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ss$$ ' ' ' i ' ' 0Ifaaf. ....... it) ill r - 7- -, i r. a"4 . 2i! tHOS J, LB MAT, Ebit.b t PaorattToa. 'ioiti cabblibi: rewitrri i an. tiTiuxcTcit abb rarticas ovacaa tii iib at oca aiaaa &a- raa aoaa BiAf,?,,'r1 (THREE DOLLARS A TEAR itktr, TOL. S8. kileigii, nr. c . Wednesday in arch iv isit. LAWS Of the STATE OF WORTH CARO I.WA , PASSED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, jt'wiik sios wbicb cobmircsb os obbat, tbb iixtsbbtr or botsmbbb, a Tiontxa biobt bvbbbib abb roTf II, ABB BBBIB OJTBB BIBBTiBSTB Of JAB T, 0B (BY AUTHORITY. An Jet to lay off and establish n new county the name of Alexander. (Concluded.) surveyor and the necessary chain carriers and mnrkers, who shall proceed to run and rriark the dividing line licrein proposed, tat ween, the said county of Wilkes and the coun ... ..f ALvnm1r nnrt. in like manner, the county court of tMJwell county shall appoint a commissioner, who, to pettier with the aforesaid commissioner, appointed by the county of Alexander, shall, in the same way, proceed to run and mirk the dividing line, as here proposed, between the comity of Caldwell and the said county of Alexander; unit when the lines are thus run and marked, as herein re t, -lired, the commissioners aforesaid shall make a full repoit the'eof, under their hands and seals, to their respective count 7 courts, which shall be filed among the records thereof- and the county courts of Wilkes and Caldwell shall nnk' an allowance to the respective commissioners of those exceeding one aouar anu all other expenses State, and shall have exclusive jurisdiction as is possessedler to levy taxes, as in other cases, to make up such do- (nf "'7 e'r that tU first imlon ef mM f" .,. ; ... r . i ntia a.' """" . . ...- n,.ho, f.ir t heir services, not fifW Mn!i rvr A.7Y. which allowance and if to the said county Alexander: TrovtneverlheUtt nXt ibis ' actslialt be optrw or -tnke effect, it rwlt Ulieduifot the county court of . dwell co a ma i.ritV of the acting justice being present, to appoint three X oner, o.fskiii and competency to make an enamer-V- , , of that portion of the said county of Sm10 m 'e P I 1 J Xil i the boundary before men- Cld well, , not embracea - whiJ , and tined, dtst.ngu.shiugtherb.n W . agei and sex of pers ns of color, bu om.tting t. re . wUhin ,hat each; and if it shall apj" 'hat, -bt.J federal population portion of said county clear and undo., nulf nd void; of fire thousand souls, then this act sua. . n j vn-.j ,i,e and in cise this act shall thus become inoperau '?!e compen. r ' I I II , . : 1 n com'nissioners aioresniu snau oe pmu a icaaifu.w sitioii for their' services, not exceedinff one dollar ' 'f . f! TorBich daytheyTnayihusleitgagediiichhaUbb.E?ic hy the couity,of Caldwell; , but, in case it shall appear thJ' i there is a clear and uridoabteia tederar popalnfKm' orBre thousand souls within th'at portion of the said county, not included in the boundary as aforesaid, then nil expenses in curred in making the enumeration as before provided, shall be paid by the aforesaid county oi Alexander, upon the ren dition of an account bv the commissioners aforesaid, on oath, setting forth the number of days which each may have served; and provided further, that the commissioners afore said shaiir before entering : bh lha diMiarge " of their duiies hrein imnosfid. take and subscribe an oath, before either the clerk of th county or superior court of Caldwell coun ty, that they wi1t"honestty, fairly and rmpartially discharge the same to the best of their skill and ability. Sec. 7. fie it further enacted, That the soid county of Alexander shall be invested with all the rights, privileges and immunities of the other counties in this State, upon the conditions and limitations hereinbefore mentioned. Ratified 15th of January, 1847. An Act supplemental to an Act passed by the present Gen eral Assembly, entitled "An Act to lay off and establish a County by the name oi Alexander. Sec. 1. Bo it enacted bp the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the county of Alexander shall be, and is hereby invested with all the rights, privileges Hnd immunities of the other counties in this State, except us is hereafter provided. Sec. 2. lie it further enacted, That the Justices of this paco and Officers