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Tarborougli, Edgecombe County, JV. 0. Saturday, February 24, 1827.
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defendant to plead in abatement;
and makes it the duty of the court,
where actions shall hereafter be
brought on bonds, promissory
notes and liquidated accounts, un
der 100, to dismiss the suit.
9. Altering the time of the an
nual meeting of the Legislature.
Fixes on the third Monday of No
vember. as the time of meeting.
10. Limiting the time within
which certain offences shrill In
2Domcsn'c.
CAPTIONS
Of the Public Acts passed by the
General Assembly of N. Caro
lina, at its Session of 182G-'27.
of be in writing, and signed by the
party, or by some person authori
sed by him.
1G. To repeal the act of 1820,
directing the County Courts to pay
fees to certain officers therein na
med in certain cases, so far as re
lates to the counties mentioned in
this act. Repeals so much as re
lates to Guilford, Surry, Wilkes,
Ashe, Bladen, Lincoln and Haywood.
17. Authorising the President
prosecuted, and prescribing the
duties of grand jurors relative land Directors of the Literary Fund
thereto. Provides that no bill of; to raise money bv wav of lottery
indictment shall be found, or pre
sentment made, in cases of tres-
and for other purposes. Authori
ses the President and Directors to
pass and misdemeanor, exceptlrai 0,000 by lottery; of which,
perjury, forgery, malicious mis- j a sum not exceeding 825,000 is to
chief and deceit, where said of-i be applied towarda?iidinrr Inrhm
una . at us session ot j'-z. r in i . ... i ... ,1 x? o 0
- ' . r V T i" 'ian nave oeen coinnntlerl iViurpiievin puhlisinno; the historv
1. Allowing further time lor the three yearsanteriorthereto,unlessiof the State.l
payment of the purchase moneyj when; the person committing such
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uuuuuics iui vacauuanci made in ullences shall have absconded or
the year 1824, which lapsed on the concealed themselves, or shall
15th December, 1826. Extends have committed them in a secret
the time of payment to the end of; manner.
the present session of the Lcis-
laturc.J
2. Making Private Acts, print-
18. Concerning executors, ad
ministrators and guardians. (Pro
vides that, in suits upon the bonds
of executors, administrators or
guardians, it shall be the duty of
the Court, unon motion nf nithor
IT 1 si I i .. .
iianow vreeiv Lanal Company.: party, to reler the same to persons
Authorises the Public Treasurer; selected by both parties; and, in
11. To aid the Clubfoot and
eu by the printer ot the Mate, evi-! to advnncn. nn rmrtMin ...iit;,. !p..6n ti.o nn,-t;rto u .
OUt Ot the fund Set nnnrf for intnr- nnrsnrN tn lvlinrn if clmll Im i-ah
lxpiaminj: the act ol 1822 'na inmrovement. fn i
v.iiL.nv.vx ut.t iu .wununsu uiu .i;,uiu on loan; one halt toi UlerK, or any other person. )
vumiiy -uuitSj iu iuiiuiiu UUIUIIIIS-; OC paitl at ti!C
19. T o prevent litigation by re
gulating costs in actions of assault
and battery. (Provides that, in ac
tions of assault and battery, where
tounty Courts to require adnnnis-: be paid at the exninitinn nf tn
trators and others to inve other or vcars. and the oilier hrdf nt tlm
counter security upon the petition expiration of fifteen years, with
of their securities. fProvides that interest.!
where an administrator is likely 12. Aimronrintmo- ;r,nnn fnr!tl.Prlnm!(Tnr.rUmi,oi1.1
to squander the estate ot the in- the purpose of iinnrovinv the nn-' four dolors, thn nlnintifT Rlmll not
- . , . ft I - j- J ' vi Ullllll 1J - ,1
testate, his securities may, upon vigation of thp Cape Fear river j recover more costs than damages.)
petition to the Court, require him below Wilmington. 20. To authorise the buildin of
to give other or counter security. lb. Ko atniir to the nverc.isn nf'a steamboMt. tn bn nwi nn thnn.
4. Validating all grants issued the right of challenge in certain !vcr Roanoke, and the waters of
;v euiiuiu y ui cuuu nuni ine cases. Luivestothe defendant the Albemarle and Pamlico sounds,
'2:Jth of November, 182G, to the assistance of counsel in selecting ;and the waters of James river and
29th of December, 1820. , a jury. Chesapeake bay, and to incorpo-
oiippiemeuuu iu uie aci oi i. i o prevent tree persons of ; rate a company lor that purpose.
last session, ceding to the United
States fogue Banks. Appoints
coimnissinnnr.4 tn nnnnrtimi tho
color from mijfratinii into this
State, for the good government of
such persons resident m the State,
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.vii m, paid by tlie United States! and for other purposes. Prohibits
for the land, among the several -free negroes and mulattocs from
tlaimnnts.
0. Making compensation to co-
ujiiuuii iiuo mis oiarc, untier a
penalty of $500, and provides that,
they shall be held in servitude and
at labor for a term not exceeding
ten years. Any person who
brings such free persons of color
into the State, to forfeit 500.
