The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-04-03
WHAT WILSON
DID IN RALEIGH
Synopsis Compiled of Activi-
ties of Pasquo.ank County
Representative

What J. X. Wilson did as
Representative Of Pasquotank
County in the recent General
Assembly is reviewed briefly
for readers Of this newspaper.
This is the first complete sum-
mary published. Mr.. Wilson'S
activities were confined mostly
to roads. drainage, game laws,
and revision OF the Pasquotank
Court calendar Here is the
summary:
An act ;o provide Tor DCtcmtion
ii, me in puSquotauk County. Com
missions authorized to acquire site
by purchase. condemnation or other
wise, together with buildings and
improvements thereon deemed
necessary for the purposes Of said
Home. Empowered to sell notes OF
bonds of the county and levy special
tax tn pay interest and principal on
money borrowed, and to provide
for the maintenance and operation
of said Home. Powers granted by
this act not subject to any limita-
ton or restriction contained i'll any
other under which county authOri-
ties operate.
Land
Act relating to registration of
land titles. This being an amend-
mcnt TO the TOrrenS Land Title
Registration law and is of state
wide scope.
The following added to section
23S6 Consolidated Statutes. THAT
the Clerk of the Court shall also
record copy of said notice i'll the
lis peudeus docket of his office and
cross index same aS other notices
Of lis pendenS and shall also certify
copy thereof to the Superior Court
of each county in which any part Of
said land lies, and the Clerk there
of shall record and cross index same
in the lis pendcns records of his Of
flee as other notices Of lis pcndens
are recorded and ross indcxed."
Town Charter Revised
House Bill 1236. Senate Bill 100
An act to amend an act to revise
and consolidate the Charter of Eilz-
abeth City. This act. among other
things. provides the following:
That the City shall pay for two
feet of the cost of sidewalk paving,
the old act reads two feet in one
place and one half in another place,
and the change is merely to clear
ify the old Charter. The old Chart
or forbade the Utilities Commission
to enter into contracts for more
than two years. The new act per
mitS contracts to be made for Il
period of five years with the con-
sent Of the Board of Aldermen.
The old act provided that the
ahuttinS property owner should be
assessed with the cost ot ac-
uuiring or constructing sewer
system. At the time that that Chart
or was drawn in 1925 it was con-
ten.platcd that if the city built its
own sewer system its cost could be
readily aSccrtaincd or if ii pur-
chased the existing sewer system it
would do 50 at price which could
likewise be determined, In view of
the fact however, that the city
bought all of the utilities ut lump
sum it became necessary to deter
mine what part Of the total cost Of
$50 900 should be applicable to the
sewer system. The new act pro
vitles that the city shall ascertain
and declare what part of this cost
is so applicable aud that the abut-
ting property owners should be
charged accordingly after due
notice by the Commission. The
new act. however, contains a pro-
visal that the commission may i'll
its discretion pay all the cost Of ac-
uniring or constructing sewer with
out any assessment on abuttlnS
property owners.
The necessity for providing Tor
the election of two aldermen in the
First Ward in the year 1929 arises
by reason of the fact that the 1923
Charter provided that an election
should be held i'm that year for two
aldermen in each ward, that the
alderman receiving the highest num-
ber of votes should be elected for
a term of four years and the one
receiving the next highest for Il
term of two years. The election
of that year. however. resulted in Il
tie vote, therefore. neither OF the
aldermen was elected for Il term OF
four years. The new act undertakes
to provide a method for correcting
this difficulty and avoiding its
repetitiOn i'm the future.
Pasquotank County.
House Bill 1924. An act to fix
the time for holding courts in North
Carolina makes no change in the