Election of Con*table. Board of Trustees may purchase Town tax. successors shall have qualified, when the regular election for said officers shall be held every two years thereafter. SEC. 10. At the time and in the manner authorized by this act for the election of Township Boards of Trustees, there shall be held an election for one Constable in each Township, who shall give bond and security in such reasonable sum as the Board of Trustees may deem sufficient, to be not less than five hundred dollars, nor more than two thousand dollars, and take the oath of office as now prescribed by law. SEC. 11. The Board of Trustees shall have power to purship house and lay chase and to hold for the use of the Township, such real estate as they may deem necessary, not to exceed one acre, and to erect thereon a Township house, which shall be as near central in location as may be; and for the purpose of buying such property and erecting such building, they are authorized, if they deem it expedient, to lay and collect a tax upon all the property in the Township, with the approval of a majority of the qualified voters of the Township, to be given at an election to be held for that purpose, under the direction of such Trustees. Appoint meetings Quorum. Trustees to: lay out highways, &c. Build bridges. SEC. 13. The Board shall have power to appoint its own. meetings, and to adjourn from time to time. SEC. 13. A majority of the Trustee shall constitute a quorum. Sec 14. The Board of Trustees shall have authority, within their respective Townships, to lay out, alter, repair, or discontinue highways; to establish and settle ferries; to build and keep up bridges, subject to sub-division eleven, section eight, of the before recited acts concerning the gov ernment of Counties; to lay off or discontinue cartways; Appoint overseers to appoint overseers of highways; to allow and contract for the building of toll bridges, and to license the erection of gates across highways. This authority shall be exercised under the rules, regulations, restrictions and penalties, in all respects, prescribed and imposed in chapter one hundred and one of the Revised Code, upon the Justices of the late County Courts. The Clerk of the Board shall perform the duties therein enjoined upon the Clerk of the late County Clerk of Board. Court; and the Township Constable shall peform the duties imposed in said chapter on the Sheriff. SEC. 15. In all cases of the exercise of authority under Appeal. the preceding section, there may be an appeal made by either party from the decision of the Township Board of Trustees to the Board of Commissioners of the County, whose decision in the case shall be final; and on every appeal the Clerk of the Board of Trustees shall transmit to the Commissioners all the papers in the case, and the parties shall be allowed to be heard before the Commissioners de novo. SEC. 16. The Township Board of Trustees shall assess the taxable property of their Townships, and make return to the County Commissioners for revision, as may be prescribed by law. Assess property. SEC. 17. The Board of Trustees of each Township shall Report of Board. make out a written report upon the condition of the roads and bridges in their respective Townships to the County Commissioners, at least ten days before regular terms of the Superior Courts of the County. SEC. 18. The Board of Trustees shall audit all accounts against the Township, as directed in section ten of the act concerning the government of Counties; and shall cause semi-annual publications of all accounts so audited to be posted at the Township house, or other place of meeting, if there be no Township house, and three other public places in the Township. Board to auditan. settle. collect taxes. SEC. 19. The Board of Trustees shall have power to lay Power to lay and collect all taxes which may be required to defray the necessary expenses of the Township, and the Township Constable shall collect all taxes so laid and assessed. SEC. 20. The Clerk of the Board of Trustees shall record the proceedings of the Board in a book to be provided for that purpose, and keep all its papers and hold them open to the examination of all persons except on the Sabbath; PUB. 31.] Clerk to record proceedings. Per diem of Justice and Clerk. County Commis. sioners to designate Townships. disburse all moneys belonging to the Township, under the order of the Board, taking proper vouchers therefor, and making quarterly returns to the Board, if required, of all his receipts and disbursements. SEC. 21. Each Justice of the Peace, who is a member of the Board, shall receive two dollars per diem for each day's attendance upon the meetings of the Board; and the Clerk shall receive the same per diem, with such additional compensation for his duties as Clerk as the Board may allow. SEC. 22. The Commissioners of any County not included in this act shall have power to designate their present election precincts as Townships for school and assessment purposes, until a proper survey is made and a report of the same is made to this body. SEC. 23. All laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are repealed, and this act shall have force from the day of its ratification. Ratified the 10th day of April, A. D. 1869. CHAPTER CLXXXVI. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF WILKES SECTION 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, That the County Commissioners of Wilkes County be and are hereby authorized to levy and collect, to meet necessary county expenses for the current fiscal year, a tax on all the property in said County, not to exceed two thousand dollars. SEC. 2. The tax authorized by this act shall be levied, How collected collected and accounted for in the same manner as other taxes. SEC. 3. This act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 12th day of April, A. D. 1869. CHAPTER CLXXXVII. AN ACT TO LEGALIZE AND MAKE VALID ALL MUNICIPAL ELEC- valid. SECTION 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do Elections mach enact, That all municipal elections held in this State on the fourth day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, or on any other day of said year, previous to this date, shall be considered legal and valid to all intents and purposes, and all officers elected at any of said elections are declared perfectly and legally elected by this act. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its ratification. Ratified the 12th day of April, A. D. 1869. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE DAVID LOFTIN, EX-SHERIFF OF DAVID- SECTION 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do May collect arran enact, That David Loftin, ex-Sheriff of Davidson County, of taxes. Laws applicable. Proviso. is hereby authorized and empowered to collect arrearages of taxes due for State and County purposes for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven and sixty-eight. SEC. 2. That all laws applicable to the collection of taxes in other cases shall apply in this; Provided, That no person shall be required to pay any taxes under this act, that will produce a receipt of payment of the taxes for the years above mentioned or make an affidavit that the same has been paid. SEC. 3. This act shall be in force from its ratification. to collect. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE SECTION 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact. That the County Commissioners of Wayne be and they are hereby authorized, in addition to the taxes which they may have the power to assess, under the general revenue laws of the State, to levy a special tax to an amount of about three thousand dollars on all the taxable property, privileges and franchises of the County, for the purpose of paying the necessary expenses of said County. SEC. 2. The Sheriff of the County shall collect said special taxes in like manner, and under the same liabilities and restrictions as are or may be imposed by law for collecting and accounting for other taxes, and shall pay over the same upon the orders of the County Commissioners as they may authorize and direct. SEC. 3. This act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 12th day of April, A. D. 1869. |