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mmmmmm 1 ' - a AN ACT i Hoar of A adit ro Ksteblleta i imiuce for tbe City of Wllmlns- general Assembly of North Caro lina do enact: crmoN. 1. That In the month of arS A D. 1877, and biennially yarcn, - ',nr nf this State ii apuiub ui v o mil ATI or the electors of the City P?rjiminrton. one from each of the live warns or m u . - - said city, who shall and he stvld. uThe Board consutu r - ' .- rifT7 rtf .tlTIIIH 71.111 ..T..,iT,rton." and trie persons so ap- Vinted shall continue in office for V vears, and until their successors p duly appointed and qualified. No fprson holding any offloe or appoint 1 Pnt under the Board of Aldermen f aid city, or under any law in refer ee to said city, or Who may be a ontractor for anv work materials, ,,nnlies or other things whatever, for ;Kse of said city, shall be eligible 'll . f erntrl WraiH rf. nil O I 1 iH to act as one of its members. Any arancy occurring among the mem Ss of said Board during their term of office shall be filled by the remain- inf e&bgail Board shall, from their odv elect a chairman, who with the lerk hereinafter provided for, shall L an 'and certify all orders of the Hoard- and in case such chairman hall be absent at any meeting of the Hoard a temporary chairman shall be chosen, who, dunnglsuch meeting, hall exercise the powers of the regu lar chairman. The chairman of said Board shall have power to administer oaths, and issue subpoenas for wit nesses to appear before the Board, who shall be required to appear and testify, under like pains and penalties, as if summoned to any Superior Court. Before the entering on their duties, the members of said Board, shall before some Justice of Peace, take and subscribe the oath of office, prescribed in Section 4 of Article VI of the Constitution, and cause the same to be filed in the office of the Clerk and Treasurer of said city. Sec. 3. The Board shall appoint a clerk, prescribe his duties, and re quire him to give bond, payable to the City of Wilmington, in such sum as said Board may eonsnrJtff sufficient, secured by two or more good securi ties, and conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his Office. The said clerk shall hold qffice at the pleasure of said Board, shall have power to administer oaths, and shall receive such compensation, not ex ceeding six hundred dollars per an num, as said Board may establish. Sec. 4. Said Board shall hold regu lar meetings twice during every month, and oftener if necessary, in some room in the City Hall, at such times as the Board may determine,and of which due notice shall be given by advertisements to be posted at the Court House door and ten other pub lic places in the city. Said meetings shall be opened to the public, and the times of holding the regular semi- monthly changed, any such aforesaid. meetings shall not be unless ten days notice of change shall be given as The clerk shall, in proper books, keep a minute record of the proceedings of the said meetings, recording the names of the members present, the character and amount of all claims and demands against the city, and the names of the claimants. AH such claims and demands shall be made out in distinct items, verified by the affidavit of the claimant or his agent, stating that the claim is just ana true, tnat the articles were furnished or services rendered, as the case may be, and that no part of the same has been satisfied. Notwith standing such affidavit, the said Board may require further proof as to the validity of any claim; and any person who shall, knowingly or wil fully offer or cause to be offered for audit by said Board, any false or fraudulent claim or demand against the city of Wilmington, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and any person who shall wilfully swear to any false statement before said Board shall be guilty of perjury. Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of said Board to audit and pass upon the validity of all claims and demands against the City of Wilmington; and no claim or demand against said city shall be paid by the Treasurer of said city, or by anv other person, out of any funds belonging to said city, until the same has been duly audited and approved by said Board, and a warrant signed by the chairman and clerk, given for the payment of the same. All claims, demands and ac counts presented te said Board to be audited, shall be treated and proceed ed with in all respects as is provided m Section 12, Chapter 27 of Battles Kevisal. in reference to claims or accounts against counties. Any mem ber of said Board, who shall knowing ly vote to allow any false, fraudulent, or untrue claim or demand against said city, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and. shall be punished by a fine, not less than five hundred dollars, and by imprisonment for not less than one year. Sec. 6. No ordinance of the Board of Aldermen of said city, levying any tax whatever, shall be valid or of any effect, unless an estimate and the rate of assessment Of the taxes so to Sf Leled' 8hall be first submitted to nti aJdv.of Audit and Finance, and h?E rSS by at leafit three of its mm-nf?'- v estlmates aforesaid shall specify the amount required during ?KJle?fc c?min8 fiscal year to pay I811 the debt of said city, and de a 8iling tund for its ulti mate payment, and the amount which wie .re(l?lred as nearly as can be nv?ed t'the necessary mPn Qdl"es fr the several depart ments of the City Government; and the amount to fee expended under ht - e."tlmates shall be apportioned ?Lf).d Bard Audit and Finance, nSdmfutothfi specifications accom panying the same, among the several parcments of the city, of which ap E? L0UI?nt a copy shall be delivered lrr V,lerk and Treasurer of said W All warrants which may be urawn on account of anyluly audited uaim or demand, shaft specify the particular fund from which the same 1:?. X Paid, and no such warrant snail be paid from any other fund tnan the one designated therein ; and ir any such warrant shall be paid, in v iolation of this provision, or if any m. J.m aSainst saMiaty shall be paid ived on account of any in debtedness to said city, before a I?pe,r arrant for the same has been m?edA.the Temrj said city, or ;y other person $iyg tbe same out shanlfun belonging to said city, inall be liable for the amount so paid, demeanor06 deemed S1111 of a mi8r Sec. 7. The said Board of Audit and finance shall once in every three months, cause to be parted , at the ourt House and ten 6h public ies in said city, a statement of all aims and demanr Bind rlpmnnrla aaainaf aa i r nit-xr audited by said Board, giving the re- Ottttttg snective amounts claimed and allowed the character of such claim, and the name of the claimant. Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of said Board of Audit and Finance, and it shall have the exclusive power, to fix the salaries or other.compensation of all officers and employees of said city, and to pass upon and approve the official bonds of all such officers, and no contract, even for the necessary expenses of said city, nor any bond, note or other obligation in behalf of said city, shall be valid or of any effect, unless the same be approved by said Board, and suoh approval be endorsed thereon. Any officer of said city, who is required to give a bond for the faithful performance of his duties, who shall enter upon the dis charge of the duties of his office, or in any way intermeddle therewith before the official bond shall be duly approv ed as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not less than five hun dred dollars, and imprisoned not less than six months, and shall farther forfeit his office. Sec. 9. Said Board shall, at such times during each year as may be deemed judicious, and at the end of each fiscal year, audit and cause to be settled the accounts of the City Treas urer, and of all other persons holding any funds belonging to said city ; and on all such settlements, all interest, benefit, advantages, received or to be received, directly or indirectly, from the use, disposal or deposit of any funds belonging to said city, by any officer or agent of the city, shall be duly accounted for. Such officers or agents, upon making any such settle ments, shall be required to make and file with said Board an affidavit, de claring, as the facts may be, whether he has or has not received, or is not to receive, directly or indirectly, any interest, benefit or advantage from the use, deposit, or any disposal of said funds, and shall also be examined orally on the matters referred to. In the event that any officer of said city, upon the investigation of his accounts as aforesaid, shall be found to be in default, said Board of Audit and Fi nance is hereby authorized and em powered to declare his office vacant. Sbc. 10. The Board of Aldermen of said city shall annually, at least