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date thereof to an amount not exceeding forty thousand dollars
($40,000) per mile upon each and every mile of single track and of
sidings, and not exceeding sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) per mile
for each and every mile of double track of said road already con-
structed or which may hereafter be constructed and of any branch
or branches of said road, and that said mortgage and the bonds issued
thereunder shall be a first lien and have priority over every other First lien.
claim against the company. The said mortgage when duly executed

shall be registered in the register's office of the county of Cumber- Registration of land, state of North Carolina, and the registration in said county mortgage. shall be deemed an effectual and sufficient registration for all purposes, and it shall not be necessary to register the same in any other county, any law to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, that Proviso. from the issue of said bonds herein authorized the said company shall set apart such portion as may be deemed by it necessary to take up and cancel all existing mortgages on its property, and shall have full power and authority to dispose of the residue at such prices and upon such terms as it may deem best for the purposes herein contemplated.

tal stock.

SEC. 3. Said Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway Company is Increase of capihereby authorized to increase its capital stock to an amount not exceeding forty thousand dollars ($40,000) per mile for each and every mile of single track road and sidings, and sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) per mile for each and every mile of double track of said road already constructed or which may hereafter be constructed and of all the extensions and of any branch or branches thereof, and the said corporation shall have full power and authority to issue and sell said stock at such prices and upon such terms as it may deem Sale of stock.

necessary.

authorized to

SEC. 4. That the stockholders in general meeting assembled by a Stockholders vote of two-thirds of the whole number thereof may change the change name. name of said corporation to such name as said stockholders may adopt, and within ten days after the said change is made a certificate

filed in office of

of the same shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state at Certificate to be
Raleigh, North Carolina, and from the date of said filing the name secretary of state.
of said corporation shall be changed to that adopted by the stock-
holders, and from that time the said corporation by its new name Corporate rights,
shall succeed to all the rights, privileges, powers, franchises and
immunities that are possessed by the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley
Railway Company.

SEC. 5. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification.
Ratified the 27th day of February, A. D. 1893.

&c.

Incorporators.

Corporate name.

Corporate pow

ers.

Authorized to receive property, &c.

Teachers.

CHAPTER 124.

An act to incorporate the Tuckaseige High School in Jackson county.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

SECTION 1. That C. L. Hooper, W. M. Hooper, John Wike, junior, B. N. Queen, L. W. Hooper, J. M. Wike, H. R. Queen, and the three committeemen of the public school district at the forks of the river in Jackson county, and their successors and the successors of the first named seven who may be elected as hereinafter provided, be and the same are hereby created a body politic and corporate under the name and style of "The Tuckaseige High School" for the purposes of establishing and maintaining a high school at or near the forks of the river in Jackson county, North Carolina, with the privilege of a common seal to be altered at their pleasure; and with power in their corporate name to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with, hold such real and personal property by purchase, donation or otherwise as they may consider necessary or convenient for the establishment and maintenance of said school, not to exceed fifty thousand dollars; and make all rules, regulations, by-laws and agreements needful or necessary for the government of their body and the said high school and for carrying into effect the aforesaid purposes of their institution, and do all other acts pertaining to similar corporations and not inconsistent with the laws of this state or the United States.

SEC. 2. That the terms of office of the seven trustees named in section one of this act shall be one year from the date of their election as hereinafter provided.

SEC. 3. That the election of the seven trustees provided for in section one of this act shall be by a mass-meeting of the citizens on the second Saturday of February of each and every year, and that said trustees shall have power to elect a president and secretary of the board from among their number.

SEC. 4. That said board shall have power to prescribe a course of study for said Tuckaseige High School, and to change the same at any time deemed proper; upon the completion of said course of study so prescribed it shall be the duty of the principal of said high school to give to the student so completing said course a certificate of proficiency.

SEC. 5. That said board of trustees shall have power to receive by donation, gift or otherwise any money or property of any kind or nature and disburse the same for the benefit of the said Tuckaseige High School.

SEC. 6. That the said board of trustees shall have power to elect a principal teacher in said high school, and as many assistants, either male or female, as may be necessary to carry on the said school.

SEC. 7. That the individual property of the aforesaid trustees shall Non-liability of not be liable for the debts of said corporation.

SEC. 8. That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to sell any spirituous, vinous or malt liquors within two miles of said high school.

trustees for corporate debts. Unlawful to sell liquor within two miies.

tees.

SEC. 9. That seven members of said board shall constitute a quorum Quorum of trusfor the transaction of any business coming before said board.

SEC. 10. That any person violating the provisions of section eight of Misdemeanor. this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined or imprisoned in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 11. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification.
Ratified the 27th day of February, A. D. 1893.

CHAPTER 125.

