License taxes. Fifth, By adding to section thirty-one (31) the words, "or drays, street carriages, omnibuses, and upon every profession, trade or calling and upon the right to sell fresh meats within the corporation." SEC. 2. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 4th day of March, A. D. 1893. Incorporated. CHAPTER 265. An act to incorporate the town of "South Wadesboro” in Anson county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That the town of "South Wadesboro" in Anson county be and the same is hereby incorporated under the name and style of Corporate name. "South Wadesboro," and as such shall be subject to and governed by all of the provisions of chapter sixty-two of The Code of North Carolina not inconsistent with this act. Corporate limits. Officers. Temporary officers. Powers. Taxation. SEC. 2. That the corporate limits of said town shall be coextensive and commensurate with the lands described in deeds of conveyance as follows, to-wit: From Fred. Hargrave and others to the Wadesboro Cotton Mills Company, registered in Anson county, deed book twenty-seven, pages six hundred and thirteen, etc.; from A. G. Bruner and wife to same grantee, registered in county deed book number twenty-eight, pages four hundred and seven, etc., and from Isaac H. Horton and wife to same grantee, registered in said county, deed book number twenty-nine, page fifty-four, etc., the whole covering by estimation forty and two-fifths acres. SEC. 3. That the officers of said town shall consist of a mayor, three commissioners and a constable, and until their successors are elected and qualified said officers shall be William L. Steele, mayor; E. F. McQuaig, James Sinclair and William Marquard, commissioners, and M. H. Hildreth, constable; said officers to have all of the rights, powers and duties conferred on like officers by The Code, chapter sixty-two: Provided, nevertheless, that the taxes levied by said town shall never exceed five cents on the hundred dollars of property and fifteen cents on the poll in said town subject to taxation. SEC. 5. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. CHAPTER 266. An act to extend the corporate limits of the town of Four Oaks. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : SECTION 1. That chapter one hundred and eighty-five of the private Chapter 185, private laws 1883, laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled "An act to incoramended. porate the town of Four Oaks, in Johnston county," be and the same is hereby amended by striking out in the second section of said act all after the first line to and including the last line of said section two, and inserting in lieu of the said words the following, to-wit: Beginning at a light-wood stake, W. E. Strickland's corner in Right Corporate limits. Strickland's line, about sixty yards north-west of the colored church, and run thence east eleven hundred and sixty-six and two-thirds yards to a post-oak; thence south nine hundred and thirty-three and one-third yards to a stake; thence west eleven hundred and sixty-six and two-thirds yards to a water-oak; thence north nine hundred and thirty-three and one-third yards to the beginning, and the said lines shall be the boundary lines of the said town. SEC. 2. That no other section of said act of incorporation is changed by this act, and this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 4th day of March, A. D. 1893. CHAPTER 267. An act to amend chapter one hundred and eleven, private laws of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That section twenty (20), chapter one hundred and eleven (111), private laws of one thousand eight hundred and eightythree (1883), be amended by inserting after the word "officers" in line five of said section the words " 'except said marshal or marshals," and by inserting after the word "aldermen" in line seven (7) of said section the words "the said marshal or marshals holding their offices during their good behavior all of which officers shall be," so that the amended portion of said section from the beginning of said section down to the word "duties" in line eight (8) of said section shall read Chapter 111, pri vate laws 1883 (amending charter of Asheville), amended. as follows: "That the aldermen at the first meeting after their elec- Term of office of tion shall appoint a clerk and treasurer, who may be one of their own certain officers. number; also a collector of taxes who may be one of the marshals provided for; and shall appoint one or more marshals, all of which Marshalsito hold during good behavior. Removal. Conflicting laws repealed. officers, except said marshal or marshals, shall respectively hold their offices during the official terms of the aldermen, the said marshal or marshals holding their offices during their good behavior; all of which officers shall be subject, however, to be removed at any time for misbehavior or neglect of duties, or for other good causes, such as inability to perform the duties of said position." SEC. 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Incorporated. Corporate name. To operate only in this state. Corporate existence, &c. CHAPTER 268. An act to incorporate "The Benevolent Religious Burying Society." SECTION 1. That Matthew Kittrell, Lucas Ringold, John Ward, SEC. 2. The business of the society is that of material aid to those who may become members of the society, aid for the sick and burying of the dead. SEC. 3. The society is established only for operation in the state of North Carolina and any counties therein. SEC. 4. The society shall exist for thirty years, and be kept up by a succession of members who may be admitted under such laws and regulations as may be adopted by the society under the corporate powers granted them by the laws of the state. SEC. 5. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Incorporators. CHAPTER 269. An act to incorporate the Hassell Lumber Company. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That Richard Lamb, W. C. Hassell, J. H. Davis, and their associates, successors and assigns, he and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic by the name of the "Has ers. sell Lumber Company," and by that name and style are hereby Corporate name. invested with all the rights, powers and privileges conferred, and Corporate powmade subject to all the rules, regulations and restrictions imposed by The Code of North Carolina and all general rules applicable to such corporations as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this act. SEC. 2. The capital stock of said company shall not be less than Capital stock. seven thousand dollars, but the company shall have the privilege of increasing the same from time to time to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars; and shall have power to issue stock to the amount of the capital, and issue bonds, to be secured by deed or deeds of trust upon all property, franchises and improvements of the company. The said stock to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, and at all meetings of the stockholders each share to be entitled to one vote, which may be given by the holders thereof or by Stock-vote. proxy. SEC. 3. The officers shall be a president, secretary and treasurer, Officers. who shall be elected annually by stockholders. ers. SEC. 4. The said company is hereby authorized to own and control Corporate powand otherwise deal in mills, kilns, timber, timber lands, timber options, and rough and dressed lumber, and manufactured articles of wood, and in all the products of the forest. SEC. 5. That the principal place of business shall be at Plymouth, Place of business. North Carolina. SEC. 6. That the duration of this company be thirty years. Corporate existence. SEC. 7. The said company by the acceptance of this charter hereby Taxation. agrees to pay all taxes, dues and demands due the state that may be hereafter assessed against it, in lawful money of the United States and not in coupons. SEC. 8. This act shall be in force from its passage. Ratified the 6th day of March, A. D. 1893. CHAPTER 270. An act to supplement an act entitled an act to incorporate "The Peoples The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: amended. SECTION 1. That the word "Peoples" be stricken out wherever it Chapter 75, ante, may appear in said act, ratified the fourteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, and the word "Lenoir" Name changed. substituted therefor. SEC. 2. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Chapter 10. private laws 1879, amended. Name changed. CHAPTER 271. An act to amend chapter ten (10), private laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and thereby change the name of the Charlotte Home and Hospital to Saint Peter's Home and Hospital. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : SECTION 1. That chapter ten of the private laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine be and the same is hereby amended by striking out in section one the words "Charlotte Home and Hospital" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Saint Peter's Home and Hospital." SEC. 2. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Incorporators. Corporate name. Corporate pow ers. By-laws. CHAPTER 272. An act to incorporate Pleasant Hill Lodge, number one hundred and sixty-eight (168), Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That J. B. West, senior, T. M. Robertson, A. J. Patterson, D. M. Hollady, Manliff Overman and A. M. Euliss, and others, officers and members of Pleasant Hill Lodge, number one hundred and sixty-eight, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, located in the town of Liberty, county of Randolph, state of North Carolina, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate under the name and title of "Pleasant Hill Lodge, number one hundred and sixty-eight, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons." SEC. 2. That they and their associates and successors shall have perpetual succession, may have 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 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 government consistent with the laws of this state and the United States. SEC. 4. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. |