one month before the time of the annual assessment of taxes by said Board, and at such other times as may be neces sary, advertise for proposals for all labor and for all materials required by said city for the opening, guttering, grading and cleaning, or paving, or otherwise improving the streets, al leys, or sidewalks of said city; for lighting and repairing the lamps of the city ; for all the labor and mate rials for the "repair or construction of all buildings belonging to the city ; for all printing or advertising requir ed by tne city: fee all supplies ofany kind, required for the use of the city, or any department thereof, and shall contract for the same with the lowest bidder, who may be considered fit and competent; but no such contract shall be binding on the city until approved by the said Board of Audit and fi nance, by which all such contractors shall be required to enter into bonds, secured to its satisfaction, for the faithful performance of their several contracts. Sbc. 11. The Chairman of the Board of Audit and Finance shall be "the Commissioner of the Shaking Fund of the City of Wilmington," and shall have all the powers and perform all the duties incident to that office, by any and all acre of the treneral Assem bly authorizing or requiring the ap pointment of such an officer. He shall enter into bond, with two or more good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Board of Alder men of said city, in such sum as said Board of Aldermen shall fix, and pay able to the City of Wilmington, and conditioned for the faithful perform ance of all the duties incident to said office, or which may be hereafter im posed on such officer. The Chairman of said Board, as Commissioner of the Sinking Fund of the City of Wilming ton, shall, in the months of January ana July, of each year, cause -to be published, in one or more of the newspapers published in said city, a statement showing the true condition of said Sinking Fund, giving the amount and character of the invest ments of the same, and the place of deposit of the securities belonging to it. Sbc. 12. The Treasurer of said city, urjon a Drooer warrant, to be drawn on him. as herein before provided. shall pay over to the said Commis sioner of the Sinking Fund, the amounts which may, from time to time, be collected from taxes assessed and levied for the Sinking Fund of said citv. and also all sums which mav have been assessed and collected for any other department of the City . J 1 i X , liovernmenT. auu wmcm way ub re maining in his hands unexpended and nnnnnrnnrifltpfi at the end of aUV fis cal year. The sums of money which may be paid as aforesaid, to the Com missioner of the Sinking Fund, shall be invested and managed as required bv law: and in making investments of the same, and of all sums accruing from the securities in which the same may be invested, preference shall be given to such of the bonds of said city whieh will yield the largest in come on the amount invested. All of such bonds of the City of Wilming ton. which mav be purchased for the purpose aforesaid, and allthe coupons thereto, shall be immediately and in deliblv stamDed with the words " the Sinking Fund of the City of Wil mington," and the number, amount, and date of issue of every such bond shall be recorded by said Commis sioner in a proper book, kept by said Board of Audit and Finance for that purpose, and a duly certified copy of such record shall, from time to time, as additional investments ior saiu fund shall be made, be furnished by said Commissioner to the Board of Aldermen of said city, who shall cause the same to be filed by the Clerk and Treasurer of said city, and re corded in a proper book in his office. All bonds as aforesaid, and all other securities purchased as investments of anv fund, belonging to said Sink ing Fond, and all interest accruing thereon, shall be held exclusively for the use of and as part of said Sinking Fund, and shall not be disposed of or transferred, or in any way used for any other purpose whatever. The Chairman of said Board of Audit and Finance, as compensation for his services as Commissioner or tne sink ing Fond of tbe City of Wilmington, shall be entitled to a salary of four nundred dollars per annum, and tne Treasurer of said city, upon the pro- Mr -warrant as aforesaid, signed by the Chairman and Clerk of said Board of Audit and Finance, shall pay the necessary expenses ol said Board, tne salary of their Clerk, and the salary, as aforesaid, of its Chairman. V fitec. 