CHAPTER 16. An act to amend the charter of the Cabarrus Savings Bank. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: Section 1. That section four of chapter one of the private laws Section 4 amended of North Carolina, passed at session of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word "nine" in the second line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the word "twelve." rectors. Sec. 2. That said Cabarrus Savings Bank is hereby fully May subscribe for, authorized and empowered to subscribe for, hold and possess stock in other hold and possess stock in any other banking corporation to such an amount as its banking corporaboard of directors may authorize. tions to any amount determined upon Sec. 3. That said Cabarrus Savings Bank may under such rules by its board of diand regulations as its board of directors may prescribe, establish, Bank may estaboperate and control a branch of its said bank at Albemarle, control a branch lish, operate and Stanley county, North Carolina, and that said branch when so Stanley county. established shall have all the rights, privileges and powers rights, privileges granted to the said Cabarrus Savings Bank. bank at Albemarle, Branch bank, and powers. Sec. 4. That when the directors of said Cabarrus Savings Bank Branch bank, shall establish a branch in said town it shall be known and name and designadesignated as the Cabarrus Savings Bank of Albemarle, North Carolina. tion. Sec. 5. That all checks, drafts or other orders for n oney drawn Branch bank, apon said branch shall be due and payable at the banking house of, payable, where. cheques and orders in the town of Albemarle where said branch is so established, and at no other place: Provided, that this act shall not release Proviso. said Cabarrus Savings Bank of Concord, North Carolina, from the debts and obligations of its branch. Sec. 6. That this act shall take effect from and after its ratifi ration. Ratified the 26th day of January, A. D. 1899. CHAPTER 17. An act to amend the charter of the town of Jamesville, Martin county, North Carolina. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: Chapter 158, private tled an act to incor Section 1. That section two (2), chapter one hundred and fifty- laws of 1891, entieight (158), private laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-one porate the town of (1891) be stricken out, and the following inserted in lieu thereof: ed. 2 Jamesville, amend Corporate limits of That the corporate limits of said town shall be as follows: town of Jamesville. Beginning on Roanoke river at the northern end of Smithwick street; thence southerly along Smithwick street to the northeast corner of W. T. Stallings' dwelling-house tract of land, on said Smithwick street; thence westerly along said Stallings' back fence to New street; thence southerly to Washington street; thence a southerly course continued one hundred and twenty yards (120) to a corner post; thence easterly to the southwest corner of Mrs. Fannie Lilly's dwelling-house lot; thence southerly to the southwest corner of the A. J. Davis dwelling-house lot; thence easterly to the center of Maple branch; thence northerly along the center of said branch to Hardison street; thence easterly along Hardison street to the eastern end of said street; thence southerly one hundred and twenty yards (120) to a post; thence easterly to the Jamesville and Washington Railroad track; thence northerly along said railroad track to Roanoke river; thence up said Roanoke river along the water's edge to Smithwick street on said river, the beginning. Conflicting laws repealed. Sec. 2. That all laws and clauses of law coming in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Sec. 3. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratifi cation. Ratified the 26th day of January, A. D. 1899. An act entitled an act to incorporate CHAPTER 18. An act to amend chapter one hundred and fifty-three, private laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled an act to incorporate the city of Fayetteville. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: That chapter one hundred and fifty-three of the private laws the city of Fayette- of eighteen hundred and ninety-three be amended as follows: Section 1. Amend section twenty-three so as to read as follows: ville. Section 23 of said act amended. Mayor shall have before him. "Section 23. The mayor of the said city shall not receive any no fees in any trial fee in any case tried before him, whether he has final jurisdiction or only to act as a committing magistrate, but all fees shall be collected and paid into the treasury of the said city. The mayor shall receive as compensation for his services such salary as the board of aldermen and board of audit and finance may fix, payable out of the city treasury in such sums and at such men may prescribe. periods as the board of aldermen may prescribe." Salary of mayor to be fixed by boards of aldermen and audit and finance. Salary of mayor payable at such periods as alder etc. Sec. 2. Amend section thirty-two so as to read as follows: Board of aldermen "Section 32. The board of aldermen when convened shall