of militia, who reside within the limits of the county of Alexander, shall conliijnejto hold and ex ercise all the official powers and authorities in and for said county, that they have-hitherto held and exercised in the counties of Wilkes, Iredell and Caldwell. Sec. 3. fie it further enacted, That the constables now residing in the county of Alexander, shall continue to hold their o(fi.!, and perform all duties appertaining thereto, mini the first Countv Court to be held for said county, un der the samo rules, regulations, and penalties, as constables nro subject to in other counties of this State. - Sec. 4. fie it further enacted, That the counties of Ire dell, Wilkes, Caldwell and Alexander, shall continue to be represented in the General Assembly in the same manner as heretofore, and in the name of the counties of Iredell, Wilkes and Caldwell, until a future Legislature shall oth erwise provide and direct; and all elections for members of Congress and both Houses ot the ueneral Assembly shall the held by . the Sheriff, or other returning officers of lh .counties ot Iiedell, Wilkes, and Caldwell, in all the territory heretofore comprehended in the limits of their respect! re counties, at the lime and places, and under the samo Has, regulations, and restrictions, as hwe been ap pointed, or hereater may be appointed by law, and the cer tifica'e ot said Sheriff or other returning Officer, to the result of Mid election or elections, shall be valid and effectual, to nil ititrtiits and purposes, as if the act for establishing the county of Alexander had neper been passed. Srtc. 5. Be it further enacted, That a Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions shall be held, and the same M hereby etib'ished, in and for the county of Alexander, To be held by the Justicesof said county; the first Court to be held on the first Monday of Juvie, December, September and March, in the v-w.inc thousand eight hundred and forty seven; the Superior Court of Alexander to be held the ninth Monday after the fourth Monday in March and September, inefxh and eery vr. ond ha,H helons to, and form part of the sixth Judi- Uid circuit, in m'Ii and every year, and that the Sessions of said Court shall be held at Jnme's Cross Roads, until the etof Justice for iid co'inty shall be established as here iuw'ier provided; and at the first sossiou of said Court, a majority of theaciinz Justices ol the Pence being present, Jall elect a Clerk, Sheriff, Coroner, Register, Entry-taker, Sarveyor, Constables, and all other officers tor said county, who shall enW into bonds as now required b? law, and shall hold ud continue in office unlit successors to them are duly chosen and qualified according to the acts of the General Assembly in auch cases mad and provided. See. . 6. Be tfmrtket enacted. That the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions esiabligliocT by this net shall possess and exercise the same poier, authority and jurisdictions as H possessed, and. exercised ty a'hfr county courts in i ins and exercised by other county courts in this State, and shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all crimes committed within the limits of Alexander county, of which the county courts of other counties in this Slate have jurisdiction, until a Su perior Court of Law and Kqi ily is established and held for said county; nnd all sin is at l.iw, now pending in the county courts oflredt'll, Wilkes and Caldwell, wherein the citizens of Alexander are both plaintiffs .nnd defendants, and all in dictments in said courts n?ainst citizens of Alexander coun ty, shall be transferred to the county or superior courts of Alexander county, in the inannei now provided for trans ferrinir suits from one county to another. Sec. 7. Be it fuither enacted, That all criminal offences which may he committed in those parts of Iredell, Wilkes, and Caldwell counties respectively taken to form the county of Alexander, which are cognbnble only in the Superior court, shall be and continue under the jurisdiction" of the Superior courts of the aforesaid counties respectively, until a session of the Superior court shall be held for the said county of Alexander. Sec. 8. fieitfurthtr enacted, That all persons who may be liable to imprisonment under any process, either crim inal or civil, in Aloxander