18. The Treasurer of the City of Wilmington shall, at the end of every montn, cause to be posted at the Court Mouse and at ten other public places in sals city, a statement. duly verified by his oath, in -which shall be set forth' the names of all persons to wuom tie nas paid any amount during that month, the amount so paid to each person, the particular fand from which such payment nas Deen maae; ana tne whole amount of money belonging to the citythen remaining in his lands. Sec. 14. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall be in force from and after the ratification of the same. Bead three times and ratified in General Assembly, this 28th day of February, A. D. 1877. 1877. The Quarterly Reviews Blackwood' sSMagazine. THE LEONARD SCOTT PUB LISHED CO. 41 BARCLAY STREET, NSW TORE, Continue their authorised Reprints of the FOUR LEADING QUARTERLY REVIEWS. EDINBURGH REVIEW, (Whig.). 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A novel of more man common merit, witn a great deal of admirably distinctive portraiture, and is a story of thrilling interest. ror sale oy ail uooKseiiers ana renoaicai uea lers. or will be sent by mall on receipt ef the price by J. B. LIPPINCOTT & Co.. Publishers, 715 and 717 Market Street, ang 4-tf g Philadelphia. PROSPECTUS. The Raleigh Observer. ON THE 16TH DAY OP NOVEMBER, 1876, 'and in the citv of RALEIGH, the undersigned will commence the publication of The Observer, a DAILY and W JSJSJS-Li Democratic newspaper, Of long experience in their profession as editors, ratnACtivelv nf the Favetteville ObskBVXB and the Wilmington Journal, they do not affect to doubt the soundness of the general judgment which as signs them ability to furnish a newspaper suited to the needs and adapted to the tastes of the people of North Carolina. Differingin polities in the olden time, there was never a difference between the Ob- and to uphold and add to thu other wiu be the ob- 1r.t nf the Observer now. ib Ur very aeciuea opinions on quesuuu. 01 uauuu interest, and aut to eive those opinions plain ex pression, they deem It the first duty of a newspaper tn fnmiah its readers with the lniormauon necessa ry to the formation of their- opinions, to publish all "the newe;' and their purpose is to make The Observer now, as of old, a truthful, accurate, con densed history of the times in which we live It was thus that nhe old 0mbtb" won its holdup on the people of North OOonfla. enjoying Ore Vec- Hon of its party menus, receiving tne respect ana confidence of its bitterest political feet, and com manding in Us comparatively isolated location a circulation larger than has ever been attained oy any other North Carolina newspaper, and it is thus, by like dignity and fairness that the editors of The Observer, transferred to the State Capital, hope it will deserve, and soon equal, and then surpass, its former circulation and prosperity. It will be their high zh aim to deserve tne public con- hdence by earnest efforts to promote the public wel- nrst ana foremost or jnoi orth Carolina, next of allthe Sei States, aac1 finally, and through these, or whole Union. They think that this can only be effected by tbe prevalence ef Democra tic principles sad the dismissal of the Radical party from the places and power which they have so great ly abused, and under whose baleful rale tasbuth has been outraged and the whole country has been impoverished aad disgraced falnn M. UA.UK, W. i,..lAUIUKKtt. Dally Observer, one year,, ... $8 00 vauy VDserver, six moatns Weekly Observer, one year. . . . Weekly Observer, six months. . All communications should be add further notice, to W. L. SAD sept StrBAWtf Wii t . ii ... I, ... ..I.,.,. ii i i , - i r '- H- -u.i . - fKINTING AND BLNPING. ! 1 T H E " S T A R " 1 AM JOB PRINTING- BOOK BIN'DERY, -AND- BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY. WILLIAM H. BERNARD, PROPRIETOR, WILMTN GTONy JV. C. lyTHE ONLYl ESTABLISHMENT IK THE CITY HAVING All of these Facilities Combined. The Beat Assortment of TYPE, PAPERS, CARDS and INKS. Skilled:;Workmen -m- Everv Department. Not the Lowest Erices BUT,- As Low Prices AS ANY Other Establishment FOR THE BEST .QUALITY OF WOtttt. PRINTING, RULING -AND B USTG- OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. EXECUTED "n.4.l J Q li 1 1 1 JT A U1JJ. U bl Y AU k3Xi.JU.lUll V , I JT tf f Improved Machinery -OF- IDS. SINCE ADDING am Po we r We are enabled te fill 9 j.' Ml jSOUS. The MorningStar PUBLISHED D AH Y AND WEEKLY Sfltaiption Rates-In kinm DAILY ST Ai:, One Year, postage paid $7 00 " Six Months " 4 00 44 Three Months" " ...... 