have make and enforce shall have power to the power to make and provide for the execution thereof such ordinances, by-laws ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations for the better government of the city as they may deem necessary, provided the same Proviso. be allowed by the provisions of this act, and are consistent with the constitution and by-laws of the state. This chapter in its amended form, together with all ordinances, by-laws, rules and Ordinances, rules regulations heretofore adopted, and now in force and which may recorded in separhereafter be adopted, shall be properly recorded in a separate book to be known as the 'Book of Laws and Ordinances.' All ordinances shall be properly indexed and, excepting in cases of emergency, ordinances hereafter adopted shall not become opera- Ordinances, etc., tive until they have been published at least once in a newspaper published. not operative till of the said city, or by printed posters for ten days." and by-laws to be ate book. clerk and treasurer Sec. 3. Amend section thirty-three so as to read as follows: "Section 33. The board of aldermen at the first meeting after Board of aldermen their election shall appoint a clerk and treasurer who shall shall appoint a respectively hold their offices during the official term of the aldermen who appointed them; subject, however, to be removed at any time and others appointed in their stead, for misbehavior to be sworn. or negligence in office. Before acting the clerk and treasurer Clerk and treasurer shall execute a bond payable to the city of Fayetteville in such sums as the board of aldermen may determine." Sec. 4. Amend section thirty-four to read as follows: "Sec. 34. The clerk shall have a reasonable salary, to be fixed Clerk's salary. by the board of aldermen, and it shall be his duty to keep regu- Clerk's duties. larly correct minutes of the proceedings of the board of aldermen and to preserve all books, papers and articles committed to his care during his continuance in office, and to deliver them to his successor, and generally to perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of aldermen and this charter." Sec. 5. Amend section thirty-five so as to read as follows: "Sec. 35. The treasurer shall make out annually a full and Treasurer to make correct transcript of receipts and disbursements on account of annual transcripts. the city for the general inspection of the citizens, and cause the same to be posted before the door of the mayor's office at the end of the fiscal year, and printed in some newspaper published in the city of Fayetteville. The treasurer's salary shall be such Treasurer's salary. as may be fixed by the board of aldermen." Sec. 6. Amend section thirty-seven so as to read as follows: Orders drawn upon treasurer shall be issued by the clerk from regular scrip book, and shall specify name of by the clerk from the regular city scrip book, specifying the name of the payee, on what account paid, the amount, date and payee and what number signed by him and countersigned by the mayor, and an to, orders signed account charged accurate stub of the same shall be kept, and the treasurer shall by him and countersigned by mayor Treasurer to keep stub-book, and specify purpose for which money is paid, and sources from which it is derived. Duties of board of audit and finance. approved by board of audit and finance finance may con cur in or veto the in all matters of specify in his accounts the purposes to which all moneys are applied and also the sources whence are derived the moneys received by him.” Sec. 7. Amend section thirty-nine so as to read as follows: "Sec. 39. It shall be the duty of the board of audit and finance to consider and act upon the charges fixed for privileges of various kinds and to make recommendations to the mayor and board of aldermen as to all such matters as shall affect the finNo appropriation of ances of the city of Fayetteville, and no appropriation of moneys money or expendior expenditures or contracts affecting the finances of the city tures or contracts shall be made or shall be made by the mayor and board of aldermen until the entered into till same shall be approved by at least two members of the board of audit and finance, but said board of audit and finance shall have Board of audit and no power or authority to do anything binding upon the city of Fayetteville otherwise than to concur in or veto the action of the action of aldermen board of aldermen in matters of finance and contracts affecting finance and in con- the finances of the said city: Provided, that upon a veto by the tracts affecting the finances of said city board of audit and finance of the action of the board of aldermen, it shall be the duty of said board of audit and finance to report to the board of aldermen in writing, at the next regular or called meeting of said board of aldermen, such veto, together with the cause of the same, and such communication from the board of au.. and finance to the board of aldermen shall be spread upon the minutes of the board of aldermen, and at the next regular or called meeting of the board of aldermen the an aye and nay vote