Justice of the Peace, shall cause publication thereof to be made for four successive weeks at the Court House door, and two other public places in the County where the warrant is returnable. SEC. 4. That section two hundred, title nine, chapter four, of the Code of Civil Procedure, be amended by adding thereto the following words, to-wit: "If the attachment be levied on real property, the Justice shall proceed to try the action, but shall issue no execution to sell the real property, and shall return the papers in the case to the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of his County, where the judgment shall be docketed. The levy of the attachment, however, shall be a lien on the real estate. SEC. 5. That this act shall go into effect from the date of its ratification. Ratified the 1st day of April, A. D. 1869. Judge, Justice or anthorize a person SECTION 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina de Clerk of Court may enact, That title seven, section seventy-two, Code of Civil to sue as a pauper. Procedure, be amended as follows: Any Judge, Justice of the Peace, or Clerk of the Superior Court may authorize any person to sue as a pauper in their respective Courts when he shall prove, by one or more witnesses, that he has a good cause of action, and shall make affidavit that he is unable to comply with the provisions of section seventyone of this Code. SEC. 2. The Court to which such writ is made returnable may, at its discretion, assign to the person, suing as a pauper, learned counsels, who shall prosecute his suit. SEC. 3. Whenever any person shall sue a pauper, no officer shall require of him any fee, and he shall recover no costs. Ratified the 1st day of April, A. D. 1869. Court may assign counsel. No costs or fees recoverable. CHAPTER XCVII. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE AND EMPOWER REUBEN KING, LATE ARREARS OF TAXES. of taxes. SECTION 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do May collect arrears enget, That Reuben King, late Sheriff of the County of Robeson, or his legal representatives, be and is hereby authorized and empowered to collect all arrears of taxes due him for the years eighteen hundred and sixty-six and eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, which collection. shall be made under the same rules, regulations and restrictions as other collection of taxes are, by right of the laws of the State: Provided, That the authority by this act granted, shall not extend to Executors or Administrators, or to any person who will voluntarily swear before any Justice of the Peace for said County, that he or she verily believes that the arrears of taxes claimed from him or her, have been paid. SEC. 2. That the power and authority hereby granted shall cease and terminate with the year eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. SEC. 3. That this act shall take effect and go into force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 1st day of April, A. D. 1869. Power to cease with year 1870. THE REGISTER OF DEEDS, RATIFIED TWENTY FIRST AUGUST, Register to issue marriage licenses. SECTION 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, That section seventeen of the above act, be, and the same is hereby repealed, and the following substituted: SEC. 17. Marriage Licenses: The Register of Deeds is authorized to issue marriage licenses as provided by chapter sixty-cight, Revised Code, or by any other act of the General Assembly, and to receive the fees therefor. SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed. Ratified the 1st day of April, A. D. 1869. CHAPTER XCIX. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONERS OF NORTHAMP TON COUNTY TO LEVY A TAX FOR A SPECIAL PURPOSE. SECTION 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, That the Board of Commissioners for the County of Northampton are hereby authorized to levy a tax not to exceed two thousand dollars for the special purpose of repairing the bridges of said County. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the Sheriff of said County to collect the tax provided for in the foregoing section, under such rules, regulations, restrictions and penalties as are or may be prescribed by law. SEC. 3. This act shall be in force from the date of its ratification. Ratified the 1st day of April, A. D. 1869. CHAPTER C. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ENTRY TAKERS. may elect entry SECTION 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do Commissioners enact, That the County Commissioners of any County in taker." this State may, when they deem it necessary, elect one person to receive entries of claims for land within the County, who shall give bond, receive the fees, and in all other respects be subject to the laws heretofore in force in regard to entry takers. exist Register to act. SEC. 2. Where a vacancy exists, or the Commissioners of Where vacancy aary County fail to appoint, as required in section first of this act, the Register of Deeds shall act as entry taker, take charge of the books belonging to the office, discharge all the duties and receive all the emoluments of said office, and be subject to all the penalties heretofore in force for entry takers. SEC. 3. The Commissioners of any County in this State Rangers appointed shall, at any regular meeting, appoint one or more rangers for their County, to hold their office during good behavior, whose duties are, and shall be, those provided in chapter one hundred and nine of the Revised Code of North Carolina, by Commissioners. Entries legalized. SEC. 4. That all entries heretofore made by former entry takers, be, and the same are hereby, in all things legalized. SEC. 5. That this act shall take effect from and after its ratification. Ratified the 1st day of April, A. D. 1869. CHAPTER CI. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT TO INCORPORATE Section three amended. Directors. Repealing clause. SECTION 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, That section three of said act be amended so as to read: The officers of said University Rail Road Company shall be managed by a Board of seven Directors, to be appointed by the Governor of the State, which Board shall, out of their number, choose a President, and said Board shall serve for twelve months and until their successors are qualified. In meetings of said Board the President of the said Road shall have no vote on any question, except in case of a tie vote. The Governor shall have power to des ignate the time and place of meetings of said Board. SEC. 2. All laws coming in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This act shall be in force from its passage. |