Whole jYo, 437. Tarborough, (Edgecombe County, JV. C.) Tuesday, January to, 1833. Vol. IXJYo. 21. 7fte "North Carolina Free Press," BY GEORGE INWARD, Is published weekly, at Two Dollars and fifty Cents per year, if paid in advatiqe or, Three Dol lars, at the expiration ot the subscription year. For any period less than a year, TvJvnty-Jive Cents per mcntli. Subscribers are at liberty to discontinue at any time, on giving notice thereof and paying arrears those residing at a distance must invariably pay in advance,orgive a responsible reference in this vicinity. 'Advertisements, not exceeding 16 lines, will be in serted at 50 cents the first insertion, and 25 cents each Continuance. Longer ones at that rate for every 10 lines. Advertisements must be marked the number of insertions required, or they will be continued until otherwise ordered, and charged accordingly. Letters addressed to the Editor must be post paid, or they may not be attended to. General 3tesemblp CAPTIONS OF THE LAWS Enacted by the General Assembly of N. Carolina at its session in 1832 33. PUBLIC ACTS. 1. An Act declaratory of the law now in force, giving to llie County Courts of the several counties within this State, the power to alter and fix separate places of election. Declaring that the County Courts, a majority of the acting Justices being present, have the power to alter, fix, establish, discontinue or create anew, separate places of election. 2. Vesting the right of electing the Clerks ofahe County and Superior Courts in the several counties within this State, in the free white men thereof. Provides that the Sheriffs, and all other persons appointed to hold elections for members of the General Assembly, shall be requi red, at the next annual election, to open polls for County and Superior Court Clerks, and conduct the election of the same in like manner as for members of the General Assembly; that the Clerks, when so elected, shall give such bonds and take such oaths as arc now prescri bed by law, at the first Court for which they were appointed that shall happen in their county after their election, and shall continue in office for four years; and that no person shall be eligible for the ap pointment of Clerk of either Court, un less he has attained the age of 21 years, and resided within the county 12 months immediately preceding the election. 3. Vesting in the County Courts the right of establishing additional places of public sale m their respective counties. 4. Providing for the registration of co pies of the grants for land. Provides that certified copies of grants, where the originals have been lost or destroyer!, re gistered in due form, shall have the same force and effect as the original grants. 5. