The southerner., 1853-05-21


taxation, the commissioners of said town
on or before the first day of June eigh-
teen hundred and fty-three, and every
second year thereafter shall appoint
three freeholdcrs residing in said town,
who shall be styled "The Board of Val
uation," whose duty it shall be to asccr-
tain either upon view of the premises
or otherwise, as accurately as may be,
!, the cash valuation of each lot with the
improvements thereon, or part of lot
with the improvements thereon, the
freehold ownership of which is in more
than one person in severalty, and to re-
turn report thereof within thirty days
after their appointment to the said COM
missioners, which they shall cause to be
filed and recorded by the clerk of said
town, and the persons composing such
board of valuation shall annex to their
report the following affidavit, which
shall be signed and sworn to by them
before the magistrate of police of said
town, or some justice of the peace of
the county of Edgecombe, and certified
by him: "NVe solemnly swear that the
foregoing valuation Of lots and parts of
lots, with the improvements thereon, in
the town of Tarborough, made by us,
are in our judgments and belief, the
actual value thereof in cash, and that in
making the same we have endcavored to
do equal justice to the said town and to
the individuals concerned, so hcl p us
God;" and if any person who shall be
appointed as aforesaid, a member of the
said board of valuation, shall refuse to
serve as such he shall forfeit and pay
the sum of fifty dollars to be recovered
before any justice of the peace of the
county of Edgecombe by suit in the
name of the commissioners of said town
for the use and benefit thereof.
Sec. 4. BE it further enacted, That
the magistrate of police, clerk, treasu-
rer, constable, tax-collector and all 9th
er subordinate officers of said town now
t or who shall be hereafter in Office and
authority, shall remain and continue in
office and authority until their success.
sors shall be respectively duly elected,
qualified and appointed, and that the
commissioners of said town now in office
and authority, or who shall be hereafter
duly elected and qualified, shall remain
and continue in office and authority un-
til majority of their successors shall be
duly elected and qualified.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That
the commissioners of said town shall
: have full power and authority to lay off,
{ as nearly as may be in conformity will
: the plan of said town, into lots and
: streets the whole or any part of tha
portion of the common belonging to sale
e town which lies on the western side
e thereof, between the inhabited portion
t thereof and Hendrick's or Holly''
: Greek, rescrving an acre for the Baptis
5 Church and two acres for the Tarboro
Academy, and to sell the whole or any
number Of the said lots at public sale
after giving due notice thereof for thir
= ty days, upon a credit Of twelve months
with interest from the day of sale, tax
ing bonds, with two good sureties, from
D. the purchasers, payable to the commits
/" sioners of the town of Marlborough, AM
y upon the payment either Of the cash o
d the bonds, taken as aforesaid, to conve,
J. the lots sold as aforesaid in fee simpl
q to the purchasers, their heirs or assigns
1t The proceeds of the sale Of said lots t
belong to the treasury of said town an
al to be applied as other moneys therei
j. for the use and benefit of said towr
u and it shall be the duty of the sal
IL commissioners, after the said portion {
n, the said common shall have been lai
r. off into streets and lots as aforesaid,
ee prepare two plans or diagrams of th
IN same, numbering each lot and CONNER
Ill cling with one hundred and twenty -tw'
id one of which they shall file in the ofit
ne of the county court clerk of Edgecomb
and the other they shall cause to be f
at ed by the clerk of said town.
he Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, Th
of this act shall take effect and be in for'
u from and after its ratification, and tn
"a all laws coming in conflict with any
Mt its provisions be and the same are her
he by repealed.
nd Tread three times and ratified
b. General Assembly, this 9th day
e. December, A. D., 1882
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