1. "An act to provide for counting the vote for officers of the Executive Departments and their induction into office, and to carry out the provisions of Article 3 of the Constitution," 2. An act to give Montgomery county an additional term of the superior court, 3. An act to amend chapter 156 of the laws of the General Assembly of 1895, relating to the Eastern Circuit Criminal Court, 4. An act to validate the probate of a deed to William Dellinger, taken before a deputy clerk, 5. An act to fix the time for the qualification of Justices of the Peace, 6. An act to amend an Act entitled " An act to establish a criminal circult to be composed of the counties of Buncombe, Madison, Haywood and Henderson," ratified the 23d day of February, 1895, 43 7. An act to embrace McDowell county in the criminal circuit now composed of the counties of Buncombe, Madison, Haywood and Henderson, 45 8. An act to amend chapter 75, acts 1895, 9. An act fixing the time of holding the superior courts in the Fifth Judicial District, 47 48 49 50 51 61 14. An act to repeal chapter 466, laws of 1895, entitled "An act to regulate assignments and other conveyances of like nature in North Carolina," 68 15. An act for the relief of A. H. Elmore, former tax collector for the town of Bryson City, North Carolina, 68 16. An act to repeal Chapter 379, Public Laws of 1895, relating to ranging stock in Graham county. 68 17. An act for the relief of J.F. Teague, sheriff and tax collector for Swain county, North Carolina, 18. An act to pay R. M. Vestal money due by Randolph county for teaching District School No. 64, 19. An act to authorize the treasurer of Yadkin county to pay school claim, 20. An act for the relief of W. M. Watson, clerk of the superior court of Craven county, 70 21. An act to amend Chapter 258, Laws of 1883, relating to the Cashie and Chowan Railroad and Lumber Company, 70 PAGE. CHAP. 22. An act to abolish the extra term of Washington superior court, ΤΟ 23. An act to pay J. A. McRae money due by Randolph county for teaching of District School No. 27, 24. An act to authorize the treasurer of Yadkin county to pay school claim, 27. An act to fix the pay of register of deeds for recording election returns, 28. An act to amend section 1246 of The Code in relation to probate of deeds and other instruments of writing, 29. An act for the relief of David W. Powell, treasurer of Columbus county, and his sureties on his official bonds, 30. An act to authorize the Commissioners of Robeson county to levy a special tax, 31. 80 81 81 82 An act to amend Section 1014 of The Code, to make Guardians, Administrators, and Executors who misappropriate their funds liable to indictment for embezzlement, 83 32. An act to exempt undertakers who are funeral directors from Jury duty, 88 38 33. 34. An act to authorize the Commissioners of McDowell county to levy a special tax, An act to restore the office of county treasurer to the county of Mc Dowell, 35. An act to amend section twenty two hundred and two (2202) of The Code of North Carolina, 84 84 36. An act to establish a new township in the county of Surry, 37. An act to amend and extend the operation of Section 2784 of The Code of North Carolina, 87 38. An act to protect the iron bridges of Macon county, 39. An act to repeal chapter 303 of the laws of 1895, 40. An act to authorize the commissioners of Watauga county to levy a special tax, 41. An act to levy a special tax for Montgomery county, 42. An act to authorize the commissioners of Richmond county to levy a special tax, 43. An act to empower the board of commissioners of Edgecombe county to levy a special tax, 44. An act to authorize the commissioners of Cherokee county to issue bonds, 93 45. An act for the relief of E. R. Johnson, chairman board of supervisors, Currituck county, Crawford township, 94 46. An act for the better protection of the traveling public, 95 48. 47. An act requiring the commissioners of Craven county to refund illegal tax collected under the act of the General Assembly, ratified March 11, A. D. 1895, An act relating to School District No. 30 for the white race in Nash county, 49. An act to prohibit fast riding or driving across the new iron bridge in Bryson City, North Carolina, 50. An act to incorporate the Moore County and Western Railroad Company, 98 51. An act to prevent the fishing of certain nets in the Albemarle Sound and in the rivers emptying therein, 103 52. An act to abolish the office of enrolling clerk of the General Assembly, if such office now exist by law, and to provide for the election of officers and clerical force for the enrollment of all bills, acts, resolutions, &c., passed by the General Assembly, 53. An act to regulate the courts of the tenth judicial district, 104 105 55. 54. An act to authorize the commissioners of Robeson county to hire out the chain-gang, 107 An act for the relief of C. M. Griffith, late sheriff of Davidson county, 107 56. An act to amend the charter of the Wellington and Powellsville Railroad Company, 108 57. An act to prevent public drunkenness, 109 58. An act to prohibit timber or other obstruction from being left hanging in the Yad kin river, 110 59. An act permitting trapping and killing deer at any time in Columbus county, 60. An act permitting fish to be caught in any manner in the waters of Columbus county, 110 111 CHAP. PAGE. 61. An act to authorize the commissioners of Pamlico county to levy a special tax, 63. An act requiring Secretary of State to furnish certain books to Forsyth county. 