The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-05-30
PUBLIC MFETINH

xeM g Nay @1tzzl. and co 11zznc ID sp-
Pasmkiag lnmnlhnn Gams - ahe GhaiF. snd
Jesse G1af I'D AID Gnlkz. secrslzzies.
TIE fo10wing Pxamhis and nsaAnfions
were nep0Eitd % he neefing. hy CON-
mifiae q ~. md sRamimoasly ADOPTED:
Whereas. The lat Counly Coari of
Orange. BIZ aEoie oflony tho lor and thirty
thre against II ordered Dc buzding q =
neE c0un house: and whereas said c0arf
laid AZ q g 600 10 build > new couEi
house Il lllllsb0rOegh: and where's James
3. Smiih. cadwallader Jones. SCI. o.
mondF ]. Long. John u. Kirkland, Harrison
Parker. William Murray. Edwin NJ. Holt.
and Michael w. Holi. were appointed
Commissioners 70 make , contract Cor
building said c0urt h0use; and whereas the
Commissioners did Immediately there4l-
ler. without giving public notice. proceed
% make contract prirafcly with John
Berry Of the town Of IIillsborOugh, here-
Gore,
Resolved, That in the opionion Of ihis
meeting die said tan was ill-liEned. unjust,
oppressive, contrary 70 public opinion, and
as we believe contrary 70 the law.
lll-iimed. because the times are hard,
and the country has NOT recovered from
is embarrassed condition.
Unjust oppressive. and contrary 10 pub
lie opinion. because the people Of Orange
are not willing 70 build 4 new eourt house
until there is an absolute necessity Cor il.
and because decent respect for the rights
Of Others, and an internal sense Of justice.
forbid the imposition Of extraordinary
taxes on the western people until the
county division Is settled.
Contrary 10 the law, because less
number than majority Of all the magis-
trates Of 4 county, c0nsenfing 10 II, can
not lay 4 tax for any purpose.
2nd. That the commissioners lihe two
Commissioners over Haw Riverexeepied)
did not execute the trust committed 20
them in such way as 10 save the public
money and make the best bargain for the
county.
Sd. That we are entirely willing to pay
all taxes necessary 20 support the Govern
ment; hut we viii not pay the court house
tax until we are convinced that we cam
not do otherwise.
4th. That il is due TO the people Of
Orange that all the magistrates ofthe coun-
ty should attend on Tuesday Of August
! Court next, and reverse or sustain the or
der Of February court, being governed by
the viii OF the people in The matter.
5.h. That the county Of Orange ought
to be divided at some point from the GEN.
tire to the nine mile point, and we are viii,
ing TO submit the question, as TO the poin'
of division, TO the central and eastern
people.
9th. That some of the citizens of the
town Of Hillsborough have, by pcrver
! sion Of facts and direct and wilful mis-
representation, defeated us Of our right
here at home, and have by trickery am
secret influence in the General Assembl,
prevented division of the County.
eth. That the chairman appoint ;
Committee of forty 10 publish an address.
to the people Of Orange generally, and ask
the people Of the Centre and the East to
designate at what point they would pre-
fer division Of the county, from the nint
mile point eastward.
9Th. That the committee appoint sui
table person to distribute copies of sale
address throughout the county, at the tax
gatherings, and request the signatures o.
all the citizens to a memorial or memo
rails for division at whatever point eacf
man may prefer.
9th That the Committee of ten and Oh,
Chairman be added to the committee o
forty.
10th. That Mr.. Heart, be requested
to publish the proceedings Of this meetin.
in the Recorder.
In pursuance of the 9TH resolution, III,
Chairman appointed the following com
mittee:
John Tabscot, Alexander Mebane, Hen
~ Cant, James Moore, Abel Grihis, Aus
tin Whitsitt, Absalom Harvey, Jesse Cant
Joseph Steel, Edmond Brannock, Thomal
Dixon, James Sutton, Thomas Palmer
Jonathan Strader, Moore M.Cullock, ia
cob Summers, esq.,, Joel Boon. Johr
Tunentine, John Scott, George Jordan
! Philip Crawford, Daniel Sharp, Eli Eulis
George Freeland, Anderson Thompson
Martin Coble, Michael Robertson, JOSEPH
s. Holt, John Boon, John Trolinger, S
L. Holt, George Hurdle, Benjamin Hur
die, Michael Strader, Edwin Holt, Ema
nuel Clapp, William Tarpley, Joel Sharp
Samuel Curtis, Elias Albright, Samue
kirkpatrick, James A. Craig, Stephel
Glass, Andrew Albright, Henry Fogleman
MichaelShofner, Henry Anthony, Georg'
Patterson, James Whitsitt, HandyWoods
and Jonathan Cant.
{ The thanks of the meeting were ten
/. dered to the officers. and the COMMITTEES
are requested to meet at George Foust
on the Sd Saturday in June next at l:
o'clock.
: JONATHAN CANT. Ch'n.
A.