General store. Free newspapers. all the families of stockholders free of charge. It shall subscribe for one newspaper, a copy to be sent to the family of each stockholder, said subscription to be paid out of the general fund. It shall establish a general store, at which the stockholders shall be allowed to buy goods at such reduced prices as the holders of the majority of the stock may determine, and at which every stockholder shall be allowed credit to the amount of his paid-up stock, under such rules and regulations as shall be allowed by the by-laws adopted at the organization meeting and the subsequent annual stockholders meetings, stock in that branch of this business at Lenoir shall be taken by individuals only, but stock in any other branches of the business may be taken by individuals, corporations, counties, towns or townships. Consolidation. Loan of credit, &c. Conflicting laws repealed. SEC. 9. The "Credit Foncier" may consolidate with the Wilson Lumber Company, the Lenoir and Blue Ridge Railroad Company, the Caldwell Land and Lumber Company, or any other corporation doing business in the state of North Carolina. It may loan its credit, mortgage its real and personal property, and issue bonds to raise money to carry on its business. SEC. 10. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 11. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Preamble. Commissioners authorized to permit W. & W. R. R. Co. to encroach on Hillsboro street in building depot, &c. CHAPTER 233. An act to authorize the commissioners of Fayetteville to provide for the location of a depot building for the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company., WHEREAS, The Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company desires to build a passenger station and depot in Fayetteville, and have proposed a plan and selected a location for the same which will cover and encroach upon a portion of Hillsboro street near Hay street in said town, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That the commissioners of Fayetteville, or their successors in office, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to contract and agree with the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company for the construction and erection of such building and to permit the same to be erected and located so as to cover and encroach upon such part of said Hillsboro street as may hereafter be agreed on SEC. 2. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. CHAPTER 234. An act to incorporate the town of Bostic in the county of Rutherford. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That the town of Bostic in the county of Rutherford Incorporated. be and the same is hereby incorporated under the corporate name and style of the "Town of Bostic," and shall be governed by the Corporate name. general law of the state as to towns and cities, except as hereinafter provided. SEC. 2. That the corporate limits of said town shall be the circum- Corporate limits. ference of a circle whose radius shall be one-half mile, and whose centre shall be at the depot of Bostic in the county aforesaid. SEC. 3. That the officers of the said town shall consist of a mayor, Officers. SEC. 4. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. officers. CHAPTER 235. An act to amend the private laws of eighteen hundred and seventy and eighteen hundred and seventy-one, the same being an act to incorporate the town of Gibsonville. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : SECTION 1. That chapter twenty of the private laws of eighteen Chapter 20, private laws 1870-'71, hundred and seventy and eighteen hundred and seventy-one be amended. amended by striking out all of section one after the words "to-wit" in line five and by inserting in lieu thereof the following, to-wit. Corporate limits. "That the territory embraced in the town of Gibsonville shall con Proviso. tain one square mile, subject to the proviso hereinafter named. The SEC. 2. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Chapter 353, pri- CHAPTER 236. An act to amend chapter three hundred and fifty-three, private laws of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That subdivision six (6) of section two, of chapter three hundred and fifty-three of the private laws of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one be and the same is hereby amended by striking out all of said subdivision after the word "alderman" in line twelve of said section. SEC. 2. That subdivision eight (8) of section two of said chapter be amended by striking out all of said subdivision after the word " case" Provision author- in line seven of said subdivision. streets, &c., repealed. izing appeal in condemnation SEC. 3. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Chapter 136. private laws 1891, amended. CHAPTER 237. An act to amend the charter of the Wilkesboro Land Company, and to change its name. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : SECTION 1. That chapter one hundred and thirty-six of the private laws of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, entitled an act to incorporate New Wilkesboro Land Company, and ratified the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, be amended by striking out the words "New Wilkesboro Land Company" whenever they may occur in said chapter and inserting in lieu thereof the words "The State Company;" by Name changed. striking out in the sixth line of section one after the word "for" ence. "expressed on face company re and before the word "years" the word "thirty" and insert in lieu Corporate existthereof the words "ninety-nine;" by striking out in the eighth (8th) line of section eight, beginning with the word "provided" after the Provision rethe word "subscriber" and ending with the word "subscription" conditions to be quiring certain in the eleventh line of section eight, including the words "provided" of stock certifiand "subscription" and all intervening words in section eight; by cate repealed. striking out in the eighty-second line of section sixteen, beginning Provision limitwith the word "provided" after the word "conferred" and ending telegraph lines, ing powers as to with the word " company" in the eighty-fourth line of section six- &c., to land of teen, including the words "provided" and "company" and all pealed. intervening words in said section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Said corporation shall have power and authority, under Corporate powsuch rules and regulations as may be embodied in a contract between ers as to waterworks, &c. it and the board of commissioners of the town of North Wilkesboro or any other town in this state, to construct, establish and maintain in or near said town or towns a system of water-works for the purpose of supplying said town or towns, its or their inhabitants, and such other persons who may reside in the vicinity thereof, with water for any and all purposes, and to charge and collect such rates for the use and privilege as it may be agreed upon. That said corporation shall at all times have power and authority to build, construct, maintain and repair, lay and remove all necessary pipes, mains, conduits, stand-pipes, tanks, reservoirs, hydrants, fixtures and appurtenances in, upon, through, over and under any and all streets, alleys, roads, lanes, avenues, sidewalks and bridges in said town or towns or its or their vicinities; but said corporation shall at its own expense repair and restore all streets, alleys, bridges, roads, sidewalks and avenues and as nearly as practicable leave them in as good condition as they were before used for said purposes; and if for the purposes aforesaid, or either of them, it shall be deemed necessary for the said corpora- Condemnation of tion to use the land of any person or corporation and an agreement cannot be made between the said corporation and the owner of the land or the person entitled to the beneficiary interest therein, the officers, agents and servants of said corporation may enter said lands for the purposes aforesaid, and said corporation may have the same condemned for its use in the manner provided for condemnation of lands in chapter forty-nine, volume one of The Code of North Carolina. land. Any person who shall wilfully throw or place anything that might Misdemeanor to impure rain or flowing water running to or in the direction of a pollute water, &c. pond, reservoir or other receptacle for water, or obstruct or impure any main, conduit, pipe, hydrant, fire-plug, spring, reservoir, aque Organization. Conflicting laws repealed. duct, pump, machinery, building, or shall unlawfully and wilfully openly interfere with any fire-plug or hydrant belonging to said corporation or its patrons shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days." SEC. 2. That the corporators or a majority of them named in chapter one hundred and thirty-six may organize under provisions of said act at any time within two years from the ratification of this act. SEC. 3. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the powers and privileges conveyed in the charter of this corporation are hereby repealed. SEC. 4. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Commissioners authorized to CHAPTER 238. An act to amend the charter of the town of Kenley. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : SECTION 1. That the board of commissioners of the town of Kenley increase tax levy. be and the same is hereby empowered to increase the levy for town taxation to thirty-three and one-third cents on every hundred dollars worth of property and one dollar upon each taxable poll. SEC. 2. That this act shall be in force from and after May 10, 1893. Chapter 30, pri vate laws 1891, amended. Authority given CHAPTER 239. An act to amend the charter of the town of Reidsville. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That section ten, chapter thirty, private laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-one, giving to the board of commissioners of the commissioners to town of Reidsville the power to issue bonds to the amount of one hundred thousand dollars, to be known as rail construction and equipment bonds, is hereby repealed. issue certain bonds repealed. |