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LAWS OV XORTH-CAROLINA.
Pafed at thr latt Sejfion of the General Affcmbly.
liOT 3zx for the payment of.the Civil la (I and contiugent charges ef Go
v Verhmcnt tor the year one ttjoufand eight hundred and thre.
tirmtaii by ifc General AffembkofiHe, State of North,CdrolinU and it
cfghViifidiclrid three; tax ofeight-peiifce on every1 hundred acres of laud
l&VfirVt and a taxof two (hillings on every -poll , fliall be
icdr-'coiied tmd aceouhted for in the fame manner-as direftedby the feve
ral SMXifleinblv ilich cafc rnadr and provided;
)sM'.Ait 'd "be farther, tna&ed, Tfcat i Hxx'vvi. '.all (hid horfes and jack-aflcs
ilHiiSmt orthe whole lum which the owner or keeper of uich ftud
rbtfrlbvr feafon of one mare, (hull- be levied
'fbrefefief accounted, for. -'. j
ffi hetitfartKer tnaHed, That-, all free males between the ages oftwenty
orf arid pfty years, andall (laves between the ' ages j of 'twelve and fifty years,
lflheUiDiecVto a poll-tax. v .
vW 'i hf it farther entfteA. That the fourth and fifth feftions of an aft of
tKc Central A flembly, pafTcd at Raleigh in the year one thoufand eio;ht hun
I ctV-M iirif 1 nhr-. rntirhrl An aA tn ra iff-a re vlen ue for the Davmcnt of the civil
I fift and cbntingent' charges of government for the year one thoufand eight hun
I difC(ctitf.tVo be revived, and continued in full -force.
y-Mia ac it runner cnauea, l uai uu liiiKiugnuiua vav uitiu u. vvj--.v. twi
the year one thouland eight hundred and three.
An Aftriiaking further prfcyifion for the Redemption of the Certificate Debt of this Stat
FORASMUCH as juftice and found policy require that the certificate debt j
otj this tate mould be redeemed whenever the finances ot the State are adequate
thereto, arid it appearing that there is now in the public cheft,r monies unappro
priated commenfurate to its redemption, therefore,
f$i it enacted by the General AJftmbly of the State of North-Carolina, and it is
hereby enacted by jke authority iffi he feme, That it fhall and may he lawful for
thEublic Treajureii for;;thei: tiroe':beitigsl and he is hereby anthorifcd and di
re&edj to jiridike infer tKe iifejaiid bcnclvtcihc people of this State, after the
firiLttooE Jauary'tnext4 the principal and intereft of all the certificate, here -tbfbrelUec
agreeablyto the afts and under the authority of the Legfflature
of this State, which halt be prefentcd to him before the firft day of December
next; thofc iflued at Warrenton in the year one thoufand feven hundred and
eighty-fix thofe iflued by Iatrick Travis, Commiflioner of Cumberland
County ; thofe iffued for fervices in the Weftern country, commonly called
u Chickamauga Certificates," and all thofe not at prefent receivable at the
Treafury Office, excepted, paying and giving for each pound vof the principal
and intereft which fhall be prefented to him and purchafedas aforefaid, the futn
of fifteen fhillingi, reckoning and allowing intereft on any of faid certificates
bearing intereft, tb the day of purchafe : Provided always, That no certificate
ftall bear intereft after the firft day of December nexjf.
11. And be it further enacted. That the Treafurer (hall caufe this act to be
pubufhed at lcaft three weeks irt one or more of the newfpapers publifhcd within
this State.
An Aa to amend the fixth feftion of nn Aa, pafTed at Rale'h in the Year 1801, entitled
' An Ek Ao nacnd the fcveral Land Laws of this State."