county, before the completion of a jail in said county, shall' be committed to the jail of either the county ol Iredell, Vilkes,or Caldwell. JSec fie .At. further., cnocred,.Thntnll process issued from the counties of Iredell, Wilkes or Culdwell,-shall be valid without the eal of office being' affixed thereto ntil the Superior court clerk shall be appointed or elected for the county of Alexander, and shall be directed to the Sher iff! of Iredell, Wilkes or Caldwell; and after that time shall be directed to the Sheriff) of Alexander, and be executed by him. Sue, 10. fie it further enacted. That at the first countv court. thai may be held in iht county of Alexander, tbe Justices of the peace holding said court shall appoint one or more suitable persons, to make a aurvey and pUt of ajid county ot Alexander, and to ascertain and deaignale in aaid plat, aa nearly as may b, the centre of said county; he or they first hiving taken an oath, before some acting Justice of the peace of said county, for the faithful diseharge of his or their duty. Sec. II. fie tt further enacted, Thai William H. Dula, of, Caldwell; Dr Jamea Calloway of Wilkes MUlon Campbcllrof Jredell j Robert Allen, Reuben Walts, and Robert L. Steele, of jrrwt county f Alexander, be,d4lwy4rel appointed niay'oners to select and determine noon a site for ihe ner- n anent ..?.U,!'CB for said, county, who shall locate the same at or as nevr lh centre of said county as practicable.! taking "all circumstances no conveniences into consideration; but in no case shall vary more Jhan two milf and a half from the centre; and all or a majority OtSo11 w" wcrs, biibii nava ponrr to aci; and that a majority of sJ"a commwaioners shall have power to purcbaae andieceive by do.nation for 'he county of Alexander, a tract of land consiating of not thn twenty five eereaf W be conveyed to the ehairmaa of the wwy court or said county, and his aucceaaors in oftlee, upoau.'ca 'own ahall be laid off, and called "TayloravUle," where the cou'.'t houiTS and jail shall be erected, and where, afier the completion of the c'an house, the courts of said county shall ba held, and the Clerk's, Rg ter's and Entry Taker's offices kept at aaid court lionie. . bee. 12. fie it further enacted, 1 hat in case any of the commissioners appointed by the foregoing section, to locate the site fir the court bouse, should die, remove, resign or refuse to. act, the county court ol the said county of Al exander shall, at the first term of said court, or at any sub sequent term, a majority of the justices being present, proceed to fill such vacancy; and should it so happen that the commissioners herein appointed should be, equally di vided m opinion as to any matter they may have in charge they, or a majority of them, shall have power to choose an limmrA wrhAt'O natiainn Oh si 1 1 ha ti ft at I skriH lha r &sBaaaf w uwov uwvijiuii wumi w uuai auu vito y court of snid county sb"ll make such, allowance to the said commissioners, for their erylccs, as It may deem just and proper. ! Sec. 13. lie it further enacted, That as soon as the county -site is fixed by the commissioners aforesaid, - the county court, a maiotitv of the Justices beinz present, shall causo to bo erected such a temporary building for holding the courts therein, as in their discretion they may order and direct; and when such building is erected, the county and superior courts shall be held therein, until the court house oi said county is completed and received; after which the courts shall be held in tho said new court house. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, That tho county court of Alexander, at its first session, shall appoint five com missioners to lay off the lots of said town; and after desig nating such as shall be retained for public uses, shall ex pose, after due notice, the residue to sale at public auction. upon a credit of one, two or three years, and shall take from the purchasers bond and security for the purchase money, made payable to the chairman of the county court and his successors; and upon the payment of the purchase money, the chairman, or his successors, shall executetitle therefor; which money shall be appropriated to the building of a court house and jail. Sec. 15. Beit further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be so construed, as to