THE T DANBUK Y REPORTER.
VOLUME XXXIII.
FULL TEXT Of THE LAW.
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Act Passed By 1893 Legislature, And
Act Amending Same, Passed By
the 1895 Legislature—The
Law On Which Saura
town and Meadows
y Are Basing Their
Suit Against the
County Com
missioners
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4 Last week the Reporter p' ,b.
lished an extract from the Ac t Q f
1893 on which Meadows r tn d
Saurrttown townships are 1 .asing
their suit against the count' com
missioners, which is now tf ending
in court. Since then, y , >e have
procured the full text of t| le ] aW|
together with the ar aendment
thereto, passed by the J 895 legis
lature.
The original law t( , apply the
taxes paid by tho railroads in
Sauratown aiul M ladows town
ships to tho public roads, etc., of
said townships WU' , introduced in
'' tho Legislature by Mr. R. J
Petree, our reprf sentative, on tb
6th day of Febr nary, 181/3. It v as
House bill No. 723, (800 Hr use
' Journal of 181)3, page 311), a„d is
now chapter 448 of 'die law j pas.
sed by the Legislature of 1'
At the session o' 1895 on' the 24t L
of January, 189 j, Mr. Pet fee j n t ro .
duced an amendment, T /hich WBE
passed, to chapter 448 r jf the lawe
of 1893, and was Hou 30 bill 354,
(see House Journal t ,f p Pge
129), to add Dan! /Ur y township
and to make the Is w more etfpctive
and is now chap* er 131, i RWB G f
1895. We di'j. ' ao t have the law of
1895, amen "ai r g the law of 1893,
before u*, when we published an
extract from the law o{ 1893 last
Big Winston - Salem Fair
OCTOBER 2,3, 4. 1906.
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Biggest and Best Fair Ever Held in Winston, N. C.
TWO DADDS OF UK HE(Old TO =, Ml M
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The Fair will be opened by Gov. K. B. Glenn. Senator Ben Tillman of Boutli Caro
lina and other distinguished men of the nation have been invited to be present.
Our free attractions this year will be the best ever seen in the county. We have at considerable trouble and expense secured the famous
DAVID CASTELLO CIBCUS
w hich will give a free daily performance in a ring arranged in full view of the people. This show alone is worth the price of admission into the grounds. We have also contracted for a
BALLOO/N ASCENSION
each day at four o'clock. These are the leading features but there will be others. The midway will be great. We have already booked a Merry-Go-Round, Ferris Wheel, Razzle Dazzle, a big Minstrel Sh w
f Electric Theatre, Shooting Gallery, Snaka Show, a Kansas Farm in all its glory, Moving Picture Shows Trained Animal Show, and numerous games and many other things that will amuse and interest vonntr
and old. y ®
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Music, Mirth and Sight Seeing Evergwhere. You Cannot Afford to Miss It
' . DON'T LOSE THIS OPPOBTUNITY TO LEABN.
To all, we say come, prepare yourself to improve in the labor you propose for the coming year by spending a few days mingling with your fellowmen at the Fair. Parents are cordially invited to brine their
children and inspeot the various ei hibits. Invite your friends to meet you at our Fair. We will furnish you with plenty of comfortable seats where you can rest and be free from the oares and worries of a busy life
- SPECIAL EXCURSIO/N RATES!
Special Reduced Rates on Rnilroads and all Lines of Travel, consequently visitors from abroad are enabled to attend our Fair at a comparatively small outlay. All that tends to the interest and n t
patrons has been carefully loohed after. Remember the dates. For further information write y ■ we interest ana Denebt of o,ur
G. E. Webb, Winston = Salem, /N. C.
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.reek. Tj 10 law of 1893 ia as fol
lows :•
VN AC T CONCERNING MEADOW AND
8A URATOWN TOWNSHIPS OF
STOKES COUNTY.
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™ ie General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact :
SECTION 1. The commissioners of
I Stokes county are hereby autbor
i ized and directed to aet apart from
, all other oounty taxes all the taxes
i paid each year as county taxes by
; the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley
Railroad Company on their prop
erty lying and being in Sauratovn
and Meadow townships respect iVe
ly of said oounty of Stokes ; and
the sura so respectively pa'.d each
year on the property iu each of
said towi'.ships by railroud
oompan.r shall be expended exclu
sively vitbin the sai 1 Sauratown
and J,leadow town r ,hips respect
ively for reforming the public
rou' Is, building bridges, extending
so'.iools, or snob other purposes us
t'ne commissoners may deem bent,
and not other «vise.
SEC. 2. The commissioners of
Stokes county are authorized and
directed tr. invest each year in in
terest-bearing securities which in
their judgment are safe and relia
ble tbe surplus money arising
from the county taxes paid by the
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Company, over and above the am
ount required to pay interest on
the bonds issued by Sauratown
township in aid of said railroad,
j on all their property lying and be
; ing in Sauratown township in said
| county of Stokes, the interest un
the bonds outstanding first having
been paid each year before said
surplus is invested; and the sur
plus so invested shall be a sinking
fund for the redemption of the
DANBURY, N. C., SEPT. 27, 1906.
bonds at maturity, it being the in
tention of this act that the surplus
shall not be used by the county as
a part of geneval county fund, but
for the purpose herein set forth.
