the superior court for Halifax county, under the general laws of the state of North Carolina, and the due organization thereof has been perfected by the election of officers and the performance of many other acts in its corporate capacity, and it is now desired to enlarge and increase the corporate powers, privileges and franchises of said company; therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: before clerk vali SECTION 1. That the said incorporation before the clerk of the supe- Incorporation rior court for Halifax county on the thirtieth day of October, anno dated, &c. Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, the organization, the election of officers, adoption of by-laws, subscription to and transfer of the stock, all contracts by or with said company, and all other acts done by it in pursuance of said act of incorporation by said clerk are hereby declared valid, and the charter granted by said Charter amended. clerk is hereby amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: SEC. 2. That Harold H. Fries, Angus J. McDonald, William W. Incorporators. Richards, Adolph DeBarry and Treadwell Cleveland, all of the county and state of New York, and such others as are now or may be hereafter associated with them, and their successors and assigns,are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by the name and title of "The North Carolina Lumber Company," and under that name and Corporate name. style may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be Corporate powcontracted with, adopt and use a common seal, which it may alter at pleasure. ers. SEC. 3. That said company shall have power to buy, lease, own, Corporate powexchange, hold, sell, donate and convey real property situate in the ers. counties of Halifax, Martin, Pitt and Edgecombe, or elsewhere in North Carolina, in any amount or quantity in fee-simple or less estate, with all rights and privileges in connection therewith: Provided, the Proviso. amount or quantity of land owned at any one time shall not exceed one hundred thousand acres; to hold, own, buy and sell timber trees growing and standing upon land in any quantity; to conduct a general lumber business in all its branches and departments; to manufacture lumber of every kind, either for the home or the foreign markets; to manufacture laths, shingles, buckets, crates, furniture, sash, doors, blinds, and anything else out of lumber that it may see fit; to manufacture cotton, knit goods of all kinds, and hosiery, tobacco, cigars, snuff, meal and flour; to lay out any of its lands into streets, lots, blocks and parks, and to erect stores, dwellings, factories and other buildings thereon; to buy, sell, own and hold personal property of any kind necessary to carry out the purposes of the company herein recited, and to do all other things necessary for conducting and developing the business enterprises by this act authorized. SEC. 4. That the said company be and the same is hereby author- Authorized to ized and empowered to lay out and construct, equip and maintain build railroad, Proviso. Condemnation of land. Authorized to cultivate, &c., lands. Capital stock. By-laws. Directors and officers. and operate a railroad in this state, with one or more tracks, from the town of Tillery, in said state, through the counties of Halifax, Edgecombe, Martin and Pitt, either narrow or standard gauge, for the purpose of conducting its business, and it shall carry persons and freight for other persons and corporations, when required to do so, under the same rules and regulations as pertain to other railroad companies. The said company may, in its discretion, engage in and prosecute all of the enterprises herein mentioned, or any one of them, and it may construct and operate any part of its road before the whole shall be completed, and may operate the same with any power it may see fit, and it may build and operate tramroads with any power it may see fit for the purpose of conducting its own business and that of the public: Provided, that the powers herein conferred with respect to the construction and operation of any railroad or railroads shall be subject to the provisions of chapter five hundred and forty-four (544) of the laws of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one. SEC. 5. That for the purpose of constructing the said road and any branches that it may see fit to build, not to exceed ten miles in length, and for the purpose of reaching any timber lands and timber that it may purchase, and for the purpose of constructing and operating any tramroads that may be necessary to reach said timber, whether such tramroads shall be built with rails of wood or iron or steel, and whether the same shall be operated by steam, horse or other power, the said company shall have the right to acquire the land necessary for the right-of-way, not to exceed one hundred feet in width. And if the company cannot agree with the owners of any lands through which it may be necessary or desirable to build such road or tramroad, the company may proceed in the manner provided by the general law to have a right-of-way condemned. SEC. 6. That the said company may cultivate, farm, lease and let any of its lands for agricultural purposes and shall have all rights in respect thereto as landlords may have. SEC. 7. The capital stock of said company shall be two hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, and the capital stock may be increased to any amount not exceeding one million dollars whenever the stockholders at any general or called meeting shall so determine. SEC. 8. The said company shall have power to make from time to time such by-laws and regulations as it may see fit for the government of its affairs, fix the number of directors and elect a president and such other officers as it may see fit. The said company shall Place of business. have its principal place of business in the town of Tillery in the county of Halifax, and shall hold its annual meetings there or elsewhere in this state as a majority of the directors may determine. The company may mortgage any or all of its property to secure any borrow money on debt or loan of money, and it shall have the right to issue bonds for Authorized to the purpose of borrowing money and to secure the same by deed in mortgage, &c. trust or mortgage or lien upon any of its property, real or personal. SEC. 9. That the stockholders and corporators shall not be individu- Non-liability of stockholders for ally liable for any of the debts, contracts, obligations, engagements, corporate debts. assurances or torts of said company. tion declared valid. SEC. 10. That the organization of said corporation having been per- Former organizafected under the original charter granted by said clerk no notice of the first meeting shall be required, and said organization is hereby declared in all respects regular and valid. SEC. 11. That all sections or parts of sections of chapters sixteen Certain sections and forty-nine of The Code of North Carolina or the statutes amenda- of Code, &c., declared inoperatory thereof or other laws in conflict with or inconsistent with this tive as to this corporation. act are hereby declared inoperative so far as they affect the rights and privileges and powers herein conferred or granted by the original letters of incorporation. SEC. 12. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. CHAPTER 60. An act to incorporate the town of Parmele, in the county of Martin. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That the town of Parmele in Martin county be and is Incorporated. hereby incorporated by the name and style of the Town of Parmele, Corporate name. and it shall be subject to all the provisions of law now existing in reference to incorporated towns. SEC. 2. That the corporate limits of said town be as follows: Begin- Corporate limits. ning at a half-mile post on the Albemarle and Raleigh Railroad; the railroad yard-limits, running north seven east eight hundred and eighty yards to a stake; thence north eighty-three west seventeen hundred and sixty yards to a stake; thence south seven west seventeen hundred and sixty yards to a stake; then south eighty-three east seventeen hundred and sixty yards to a stake; thence north seven east eight hundred and eighty yards to the half-mile post, the beginning, on the Albemarle and Raleigh Railroad. SEC. 3. That the officers of said town shall consist of a mayor and Officers. three commissioners and a constable; and the commissioners shall have power to appoint a secretary and treasurer. SEC. 4. There shall be an election of officers mentioned in this act Election. on the first Monday in May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety Electors. Powers of commissioners. Fines payable to town treasury. Temporary officers. three, and every year thereafter, under the same restrictions that county and state elections are held; all male citizens over twenty-one years of age who have resided in the state for twelve months, and ninety days within the said corporation, previous to the day of election shall be entitled to vote at said election. SEC. 5. That said commissioners shall have power to pass by-laws, rules and regulations for the good government of the town not inconsistent with the laws of the state and the United States, and to impose fines and penalties for the violation of the town ordinances and collect the same. SEC. 6. That all fines collected for violation of town ordinances shall go into the town treasury for the benefit of the town. SEC. 7. That until their successors are elected on the first Monday in May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, the following persons shall fill said offices: Mayor, William Powell; commissioners-R. F. Gaines, David S. Powell and G. J. Cherry; and for constable, W. H. Harper, SEC. 8. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Chapter 110, private laws 1874-75, amended. Poll-tax on residents on June 1st. License taxes. Merchants. Leaf tobacco dealers. CHAPTER 61. An act to amend the charter of the town of Durham, in Durham county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That the charter of the town of Durham as contained in chapter one hundred and ten, private laws of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, and the acts amendatory thereto, be and the same is hereby amended as follows, namely: by striking out in section forty-four, subsection two and line two thereof, the words first Monday in May" and insert in lieu thereof the words 66 first day of June," by inserting after section seventy-six, as now appears, the words "and within one-half mile thereof." SEC. 2. That Schedule B of section forty-four thereof be stricken out and the following be inserted in lieu thereof: " Schedule B. The tax in this schedule shall be imposed as a license tax for the privilege of carrying on the business or doing the act named; and nothing in this schedule contained shall be construed as to relieve any person from the payment of the ad valorem taxes required in the preceding schedule: 1. Upon merchandise a tax not exceeding ten dollars a year. 2. Upon leaf tobacco dealers a tax not exceeding five dollars a year. chants. 3. Upon commission merchants, auctioneer or broker a tax not Commission merexceeding ten dollars a year. 4. Upon every omnibus used for the Omnibus, &c. carriage of persons for hire a tax not exceeding fifteen dollars a year; and upon every hack, carriage or other vehicle used for the transportation of freight or other articles of hire, a tax not exceeding ten dollars a year; and a discrimination may be made between one and two-horse vehicles in the tax. 5. Upon all dogs kept in the town Dogs. and which are so kept on the first day of June a tax not exceeding three dollars a year: Provided, a discrimination may be made in the Proviso. sexes of dogs in the tax: Provided further, that any person owning Proviso. a dog listed under the ordinance passed hereunder who fails to pay the tax levied for the year preceding by the first of January of each year shall be subject to a fine of five dollars, and an additional fine of five dollars for each ten days said tax remains unpaid. 6. Upon Peddlers, &c. every transient merchant, trader or street peddler offering to vend in the city, a tax not exceeding one hundred dollars a year, or twelve dollars a month, except only such as sell books, charts or maps. &c. 7. Upon every public billiard table, bowling alley, or alley of like Billiard tables, kind, skating rink, bagatelle table, or table, stand or place for any other game or play, with or without a name, kept for hire or kept in a place where liquor is sold, or a house used or connected with such house, or used connected with a hotel or restaurant, a tax not exceeding one hundred dollars a year nor less than fifteen dollars a year. 9. Upon every hotel, victualing house or restaurant established, Hotels, &c. opened or kept in the town a tax not exceeding fifty dollars a year. 10. Upon every permission or license of the board to retail spirituous Retail liquor liquors a tax not exceeding five hundred dollars a year, to be paid annually, semi-annually or quarterly, as the board shall determine. license. 11. On every exhibition of a circus or menagerie within the town, or Circus, &c. a mile thereof, one hundred dollars for each separate exhibition, and on each side-show twenty-five dollars, to be paid before the exhi bition, or if not paid then the same to be doubled. 12. Upon each Theatre, &c. exhibition within the town of stage or theatrical plays, sleight-ofhand performances, rope-dancing or walking, a tax not exceeding twenty-five dollars, to be paid before exhibiting or the same to be doubled. 13. Upon each exhibition for reward of waxworks or Waxworks, &c. curiosities of any kind, natural or artificial, a tax not exceeding ten dollars. 14. Upon each exhibition of any other kind and on each Concerts, &c. concert for reward, and on every strolling musician, a tax of five dollars, except when the exhibition or concert is given for charitable or benevolent purposes, or to aid in any public improvement of the town. 15. Upon every goat or hog running at large in the town a Goats and hogs tax of two dollars, and every such goat or hog may be seized and running at large. impounded, and if the owner, on being notified, will not pay the tax the animal shall be sold therefor at such place as the commissioners may designate, after three days notice. 16. Upon every auctioneer Auctioneer, &c. |