prohibit the Sheriff of Iredell, Wilkes or Caldwell, from enllw.tinir aiich monies aa nr duo or mav become due on anv indirment before the first cnnrt iCssor, shall execute oi Kieas and Uuarter Sessions that shall be held for the county ot Alexander. JSec. 10. fie tt further tnaeted, That this act shall not be so c&nstnielaala prevent the Sheriffs of Iredell, Wilkes and Caldwell from collecting all arrears of taxes in the same manner as they could have done previous . to the creation of! the county ot Alexander: i'revtded nevert litlces, that the Sheriffs of Iredell, Wilkes and Caldwell counties shall not collect any taxes in the county of Alexander, or of the citi zens of a id county, except such annay have been hereto fore levied and such as are provided for in the act creating the said county ot Alexander. ficiency. 1 Sec. IS. Be it further tnaeted. That the eommiasioners to be appointed to make an enumeration or the population of Cald well county, as provided for in the sixth section of the act, en titled "an act to lay off and eslab ish a new eounty by the name of Alexander,' to which this is a supplement, ahall, up m com pleting the aaid enumeration, make a return thereof, propm ly cer tified uodei their hands and sea's, to the Governor of the State; and'if it ahall appear to the Governor, that, according to s.iid re turna, there ia a clear and undoubted federal population of five thoasand souls remaining within that portion of Caldwell county not embraced within the boundary of the aforesaid propoaed county of Alexander, then the Governor shall make that fact known by proclamation; upon which the aforesaid act, entitled "an act to lay off and establish a new eunty by the name of Alexander." and alto this act, which it supplemental thereto, shall be operative and take full effoctt otherwise both of txld acts shall be pull and void. Sec 19. fie it further enieled. That in fate it shall appear to the Governor, from the return aforesaid, that there it not a cleai and undoubted federal population remaining in the county of Caldwell aa aforesaid, the Governor ahall also&tute that fact to be made known by proclamation! and in that event, ahall pro claim the aforesaid actt and everj part and parcel thereof, null and void. Sec. 20. Be it further enacted. That in case either one or more of the commissioner! to be appointed to make the enumer ation of the population of Caldw ll county aa aforea.id, ; ahall make any false enumeration or return iheteof, he or they shall forfeit- and pay t he sum of fi v" hundred uollntff, to the ue ef the i said county, to be recovered, upon due proof thereof made to the superior court, by the county attorney, for said county; nnd shall furthermore be liable to indictment iftjtha aaid sunerior court; and upon conviction thereof, shall be ffhed and imprisoned at trie discretion of the court. Sec. 21. Be it Jurther enacted. That this act tnd all the pro visions thereof 'ahull be subject lo all the limitations, conditions and icatrictions contained in the act to which it is a supplement, enimeu "an act 10 lay oil and establish a new county by the name or Alexander, pasted at Ihe present session of the Gene ral Assembly. Ratifid;i8th of Janitary 1847. - V a" " An Act to establish a new County by the name of Gaiton, and t annex a part of the couoty of Catawba to the ea miy of Lin. ""coin. : - r Stale of North Carolina, and it i herehy enabled by the auuioruy oj me tame, trial a new and scpuruto county, br the name of Gasto, he, and ihe tamo-tt lierebr- formed of that part ot the couoty of l.inooln, which J.i.fSjojhejsp.uLbp.fjtb following line, to wit : Beginning at a point on the Cleaveland line, six miles due south of the present dividing line of Lincoln and Catawba; thence running parallel witb said tins to the Ca. tawba river. " LkM. next, and at the'same place from lime to time, until i ,f jut.'oe shall be establish id for said tounty tt is herebJTV ninviaeb anl.,, ,he nr,t session of t a id couVt, a majority Of lb" Jiitiicct o'l' l"',ce heing present, they shall elect a elerk (l ..'"--.,., rlerk of the eounty court, county attorney it!. ffPZ?, ' ria r. entryiaker, aurieyor, eonatables and shei in, coroner, r,j'- . ' . .l i all other officer, for s..'d r 0 shall enter in' tbe fmn.ls requir,'.! by law. and tha,V in .aid ofbe. nnt.t su'cessora'to them are dut eh.