The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1855-02-28
Captions of the Laws,
Passed by the General Assembly of North Ca
rolina, at the Session Of lS54-55.
CT S.

ACTS.
l. An act to amend the constitution
OF the State, as follows:
WHEREAS, a large number of the
people are disfranchsed by the free,
hold qualifications now required of yo-
ters for members of the Senate.
SEC. /. Therefore be IL enacted by The
General .assenably ofthe State Of North
Carolina. and IL Is hereby enacted Jy The
authority Of The same. (three- -fifths Of
the whole number of the members of
each house concurring,) that the Sc
cond clause Of the third section Of the
first article of the amended Constitu-
tion, ratified by the people Of North
Carolina, on the second Monday of
November, in the year of our Lord,
1855, shall be amended to read as fol-
lows:
Every free white man Of the age of
twenty-one years, being native or ma
turalized citizen OF the United States,
and who has been an inhabitant of the
State for twelve months Immediately
preceding the day Of any election, and
shall have paid public taxes, shall be
entitled to vote for a member of the
Senate for the district in which he re-
sides.
SIC. Q. BE ii further enacted, That
the Governor of the State be, and he
is hereby directed TO issue his procla-
nation to the people Of North Carroll
ma, at least six months before the next
election for members Of the General
Assembly, setting forth the purport of
this act, and the amendment to the
Constitution herein proposed; which
proclamation shall be accompanied by
true and perfect copy of the act, au.
thenticated by the certificate Of the
Secretary Of State; and both the pro-
clamation and the copy of this act, the
Governor Of the State shall cause to
be published in ten newspapers Of the
State, at least six months before the
election Of members to the next Gene
raj Assembly.
2. An act to protect wild fowl, &c.
8. An act in relation to Elizabeth
City.
4. An act emancipating Jerry, a
slave.
5. An act to incorporate the town
Of Roxborough.
6. An act to provide for the issue Of
additional stock by the Scaboard and
Roanoke r. r. Company.
z. An act authorizing the Nantaha.
Ia and 'fuckasege Turnpike Company
to build toll bridge.
8. An act concerning the Justices Of
the Peace in the counties of Randolph,
Alamance and Wake. Twenty JUS
tices TO form a quorum.
9. An act to pay the Wardens of the
Poor in Mecklenburg county.
10. An act to authorize the Trustees
of the Louisburg Female Academy 10
convey land, &c.
IL. An act to authorise the paying
of Wardens Of the Poor for their SER
vices.
IL. An act to amend the act incor-
porating the Fayetteville and Northern
plank Road Company.
Is. An act to incorporate Union Aca.
deny.
IA. An act protect live stock from
malicious destruction.
Is. An act to encourage wolf killing
in Jackson county.
16. An act concerning Haw River in
lAlamance county.
II. An act to number the West Re.
giment in Madison county.
Is. An act TO pay Wardens Of the
Poor in Alamance and Duplin.
10. An act to amend an act Of 1852,
entitled "An act concerning the place
Of trials for civil processes before JUS
tices Of the Peace"
go. An act TO incorporate the VIII
mington Steam Tug Company.
81. An act to appoint commissioners
to lay off road in Rowan county.
%. An act concerning public roads
in Watauga county.
2s. An act to authorise the collcc-
ton Of arrearages Of taxes in Jackson
county.
"a. An act to authorise The Warden.
Of the Poor in Pasquotank and Vance,
IN sell certain lands.
I IS. An act to incorporate the tw,
Academies in AsheborOush.
90. An act to emancipate John Good
a slave.
o.. An act to provide for The i'm
proyement Of The road from Wilkes b,
Meat Camp Greek to the TENNESSEE
line.
IS. An act to authorise the erection
lof court house in lredell county.
60. An act to amend an act incorpo
rating the Neuse River Manufacturing
! Company.
r so. An act TO amend the several act
! chartcring Asheyille aud Grecn,ill
!, Plank Road Company.
e 81. An act authOrisiug gates acr0s
the public road ID Green River Cow