suspension aS may seem necessary. The supervisory committee shall fill vacancies in their own number until the next regular meeting of the members. At the close of each fiscal year the supervisory committee shall make a thorough audit of the receipts, disbursements, income, assets, and liabilities of the corporation for the said fiscal year, and shall make a full report thereon to the directors. Said report shall be read at the annual meeting of the members and shall be filed and preserved with the records of the corporation.

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CHAPTER 212 AN ACT TO REVISE AND AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF NORWOOD. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the board of commissioners shall have power to enact any ordinance or ordinances and to pass all laws and regulations not incorporated in this charter they may deem necessary for the better government of the town, not inconsistent with the general laws and Constitution of the State.