СНАР. PAGE 156. An act to amend chapter one hundred and fifty-four, public laws eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, 277 157. An act to protect game in the county of Randolph, 278 158. An act to repeal chapter three hundred and sixty-seven (367), public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, 278 159. An act to authorize the county of Bertie to borrow money, issue bonds, and levy a special tax. 278 160. An act to promote tem perance, 280 161. An act to amend section one thousand nine hundred and six of The Code, 281 162. An act to improve the roads in A1 son county, 281 163. An act to repeal chapter two hundred and sixty-one, pubiic laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, 290 164. An act to establish the North Carolina Corporation Commission, 291 165. An act to amend chapter four hundred and eighty-four of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety seven, 166. An act to provide a permanent system of government for Craven county, 167. An act for the better government of Caswell county, 307 308 168. An act to regulate the duties and powers of town constables, and validate proceed- 169. An act to provide for the appointment of commissioners in Washington county, Carolina, session of eighteen hundred and ninety five (1895), and chapter one hun 172. An act to amend chapter one hundred and eight, public laws of eighteen hundred and 308 309 310 310 311 313 173. An act to amend chapter three hundred and forty five, public laws of eighteen hun. dred and ninety-five, 313 174. An act to provide for filling vacancies in the offices of Craven county, 314 314 176. An act to alter the dividing line between White House and Britt's township, in Robeson county, 314 177. An act to protect fish in number eleven (11) township, Madison county, 178. An act appointing H. E. Markham a justice of the peace, 315 315 179. An act to provide for the appointment of Justices of the peace in Beaver Dam township, Washington county, 816 180. An act to create an additional justice of the peace for Madison county, in number one township, 181. An act appo'nting LG L Taylor a magistrate, 316 316 182. An act to confer police powers on deputy sheriffs at Haw River, in Alamance county, 183. An act to amend chapter two hundred and seventy-six, public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, 317 318 184. An act to amend chapter two hundred and thirty-three (233) of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven (1897). 318 185. An act to amend chapter three hundred and fifty-three of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, 319 186. An act to epeal chapter one hundred and fourteen of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, establishing Muddy Creek town-hip in McDowe I county, 187. An act to increase the number of county commissioners of Rowan county, North Carolina, 319 320 188. An act for the relief of W. M. Watson, clerk of the superior court of Craven county, 189. An act to establish a dispensary at Jackson, North Carolina, 320 321 190 An act to appoint a constable in Mount Airy township, Surry county, 826 191. An act to repeal chapter two hundred and ten (210) of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety five (1895), 825 192. An act to protect quail and other food birds in Madison county, 325 CHAP. 193. An act to amend chapter one hundred and thirteen of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety five, 194. An act to change times of holding courts in Duplin county, 195 196 An act to protect the bridge over the Perquimans river at Hertford, 197. An act to prohibit fast driving over bridges in Pamlico county, 198. PAGE 326 326 327 327 327 200. An act to correct a grant issued by the state of North Carolina on the twenty-ninth day of October, seventeen hundred and eighty-two, to William Ferebee, of Currituck County, 199. An act to authorize the county commisssi ners of Nash county to levy a special tax in certain stock law territory in that county, An act to prohibit hunting on any lands in Halifax county except by written consent of owner, 328 329 329 201. An act to ame d chapter one hundred and two, laws of eighteen hundred and sev enty-three and eighteen hundred and seventy-four, in regard to drainage of Clark's creek, in Lincoln cou ty, 329 202. An act to appoint additional justices of the peace in Hyde county, 330 203. An act to correct land grant number three thousand six hundred and forty-one Henderson county, 330 201. An act to elect Gaston Battle a justice of the peace for number seven township, in Edgecombe county, 330 205. An act to regulate hunting in Davidson county. 206. An act for the relief of Oscar A. Durant, late treasurer of Brunswick county, and his sureties, 331 331 207 208. An act to regulate the bonds of officers of Craven county, 332 An act to amend chapter fifty-seven, laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, 209. An act to amend chapter two hundred and forty-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-five, 333 334 210. An act to amend chapter two hundred and thirty-five of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety seven, 335 211. An act to amend chapter tw › hundred and seventy-seven of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, 337 212. An act to pay to C. M Rogers, late sheriff of Granville county, eighty-nine ($89 02) and two one hundredth dollars, amount overpaid by him to the state treasurer of North Carolina, in settlement of the taxes due the state for the year eighteen hundred and ninety, 213. An act to direct the treasurer of Haywood county to pay school fund to Ida V. Love, 214. An act to authorize the treasurer of Gist on county to pay school clain, 215. An act for the relief of William B. Reeves, a public school teacher of Ashe county: 216. An act to authorize and direct the sta'e treasurer to pay the mileage and per diem of the newly appointed directors of the State Prison, 217. An act to reduce the toll rates of the Brunswick Bridge and Ferry Company, 218. An