111 112 114 115 65. An act to authorize the county commissioners of Richmond county to issue bonds to pay the floating debt of said county, 115 66. An act to abolish Hertford county criminal court, and transfer the records and business of the same to superior court for this county, 117 67. An act to allow Franklin county to issue bonds to pay outstanding indebtedness, 68. An act regulating the probate and registration fees on crop liens, 118 120 69. An act for the relief of J. G. Grant, ex-sheriff and tax collector of Henderson county, 120 70. An act to incorporate the Pinehurst railroad company, 121 71. An act to correct an act to authorize the commissioners of Robeson county to levy a special tax, 123 72. An act to protect the traveling public in Vance county, 123 73. An act to create a new township in Jackson county to be called Green's creek township, 123 74. An act for the protection of game in Warren county, and for the regulating of hunting and shooting of same, 124 75. An act to repeal chapter 186 of the public laws of 1895, 125 7. An act to extend the boundary line of Grisom school district No. 41 in Granville county, 125 77. An act to amend the bird law, relative to Stokes county, 125 78. An act for the relief of the town of Monroe in the county of Union, 126 79. An act for the protection of cattle owners in Tyrrell county, 127 80. An act to pay Y. H. Cox, a teacher of Randolph county, for services as school teacher in said county during the year 1896, 81. An act to protect deer in Hyde county, & An act to protect deer, quail and partridges in Dare county, 127 128 128 85. An act concerning the Agricultural Department and College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 83. An act to allow the treasurer of Northampton county to pay school claims, 129 129 130 86. An act to make wire fences lawful fences in Edgecombe county, 132 87. An act to amend chapter 161 of the laws of 1895, entitled "An act to confer jurisdiction of the probate of deeds in certain cases," 132 88. An act to extend the time of J. E. McLain, sheriff and tax collector for Jackson county, for the years 1889, '90, '91, '92, '93 and '94, and R. F. Allison, tax collector for said county for the year 1895, 133 89. An act to amend section 23 of the laws of 1889, concerning the apportionment of the school fund of the counties of Stokes and Robeson, 134 90. Anact to refund one hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125) to John Boyer, paid to the state of North Carolina by mistake, 91. An act relative to the government of the graded school in the town of Whiteville, Columbus county, 135 92. An act to credit or allow active firemen belonging to regular organized fire companies of the city of Wilmington, North Carolina, the amount of their city poll tax, 136 3. An act to amend chapter 449 of the acts of 1895, entitled an act to provide for the working of the public roads of Warren county, 136 94. An act in relation to the stock law of Robeson county, North Carolina, 138 95. An act to allow N. W. Craft to kill birds on his own premises at any time of the year, 139 CHAP. PAGE. 96. An act to provide for the erection of lawful fences in Randolph county, 97. An act to regulate the sheriff bond of Tyrrell county, 139 140 98. An act in relation to keeping in repair two cart-ways in Alleghany county, 140 141 141 101. An act to authorize the treasurer of Washington county to pay school claim, 102. An act to renew and keep in force the charter of the Norfolk, Wilmington and Charleston Railroad Company, 142 143 103. An act in relation to a certain school claim in Macon county, 105. 104. An act requiring the secretary of state to furnish certain books to Yadkin county, An act to amend the charter of the Asheboro and Montgomery Railroad Company, An act to levy a special tax in Hyde county, 106. 107. An act to levy a special tax for Swain county. 108. An act to revise and improve the public school system of North Carolina, 109. An act in regard to the trial of civil actions, 110. An act to amend section 2940 of The Code in reference to restoration of citizenship, 111. An act to take Vance county out of the circuit criminal court district of eastern North Carolina, 143 144 144 147 148 149 155 155 156 112. An act to establish a system of graded schools in Henderson, North Carolina, 113. An act to consolidate public school districts No. 19 and 20 for the colored race in Wilson county, 157 160 114. An act to create Muddy Creek township in Mc Dowell county, 161 115. An act to levy a special tax to build a bridge across Roanoke river in Halifax and Northampton counties, 162 116. An act to incorporate Strowd's chapel in McDowell county, 163 117. An act to require the county commissioners of each county in the state to meet on the first Monday in June of each year and revise the jury lists, 164 118. An act to incorporate the Asheville and Biltmore street railway and transportation company, 164 119. An act to define the