Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-02-09
EXTENSION OF WILMINGTON.

EXTENSION OF WILMINGTON.
We have been politely furnished by James
T. Miller, Magistrate of Police. with copy
of the recent act of our Legislature. extending
the limits Of Wilmington, which We present
below - s.
An ACT TO EXTEND THE LIMITS
OF THE TOWN OF WILMINGTON,
and FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
1. Be 1t enacted By the General assembly Of
the State of North Carolina. and it is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same. That the
Corporate Limits of the Town of Wilmington
shall be, and the same are hereby extended 10.
and bounded and circumscribed by the follow
ing metes and boundaries that is to say, be-
ginning at the Southern boundary of the Hill
ton plantation where it corners on the Eastern
bank of the North East Branch of the Cape
Fear River, and running thence Eastwardly
FIVE thousand $4,000 feet parallel with Mar.
ket Street, as laid down in the plan of the
Town of Wilmington, now on file in the office
of the Secretary of State thence Southwark
ly parallel with Front Street in said Town of
Wilmington as laid down in said plan, eleven
thousand one hundred and seventy ,l72)
feet 10 stone, thence Westwardly parallel
with said Market Street 10 the Western bank
of the River, thence Westwardly to the Bruins
wick and New Hanover County line, thence
Nerthwardy with said line of Brunswick and
New Hanover Counties 10 the North West
Branch of Cape Fear River, thence North
Eastwardly across the River to point where
Samuel Potter's Rice Lands and the lands
known as belonging to the owners OF the
Point Peter Steam Saw Mills, thence with
the line dividing said Samuel Potter's lands
and the said Steam Saw Mill tract to the North
East Branch of the Cape Fear River, thence
across the said River 10 the beginning.
2. Be it further enacted, That the Commits
sioners of the Town of Wilmington shall, and
they are hereby required to have a survey
made and plan drawn according to the pre-
ceding section of this act and deposited in the
Office of the Secretary of State
3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and
clauses of laws now in force, and provided
for the government and regulation of the
Town of Wilmington, shall be so construed as
to operate and extend to the limits prescribed
by this act.
4. Be 1T further enacted, That the Commits
sioners of the said Town of Wilmington,
may and shall have the power and authority
to levy tax not exceeding thirty (30) dollars,
on all public houses of entertainment, victual-
ing houses, eating houses. boarding houses.
hotels, restorauts, Billiard tables, nine or
ten pin alleys, and livery stables, with
in the corporate limits of said Town: and the
said Commissioners are hereby authorized to
levy said taxes upon the ratification of this
act, for the year ls49.
5. Be it further enacted, That the Commits.
sioners of the Town of Wilmington may en-
ploy the Sheriff of the County of New Hano
yer. as tax collector. whose duty it shall be
to collect and pay over to the Commissioners
the taxes so levied and collected and thai
the Sheriff of the said County shall possess
the same power and authority to collect the
said Town taxes, that he possesses to collec
County taxes and the Commissioners of sale
Town are hereby authorized and required
10 take bond from said Sheriff. with gooG
and sufficient security in the sum of twenty
five thousand dollars, for the diligent and faith
full discharge of his duties, and for the collec
| fInn and &c oil 4ba
when collected, to the said Commissioners
and in the event of abreach of said bond, thu
Commissioners are authorized to bring suit II
their own name in any Court of record il
New Hanover County, the said bond to b.
made payable.
g. Be it further enacted, That the sale
Commissioners, be, and they are hereby al
thorized and empowered, to collect the taxes
of the Town of Wilmington, Quarterly, semi
annually or annually, as they may deem pro
per.
7. Be it further enacted, That all acts ant
clauses of acts heretofore passed, coming with
in the purview OF this act, be, and the sam,
are hereby repealed.
8. Be it further enacted, That this act shall
be in force from and after its ratification.
Read three times, and ratified in General AS
I sembly, this 29th day of January, 1S49.
ROBT. B. GILLIAN, s. H. C.
CALVIN GRAVES. S. S.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
, OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
!, William Hill, Secretary of State, in AM
for the State of North Carolina, do hereby Ger
tify that the foregoing is true copy of al
Act of the General Assembly Of this State
> drawn of from the original filed in this office
Given under my hand, this 81 Feb, 1S49.
VIM. HILL, Sec'y.
IMPROVEMENT IN MAcHINERY.-The citi
zens of Wilmington will have an opportunity
OF inspecting in few days an improvement
in Machinery of an extraordiary and highI,
interesting character. AS we understand, thi
invention is intended to increase, in yer
treat deoren tho no1p or of Sfoan, Epr;ras m