art to amend the constitution of North Carolina, 337 337 338 338 339 339 341 219. An act to authorize the school committee of Rutherford school district, Rutherford county, to pay a back claim, 343 220. An act to abolish the "chain gang" system in Madison county, 221. An act for the relief of J. P. Leach, late sheriff of Montgomery county, 344 314 222. An act to pay various school claims in the county of Surry, out of school fund of said county, 345 223. An act for the relief of Miss Mollie V. Britt, 345 224. An act for the relief of B F. Wilder, ex treasurer of Franklin county, 225. An act to amend chapter sixty-five of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninetyfive, 316 316 226. An act to repeal chapter three hundred [and] thirty of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, entitled "An act to compel timber-getters in Tyrrell county to establish their lines before cutting timber," 317 227. An act to repeal chapter fifty, public acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and chapter eighty two, public acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, being acts relating to townships and precincts in Forsyth county, 347 B СНАР. PAGE. 228. An act to repeal chapter three hundred and eighty-one public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and to re-enact the provisions of chapter four hundred and seventy-five, public laws of eighten hundred and ninety-three, 347 229. An act for the relief of Annette G. Hooper, 318 230. An act to provide for the payment of certain moneys to Miss L. L. Holt, of Johnston county, 348 231. An act to authorize the payment of public school teachers in Halifax county, for services rendered in eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, 349 282. 233. An act to authorize the treasurer of Randolph county to pay a school claim, 349 3419 234. An act to extend the time for laying off and building the road provided for in chapter three hundred and sixty four of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninetythree, 235. An act relative to the probate of deeds and other instruments, and the private examination of married women, 350 350 236. An act to amend section two thousand three hundred and one, of chapter eight, vol. ume two, of The Code, 237. An act in regard to issuing license to retail liquor in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, 359 359 360 239. An act to amend chapter seventy-seven (77) of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven (1837), re.ative to hunting in Stokes county, 860 240. An act for the benefit of Rockingham county, 361 211. An act for the better government of Greene county, 362 242. An act to repeal chapter one hundred and s ventvs x, public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and re enact and amend chapter four hundred and eightyseven, public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-one, 363 243. An act to authorize the state treasurer to pay to Mrs R Z. Fewell the sum of twentyone dollars and twenty six cents. 361 244. An act to repeal chapter five hundred, public laws of eighteen hundred and ninetyseven, relating to the working of the public roads in the count es of Greene, Wilson and Wayne, 364 245. An act to amend chapter two hundred and ninety one of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety seven, 365 246. An act to incorporate the Presbyterian church in Yanceyville, Casweli county (two miles). 367 243. 217. An act to provide a short form for agricultural liens, and to prescribe the fees for probating and registering the same, in Johnston, Iredell and Co'umbus counties, An act to authorize the commissioners of Moore county to fund the county indebtedness, issue bonds and levy a special tax, 367 369 249. 2:0. An act to correct he date of the ratifica ion of an act which is entitled "An act to 251. An act to provide for the indexing, side notes and publication of the captions to 371 872 374 2.2. An act to authorize the building of a bridge across Ivy, at Palmer's ford, in Madison county, 375 253 An act to confer upon the board of internal improvements the power to appoint an agent to superintend and supervise the swamp lands, An act to provide for working the public roads in Macon county and for other purposes, 258. An act to validate the registration of certain conveyances, 387 390 259. An act to amend chapter five hundred and nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninetyone, relative to the graded schools of Wilson township in Wilson county, 391 260. An act to appoint J. W. Johnson, D. B. Campbell, and David J. Ray, justices of the peace for Quewhipple township, Cumberland county, 391 CHAP. 261. PAGE. An act to fix the fees of registers of deeds for recording crop liens and chattel mortgages, 262. An act to amend chapter thirteen of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, 263. An act to suppress the illegal sale of spirituous liquors in Mitchell county, 392 392 264. 265. 266 An act to amend chapter one hundred and forty-four, laws of eighteen hundred and ninety- An act to repeal chapter one hundred and eighty of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. 393 394 394 395 267. An act in relation to the public school in the town of Mount Airy, and providing for the levying of a tax to support the same, 397 268. An act to establish a dispensary for the town of Madison, North Carolina, 400 270. 269. An act for the establishment of a graded school in the town of Albemarle, Stanly county, An act to change the boundary line between Grassy Creek and Hilton townships, in Ashe county, 405 408 271. An act to authorize the commissioners of Carteret county to apply certain surplus funds to the payment of current expenses and flɔating debt, 408 272. 273. An act to extend the time for the settlement of state and county taxes of Buncombe county, An act to amend section twelve of chapter four hundred and ten of public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety seven in relation to dispensary at Rutherfordton, 409 409 274. An act to authorize the commissioners of Transylvania county to levy a special tax to meet general indebtedness, 410 275. An act for the relief of Annie L. Winston, of Caswell county, 276. An act to establish a dispensary at Clayton, North Carolina, 277. 