Carolina, and in event of such removal a certificate of minutes showing such action and notice of time and place of removal shall be filed with the secretary of state of the state of North Carolina, and all business done and contracts made shall be held the same as if originally made from the place to which this corporation is removed. SEC. 8. That the above-named persons are duly authorized, as soon Organization. as the capital stock shall have been subscribed to the amount of one hundred thousand dollars, and fifty per centum be paid in their hands, ́to call a meeting of said subscribers, who shall elect from their num- President and directors. ber a president and board of directors consisting of such number as desired, the same to be in accordance with section two of this act. Each subscriber shall have one vote for each share of stock subscribed Stock-vote. for, and may authorize any other stockholder to be his proxy in such election and to vote for and represent his interest the same as he would be authorized to do were he himself present. The said presi dent and board of directors shall serve until the first annual meeting, Term of office. which shall be one year from said day of organization unless then otherwise provided or until their successors shall have been elected. After such action they shall have power to commence the business operation of the company. ors. SEC. 9. The board of directors shall organize immediately after Duties of directelection, choose one of their number as president pro tem., appointing a secretary and such other office help as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the business of this corporation, fixing also the compensation of the office management, which compensation once provided shall not be changed except by unanimous consent until the meeting prior to the next annual election when the same shall be likewise arranged for the coming years in regular order. SEC. 10. That the said North Carolina State Insurance Company shall have power to represent as agent any fire insurance company or companies organized outside of the state of North Carolina, subject to the same laws which govern individuals in acting in the same capacity. SEC. 11. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Authorized to act as agent for other companies. CHAPTER 87. An act to amend chapter one hundred and six, private laws of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An act to incorporate the Glendon and Gulf Mining and Manufacturing Company." The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : SECTION 1. That chapter one hundred and six, private laws of one Chapter 106, prithousand eight hundred and ninety-one, ratified the twenty-fifth day amended. vate laws 1891, Authorized to extend railroad, &c. of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, be amended SEC. 2. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. To continue a corporation. Corporate name and powers. Corporate limits. Mayor and alder men. When elected. Who eligible as mayor or aldermen. Electors. CHAPTER 88. An act to amend the charter of the town of Old Fort. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That the inhabitants of the town of Old Fort shall be and continue as they heretofore have been a body politic and corporate, and in the name of the corporation of Old Fort shall have the right to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, to purchase, to receive by donation, devise or otherwise, to hold and convey property, real and personal. SEC. 2. That the corporate limits of said town shall be as follows, to-wit: Begin at a point on the railroad one half of a mile east of the railroad depot, and follow the circumference of a segment of a circle, the centre of which circle is the railroad depot, and the radius of which is one-half mile long, to a point on the railroad one-half of a mile west of the railroad depot; thence to the mouth of Still-house branch; thence up said branch to its source; thence due north to Butcher's branch; thence down said branch, as it meanders, to the cemetery road; thence with said road to the north line of J. C. Finch's lot; thence with said line to Golay's line, thence with Golay's line to the beginning point on the railroad. SEC. 3. That the government of said town shall be composed of a mayor and five aldermen, who shall be biennially elected on the first Monday in May by the qualified voters of said town as herein provided. SEC. 4. Any qualified voter of said town shall be eligible to the office of mayor or alderman. SEC. 5. Every person entitled to vote in the county of McDowell for members of the general assembly, and who shall have been a bona fide resident of said town for thirty days next preceding the day of election and registered as hereinafter provided for, shall be entitled to vote for mayor and aldermen. and aldermen. SEC. 6. That the mayor and each alderman, before entering upon Oath of mayor the duties of his office, shall take, before some justice of the peace or other person empowered by law to administer oaths, an oath that he will truly and impartially perform the duties of his office for the town according to the best of his ability, skill and judgment. SEC. 7. That the mayor and board of aldermen shall have authority Powers of mayor and aldermen. to fill any vacancy in the board that may occur during their term of office; to appoint a secretary and treasurer, town constable or marshal and all officers which they may deem necessary for the efficient administration of the regulations, ordinances and by-laws of the town, and shall prescribe their terms of office. The board of alder. Mayor pro tem. men shall be further authorized to appoint one of their number a mayor pro tempore to act as mayor in case of the absence of the ble. mayor or his inability to perform the duties of his office. Before act- Oaths of officers. ing each of said officers shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of Bonds of treashis duties, and the treasurer and constable shall each execute a bond urer and constawith sufficient security, payable to the state of North Carolina in such sum as the mayor and said board of aldermen may determine: Provided, however, that the duties of the collector of taxes may be per- Proviso. formed by the marshal if the mayor and board of aldermen so direct, and the duties of the secretary and treasurer by a member of the board of aldermen. mayor as an SEC. 8. That the mayor of said town is hereby constituted an infe- Jurisdiction of rior court, and as such shall, within the corporate limits of the town, inferior court. have all the power, jurisdiction and authority of a justice of the peace to preserve and keep the peace, to issue process; to hear and determine all causes of action which may arise upon the ordinances and regulations of the town; to enforce penalties by issuing executions upon