duty, to be taxed on the papers as part of the cost in each case and paid by the state, county or person usually charged with costs in like cases in courts of justices of the peace or the superior court, as the case may be, and in no event by the city.

Salary of chief of police.

tions.

(2) To the chief of police for his services to the city as such, per month, payable monthly by the city, eighty-three dollars and thirty-three cents. For his services in the execution of process issued by the mayor and actually executed by him under the pro- Fees for execuvisions of this act he shall be entitled to such fees and allowances as sheriffs and constables are entitled to receive for the performance of like duty, to be taxed on the papers as part of the costs in each case and paid by the state, county or person usually charged with costs in like cases in courts of justices of the peace or in the superior court, as the case may be, and in no event by the city.

clerk.

(3) To the city clerk, for his services to the city as such clerk, Salary of city per month payable monthly by the city, eighty-three dollars and thirty-three cents.

(4) To the street commissioner, for his services as such under Salary of street commissioner. the provisions of this act, per month, payable monthly, sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents.

lector.

(5) To the tax collector, for his services as such under the pro- Fees of tax colvisions of this act, a single commission equal to two and not exceeding two and a half per centum of the taxes by him collected and paid to the treasurer, to be computed from the treasurer's receipts for such payment.

treasurer.

(6) To the treasurer, for his services as such under the provis- Commission of ions of this act, a single commission not exceeding one half of one per centum on the amount actually received and paid out by him.

(7) To the commissioner of the sinking fund, for his services as Commissioner of sinking fund. such under the provisions of this act, per month, payable monthly, twenty dollars.

(8) To the auditor, for his services as such under the provisions Salary of auditor. of this act, a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars per annum,

payable monthly by the city at the rate of sixteen dollars and sixty-six cents per month: Provided, that the three last-named Proviso. offices may be consolidated under a competent treasurer under Certain offices may be consolia good and sufficient bond conditioned for the faithful perform dated. ance of all the duties of such offices: And provided further, that the last two offices may be consolidated under either officer, with a good and sufficient bond, and such auditor and commissioner may be appointed from the bank officers of the city if practicable. (9) To any officer prescribed or authorized by any of the pro visions of this act such salary, fees or commissions as to the board of aldermen may seem just and proper, not exceeding that prescribed for like or similar service in this section.

Salaries of certain other of

ficers authorized

under this act.

Certain conflict

ing laws repealed.

SEC. 83. That from and after the passage and ratification of this act the same shall be and remain the charter of the City of Raleigh; and all laws or parts of laws heretofore enacted in relation thereto and not heretofore repealed which are inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

Ratified the 28th day of February, A. D. 1899.

CHAPTER 154.

Incorporated.

Corporate name.

Corporate limits

Town officers.

Temporary officers.

Powers of officers.

An act to incorporate the town of "Goldpoint

"' in Martin county.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That the town of Goldpoint, in the county of Martin, be and is hereby incorporated under the style and name of the town of "Goldpoint," and as such shall be governed by and subject to the provisions of chapter sixty-two of The Code of North Carolina.

Sec. 2. That the corporate limits of said town shall be as fol· lows: "Beginning at clay hole, near the residence of H. S. Williams, on county road leading from Robersonville to Goldpoint and running westward about three hundred (300) yards to a lightwood stake in John E. Roberson's field; thence northerly so as to strike county road at the colored church, and along said road whole distance about eight hundred (800) yards to a stake on said county road; thence eastward across B. H. Roberson's fields a straight line to a stake in the field known as Daniel place; thence southward a straight line to about six hundred (600) yards to a stake; thence westward about three hundred (300) yards to the beginning."

Sec. 3. That the officers of said town shall consist of a mayor, constable and three commissioners, and the following-named persons shall fill said offices until the first Monday in May, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine (1899) or until their successors are elected and qualified as directed by law: G. A. Crofton, mayor; J. A. Bryan, constable, and J. H. Roberson, R. T. Taylor and B. H. Roberson, commissioners.

Sec. 4. That the said officers shall be governed in their powers and duties by chapter sixty-two of The Code of North Carolina. Sec. 5. This act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 28th day of February, A. D. 1899.

CHAPTER 155.

An act to amend and consolidate the charter of the town of Red Springs,
Robeson county.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

ers.

Section 1. That the inhabitants of the town of Red Springs Incorporated. shall continue as heretofore a body corporate under the name Body corporate. and style of "The Town of Red Springs," and under such name Corporate name. is hereby invested with all the privileges, immunities and fran- Corporate pow chises, property and all other rights heretofore belonging or appertaining to the town of Red Springs, and in and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, acquire and hold property, real and personal, for the use of the town as its board of commissioners may deem necessary and expedient.

officers.

Sec. 2. That A. B. Pearsall shall be mayor and R. W. Liver- Temporary more. John T. McNeill, W. F. Williams, Lucius McRae, B. W. Townsend and Dr. B. F. McMillan shall be commissioners, and that C. S. O'Neil shall be constable and D. R McIver shall be town clerk and treasurer; the same are hereby declared the offi cers of said town with the powers and duties of the officers of the town of Red Springs until their successors are duly elected and qualified as hereinafter provided.