SEC. 3 T'nat whenever tbe bond
ed debt, principal and interest, of
said tow nship, constructed in aid
of the Roanoke and Southern, now
the Norfolk and Western Railroad,
she'd have been paid by saidcouu
ty taxes on said road and the said
' ownship fully reimbursed for
what has been already paid and
whenever the Meadow township
shall be fully reimbursed and said
taxes principal and interest the
i amount paid by said township that
I this act shall amount to be opera-
J tive and all such taxes shall be
j paid into the general oounty fund.
SEC. 4. That this act shall be in
I force from and after its ratifi
t cation. Ratified the 6th day of
! March, A. D. 1893.
The Act of 1895, amending the
above act, is as follows :
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE
(1) AND THREE (3) OF CHAPTER
FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTy-EIGHT
(448) OF THE LAWS OF ONE
THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND
NINETY-THREE (1893), AND TO
ADD OTHER SECTIONS.
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact :
SECTION 1. That section one
(1) of chapter four hundred and
forty-eight (448) of the laws of
one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-three (1893) be amended as
follows : After the word "be," in
line seven (7), insert the follow
ing : "divided into two equal
shares, one-half thereof to belong
to Sauratown township, and the
other half thereof to belong to the
territory now embraced in Mead
ow and Danbury township, to be
divided betweeu said Meadow and
Danbury townships, in proportion
to the amount of taxes paid by
said territory now embraced in
Danbury and Meadow townships, |
respectively, to the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley railroad company,
and shall be." Also, insert after
the word "Sauratown," in line
eight (8) of said section, the word
"Danbury."
SEC. 2. And that section three
(8) of said chapter be amended by
striking out the word "construct
ed," in line two (2), and inserting
in lieu thereof the word "con
, tracted," and by striking out all of
j said section after the word "the,"
lin line five (5), and inserting in
lieu thereof the following : "terri
! Tory now embraced in Meadow I
; and Danbury townships, and also
I Sauratown township, shall be ful
jly reimbursed, principal and in
! terest, for the amount paid by said
above named territory to the Cape
Fear and Yadkin Valloy railroad
company out of said county taxes
upon said Cape Fear and Yadkin
Valley railroad, then this act shall
be inoperative, and all such taxes
thereafter collected from said rail
road shall be paid into thegoneral
county fund," so as to make sec
tion one (1) read as follows : Sec
tion 1. The commissioners of
Stokes county are hereby author
ized and directed to set apart from
all other county taxes, all the taxes
paid each year as county taxes by
the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley
railroad company on their prop
erty, lying and being in Saura
town and Meadow townships, of
said county of Stokes ; and the
same so, respectively, paid each
year on the property in each of
said townships by eaid railroad'
company, shall be divided into two
I equal shares, one-half thereof to
belong to Sauratown township,
and the other half to belong to the
| territory now embraced in Mead-
I ow and Danbury townships, to be
divided between said Meadow and
Danbury townships in proportion
Ito the amount of taxes paid by
| said territory now embraced in
Danbury and Meadow townships,
respectively, to the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley railroad company,
and shall be expended exclusively
| within the said Sauratown and
I Meadow and Danbury townships,
respectively, for reforming the
public roads, building bridges, ex
tending schools, or such other
purposes as the commissioners
mat deem best, and not other
wipe." And section three (3) of
said chapter to read as follows :
Section 3. That whenever the
I bonded debt, principal and in
terest, of said townships, contract
ed in aid of the Roanoke and
Southern, now the Norfolk and
Western, railroad, shall have been
fully paid by said county taxes on
said road, and the territory now
embraced in Meadow and Dan
bury townships, and also Saura
town township, shall be fully re
imbursed, principal and interest,
for the amount paid by said above
named territories to the Cape Fear
and Yadkin Valley railroad com
pany out of said county taxos up
on said Cape Fear and Yadkin
Valley railroad, then this act shall
be inoperative, and all such taxes
thereafter collected from said raii
road shall be paid into the general!
I county fund."
Sec. 3. And the commissioners
of said county of Stokes are here
by required to administer and en
' force chapter four hundred and
forty-eight of the public laws of
one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-three (1893), aa herein
amended, the same as if the said
amendments herein made had
been included in the aforesaid
ohapter, as ratified on the sixth
(6) day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-three
(1893).
SEC. 3. This aot shall be in force
from and after its ratification.
Ratified the 2d day of March, A.
D. 1895.
VADE MECUM ROUTE 1.
Vado Mecum Route 1, Sept. 22
] —As I haven't seen anything in
| the Reporter for awhile from our
| community, will give you a few
| items.
People are most through cutting
and curing tobacco and pulling
fodder in this seotion. Tobaoco
crop is short on account of so
much wet weather.
Mr. J. F. Shores and daughter,
Miss Ellen ; Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Nelson, arrived here Wednesday
from Greensboro.
We are sorry to note the illness
of Mr. Otto Tucker.
Mr. W. H. Reid has opened up
a small stock of goods at this
place.
Mr. R. M. Brown left Tuesday
for Greensboro where he has ac
cepted a position in the store of
A. H. Nelson as clerk.
Mr. P. R. Nelson made a trip to
Pilot Mt. Saturday on business.
Mr. Aplin Nelson is out again,
after several weeks' illness with
typhoid fever.
Misses Ida and Delia Nelson
visited their cousin, Mrs. Ida For
est, Sunday.
LONELY DESERT.
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