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CHAPTER 258.

An act to ratify the purchase of the property of the Cheraw and Salisbury Railroad Company by the Cheraw and Darlington Railroad Company, and to incorporate the Cheraw and Darlington Railroad Company in North Carolina.

WHEREAS, The Cheraw and Darlington Railroad Company, a cor- Preamble. poration created by the laws of the state of South Carolina, has by virtue of the authority given by the general laws of that state become the purchaser of the railroad and other property of the Cheraw and Salisbury Railroad Company which lies partly in this state and partly in South Carolina, and the said Cheraw and Darlington Railroad Company by virtue of the provisions of section two thousand and five of The Code of North Carolina has by such purchase become a corporation of this state: now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

SECTION 1. That the purchase by the said Cheraw and Darlington Purchase of part Railroad Company of that portion of the road-bed and other property of Cheraw and Salisbury road in of the Cheraw and Salisbury Railroad Company which lies in the this state ratified. state of North Carolina is hereby ratified and approved.

Cheraw & Darlington R. R. Co.

(incorporated in South Carolina) incorporated.

SEC. 2. That the Cheraw and Darlington Railroad Company, a corporation created by an act of the general assembly of the state of South Carolina, ratified on the nineteenth day of December in the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine, is hereby created a body politic and corporate in the state of North Carolina, under and by the aforesaid name of "The Cheraw and Darlington Railroad Company," and Corporate name. the said company is hereby given all the general powers and is made Corporate powsubject to all the general restrictions granted and imposed by the laws of this state upon railroad companies.

ers.

SEC. 3. The Cheraw and Darlington Railroad Company is hereby Authorized to operate Cheraw & authorized and empowered to maintain and operate the railroad Salisbury railroad. which formerly belonged to the Cheraw and Salisbury Railroad Company in this state between the South Carolina state line and the town of Wadesboro in this state.

diction of Rail

road Commis

sioners.

SEC. 4. The powers given by this act to the Cheraw and Darlington Liability to taxaRailroad Company are granted upon the express condition that the tion and to jurisproperty of the Cheraw and Darlington Railroad Company in this state shall always be liable to taxation under the constitution and laws of this state, and that the said company shall be subject to the tariffs, rules and regulations prescribed by the board of railroad commissioners.

SEC. 5. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification.
Ratified the 4th day of March, A. D. 1893.

Commissioners authorized to assume obligation of $3,000.

How incurred.

Election on question of issuing bonds, &c.

Bonds or scrip to be issued on, majority vote.

Election, how held.

CHAPTER 259.

An act to amend the charter of the town of Morganton, North Carolina.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

SECTION 1. That the commissioners of the town of Morganton be and they are hereby authorized to assume an obligation amounting to three thousand dollars and interest on said sum from the ninth day of December, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-two, the same having been incurred by said town in performance of its agreement to donate certain lands to the North Carolina school for its deaf and dumb, and to issue scrip or other evidences of such indebtedness for the same as may be agreed on, bearing interest semi-annually, and to become due at such time or times and to be payable in such manner as said commissioners shall designate.

SEC. 2. That when a majority of the commissioners of said town shall propose to issue said scrip or bonds for the purpose aforesaid, as provided in section one, they shall order an election to be held, on a notice of thirty days published in a newspaper published in said town or posted at four public places in said town, to determine whether the amount in said scrip or bonds at the rate fixed by their order, and maturing at the time specified in the order of said commissioners, shall be issued for the purpose specified in said order; and if at an election held according to said notice a majority of the voters of said town shall deposit a ballot with the words "For assumption" printed or written thereon, then the mayor and commissioners shall issue the said scrip or bonds according to the terms of said order. If at such an election a majority of said voters shall deposit a ballot on which is printed or written the words "Against assumption," then said scrip or bonds shall not be issued.

SEC. 3. That the election ordered under the preceding sections shall be held under the laws and regulations provided for the election of members of the general assembly, except that the mayor and comNew registration. missioners shall have the power to order a new registration of voters

Chapter 120, private laws 1885, amended.

Exception to limitation of fines.

Chapter 56, private laws 1889, amended.

for such election, to appoint a registrar and judges of such election, and compare the vote and adjudge and declare the result of the election and make a record of the same; and the town constable may also serve notices on the registrar and judges of election.

SEC. 4. That the private laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-five, chapter one hundred and twenty, section eleven, be amended by adding at the end thereof the following words, “except in cases of a violation of the laws regulating the sale and delivery of spirituous liquors and intoxicating beverages in said town.”