2 25 " . " On Month " 1 00 WESKLY STAR. One, Year postage paid, $1 50 " Six Months. " 101 Three Months S " 50 Notices of the Press: A first-class paper. ISatOeooro Advance. Emphatically a live paper. Goldsboro fitm. The Stab is a live paper. Sumter VS. C.) Nnc$. One of our best exchanges. -Aaow (A & Oottrier One of the best daily papers In the State. WetdM New. One of the very best ef our daily exchanges. -South Carolinian. Ranks among the leading Dailies of the State. Christian Advocate. One of the best Dailies in the State. Matesville Intelligencer. A valuable paper. We cheerfully recommend it. Pee Dee Courier Ranks among the leading journals of tne South. -Marion OS. C.) Star. One of the best and most desirable papers in North Carolina. Norfolk Vtrainian. Full of general news, and a credit to Wilmington Elizabeth City NorSt, Carolinian. One of the best daily papers published in the Southern States. Horry (& C.) Newt. One of our best Southern Journals. As a newspa per not surpassed by any. Friend of Temperance. One of the best conducted in the State; bold, inde pendent and well informed. HiUtboro Recorder. Ably edited, and has a circulation which speaks volumes of comment on its influence. Magnolia Monitor. ' Onward and upward it until now It has the largest circulation of any y in the State. Pied- mom rress. The Wilmington Stab, now very much improved, has the largest circulation of any paper in the State. Enfield Times. The Stab stands among the first of North Carolina papers in point 01 enterprise ana uterery menu Chester OS. c.) reporter. Unquestionably the best dally journal in North Carolina, and has no superior in any other Southern State. Marlboro 08. V.) Times. For editorial ability, general news, correct marnet reports and fine literary selections the Stab has no superior. Jtoctcy Mount mou. Is well conducted and has as much and great a va riety of good reading matter as any Daily in tho State. Warren-ten Gazette. This natter, thoush not many vears old. is one of the best dailies in the State, and well merits the support it receives. Lcuxsourg Courier. One of the best daily journals en our exc list. Belongs to no ring save that which encircles good or tne peopio. xavannan mirror. The Wilmington Monmxe Stab is among the best newspapers in the South. Rich, rare, racy, always fresh and "on time." AsXeoiUe JBcpoeuor. A staunch and independent advocate of Die's rights. Deservedly ranks among the first jour nals of the Southern conntry.-Bockingham Observer. The Stab is undoubtedly an enterprising sheet beiutifallv Diluted and conducted with marked ability. Mr. Bernard decrves great credit for his efforts in journalism. Raleigh Sena tel. Those of our readers desiring to take a daily or weekly paper from North Carolina cannot do better than take the Wilmington Star. Cheraw OS. C.) Democrat. The Stab is one of our most highly valued ex changes, and it affords us pleasure to recommend it as one of the most racy and reliable dailies in North Carolina. Kinston Gazette. A live newspaper, and the best Daily n the State. The circulation is larger than that of any other Daily in the State, which proves it- Milton Chron icle. No paper cvei started hi North Carolina has grown so rapidly as nas tne stab, rnougn omy ave yean old. it is now a fixed institution, enjoying an infiu ence and a prosperity second to none in the State. Saittoury watchman. The Wilmington Stab is in the front rank of our Southern dailies, well-edited, full of news and select reading matter, telegraphkjreports, and in every res pect a first rate journal. 11 wenaamany sucn our State would be tne gamer oy it. weens. Eugene L. Harris, Artist In Crayon Portraits. SASSAFRAS FORK, N. C., TIEGS LEAVE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION Jj to his Portraits in Crayon. Persons wishing good pictures of themselves or deceased friends can have them nicely executed by sending him a photograph to work from. A good photograph is necessary to insure a good likeness. The prices below include postage by mail, on roller. 