The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-20
BETTER PUBLIC ROADS



HANOvRR COUNTY
A BiIl Before the Legislature Provfd.
ting for an Election nm Issuance Of
FIFTY Thcusand Dollar Of DonAs Cor
improvements OF y Roads-The
Text or the BiiI
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT
TO IMPROVE THE ROADS IN NEW
HANOVER COUNTY:
The legislature OF North Carolina do
Section l. Thai the board OF commits
sioners OF New Hanover county be and
they Are hereby authorized, empowered
and directed 10 submit 20 a vote OF the
qualified voters OF New Hanover
on the 1-st Tuesday in May, 1889. the
question. Shall New Hanover county.
North Carolina. issue $Je.0o OF its bonds
with int syupons attached. 10 repair.
make n improve the public roads In
said county"
at least thirty days preceding said cleo
ton give public notice OF said election
and the purpose thereof by publication
in one or more newspapers published In
said county.
Sec. 2 That said election shall be held
and be conducted IN the SAME manne
as may be prescribed by law for holding
sembly.. Provided. however. that said
board OF commissioners shall appoint the
reg1strars OF elects and the Judges and
ton officers. and REGISTRATION Of votes
and challenge OF vXters shall be con-
Quoted In ike mandf as Is provided Tor
assembly. and SAID commissioners may
or may not order new registration for
said election, The vote shall be counted
TO the said board of commissioners on
Thursday next following the election and
declare the result Of the election, all OF
which shall be recorded In the minutes
of the board of commissioners. and nd
result OF said election shall be necessary.
Sec B. That at aid election the bal:
t s1ss,6 rendered du and qualified
upon them For good roads" or Against
good roads" All qualified electors who
f !:Eor the soed issue Of said bonds shall vote
who are opposed to the issue of said
bonds shall vote Against good roads,
Sec; l. In the event that the requisite
county shall vote For good roads, at
said election. and the result shall be
declared and recorded as aforesaid, the
board of commissioners shall have pre-
pared and issued bonds in denominations
not exceeding one thousand dollars, and
not less than one hundre dollars, the
total amount not to exceed that provided
for in the first section of this act. and
said bonds shall bear the rate of s per
ceUI interest Der an0um with 1nterpSt
coupons attached. payable s-eml-annuaily
on the first days of January and July
during the time of their running: and the
principal thereof shall be payable or re-
deemable at said time or times not ex-
ceeding twenty-five years from the date
OF their issue, as the said board OF COM
determine. Said bonds and coupons snail
be payable at h
..::...-fn the city of Wilmington, N. c.
Said bonds and coupons shall be signed
by the chairman of said board of COM
missioners and countersigned by the
clerk of said board, and said bonds shall
Said bonds shall be styled New Hanover
County Road Bonds" and issued as such.
lied by this act shall be disposed of by
sale. exchange, hypothecation or other
wise. for a less price than their face
ceeds be used for any other purpose or
purposes than those declared by this act.
When said bonds are issued they shall
pons attached and issued with them
shall bear the number of the bonds to
which they are attached. The bonds and
coupons shall state on their face when
they are due and where payable, and said
bonds shall show by what authority they
are issued. The said board of commits
slonerS shall have all of their proceed
1ngS in respect to said bonds entered in
the minutes of their meetings and when
any of the same are issued, the number
of the bonds, its denomination, date of
issue, to whom issued and the number of
coupons attached must be recorded in
said minutes.
the proceeds of sale shall be turned over
to the county treasurer of New Hanover
county, who shall keep said funds and
all other funds provided for in this act,
which may come into mis- hands separate
from all other funds. and he shall keep
separate accounts of the same and said
county treasurer before any fund provid-
ed for in this act shall be paid over to
him., shall execute an official bond paya-
BILE in the usual manner in a sum at least
so per cent. greater than the sum which
may come into his hands by reason OF
this act. conditioned for his faithful
safe keeping of the same, and rendering
all things holding and ~disbursing and ac-
counting for the same as required by
law, which bond shall be received by the
said county commissioners as they pass
upon, accept and receive other like
! bonds. And all orders directed to said
under this act, shall state on their face
that they are road orders and to what
account they are c~hargeable. ;.
\ Sec. Z. That in case the result of said
election shall be in favor of issuing bonds
as aforesaid, the said board of commits
sioners of New Hanover county shall levy
annually on the first Monday in June in
each year a special road tax for said
county, of not exceeding % cents on the
800 worth Of property and not exceed
ing Is cents on each poll. The subjects
OF taxation and levy of taxes to be the
same on which the said board OF county
| commissioners now or may hereafter be
authorized to lay and levy upon for gen.
eral county purposes The taxes so levied
shall be collected as other taxes and
paid to the county treasurer aforesaid
as other taxes are paid, and the same
shall be a separate fund and applied
first to the payment of the interest on
said bonds and then to the creation Of a
sinking fund for the redemption OK said
| bonds.
Sec. 8. That said board Of county COM
| missioners shall use the funds derived
from the sale of said bonds for the pur-
| pose of constructing and improving the
| public roads In said county. and for such
| purpose they may establish n maintain
a chain gang and work persons convicted
| of crime and sentenced by a court or
| courts to terms of penal servttude on
said public roads, may purchase tools.
1 machinery, appliances, materials, stock
and all other things whatsoever deemed
by them necessary for the purpose OF
working convicts or hired free labor on
the public roads in said county.
Sec. 9. nat the road beds IN said coun-
ty constructed. prepared or worked un-