SEC. 5. That the private laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, chapter fifty-six, section one, be amended by striking out after the

word "exceeding" and before the word "the" in line six of said Authorized to issue bonds for section the words "in the aggregate" and inserting in lieu thereof street improvethe words "at any one time."

ment, &c., not exceeding $5,000

if sanctioned by

vate laws 1885,

SEC. 6. That the private laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-five, at any one time. chapter one hundred and twenty, section thirty-four, be amended by popular vote. striking out in line five of said section the words and figures "four. Chapter 120, prififths ()" and inserting in lieu thereof the following, "two-thirds (3)." amended. SEC. 7. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 4th day of March, A. D. 1893.

Appropriations for necessary expenses by concurring vote of two-thirds of commissioners.

CHAPTER 260.

An act to authorize the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Edenton, North Carolina, to mortgage the property of said church.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :

borrow money.

SECTION 1. That the trustees of the "Methodist Episcopal Church Authorized to South," located in the town of Edenton, North Carolina, are authorized to borrow money for the purpose of building and furnishing a new church in said town in such amounts and on such terms as they see fit.

SEC. 2. That to secure the same the said trustees or a majority of Authorized to mortgage properthem may convey by mortgage or deed of trust any or all the prop- ty. erty of said church.

SEC. 3. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification.
Ratified the 4th day of March, A. D. 1893.

CHAPTER 261.

An act to amend the charter of the city of Asheville.

vate laws 1891,

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That section eight of chapter one hundred and thirty- Chapter 135, prifive of the private laws enacted by the general assembly of North amended. Carolina at its session of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An act to amend the charter of the city of Asheville," be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words "and for side of rails.

Street railroads

not required to pave streets out

Lien of city for paving.

eighteen inches upon the outside of each rail" in line seven of section eight, also the same words in lines eleven and twelve of said section and wherever else they may occur in said chapter one hundred and thirty-five.

SEC. 2. That the cost of any paving done by the city of Asheville between the tracks of any street railway in said city shall be a first lien upon the road-bed, franchises, etc., of any such street railway.

SEC. 3. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification.
Ratified the 4th day of March, A. D. 1893.

Incorporators.

Corporate name.
Corporate row.

ers.

By-laws.

CHAPTER 262.

An act to incorporate Clyde Lodge, number four hundred and fifty-three,
Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

SECTION 1. That J. L. Morgan, M. C. Compton, H. C. Shook, B. B. Jones, H. N. Wells and Rufus Pendland, and other officers and members of Clyde Lodge, number four hundred and fifty three, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, located in the town of Clyde, county of Haywood, and state of North Carolina, be and they are hereby incorporated into a body politic and corporate under the name and title of "Clyde Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons."

SEC. 2. That with the above name they and their associates and successors shall have perpetual succession and a common corporate seal; sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded before any court of record or justice of the peace in this state; contract and be contracted with; acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property for the benefit of said lodge or its members and the widows and orphans of its members, and may have all such other rights and privileges as are incident to such corporations.

SEC. 3. That the said corporation shall have power to pass all necessary by-laws and regulations for its own government which may not be inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state or the United States.

SEC. 4. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification.
Ratified the 4th day of March, A. D. 1893.

CHAPTER 263.

An act supplemental to an act to amend the charter of the town of Monroe in Union county, to authorize said town to issue bonds, and for other purposes.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

SECTION 1. That an act entitled an act to amend the charter of the Chapter 48, ante, town of Monroe in Union county, to authorize said town to issue amended. bonds, and for other purposes, ratified on the ninth day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, be and the same is hereby amended Use of excess of by striking out the word "issue" in line six of section ten of said act and inserting in lieu thereof the word "use."

SEC. 2. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification.
Ratified the 4th day of March, A. D. 1893.

taxes levied to pay interest on bonds for sinking fund.

CHAPTER 264.

An act to amend the charter of the town of Randleman.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

amended.

SECTION 1. That chapter two hundred and thirty-seven of the laws Chapter 237, priof one thousand eight hundred and ninety one be amended as follows: vate laws 1891, First, By adding to section eighteen (18) the following words "and the mayor shall [have] power to adjudge that persons committed to Offenders may be prison for failure to pay fine and cost shall work upon the streets or adjudged to work other public works of the town under guard until the fine and costs are worked out at such reasonable rates for labor as may be fixed by ordinance of the board of commissioners."

on streets, &c.

Second, By inserting in section twenty-one before the word "pro- Powers of mayor vided" the words "and he shall have all the powers and authority conferred upon mayors by chapter sixty-two (62) of volume two (2) of The Code of North Carolina."

Third, By adding to section twenty-four (24) the following words, Powers of com"and all other powers conferred in chapter sixty-two (62) of volume missioners. two (2) of The Code of North Carolina, or commissioners of incorporated towns and cities."

Fourth, By adding to section twenty-seven (27) the words "for firing of guns, &c., sport."

May prohibit for sport.

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