mayor, after having caused such communication to be read, shall submit the question on the ‘aye and nay' vote, ‘Shall the vote be the question being sustained?' and thereupon, if eleven of the board of aldermen shall vote ‘nay,' such veto shall be of no effect, and the original Number necessary action of the board of aldermen shall prevail." Proviso. Board of audit and finance. Report of veto to be spread upon minutes of the aldermen. Mayor shall cause to be taken on measure vetoed, "Shall the veto be sustained ?" to sustain veto. Sinking fund to be created. What taxes applied to sinking fund. Sec. 8. Amend section forty-nine so as to read as follows: "Sec. 49. The board of aldermen and board of audit and finance of the city of Fayetteville shall create a sinking fund for the payment of all its bonded indebtedness, and to that end they may appropriate the taxes to be derived from railroads, licenses, or any other sources, which in their judgment would be adequate The board of alder- and proper; and the board of aldermen, subject to the approval men, with the approval of the board and ratification of the board of audit and finance as heretofore audit and finance, provided, shall have power to establish ordinances fixing a may prescribe privilege tax upon schedule of rates to be charged as a license or privilege tax upon trades, etc. any business, trade, occupation or profession conducted in the corporate limits of the said city, including railroads, express shall pay privilege companies, steamboat companies, telegraph companies, telephone companies, gas companies, electric light companies, water companies, and fire and life insurance companies, or any agent or agencies of the same or any of the same on business done wholly What business taxes. within the State. In the event that the sale of liquor shall hereafter be authorized by law within the limits of Cumberland county, the board of aldermen shall have no authority or power Board shall grant licenses to sell to grant any retail license to sell spirituous, vinous or malt liquor, under what liquors in Fayetteville at a less sum than five hundred dollars per circumstances annum, payable quarterly in advance, and said board of alder- shall be charged men shall be the sole judges of the character and fitness of all who to be sole applicants for liquor license in Fayetteville; it shall exercise of persons to sell judges of fitness strict supervision over same, and for violation of law or other liquor. just cause may rescind any license granted." for such licenses. What taxes shall Sec. 9. Amend section fifty-two so as to read as follows: "Sec. 52. There shall be and is hereby levied a tax of one per be levied, and how centum on property, thirty per centum of which shall be applied. applied to the liquidation of the debt, and three dollars poll tax, create no new bond and the said mayor and board of aldermen shall have no power Mayor and board or authority to create any new bonded indebtedness, unless with of aldermen shall the assent of the majority of the qualified voters of the city of ed debt only with assent of majority Fayetteville at an election or elections to be held for that pur- of voters, under express authority of pose under the express authority to be granted by the general General Assembly. assembly of the state; nor shall they have power to issue orders No orders to issue on the treasurer for payment of any obligation due by the city such orders would when the issue of such orders will increase the amount of unpaid unpaid scrip. scrip to more than one thousand dollars." on treasurer when increase amount of set apart for waterworks. Sec. 10. Amend section fifty-three so as to read as follows: "Sec. 53. The board o. aldermen shall set aside thirty per Portion of taxes to be set apart for centum of the poll and property tax collected each year, which debt, portion to be shall be applied to the debt, and twenty per centum of the tax, if necessary, shall be set aside for water-works, and the board of aldermen shall have the power to regulate water charges for private consumption by any water company doing business, or the plant or pines of which are wholly or partially located in the city of Fayetteville. Water charges, how and by whom regulated. sessed for taxation: Sec. 11. Amend section fifty-five so as to read as follows: "Sec. 55. The assessment of property for the purpose of taxa- Property, how astion under the provisions of this charter shall be the same as that fixed by the assessors appointed by the board of county commissioners of Cumberland county, to assess the property of Cross Creek township for state and county purposes, and the board of aldermen of the said city shall place on the tax lists of the said Property, upon city the property owned by the people of said city in the limits placed. thereof or subiect to taxation therein at the sum assessed by said county assessors for Cross Creek township, returned by them o the county authorities, and place said lists win the tax collector Tax lists to be placed in hands of of the said city and direct that he shall proceed to collect the collectors. same." what tax lists to be |