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' jan 7-eod tf SuWedFri RAILROAD LINES, &c. General Sup'ts Office, WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA & At GUST A R. JR. COMPANY, WILMINGTON. N. C. Jan 8. Change of Schedule. ON AND AFTER WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8, THE following Schedule will be run on this Road: Day Express and Mall Train (Dally except Sunday,) Leaye Wilmington 12:15 P. M- Leave Florence 5:30 P. M Arrive at Columbia 9:0 P. M- Leave Columbia 7:40 A. It Leave Florence 12:30 P. M- Arrive at W Umington 5:30 P. M NIGHT EXPEKSS TKAITk' (Daily). Leave Wilmington 8:05 P.M. Leave Florence.. 1:00 A. M. Arrive at Uoiumbva 5:10 A. M Arrive at Augusta, 9:00 A. M. Leave Augusta, ;., 4:80 P. V. Leave Columbia 9:30 P. M. Leave Florence. 2:30 A.M. Arrive at Wilmington 7:25 A M. Through Freisht Train (Daily except snnaays.) 1:80 P. M. Leave Wilmington . Leave Florence Arrive at Columbia . . . . Leave Columbia i.. 3:00 P. M. 3:10 A. M. 4:30 P. M. 4:00 A. M. 3:45 P. M. Leave Florence. .-. Arrive at Wilmington.. Passengers for Augusta, and bevend should take Night Express Train from Wilmington. Through Sleeping Cars on night trains for Charles ton and Augusta. Parlor Car on Day Express and Mail for Charles ton, rji JAMES ANDERSON, jan 4-tf Oen'l Suo't. Wilmington & Weldon RAILROAD CO. Omen 01 Gxh'l Sdtzbjntkhdeht, i Wilmington, N. C, Jan. 1, 18W. f ONIAND AFTER WEDNESDAY , JANUARY 3, 1877, Passenger Trains on the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad will run as follows : I Day Mall ancExprcss Train. Leave Wilrninetrm. Front St. Denot. at 7:45 A M Arrive at Qoldsboro.. 11:26 A. NL Rocky Mount 1:20 P.M. Weldon...... 3:00 P. M. Leave Weldon daily 13:20 P. M. Arrive at Rocky Mount. 2:08 P. M. Qoldsboro 3:E6 P. M. Wilmington,'Front;tJt. Depot, 7:5-3 P. M. Night Mall land Expret8Traln, Dally except Sunday. Leave Wilmington At 5:40 P. M. Arrive at Qoldsboro 10:15 P. M. Rocky Mount. 12:80 A. M. r3 Weldon. . . . , 2:80 A.M. Leave Weldon. daily. 4:10 A. M. Arrive at Rocky Mount . 6:01 A. M. Qoldsboro 8:00 A. M. Wilmington 12:00 . M. The Day Train makes close connection at Wel don for all points North via Bay Line, daily except Sunday, and daily via Richmond and all- rau route. Night train makes close connections at Weldon for all points north via Richmond. PULLMAN'S PALACE SLEEPING CARS at tached to all Night Trains, and run through from Wilmington to Milford Station, en Richmond, Pro- aeriCKsourg & rotomac itauioaa. FREIGHT TRAINS will leave Wilmington tri weekly at 5:30 A. M., and arrive at 1:40 P. M. JOHN F. DIVINE, jan. 18 -If General Superintendent. CAROLINA CENTRAL RAILWAY CO. Office General Superintendent, I Wilmington, N. C. Sept 16, lSTE. Change of Schedule. On and after SUNDAY, the 17th inst., trains win run overtnis nan way as follows: Passenger and Mail Express. Leave Wilmington at 6:80 A. M. Arrive in Charlotte at 8:30 P. M Leave Charlotte at...... 6:30 A. M. Arrive at Wilmington at 8:30 P. M. Daily except Sundays . IV. Q. JOHNSON. I nov 10-tf General Superintendent. T3E3IE FIELD, A Journal for the Sportsmen of To-day. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, AT 14 S. Canal St. Chicago. TMRMS OF S UBSCRIPTIQH PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Yearly, f 4.00. Half-yearly, $2.00. Foreign and Canadian subscription, post free Yearly 18s.; Half yearly 9s. Single copies, 10 cents. THE FIELD is a complete weekly review of the higher branches of a sport Shooting, Pishing, Racing and Trotting, Aquatics, Base Ball, Cricket, Billiards, and General Sporting News, Music and the Drama. THE FIELD will he found in keeping with tae times, on all subjects pertaining to honorable sport, and will, under no circumstances, admit to its columns anything tending in any wise to demoralise or degrade public sentiment.; THE FIELD being the only Sporting Journal published West of New York, and the recognized authority among the sportsmen of the West and South, among whom it enjoys a large and increasing patronage, possesses superior advantage as an ad vertising medium, which will be appreciated by those aHTig to make their business known in the United States. apr22-tf The Biblical Recorder, PUBLISHED BY Edwards, BrougUtoiJ & Co. J RALEIGH, N. C. REV. C. T. BAILEY, Editor, REV. J. D. HUFHAM. Associate Editor, REV. W. T. WALTERS, D. D., Agricalt'al Editor. Organ of M Carolina Baptists In its Fortieth Year. EVERY BAPTIST SHOULD TAKE IT. As an Advertising Medium Unsurpassed Only $a.lO per Year. Address BIBLICAL RECORDER. jan 80-tf Raleigh. N. C. 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