Sec 3. That the corporate limits of said town shall be and are Corporate limits. hereby declared to be included within and up to the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at a point one-half of a mile due north of the center of Main street where it intersects the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad and runs thence due east onehalf of a mile: thence due south one mile; thence due west one mile; thence due north one mile; thence due east one-half mile to the beginning.

Sec. 4. That the officers of said town shall consist of a mayor Officers of town. and six commissioners, to be elected by the qualified voters of

said town on the first Monday in May annually.

Sec. 5. That said election of mayor and commissioners shall be Election of officers, when held at some place within the corporate limits of said town, to held. be selected by the mayor and commissioners, and no person shall be entitled to vote at said election or at any election held in said town for municipal purposes, unless he shall be an elector of the state of North Carolina and shall have resided ninety days next preceding the day of election within the said corporation. Sec. 6. That it shall be the duty of the commissioners of said Appointment of registrar and town on the first Monday in March in each year to appoint a reg- judges. istrar and three judges of election who shall be qualified voters of said town, and who shall within ten days thereafter be notified of their appointment by the constable of said town. The regis

Notice of election.

Registration.

Registrars and Judges of election.

Challenge day.

Proviso.

Election, how held.

trar so appointed shall immediately make publication at the door of the mayor's office and three other public places in said town of his appointment as such. He shall be furnished with a registration book by the commissioners of said town, and it shall be his duty to revise the existing registration book of said town in such a manner that said book shall show an accurate list of electors previously registered and still residing in said town without requiring such electors to be registered anew. He shall also, between the hours of sunrise and sunset each day (Sundays excepted) for thirty days preceding each election, keep open said books for the registration of any electors residing in said town entitled to register whose names have never before been registered in said town, or do not appear on the revised list, but the commissioners of said town may, if they think proper, upon giving thirty days notice at four public places in said town require an entirely new registration of voters before any election held therein.

Sec. 7. That the registrar and judges of election, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, shall take the oath prescribed by article six, section four of the constitution of North Carolina before some justice of the peace of Robeson county.

Sec. 8. That it shall be the duty of the registrar and judges of election to attend at the polling place in said town with the registration books on the Monday preceding the election from the hour of nine o'clock a. m. until the hour of five o'clock p. m., when and where the said book shall be open to the inspection of the electors of the said town, and any of the electors shall be allowed to object to the name of any person appearing in said book. In case of any such objection the registrar shall enter upon his book opposite the name of the person so objected to the word "challenged," and shall appoint a time and place on or before the election day, when he, together with said judges of election, shall hear and decide said objection, giving due notice to the voter so objected to: Provided, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit the right of any elector to challenge or object to the name of any person registering or offering to register at any other time than that above specified. If any person challenged or objected to shall be found not qualified as provided for in this charter, his name shall be erased from the registration book and he shall not be allowed to vote at any election held in said town for municipal purposes.

Sec. 9. That the said judges of election, together with the registrar, who shall take with him the registration book, shall assemble at the polling place on the day of the election held in said town and shall open the polls at seven o'clock a. m. They shall superintend said election and shall keep the polls open until

sunset, when the polls shall be closed and the votes for mayor and commissioners counted out by them. They shall keep poll books and write in them the name of every person voting at said election, and at the close thereof shall certify said poll lists and deposit them with the clerk and treasurer of said town, and said poll lists shall in any trial for illegal or fraudulent voting be received as evidence. If for any cause any of the judges of election shall fail to attend, the registrar shall appoint some discreet person or persons to fill the vacancy, who shall be sworn by him before acting.

Sec. 10. That the voters shall vote by ballot, having the names Voters shall vote of the mayor and commissioners on one ballot, either in writing by ballot. or printed on white paper and without any device, and the person having the highest number of votes shall be declared elected by the judges of election, who shall certify said fact to the town clerk and treasurer, and in case of a tie the judges of election shall determine by ballot who is elected.

Sec. 11. That no person shall be eligible to any office in said Persons eligible town unless he shall be a qualified voter therein.

Sec. 12. That immediately after each election it shall be the duty of the town clerk and treasurer to notify in writing the mayor and commissioners elect of their election.

to office.

Notification of mayor and commissioners of

their election.

When officers

qualify.

Sec. 13. That the mayor and commissioners elect shall within three days after having been notified by the town clerk and treas- elect shall arer, before some justice of the peace in said county, take the oath prescribed for public officers, and an oath that they will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties imposed upon them by law.

Sec. 14. That any person elected mayor or commissioner of said town under the provisions of this charter, refusing to qualify and act as such for one month after such election, shall forfeit and pay the sum of two hundred dollars, one-half to the use of the person suing for the same and the other half to said town, to be applied by the commissioners of said town to the use and benefit thereof; the said sum shall be recovered in an ordinary civil action before a justice of the peace of said county in the name of the state of North Carolina.

Persons refusing to qualify shall be fined."

urer.

Sec. 15. That said commissioners shall at the first meeting after Election of town their election select some one as town clerk and treasurer, who clerk and treas shall hold office for one year or until his successor shall be elected and qualified. He shall act as secretary to the board of. commissioners, and as treasurer of said town, and before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office shall give good and sufficient bond with sureties, to be approved by the commissioners of said town in the sum of two thousand dollars, payable to the Bonds. state of North Carolina and conditioned upon his faithfully ac