CHAPTER CXXXIX. AN ACT TO ALLOW THE COMMISSIONERS OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY authorized. SECTION 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do Special tax enact, That for the purpose of being better enabled to pay the debt of the County, the Commissioners of Buncombe Couniy be allowed to levy a special tax for the purpose of paying the indebtedness of said County, not to exceed one thonsand dollars on all the taxable property of said County. SEC. 2. This act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 9th day of April, A. D. 1869. AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MACON SECTION 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, That the County Commissioners of Macon County be and they are hereby authorized to levy additional taxes for the purpose of liquidating the debt of that County, and defraying the ordinary expenses of the same, according to section seven, article five of the Constitution. SEC. 2. The said Commissioners are further authorized to levy a special tax and to appropriate such sums as they may deem proper for the killing of wolves by the citizens of that County. SEC. 3. This act shall be in force from its ratification. Sums appropriated for the killing of wolves AN ACT TO ALLOW THE COMMISSIONERS OF YADKIN COUNTY TO Commissioners authorized to levy taxes. colected as other taxes. SECTION 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, That the County Commissioners of Yadkin County be, and they are hereby authorized to levy a special tax, for the purpose of building bridges and paying the lawful debt of said County. To be levied and SEC. 2. That said Commissioners shall have power to levy said taxes at the same time and in the same manner as other County taxes are provided by law, to be levied and collected as other taxes are required by law to be collected and accounted for. SEC. 3. That this act shall take effect from and after its ratification. Ratified the 9th day of April, A. D. 1869. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY PURPOSES. Commissioners to levy a tax. SECTION 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, That the Commissioners of the County of Pasquotank be empowered to levy a tax more than double the amount levied by the State, for the purpose of paying the outstanding obligations of said County not contracted in aid of the rebellion, for the support of the poor of said County, and for other County purposes: Provided, Said tax do not exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) in the aggregate. SEC. 2. This act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 9th day of April, A. D. 1869. Proviso. CHAPTER CXLIII. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF JOHNSTON thorized for certain purposes. SECTION 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do Special tax auenact, That the County Commissioners of the County of Johnston are authorized to levy and collect forthwith, as of the County taxes of the present year, a special tax not to exceed twenty cents on the one hundred ($100) worth of all moneys, credits, investments in bonds, stock, joint-stock companies and all real and personal property in the said County, to be applied to the payment of a debt contracted by the late County Court of Johnston County in building a bridge across Neuse River, at a point on said river known as "Turner's Bridge." In assessing the tax aforesaid, the County Commissioners aforesaid are required to adopt the valuation of property the present year. SEC. 3. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 9th day of April, A. D. 1869. Special tax authorized. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE SECTION 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, That the County Commissioners of the County of Sampson are hereby authorized to levy a special tax of thirty cents on each one hundred dollars' worth of property made subject to taxation by the Constitution of this State, the said tax to be applied to the payment of debts outstanding against the County for the rebuilding of bridges and for other things, as well as to meet the expenses of the current year. Ratified the 9th day of April, A. D. 1869. AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSIONERS OF JONES COUNTY TO Special tax authorized for building bridges, &c. Special tax for building Court House. SECTION 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, That the Commissioners of Jones County are authorized to levy a special tax of five thousand dollars, which money shall be applied to the building and repairing of County bridges, and to the support of the poor or other County orders. SEC. 2. That said Commissioners are authorized to levy a special tax of ten thousand dollars, if they deem it necessary, to build a Court House and repair the jail of said County. Said taxes shall be levied and collected as other taxes are by law. SEC. 3. This act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 9th day of April, A. D. 1869. AN ACT AMENDATORY OF THE ACT TO INCORPORATE THE WES- porate amended. SECTION 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do An act to incorenact, That the proviso in section fifteen of said act shall not be so construed as to prevent the immediate construction of the branch road leading from a point near Catawba Station in Catawba County, to the lime beds, as provided for in section one of said act, and in all meetings hereafter held by the stockholders of the Eastern Division of said. Company, the State stock, if represented, shall vote as provided in the eleventh section of the act ratified the twentyninth day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, for the "Western Division," of which this is amendatory, and the adoption of these and further amendments shall be left to the private stockholders of the Eastern Division. SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 9th day of April, A. D. 1869. All acts inconsis tant repealed. |