The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-02-07
THE SAUNDERS
GOOD ROAD Bill
Would take Pasquotank Coun-
/. ty Out Of the midland Put
tim Good Roads Column

The following is, a copy. of the
suggested draft of a bill for per-
manent road improvements in
Pasquotank county submitted to
the Chamber of Commerce of
Elizabeth City by Representative
Saunders. The enactment of
this or a similar act will take
Pasquotank county out of the
mud and put it in the good roads
column in North Carolina.
A BILL ENTITLED "AN ACT TO
AUTHORIZE AND EMPOWER THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS-
SIONERS OF PASQUOT ANK
G1UMTM G1 74sHn T0 70 1sgEE TH ca@sTR1cT goNRs TO
ION AND MAINTENANCE OF
PERMANENT ROADS OF THAT
COUNTY,
The General Assembly of North Caro-
| lima do enact:
Section l. That the Board of County
Commissioners of Pasquotank County
be and they are hereby authorized and
empowered to issue bonds not exceed
| ing five hundred thousand dollars
| (S0UU,UUU.) De Q0nOm1naC0Q PaSQuO-
| tank County Road Bonds. That said
bonds shall be issued in denominations
tof not less than one hundred ($100.00)
nor more than five thousand dollars.
($5,000.00) to bear interest at not ex-
ceeding six per cent (69o) and be evi-
ldenced by coupons attached to said
bonds.
Sec. 2. That no bonds issued under
the provisions of this act shall be sold
| or otherwise disposed of for less than
par and accured interest. Said Board
of County Commissioners are author
lied and empowered to sell or dispose
of the said bonds either by public or
private sale or by sealed bids, as to
them may seem best, and in case they
| sell at public sale, they shall give
notice thereof in one or more news
papers published in the state of North
Carolina for at least thirty days and
said Board of Commissioners may also
advertise the sale of said bonds in one
or more newspapers which may make
a business of advertising such sales.
published within or without the state.
| Sec. 8. That the purchase money
arising from said sale of said bonds is
sued under the provisions of this act
shall constitute separate and dlstlnct
fund to be applied and appropriated
to the laying out, construction and
maintenance of the public roads of
Pasquotank County, and the said Board
of Commissioners shall cause the treas
urer or disbursing officer acting in the
place of the treasurer of said county to
keep separate accounts OF SAID funds
so that the conditions of same may, at
IalI times, be shown, and they shall also
keep book in which the number OF
bonds sold, and with them the date,
the amount paid for the same, ana
when the interest shall fall due.
| Sec f. That the disbursement of the
said funds arising from the sale OF the
bonds aforesaid shall be under the
direction of the Highway Commission
of Pasquotank County created by chap
| ter 126 of the Public Laws of 1915, their
successors in Office.
| Sec. 5. That in order to pay the in
tterest on said bonds as it may accrue
and create a sinking fund for the pay
Iment of said bonds at maturity, the
Board Of Commissioners of Pasquotank
County shall annually levy a speclai
tax of such amount, as in their d1Scre-
ton may be deemed to be necessary TO
meet the interest accruing upon sald
bonds and to create sinking fund TO
pay for the bonds as they mature. That
said tax shall be levied and collected
as other county taxes and shall be I'M
posed upon such property and other
| subjects of taxation as are now or may
hereinafter be subject to taxation under
the laws of the State and it shall be
collected by the officer or officers charg-
ed with the collection of other county
taxes and he shall in respect thereto
be liable officially as well as person
Tally to all the requirements of the law
now prescribed or which may hereafter
be prescribed for the faithful collection
and payment of other taxes.
Sec. 6. That Immediately upon the
sale of the bonds herein provided for
the commissioners of the county OF
.IPasquotank shall turn over to the dlgh-
way Commission of Pasquotank Coun-
ty said funds to be used by them in the
manner provided Tor other roau lunus
of the county.
Sec z That the purchaser or pur-
clrasers of any part of said bonds shall
rot be required to see to the appilca-
ton of the proceeds of said funds py
the commissioner of Pasquotank coun-
/ ty or the Highway Commission OF PaS-
quotank County.
Sec. 8. Whenever in the discretion OF
the Board of County Commissioners, 1t
may be necessary or advisable, they
may make an assessment upon the
LANDS abutting property owners or those
owning lands directly benef1tted py Ine
I construction of roads, hereunder, under
the provisions of chapter 2S4 or the
Public Laws of 1917, sections 4S to 81
4 Inclusive, which are hereby made
lpart of this act.
Sec. 9. That nothing herein shall be
construed to prevent the county OF Pas
louotank or its duly constituted authorl-
ties from taking advantage OF tne pro ,1
visions of the Clark Good Roads Law
to encourage road building or any other
LEGISLATION that is now or may mere
latter become effective in this State.
Sec TO- Nothing herein contained
fshaIl be construed as repeating the roao
laws now in effect in the county OF
,tPasQuotank.
Sec. IL. This act shall be in force
from and after it's ratification