WHEREAS it may fo happen, that Tome Perfons who have made entries of
land in the ye;ars ottb thoufand eight hundred, and one thoufand eight hundred
and one, may not Have had it in their power to pay the purchafe-money into the
Treafury. of the State by the fiffl December, one thoii fanoyelgfet hundred and
two, and thereby be injured by their entries lapfing: For remedy whereof,
Be-it enatjfd by the General Ajfembly of the State of North-Carolina, and it Jj
herehytnaBtd by the authority of the fame, That all claimants of entries of lands
made in I 'the years one thoufand eight hundred, and oue thoufand eight hundred
and one, who fhall not have paid for the fame before the firft day of December,
one tnouiand eight hundred and twTo, (hall have until the twentieth day of De
cember, one thou fiind eight hundred and three, to pay the purchafe monev into
the Treafury for the fame; and all entries fo paid for are declared to be as good
ouu u hi iaw, as u tne lame naq ocen paiaior accorumg to tnc iutn lection oi
act pa(fed in he year one thoufand eight hundred and one, entitled u An act to
a.mn;A'fcveral land-laws in this State:" and the faid entries (hall, within two
years after the faid twentieth day of December, ohe thoufand eight hundred and
? v Pcrte their entries by grant; and allcntries not perfected by grant within
dte time aforefaid,' (hall be deemed lapfed, and (hall rcv.crt to the State, any
hng to the contrary notwithftandrng. .
J d bc.it further this aft (hall not extend
be coiiftrued to extctid to give relief or further indulgence to any perfon or
prions, who have, by any entry or entries, entered land to a greater amount
?n;feiundred and fort acres.
An Aft for dividing the' State Into I)iftritls,for the purpofc of clefting Reprefentativei
to Congrefs.
E ti:ehac!cby iht General Ajfevrly of the State of North-Curolina, and
K&tbftndBjrmM That this- State jhall be divided
r 1 'W TO tOTe 4ilt, ar Idllow:; vi the courttics of Perquimons-i
diftrift; the counties of New-Hanover, Brunfwick, Onflow, Duplin, Samp
Ion and Bla&n, ; fhall form the fifth diftrift ; thebounties of Franklin, :VVarren ;
Granville and Na(h, (hall form the fixth diftrift; the counties of Richmond
Montgomery, Anion, MKre, Cumberland and Robefon, (hall form the (&
Venth diftricl; the counue ofWate, Ofange and Chatham, fhall1 form the
Randolph, fhalj form the ninth diftrift ; the counties of Cabarrus, Rowan and
.il.l . i n' tt ' t .i . .1 ' J'.fi'CL il .1. .Tn 1 tv 1 .
mecKienDtirg, iriaii cotppoie tnc tcnin uuinci; iuc couniies oi uurKe, L,mcoin5
Buncomte. and Rutherford, ihall form the eleventh diftrift j the counties of Stir-
fyr. Stokes, vlredell Wilkei 4nd A(he, (hall form the twelfth diftrift each of
wmcn amnas lnair pe cnuueato eia na tena one iepreientauve to tne on
grels of the United States ; and theperfon eleSe m each diftrift, fhall be a re(L
dent or inhabitant of that diftrift fof which he is elefted, during , the (pace or
term of one year, before and at the time of his eleftion..
il. And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid. That the eleftion (hall
be held on the fame days, and at the fame places as are now prefcribed .by laws
for holding eleftions for members to feprefent the feveral counties in the General
Aflembly of this State, in Augiift, in the year one thoufand eight hundred and
three, arid at the fame imes and places in the year one thoufand eight hundred
arid four, and at the fame times and places every two years thereafter; and the
fame are to be condufted by the Sheriffs of the feveral counties within this State5
ah; the deputies of faid Sheriffs, in like manner as the annual eleftions of mem
beife cif the General Aflembly are, except that the Infpeftors of the eleftions and
Clerks of the polls i(hall be fwoin toaft with juftice and impartiality, which oath
(hall be adminiftered by any Juftice of the Peace then prefent; and each and
every freeman entitled to vote for a member of the Houfe of Commons in the
General A(fembly of this State, fliall and may vote for a Reprefentative to
Congrefs.