Free negroes or mulattoes, resi
dent in the state, who have no re
gular or honest employment, to
give security for their good beha
vior. . Empowers the County
Courts, where it, may be expedi-
roncrs in certain cases. Provides in case they fail to pay said fine,
mat n any iree white person or
slave shall be found dead in the
county, it shall be the duty of the
coroner to have said body decent
ly interred; for which he shall be
Mlowcd, in addition to his present
Iocs, a sum not excoeding ten dol
lars, to be paid by the Trustee
the estate of the free white per
son, and the owner of the slave
nadc liable for the re-payment of
aid sum.
7. Further to amend the act of
112, making the protest of a no
tary public evidence in certain ca
Makes the protest of a nota
ry public evidence of a demand
j'pon the acceptor or drawee of a
hill of exchange, in all actions at
law, against the drawer or endor
ser of any bill of exchange, if the
remand is set forth in the protest.
. 8. To repeal part of the 3d sec
'n of the act of 1820, extending
ti!- jurisdiction of a justice of the
Paue. Repeals that part of the
"aid section which requires the
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ent, to bind out the children of penalty of one hundred dollars,
such persons to some occupation.
15.. To prevent frauds and per
juries in certain cases. Provides
that after the first day of January,
1828, that no executor or adminis
trator, upon any special promise
in . his representative character;
shall be answerable in damages
out of his own estate; nor shall any
defendant be answerable, on a
special promise, for the debt, de
fault or miscarriage of another,
unless the agreement upon which"
an action shall be brought, .or
some memorandum or note there-
(Authoriscs liooks to be opened
for subscriptions of stock to the
amount of $15,000.)
21, Prohibiting the trading with
slaves, except in the manner there
in prescribed. (Prohibits all per
sons from trafficking with, or re
ceiving from any slave, cotton, to
bacco, wheat, rice, oats, corn, rye,
pork, bacon, beef, leather, raw
hides, iron, castings, farming uten
sils, nails, meal; flour, spiritous li
quors, wine, peas, salt fish, flax,
flax seed, hogs, cattle, sheep, wool,
lumber, staves, tar, pitch, turpen
tine, fodder, shingles, hoops, white
oak heading and potatoes, or from
selling to any slave any jxoods.
wares and merchandize, under a
except in the day time, (Sundays
excepted,) and where such slave
has a written permit from his oi
lier owner or 'manager. Makes
the offence indictable in the Coun
ty and Superior Courts, and sub
jects the offender to a fine not ex-
dollars for each county on the wa
ters south of the Albemarle
sound.) .
23. .To revive and continue in
force the act of 1824, altering and
amending the act for the relief of
such persons as became purcha
sers of the Cherokee lands, sold
under the authority of the State.
(Revives and continues in force
said act until the meeting of the
next General Assembly.)
24. To amend the laws regula
ting the sale of lands and slaves,
so far as it respects the counties
therein named. (Authorises the
sheriffs and other returning offi
cers of the counties of Anson,
Onslow, Wake, Craven, Mecklen
burg, Orange, Cumberland, Nash,
Stokes, Guilford, Rowan, David
son, Columbus, Beaufort, Person,
Caswell, Rutherford, Brunswick,
Pitt, Hyde, Halifax, Randolph,
Wayne, Greene, Robeson, Chat
ham, Franklin, Warren, Bladen,
Duplin and Edgecombe, to make
sale of lands and slaves on the
first day of the Superior Courts
for those counties.)
2;j. 1 o perpetuate the evidence
of the claim of the State to such
shares or stock in the several
Banks or other corporations, as
have been, or shall be purchased
for the State. (Makes it the duty
of the Treasurer to deliver certifi
cates of such shares or stock to
the Secretary of State, who is to
register them; and directs the
Comptroller, as soon as his ac
counts shall be passed upon by the
Legislature, to endorse upon the
certificates that they have been
allowed.)
2G. Prescribing the time in
which presumption of payment,
satisfaction or abandonment of
claims shall arise. (Enacts that
the presumption of payment or
satisfaction on judgments, con
tracts and agreements, shall arise
within ten years after the right of
action on the same shall accrue;
that the presumption of payment
or abandonment of the right of re
demption on mortgages, and of
other equitable interest, shall arise
within ten years after the forfeit
ure of said mortgage or last pay
ment on the same, or the right of
action shall accrue on any equita
ble interest or. claim, under the
like rules and restrictions, that all
judgments heretofore rendered,
contracts, tec. heretofore made,
and which have remained for ten,
and less than twenty years, after
the right of action has accrued, the
presumption in law shall arise
within three years from this time,
dzc. occ.)
27. An act for the protection
of sureties. (Provides that in the
trial ot ail actions at law, it shall
cecding 850, or imprisonment for j be competent for cither of the de
three months, at the discretion of! fendants to shew that, thev am
the Court: and if the defendant be sureties; and it shall be the duty
a retailer of spiritous liquors, he of the jury or of the justice of the
shall forfeit his or her license.) j peace to discriminate between the
22. Amending the act of 1823, j principal and surety in rendering
relative to pedlars on navigable j verdict or judgment; and it is then
streams. (Reduces the tax to five' made the duty of the Sheriff to
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