-83 .'W according to ihe acts ot theOeneral Assembly in Pro.Vd; ed. Md be it further pnvUuL that u.- I . " t 1 1 ' termt of said court in aaid eounty. of whic. ? r no jury trial.; which said leims thall be held !7ft ihl " the peace of t?ii Cuniy at the times and place vs- wn ,'-. f -superior eon rtt of said county. ' -. -.t :r ,. j Ajir. See. 8. Be it further enacted, Tbtt the eotlrl of pleas w . ter sessions ealablithed by this act thall possess .and w,cf4 owu same powers, auihoi iiiet, and jurisdictions as are potsetse,. , exercised by other county courU in this State; and all suits I in law or wnicn other county courts or other counties in this Slate have jurisdiction, row pending in the eounty court of Li'bco1h " wherein the citizens of Gaston are both plaintiff and defendant. or where the ci'ixens of Gaston are defendants; and all indict- ments tnd criminal proceedincrs gunst citizens of Gaston coun. ty in ihe county courtt of Lincoln, of which other eounty courte in this State hsve jurisdiciion, shall be transferred to th eounty 6P"rl of O :, jvthe manner now providsd for ' transferring tuitt from one county to another. .. 1 at in Fonitv now neu in ih turunn, niirf. r r:..i -r ,1 . : .... --r..., wuiotui uiiiruin, oi wninn the superior court to this Sum hav iorU.I both plaintiffs and defendants are citizms of Gaston, or wfiereia the citizens of Gaston are defendant., and the nl .intiff. . . citizens of Lincoln; and all indictments and criminal proceeding's 'v viu.iiu ui uhiuu, wuii.ii Biiau. oe penaing in tne superior court of Linoofn, and which are cognizable in toe su perior courts of this State, shall be transferred fronv ihe aprinp erm of Lincoln superior court, to he held, in the year one thou sand eight hundred aud fwty seven, to the superior court of Gas. ton county, in the tame manner sa is now prescribed by law for transferiug such from one county to another -Voi)i(e, bat nth- -ing in this auction contained shall be to conttrued at to require - ihe iranaferrint; of any siut. indictment nr ' other proceedings be fore the appointment of the several courts to which they are to be tranaferred..,;Lv ' 1 '-' ? -: ,..!-;;. . , . Sec. And be it further enacted by the authority uft,re$aid, That so much of the county of Catawba, aa lies south of the following line, to wit j Uegining at the Catawba river, and four miles due north of the resent; dividing line between Lincoln and Catawba counties, and running parallel with said line lo tbe Western bouudury of said county, be, tnd the same is hereby annexed and made part of Lincoln county. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted. That the said countv of "(Sum torf' shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges and immu nise oCodier counties of ihie State. " Sec. 4- Be it further enacted That Uiis act bt In force from and after its. ratification. . Ratified ihs 3lft day of December, 1816. An Act supplemental to an act, patted by the present Genera Assembly, entitled "an act to lay off and establish a new coun ty, by the name of Gaston, and to annex part ot . Catawba county to the county of Lincoln." Sec I. fit it enaetedby the Generit Ataembly qftht Slate of North Carolina, and it Is hereby enacted by the authority of the tan, -That the county of Gaatw shall be, and it hereby invested with all t)e rights, privileges and immu nities of the other counties in this Stale, except at is hereafter provided. Sec. "S." Be U further e'rweTii.ThatMwae HollmoV Andrew Love, Christian Akor, Richard Rankin, Ephraim Friday, Wes ley Davenport anJ Ruben A. Bently, are hereby appointed com missionert to select snd determine upon a tile for a permanent seat of justice for taid county, who ahall locale the same as near uie centre aa a auimuie location can DO oouineu, provnieu it snau be within two milet of Long Creek Baptist Church meeting home. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted. That a majority of taid com missioners thall have power to purchase, or receive by donation for the county of Gaston, a iract of land containing of not leas than fifty acres, nor more than one hundred, to. be conveyed to the chairman ofthe county court of aaid county snd hit luceeasort in office, upon which t town shall be laid off and called Dallas, where the court bouse snd jail shall be erected; and where nfter the completion or taid court home, the courts or said county shall be held, and the Cforkt and Remitters tbs'l keep their offices: and tne said commissioners ahull lay off the lots of taid town, and, after designating iwh as ahall be i mined for public use., shal' expose, after due notice, the balance, or such portion there of is may by them be deeo-ed necessary, at publie auction, upon a credit of one and two yean; nnd sb ll take from the purehat. ers bonds and security for the purchase money, mtle payablo to the chairman of the county court and lua successors; and upon the payment of the purchase money, .Jhe rh.iirinan, or his tun- cttors, snau execute title therefor; whieV money shall be ap propriatea io ine Duiioing or a court house am jail . See. 4., Be it further enacted. That the Justices of tbe Peace and officers ofthe militia, who reside within the limits of Oaston eounty, shall continue to bold and exercise alt the official now. ere and- authorities In and for aakl eotmiy ikat tbey had hiib-1 erto neiu ana etercised m the county or linroin, .... 8ec. fi. Bt it further etrced.Tht. ihe . conttaWes now re titling withm the limi s of the county of Gaton tball eominu to bo'd their offices and peifonn all du'iee Vnpwrtaiiung Uureto until the first county court to be held for snid county, under lh same rules, regulations and p.-nahiet as eoutables sre .subject to in this Slate. oee. o. lit i further tnncled, I hat there 'inll be a superior Sec 17. Be it further enacted, That the commissioner; curt f,w aid "''y opened and helAat the hmite of Je.ee . . . '.. j. . . Ill-it-.. iJii.ii .fn..... m. J hereby appointed to lay off and dispose of the town lots at the county seat, shall also have the power to contract for the building of a suitable court house and jail for said county,' to be constructed of such materials, and of such size and dimensions, and upon such plan, as the said commissioners shall determine upon, they- being required to Jake bond and security for the faithful execution of the work; and when the said buildings ate completed and received by the commissioners aforesaid, they shall apply the pro ceeds of the sale of tho town lots, or so much thereof as maybe necessary,- to the payment of the same; .and in i ho event of the proceeds of the said sales not being sul ficicnt for this purpose, the county court shall have pow- Holland, in the taid countv of Gaston, on the fifih Monday after the fourth Monday ofMtrch an I September of each and every year, and at the tarns place from lime to time, . unless a eouit house shall be built in the mean time a provided for in this act, at the town therein to be established; then, at aaid town and court house on the fifth Monday after the fourth Monday of March ami Sep timber of each and every year thereafter; which courts shall have the same juriediction, that the pressnt superior courts of law and equity in the several counties in this State now have ana exercise. - ... c Sec. T.-Be it further tnaeted. That a Court of Pleae" and Quarter Sessions shall b, and the same it - hereby ettabliahed in and for the county of Gaston, to be held by the justices of .aid eounty, on the third Monday in Pebruary snd August in each ,,.JS artfing term, of idruvoTn .upeiiorcittrt, to be held M the year one thousand eight hund.edand forty seven, the superior court of Linerr shalt hiva jurisdiction of ail rim nut offence eogniaabln only in the sii erior court of this Sutet which thall -committed In Gaaton cbiintTi and In all such eases, it shall ba ihe duiv .... ot the Justices of the peace of Gaston eountv. when ihev viva judgments against the defendant in any State wirrant for offence - r ! J - - J . i j f . . . . . i bioibsbiu, io oino ovei inn oeienuam anu witnesses, ana mike -their returns lo the superior court of Lincoln county, as they, eieJkereiifbif powndie day V" : ';ZT i?7, 'J ' See. II. Be it further enacted. Thatali'orM . be liable to imprisonment under snv.'...trocesA.'.-eiihae. civil .: a.. criminal, in Gattun county,' before the completion of u t.a - uioioin, may uo ciiiiuntiou to iiib jaii oi uincoin oi anj o ner adjoining county. - J-. ": 'f.fi&X' 4 , See. .1. Be it further enacted, That nothing in this act con tained shall be so conttrued at to prohibit the Sheriff of Lincoln from collecting such sum or sums of money, as are due nr . may become due on any judgments when the execuiioni thall come . to his hands before the first eonrt of Pleas and .Quirter Session for the county of Gaston. ; t t; , , . 