Provided neverthelefs ' That no perfon fhall be entitled to vote at any eleftion
except in the county where he refides : An provided 1 further That if any perfon
whatfoever fhall vote more than once in any eleftifin for members of the General
Affembly, or for a Reprefentative to Congre(s, for his county or diftrift, orr
conviftion thereof, (hall forfeit and pay the fum of ten pounds, to be recovered
the fame, the other half to he applied to the ufe of the county. And in counties
where feparate places of eleftions have been, or fhall be cftabliftiedby law,
the eleftions direfted by this aft, fhall be condufted by the returning officer, in
the lame manner as eleftions for members of the General Aflembly heretofore
1) ad, each officer making return of the poll agreeably to this aft.
JJI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That immediately
after the eleftion. fo clofedin each county, the Sricriff or other ref timing officer
fliall, in prefenccof the Infpeftors of the eleftion," caft up the fcrolls, and make
out two correft ftatemenu of the number of fuffrages given in his county to each
candidate, one of which ftatements fhall be by the Infpeftors filed in the Clerk's
office f their refpeftive counties, after the fame is duly certified by the faid re
tuniing officer ; and a majority of the Infpeftors, and the Sheriff or other re
turning officer, by himfelf or deputy, fliall attend with the otheiy on the
puu lor iiic uinerem counties niaiu uy uc iuiu oncriusor uicir ucpuues, oi uincr -returniig
oicers (as the ca(c Aay be) in prefence of three Juftices of the Peace,
who are to he furnmoned by the Sheriff of other returning officer of the county ;!
therein they fhall meet for that purpofc, be examined and compared, anca:hv
tincate under the nana atia (eal ot tne laia returning timcers, lnaii oe given ujitne
candidate in each diftrift, for whom the greatel number of votes fliall have been
given 5 but if two or more candidates fliallhaye aneiqual number of votes, the
faid returning officers (hall determine which of them (hall be the Repreferitativej
and if no decifionis.by them made, then they fliall decide the fame Jby drawftgy
in like'manner as the Grand Jury is drawn for in the Superior Courts. v
IV. And fie) it further ena tied by the authority aforefaid, That each and .
every perfon vvhofhall be duly elefted Rcprefcfntatire under this aft, fhall, rip
on obtaining a certificate of his cleft lohccprding tefthe direction abpve-meh-tiohed,
ohtainrOm his Excellency the Governor, a commiflidn c'erttfylrig 'his
is hereby empowered and.rcquircd, on iucli certificate being produced to nims
tr i fin" -. v
V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That the Sheriffs orv,
other returning officers, (hall meet on the ThurfrJay next after each eleftion at 4
the court-houfcof the county firft mentioned in their relpcctive diftricts:
vided always, That if any accident fliall happen o either of the returning offi
cers, which may prevent any or either of them frotntneeting on the day a brefaid
int. i.ctuiu ui cdtiicmucYCiy yiuvci mail uc ictqivcaun uitua luuwnuiiiiiu iuw.
nentr or otner returning omcer tauing to attena at mc time ana piacj apoyericn- (
tioned, hall forfeit and pay the fum of fifty poundir to be recover for the tife
of the State, upon due proof thereof, in any court of law within this State, by
anafririn of lehf. Uv thr TrrnfiirprnF rhr Staff frir th time heinr. V- h-?& "
VI. And be it further tnaded, That the Sheriff or other
holding eleftions m purfiiarice of this aft , fhall be allowed the '(uml3ldne
fliilltng for every thirty miles travelling to arid retuniing troin.tiecg
paring ?the poHs,T';and the (ame fiim for every dy they
cdrnplying as aforefaid, which fliall be paid by die Treafurer on affix t of their
Sheriff or returping officer for their fervices as aforefaid including ferriage J 4 x
NlhAndic iL further enacted hi ths authority-afore faid, That if in any event
it (hall become netelTary that this State fhall be reprefented m Congrefs at an 5
earlier period than'the time of the eleftion before provided for t?v lu5 aft, the
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m-Coniffs froiri ihis'ftatei itfuchrheir.turreas IhaUbe dccrneartcecuary ana
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fvrrelrtrfffctV 'Aemeanlriflt find Diite.rihadu;be flint thMamp