CHAPTER 250. An act to amend the charter of Elizabeth City. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That the board of commissioners for the said town be Commissioners authorized and and are hereby authorized and directed to issue bonds not to exceed directed to issue the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), which shall not be made payable in less than ten years, and shall not run longer than fifty years from the date of their issue. bonds not exceeding $50,000. bonds. SEC. 2. That said bonds shall be coupon bonds of the denomination Description of of one hundred dollars ($100) each, and shall bear interest from the date of their issue at the rate of six per centum per annum, and can be issued in one or more series for such amounts as shall be designated by the said board of town commissioners and voted upon by the qualified electors of the said town. They shall be signed by the How executed. mayor and countersigned by the treasurer and sealed by the corporate seal of the said town. ble for town SEC. 3. That the coupons of the said bonds shall be receivable in Coupons receivapayment of taxes due the town of Elizabeth City and the same shall taxes. be expressed upon the face of the said coupons. Not to be sold for less than par. SEC. 4. That said bonds shall be sold at not less than their par value and the proceeds of their sale shall be applied to the following purposes, and no other, to-wit: The payment of the debt of said town applied. existing at the time of the passage of this act; defraying the expense of providing for a good and suitable drainage by pipe system; the establishment of a sufficient water-supply, and macadamizing, paving and grading and otherwise improving the streets of said town. Board of street commissioners alone to sell. SEC. 5. That said bonds shall from time to time as they are needed Sale of bonds. by the board as established and named in this section be placed in the hands of the following-named persons, to-wit: D. B. Bradford, C. C. Allen, D. S. Kramer, George M. Scott, J. F. Snell, C. H. Robinson, F. F. Cohoon, who shall constitute the board of street commissioners for said town, and they shall have the right alone to sell said bonds as provided in section four, and in case of a vacancy or vacancies in said board of street commissioners the town commissioners in joint session with said board of street commissioners shall fill the same. The compensation to the said board of street commissioners shall not Compensation. exceed the sum paid the said commissioners for the said town. .SEC. 6. The said board of street commissioners shall semi-annually Semi-annual and oftener when called upon by the board of commissioners render account by street. commissioners. to the board of commissioners for the said town a full and accurate account of all bonds placed in their hands and sold by them, and all money expended by them as provided for in this act. Special tax. Collection of tax. Payable to town Registration of bond. Treasurer to keep account. Annual statement to be published. Street commissioners may let out work, &c. Election on question of issuing bonds. Ballots. SEC. 8. That for the purpose of paying the interest which shall accrue on said bonds, and of accumulating a fund for the principal of the said bonds as they shall mature, and for the payment of the same at maturity, the said board of commissioners for the said town shall have power annually to levy and collect, in the manner and at the time prescribed for the collection of the general town taxes, an ad valorem special tax not exceeding twenty-five cents on the one hundred dollars of the assessed valuation of all real and personal property in the said town, and also on all taxable polls not exceeding seventy-five cents, and said taxes shall be used for purposes mentioned in this act, and no other. SEC. 9. That said special taxes shall be collected by the town tax collector under the same rules and regulations as are prescribed for the collection of the general town taxes and shall be paid to the treasurer of the town, who shall give a bond in a sum double the amount of the said special taxes with good and sufficient securities conditioned for the faithful and honest management and disbursement of the said special taxes. The treasurer shall renew his bond annually before the said street commissioners when called upon by them so to do. Said treasurer's bond shall be registered in the office of register of deeds of Pasquotank county. The said treasurer shall keep an account of the receipts and disbursements of the said special tax money in a separate book to be kept for that purpose, and he shall annually publish a statement showing the balance and condition of the special tax funds in his hands. SEC. 10. That the board of street commissioners may let out the work as they are herein authorized to do by contract to the lowest responsible bidder, or otherwise, or they may employ such aid as they shall require and have the work done. SEC. 11. That a poll shall be opened at such time or times as may be appointed by the commissioners of the said town at the usual polling places in the said town, when and where all qualified voters residing within the corporate limits of the said town shall be entitled to vote. All persons who shall be in favor of issuing the bonds or any one or more series which shall have been specified in the call for an election by the said town commissioners may vote on a written or printed ticket "For bonds," and all persons who shall be opposed to the issuing of said bonds may vote on a written or printed ticket "Against bonds,” and if a majority of all the qualified voters shall jority of qualified vote "For bonds," then the provisions of this act shall take effect and be in force from and after the date of said election; and if a majority of all the qualified voters shall not vote "For bonds," then no bonds of the series then voted upon shall be issued. The judges for holding said poll shall be appointed by the board of commissioners for said town. There shall be three judges for each ward. They shall hold said poll and make returns under their hands and seals on Act to take effect on vote of ma voters. Judges of election. the day following the election to the board of commissioners for said town, and said board shall declare the result. A registrar for each Registrars. ward shall be appointed by the board of town commissioners and they shall open the registration books in their respective wards thirty Registration. days before the day of election, and all persons not theretofore registered who are duly qualified may then register as provided in the general election law. The town commissioners shall have power to Election on question of issuing call elections to vote upon the issuing of one or more series of bonds one or more to be designated as series A, B, C, D, in such sums as they in their series of bonds. discretion may designate in their call, provided the mayor of said town shall give thirty days notice of holding said election. SEC. 12. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. CHAPTER 251. An act to incorporate the town of Falkland in Pitt county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : SECTION 1. That the town of Falkland in the county of Pitt be and Incorporated. the same is hereby incorporated by the name and style of "The Town Corporate name. of Falkland," and shall be subject to all the provisions of chapter sixty-two, volume two of The Code. SEC. 2. That the corporate limits of said town shall be as follows: Corporate limits. Beginning at an oak on the north side of the Tarboro road running northwest about three hundred yards to a dead pine; thence southeast about five hundred yards to a dead poplar in branch; thence about three hundred yards to a green pine; thence about two hundred yards to a green pine in James Cobb's field; thence about six hundred yards to a post-oak on Greenville road; thence south through Mrs. S. E. Mayo's field, about two hundred yards to B. R. King's fence; thence about four hundred yards to a pine stump on south side of Farmville road; thence to a branch, running about twenty-five yards up creek; thence about three hundred yards to a gum tree; thence west about three hundred and fifty yards to a twin pine tree; thence about two hundred yards to a gum tree on Wilson road; thence about four hundred yards northwest to a large pine in corner of Jordan farm; thence north about four hundred yards to the beginning. SEC. 3. That the officers of said corporation shall consist of a mayor Officers. and three commissioners and one constable, and the following-named persons shall fill said office until the first Monday in May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, or until their successors are Temporary officers. Election. Duty of officers to qualify, &c. Bond of constable. elected and qualified, viz., J. H. Smith, mayor; J. L. Fountain, J. C. Cook and J. A. Cobb, commissioners; and Wiley Pearce, constable. SEC. 4. That there shall be an election for officers mentioned in this act on the first Monday in May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, and annually thereafter, as is required by the general laws regulating elections in cities and towns in North Carolina. 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 for such officers before some justice of the peace of said county within thirty days from the passage of this act, and enter upon the discharge of their respective duties; and the constable, before entering into his office, shall be required to execute a bond in the sum of two hundred dollars, to be approved by the commissioners. SEC. 6. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Chapter 224, private laws 1889, amended. Section prohibit ing manufacture CHAPTER 252. An act to amend chapter two hundred and twenty-four of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : SECTION 1. That section six of chapter two hundred and twentyfour, laws of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Earl, Cleveland county," be and sale of liquor stricken out. SEC. 2. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Incorporators. Corporate name. CHAPTER 253. An act to incorporate the Stoneville Collegiate Institute. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : SECTION 1. That N. S. Smith and those who hereafter may be associated with him be incorporated for educational purposes under the name and style of the "Stoneville Collegiate Institute," in the town of Stoneville, Rockingham county, and as such may have all the powers of trustees of like institutions; may sue and be sued, may Corporate powplead and be impleaded. rs. SEC. 2. That the said corporation may have a common seal, and may Corporate seal. have power to pass all needful rules and regulations for its own gov- By-laws. ernment, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state and the United States. tees. SEC. 3. That the said trustees shall have power to hold and acquire Powers of trusreal estate, not to exceed in value the sum of five thousand dollars, and may issue certificates of stock to that amount in shares of twentyfive dollars each. SEC. 4. That under this act of incorporation power shall be conferred Power to confer degrees, &c. upon said Stoneville Collegiate Institute to confer degrees, issue diplomas and award certificates of proficiency. SEC. 5. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. CHAPTER 254. An act incorporating the First Colored Baptist Church of Rocky Mount, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That Lawrence Sharrel, C. E. Spicer, W. H. Harris, Incorporators. Simon Hicks, John Joyner, H. M. Parker, Lee Thorpe, of the First Colored Baptist Church in Rocky Mount township, Nash county, North Carolina, and their successors in office, be and are hereby incorporated under the name and style of the "First Colored Baptist Church of Rocky Mount, North Carolina," and by their [this] name Corporate name. may sue and be sued, may contract and be contracted with, and do all Corporate powacts necessary to advance its material interest conformable with the ers. general laws giving corporations. SEC. 2. That the incorporate limits of said church shall be forty Corporate limits. yards in every direction from said church so as to form a complete circle as a radius from the church. SEC. 3. That said church shall have the power to mortgage its real Authorized to mortgage properproperty or to execute liens and incumbrances thereon whenever a ty. majority of the trustees aforesaid or their duly appointed successors in office shall deem it necessary to advance its interest in any way. SEC. 4. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 4th day of March, A. D. 1893. |