An act to incorporate the town of Hilma in the county of Edgecombe.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

SECTION 1. That the town of West Tarboro on the north side of Tar Incorporated. river and west side of Hendricks creek in the county of Edgecombe

be and the same is hereby incorporated under the name and style of

"The Town of Hilma," and as such shall have all the rights and privi- Corporate name. leges and be subject to all the provisions of chapter sixty-two of the

second volume of The Code, except as is hereinafter provided.

SEC. 2. That the corporate limits of the said town shall include all Corporate limits. the lands embraced within the following boundaries, to-wit: Beginning at the southwest corner of the bridge which crosses Hendricks creek near Hilma, thence with Hendricks creek to Tar river, thence down said Tar river to the line between the lands of the Tarboro cotton factory and Julian M. Baker's Foxhall place, thence with the line of the Tarboro cotton factory land to the south side of the public road near H. A. Dowd's residence, thence with said south side of said road to the bridge across Hendricks creek to the beginning.

SEC. 3. That the officers of said town shall consist of a mayor and Officers. three commissioners and one or more constables. The names of the

persons who shall fill the offices and commissioners until their successors are elected and qualified as hereinafter provided are as fol- Temporary lows, viz.: Mayor, A. M. Fairly; commissioners-Raiford Lisles, Isham Gay and Redding Meares.

officers.

SEC. 4. That there shall be held on the first Monday in May, eighteen Election. hundred and ninety-three (1893), and every year thereafter, an election for a mayor and three commissioners, who shall hold their office

Commissioners

to elect consta ble, &c.

Duty of appointees to qualify.

Execution of! mayor's process.

until their successors are qualified, said mayor and commissioners to be elected by the qualified voters of the town. The constable or constables and such other officers not specified in this act as may be necessary to the good government of said town shall be elected by the commissioners.

SEC. 5. That it shall be the duty of the persons appointed to office by this act to meet and take the oath prescribed by law before some justice of the peace of Edgecombe county and enter upon the discharge of their respective duties.

SEC. 6. The processes of the mayor of said town may be executed anywhere in Edgecombe county by the constable or other lawful officer.

SEC. 7. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification.
Ratified the 27th day of February, A. D. 1893.

Incorporated

Corporate name.

Corporate limits.

Officers.

Temporary offi

cers.

CHAPTER 126.

An act to incorporate the town of Robinsville in Graham county.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

SECTION 1. That the town of Robinsville in Graham county be and the same is hereby incorporated under the name and style of the "Town of Robinsville," and shall be subject to all the provisions contained in chapter sixty-two of The Code, except sections thirty-eight hundred, thirty-eight hundred and seven, thirty-eight hundred and eight, thirty-eight hundred and nine, thirty-eight hundred and thirteen, thirty-eight hundred and fifteen and thirty-eight hundred and sixteen.

SEC. 2. That the corporate limits of said town shall be the same as set forth under the plat of said town under the original charter of the town of Robinsville in Graham county.

SEC. 3. That the officers of said town shall consist of four commissioners, and a treasurer who shall be ex officio clerk of the board of town commissioners, said four commissioners shall choose one of their number mayor, and also their constable and treasurer.

SEC. 4. That until the officers shall be elected under the general law concerning corporations, N. M. E. Slaughter, G. B. Walker, N. G. Phillips and J. W. King are appointed commissioners of said town with power to appoint their constable and treasurer to serve until the time prescribed by law for the next election of officers for corporated towns.

SEC. 5. That the commissioners of said town shall have power to By-laws, &c. make all necessary by-laws, rules and regulations for the good government of said town, not inconsistent with the constitution of this state or the United States.

SEC. 6. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification.
Ratified the 27th day of February, A. D. 1893.

CHAPTER 127.

An act to amend chapter one hundred and twenty-seven of the public laws of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

SECTION 1. That section two, chapter one hundred and twenty- Chapter 127, laws 1891, amended. seven of the public laws of the session of one thousand eight hundred When work on and ninety-one, be amended by striking out the word. "two" in line Carolina & Virfourteen and inserting the word "six," and by striking out the word "five" in line seventeen and inserting the word "nine."

SEC. 2. That the aforesaid act shall be in force from and after the ratification thereof.

Ratified the 28th day of February, A. D. 1893.

ginia Railway to

be commenced and completed.

CHAPTER 128.

An act to amend chapter ninety-eight, private laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, in relation to the corporate limits of Whittier.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

town of Whittier,

SECTION 1. That chapter ninety-eight, private laws of eighteen hun- Chapter 98, private laws 1887, dred and eighty-seven, be amended as follows: Add after section two (incorporating of said act: "Provided, that said corporation line shall not extend beyond the dividing line between Swain and Jackson counties." SEC. 2. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification.
Ratified the 28th day of February, A. D. 1893.

Swain county) amended. Corporate limits. Conflicting laws repealed.

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