410 411 An act to provide for proving town ordinances on appeal from mayor's court, 278. An act for better roads in Wake county, 414 415 279. An act to prevent hunting on lands in Rowan county without consent of owner of land, 280. An act to prevent the ranging of live stock in Graham county by non-residents, 281. An act to prohibit the manufacture and sale of spirituous liquors within three miles of 283. An act to more effectually protect schools and religious gatherings in Jackson county, 284. An act for the relief of S D. Dellinger of Yancey county, 417 418 235. An act to protect mountain trout in Graham, Watauga, Cherokee, Clay, Macon, Haywood counties, 286. An act to repeal chapter two hundred and seven of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and chapter one hundred and seventy-three of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety seven, and to provide for the working and improvement of the public roads in Watauga, Ashe and Alleghany counties, 418 290. An act to provide a stock law for New Hanover county, dred and ninety one, in regard to hunting birds in Alexander county, 288. An act to prevent felling timber in certain streams of Iredell county, 289. An act to amend chapter one hundred and seventy-two of the public laws of eighteen hun 287. An act to prevent the obstruction of Ward's creek or its tributaries, in number eleven township, Cleveland county, 419 431 431 432 291. An act to regulate the fees of cotton weigher of the city of Statesville, 432 An act to authorize the commissioners of Haywood county to levy a special tax, 294. 195. An act to prevent the obstruction of the waters of Jonathan's creek in Haywood county, An act to increase the number of county commissioners of Wake county, and for other purposes, 298. An act to allow the board of commissioners of Robeson county to work convicts upon the public roads of said county, 899. An act to amend chapter one hundred and forty-five of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, An act authorizing the secretary of state to issue a land grant to Milton Moss, Jr., An act to authorize the board of commissioners of Anson county to levy a special tax, 433 434 434 435 436 436 437 438 439 440 440 CHAP. PAGE. 302. An act to amend and add to section three thousand six hundred and fifty-four of The Code, as to the registration of deeds, 441 303. An act to amend chapter three hundred and fifty-three, public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and to repeal chapter four hundred and thirty-five, public laws of eight een hundred and ninety seven, 445 304. An act regulating the fees for recording and probating crop liens in Bertie, Hertford and 442 305. An act to amend section two, of chapter three hundred and sixty two of the public laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, 306. An act to restore to the Caldwell and Watauga Turnpike Company that portion of its road from near Patterson, North Carolina, to the incorporate limits of Lenoir, North Carolina, An act to authorize the commissioners of Forsyth county to levy a special tax for paying the court house debt, and for other purposes, 307. 442 443 443 308. An act to authorize Rutherford county to levy a special tax to pay back indebtedness of the county, 444 309. An act to provide for the collection of certain delinquent and unlisted taxes in Wilkes county, 444 310. An act to regulate fishing in Bachelors bay and the Albemarle sound, and to amend chapter two hundred and forty-five of the public laws of North Carolina, session eighteen hundred and ninety-five, 311. An act for the better government of the deaf and dumb and the blind, 312. An act to repeal chapter one hundred and seventy-six, public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, 313. An act to make it unlawful to fell trees in the following named streams of Cherokee and Clay counties, to wit: Shooting creek, Tusquittee creek, and Hiawassee river, in Clay county, and Hanging-dog creek, Valley river, Notla river, and Hiawassee river, in Cherokee county, 314. An act to permit W. T. Cross, clerk of the superior court of Gates county, to absent himself from his office on certain days, 315. An act to levy a special tax in Alleghany county, 445 446 447 447 447 321. An act for the relief of Enoch Rector, treasurer of Madison county, 320. An act to amend chapter two hundred and eighty-seven, public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-one, relating to the sale of baled cotton, 319. An act to change the voting place and boundary line of Walnut Hill township, in Ashe county, 318. An act to amend an act to prohibit live stock from running at large in Cross Creek township, Cumberland county, 316. An act to change the line between McNeill's and Greenwood townships, in Moore county, 317. An act to establish a dispensary in the town of Lexington, 448 449 449 452 453 454 324. An act for the relief of F. M Straughan, janitor of the capitol, 322. An act to prevent the obstruction of the waters of Fishing creek, in Wilkes county, 454 455 455 325. An act to regulate the sale of spirituous liquors in Macon county, and to provide for a dispensary, 456 326. An act to allow the commissioners of Gates county to levy a special tax, 456 327. An act to extend the stock law in Chatham county, 461 328. An act to authorize the issue of bonds by Raleigh township for school purposes, 329. An act to establish a graded school in a new district in the town of Dobson and provide for a special assessment of taxes and authorize said district to issue bonds, 330. An act to make Neuse river in Johnston county a lawful fence, 331. An act to protect the fish of Transylvania county, 332. An act to change the time of holding the spring term of Nash county criminal court, |