any adjudged violation thereof; to execute the by-laws, rules and regulations made by the mayor and board of aldermen; to have arrested and to try all persons who are charged with the violation of chapter four of the laws of the state passed at the special session of the general assembly in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty, and for this purpose his jurisdiction shall extend two miles from the town. The mayor shall further be a special court Special court. within the corporate limits of the town to have arrested and to try all persons who are charged with a misdemeanor for violating any ordinance of the town; and if the accused shall be found guilty he shall be fined at the discretion of the mayor or court not exceeding the amount specified in the ordinance so violated, or imprisoned at the discretion of the court or mayor not exceeding the length of time specified in the ordinance or ordinances so violated. SEC. 9. That the mayor shall have power to commit any person or persons convicted of a violation of any ordinance of the town to the Committal of person violating town ordinance. Persons failing to pay fine liable to work on streets. Mayor and alder to make ordi nances to prohibit firing of firearms, disposal of liquor, &c., &c. town or county prison until the fine and costs imposed by him and the jail fees are paid, and such person or persons can only be released as is provided in like cases in other courts. SEC. 10. That the board of aldermen shall have authority to put and keep at work on the streets of the town any person or persons who may fail to pay any fine, penalty or forfeiture which may be imposed on such person or persons for violation of any ordinance, by-law or regulation of said town; and the said aldermen shall have authority by their ordinance to confine, control and manage such person or persons until the said fines, penalties, forfeitures or fees, together with the cost thereof, shall be fully paid and satisfied under such rate for labor and board as the aldermen may adopt. SEC. 11. That the mayor and board of aldermen shall have power to men empowered make ordinances to prohibit or control the firing of firearms, firecrackers, torpedoes and other explosive materials, and to govern the sale thereof in the town; to prevent the gratuitous disposing of spirituous liquors in the corporate limits of the town; to control the pace and speed at which horses may be driven or ridden through the streets, at which railroad engines and trains shall run within the limits of the town; to prohibit railroads from stopping cars and engines on the streets of the town, and to require said railroads to keep the street crossings in good repair; the manner in which dogs, hogs, goats, cows and other cattle may be kept, and to prevent them from running at large in said town, and to declare and make the same a nuisance; to cause alleys, lots, cellars, privies, stables, sties and other places of like character to be examined by a sanitary policeman to be appointed for that purpose. It shall be the duty of the mayor, on complaint of the sanitary policeman or other person, to have said places cleaned and the nuisance abated. Abatement of nuisances. Taxation. License taxes. SEC. 12. They shall have power and it shall be their duty, to prohibit all trades and occupations which are a nuisance from being carried on said town; and the power and authority of said mayor and board of aldermen for the abatement and removal of nuisances shall extend one mile beyond the town limits. SEC. 13. That the mayor and board of aldermen of the town of Old Fort shall have power and authority, not oftener than annually, to impose, levy and collect a tax upon all real and personal property within the corporate limits of the town, and upon all polls and other subjects of taxation taxed by the general assembly for public purposes, not exceeding fifty cents on one hundred dollars valuation of property and one dollar and fifty cents on each poll, and the constitutional equation between property and poll shall always be observed, and the mayor and aldermen shall further be authorized and empowered to levy a license tax for the privilege of carrying on the business or doing the act named on all subjects enumerated in Schedule B of the act to raise revenue in force each year in the state, but shall not levy more than thirty per centum of the amount levied by the state on each privilege enumerated in said act: Provided, that the mayor Proviso. and aldermen shall not levy less than four hundred dollars for the privilege of selling spirituous liquors in said town whenever it shall become lawful for liquors to be sold in the corporate limits of said town. That said board of aldermen shall cause to be made out semi- Semi-annual statement of annually a fair transcript of the receipts and disbursements of all receipts and dismoneys collected and disbursed on account of said town for the inspection of the public, and shall cause the same to be posted at two public places in said town. bursements. SEC. 14. That it shall be the duty of the mayor during the first Notice of election. week of April, eighteen hundred aud ninety-three, and every two years thereafter, to give notice by advertisement at the post-office door and three other public places in said town of the municipal election to be held on the first Monday in May; and it shall also be Registrar and his duty to appoint a registrar and two inspectors of election; the inspectors. registrar so appointed shall open the registration books ten days pre- Registration ceding the election and keep them open till Saturday evening at sunset preceding the day of election; and the inspectors so appointed Election, how shall hold said election as is now provided by law. books. held. ers. SEC. 15. That the town of Old Fort is hereby invested with all the Corporate powpowers, rights, privileges and immunities enumerated in chapter sixty-two of The Code, entitled "Towns and Cities," not inconsistent with this act. SEC. 16. That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with the pro- Conflicting laws visions of this act within the corporate limits of said town are repealed. hereby repealed, and this act shall be in force from and after its rati fication. Ratified the 20th day of February, A. D. 1893. CHAPTER 89. An act to amend an act entitled "An act supplemental to an act entitled 'An act to amend the charter of the town of Salisbury,' ratified the fourteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-one,” ratified the twentieth day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That section one (1) of said act entitled "An act supple- Chapter 1, ante, mental to an act entitled 'An act to amend the charter of the town amended. of Salisbury,' ratified the fourteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-one," which act was ratified January twentieth, |