The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-02-28
A BILL TO BE ENTTLED AN ACT
TO ESTABLISH COUNTY GOVERN
MENTS.

The General ASSEMBLY Of NORTH Caro-
lima do enact:
Section ]. Every county Is body
polite and corporate, aud shall have the
bowers prescribed by statue. and those
necessarily implied hy lawand no other,
Sec. 2. In each county there shall be
elected biennially by the qualified voters
thereof, as provided for the nlemhers %
the general assembly, register Of deeds
aud surveyor. and IN such counties ms the
nijority Of The justices shall so direct. a
treasurer.
See. 8. TIE townships heretofore
created or hereafter established shall be
distinguished Ly well defined boundaries.
aud may be altered. aud additional town-
ships created by the hoard ofcnunty conf
niIssionrrs; bu; 40 township shall have or
exercise any corpora:e powers whatever
unless allowed BY act of tie general as
sembly 10 be exercised under the super
vision OF the board Of county COM
missiuners.
See. 4. The justice ofll,e peace shsll
! be elected hy the general assembly. \ =
general assembly, at IFS present session,
shall elect three jusliceof the peace for
each township III III. several counties oi
/ The state. u ho shall be divided intothr
Glasses, aud liold their offices Tor the terms
ofiwo. four and six years respectively
| but lae success.rs ~ each class, M tiis
term expires. shall be elected by the
| griersl assembly for the term Of IN yriirs.
| III addition 20 the justice % the peace
above provided fur. there shall he elected
by ll,e general assembly tor each town-
i ship III which any city or Incorporated
! ioSn i- situated, one Justice of the peace.
/ and also0ne for every one Thousand 10.
haLiIanis ia such rily or Town, who shall
hold lIleir office for tile term of six years.
Tie governor shall certify 20 the clerks oi
the superior courts of ilie several counties
with the terms far which they shall have
been appointed and this shalt betarir
commission; and the clerk ofthe Superior
cuurt shall nolify said Justices Of their al'-
4 pulhtlhSub Mtfu rhatA tu'iNut'fh ~ N'ass
| led 20 enter spoa tile duties OF theirotiice
u,,ol taking before The said clerk tue oath
! IL ofiIre noe prescribed by law for justices
4 OF Tie peace. But the Isfns of thos.
elected nj the present session OF the
/ general assembly shall begin At the ex-
liraiion oftlIs terms for which the justices
/ of the peace now Ia office shall have beeiI
elected. ard not before. ~
See. 5. The Justices 81 the peace fol
pacll county. .on the iirst Monday ~ Al.
gust, 1873, aud on tie iirst Monday III Au
gust .yety t~o years thereafter. shall ss
semitic nj the caurt hDuse of their respec
tive c,unlirr, aud majority beinr
i present, shall pfocecd 10 the election Of MOI
less than three, nor more than i've per
suns, To- br cllosen from The body u ih,
county, Cinciuding the justices 81 ih,
lrac..l who shall Lc styled the board 9
commissioners for tie county of
aud shall bold their offices Coz twa yeaIs
nom The date 81 their qualification, and
until their successors shall be elected ant
uuaIinrd. hut tlUse elected on the hrsl
Monday in August, 1878. shall enter upon
the duties Of their ufiice inmesiiaIei,
upon tlae expiration Of the term foF whicl
tie Luard ~ county commissioners nov y
I Office, have beeu e:eeted, aud not before
They shall he qualified by taking III
oath of office before the clerk Of III,
su,efior court, or sone judge or Justice 81
The ,@acr, ~ now prescribed BY law, and
and the register Of deeds shall bc ex oiiici'
clerk of the buard of commissioners
/ Provided, however. That the buar'l
commissioners shall not have power 4
levy taxes 60 purchase real prnperty, TO ~
move Or designate new sites for count,
buildings, 10 coutract or repair aridges
the c..st whereof nlay exceed i've hun
,lred dollars, Or 70 5urrUw money for th
county, nor alter or make ad,iiliona
towmshIp@, wiihout the coIcurrence of
majority &c The justices of the peac
sitting with them; and for the purposes
embraced IN this proyiso the Justices !"
"a. l~ace 0fthe c.,nnly shall meet viii
the l,oar,l Of commissioners on the frs
aIonalayin August, ISIS, aud anhnall.
thereafter. unless oftener convened by IT,
! boar,i of commissioners who are hsreh
emtpNered 10 call together the Justices
lie lracr when nseessary, npt oiiencr tina
once ia three mouths. But Tor such sci
Vices the Justices of the peace shall rt
: criv. no compensation.
See. s. Tie board " commissioners .
rlcv,r,l shall have aud exercise The juri'
dic,lun and l,owers vested in the boafd
commissioners now exisliUg, aud ais
those vested IN aud exercised by the boar
~ the several townships, except rs ma
hereafter be prescribed hy law; aud the
.hall I,ald their sessions - spay DO pr
scribed by law.
( Sec. Z. AL the prcvisians ofariieIes
4 OF the constitution iuconsis'ept with tl'
. net. except these eoniail'ed ~ sec.i"ns
aand 10, are hereby abrugaici, and ~
vr,yisions u ll,is avt suLstitufsd 10 Wy