duties of local boards of the state colored normal schools, 120. An act to provide for the working of the public roads of Rockingham county, 121. An act to reduce the present rates of pilotage for Cape Fear bar and river, 122. An act to restore to the state of North Carolina the control and management of the Atiantic and North Carolina Railroad, 123. An act for the relief of O. A. Durant, late treasurer of Brunswick county, 124. An act to amend Senate bill 246, 168 169 175 176 178 178 125. An act to extend the time for settlement of state and county taxes for the county of Buncombe for the fiscal years 1896-97, 179 126. An act to amend The Code, section one thousand nine hundred and seventy-three, in reference to Sunday trains, 179 127. An act to stimulate local taxation in the rural districts, 180 128. An act to provide cotton weighers for the towns of Wadesboro, Morven and Lilesville in the county of Anson, 180 129. An act to establish a system of working convicts on the public roads of Rutherford county, ་ 182 131. 130. An act for the protection of trout and other fish in Banner Elk, Watauga county, 132. An act to authorize Rutherford county to levy a special tax, 183 183 184 133. An act to amend a resolution of the General Assembly of North Carolina, ratified 185 134. An act to authorize the commissioners of Caswell county to levy a special tax, 135. An act to provide for the printing of the laws, 185 186 136. An act to authorize the commissioners of Mitchell county to levy a special tax, 137. An act to allow Alleghany county to levy a special tax, 186 187 CHAP. PAGE. 138. An act to levy a special tax for the working of public roads in Guilford county, 139. An act to authorize the commissioners of Nash county to levy a special tax for the purpose of paying its indebtedness, 140. An act to authorize the County Commissioners of Yancey county to levy a special tax. 141. An act to establish a stock law in a part of White Oak township, Bladen county, 142. An act to authorize the commissioners of Brunswick county to levy a special tax, 143. An act to authorize the board of commissioners of Anson county to levy a special tax, 144. An act to authorize the clerk of superior court of Durham county to appoint Mrs. Sallie G. Brown guardian of the infant children of J. C. Brown, without bond. 145. An act to prohibit the use of Dutch or Pond nets, and fish traps in the waters of Neuse river, 146. An act to protect birds in Randolph and Davidson counties, 147. An act to establish graded schools in the town of Monroe, Union county, 148. An act to authorize the treasurer of Haywood county to pay the claims of J. F. Abel and other school teachers in county of Haywood, 149. An act to authorize the board of commissioners of Cumberland county to fund their debt, 150. An act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company and the North Carolina and Western Railroad Company, 151. An act to revise, amend and consolidate the acts concerning cotton weighing and the appointment of cotton weighers for the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, 152. An act for the deaf and dumb and blind, 187 191 191 192 196 197 197 198 199 199 202 203 206 207 209 153. An act to amend rule 13, section 1281 of The Code, so as to allow the grandchildren of certain ex-slaves to inherit and become distributees of their estates, 154. An act to prohibit hunting on any lan is in Ya lkin county except by consent of 210 owner, 210 155. An act to amend section six (6), chapter 254, public laws of 1889, relative to the public schools in the town of Littleton. 211 156. An act to apppoint trustees for Presbyterian church, Louisburg, North Carolina, 157. An act to submit to the qualified voters of Chatham county the question of working the public roads of said county by taxation, 211 212 158. An act to incorporate the Stone Mountain Railway Company, 159. An act to amend chapter 24 of the acts of 1889, 213 221 160. An act for the relief of Miss Maud S. Thorn, a school. teacher in District Number 2, Polk county, North Carolina, 995 161. An act to prohibit the sale of spirituous liquors or other intoxicating drinks within three miles of Parkersburg Academy, in Sampson county, 162. An act to amend chapter 427 of the public laws of 1895, 163. An act to regulate fire insurance companies' rates in North Carolina, 223 223 164. An act to repeal chapter thirty seven of the public laws of 1868 and 1869, chapter 209 of the public laws of 1871 and 1872, and chapter 163 of the private laws of 1893, 224 165 An act to provide for additional improvements, equipment, repairs and support of The Normal and Industrial School, 166. An act to prohibit the working of females on the public roads or streets in Vance county and in the town of Henderson, N. C., 168. An act to raise revenue, 167. An act to increase revenues and to regulate insurance, 169. An act to provide for the assessment of property and the collection of taxes, 170. An act to amend the charter of the Raleigh and Gaston railroad company, 224 225 225 227 246 292 171. An act to provide for additional equipment, repairs, improvements and support of the University of North Carolina, 172. An act to establish two new townships in Surry county, B 293 293 |