6eo. 13. fit if further, enacted. That the Sheriff of Lincoln eounty shall continue to perform all duties pertaining to hie office of Sheriff in Gaaton eounty, under the same liabilities and Eennltiei, and sall receive the same fees, at heretofore provided y law under the appointment of Sheriff of tho county of Ga. 1 ton. .'' : :. " "'' '' '' ' ,!v- : f "'' w Sec, 14. Be it further enacted, That nothing m this iact,- is to- be construed a. to prevent the Sheriff of Lincoln from collecling til arrears of taxes, In the same manner he could' have done previons to the creation of the county of Gaston t Provided step trthelett, that the Sheriff of Lincoln .ball not eolleet any lax in. Hie county or uaston, or ol theeitizens ol taid county; iinpoted by the county court of Lincoln, and which are to be collected in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty ttven, but that the tame be collected by the Sheriff of Gaaton, upon the tax " duplicates of the Clerk ofthe county of Lincoln,, to the use of Gaston county, tubjert to the assessment of tax made by the county courtof Gaston. . " Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, That the eontity of Gaston shall continue to be represented in the General' Assembly of this State in Ihe name ofthe county of Lincoln as heretofore and the elections for members ofthe General Assembly,' members of Congress. Electors of President and Vice President, and Govern or, ahall be held by the Sheriff of Lincoln county, under the '' tame rulet, regnlalions and restrictions as hitherto; and the eoutfc of l'leus and Quaiter Sebtiont for the County of lytneoln tr here by authorised and required to appoint inapeetors for . holding elections for innmbera of the General Assembly, members of Congress,' President and Vice President of the; United Slates. and Governor, as heretofore t Provided, that all other lections shall be held in ih eounty of Gaaton, in the same- manner, and under the same rules, regulation snd restrictions,; as are now . provided for holding elections in this 8i,s,if,,,: '; ..' - .Sec. 16. ,.We it further enacted, That the county trustee, -or sucS office, as ihe count v court of Gaston county msy appoint. ie hereby authorised 'anc empowered to atk, demand aud receive from th) treasurer oriittblie buildings or sucb officer of Lincoln eounty se may htvejhe fund in charge, two ' thirds of alt the momea wimii nave been cotieciea Irom the citizens resioent . - wkltin the limits of Lincoln county since March, one thonsand right hundred and forty two, for the purpoae of erecting " a new -eonrt borrse and jail in Lincoln county; and the said treasure? of. public buildingt, or such officer of lincotn county, thai! pty oer, on demand, to the eounty trustee, or sueb officer at the enmiiy court of Gaaton may appoint,' two thiidt of the moaits 7 " aforeaaid, and on failure or each olucer Of Lincoln to pay over two lhirdof the monies as aforesaid, the said county trustee, such officer as the county court of Gaston county may eppovnt, is here!y auihoriaed and empowered to sue for an I recove the ame, in either Ihe superior court of law for Gaston or ' Lincoln county; and die taid monies than bo appropriated rt the buil ding of a court house and jail in the eounty of Gaston. . OCU. I(i VI M juilltci ,nnini, un tow UlSiriDllWOn Ot ihe nett annual income ofthe literary fund, the literarv board tliall pay over, as heretofore, to Hie chairman of the board of superintendents of Lincoln and Catawba; and be distributed by them as heretofore, until the next Ueneral Assembly. ' : - Bee. IB fie it funner enaeiea. That all elections hi said eounty of Gaston shall be held in the tame manner and under the Name rules and regwUtfomv as ate now provided by law, for holding elections in other counties of this Stale, " except in auch cases as shall be otherwise provided by acts of the present Gen ' -rral Assemb'v. .- - , - Sec. 1 9. Be U further, enacted, .1 hat the county of Gostoa i i; .1 , j, , fSeo fourth pnge.)
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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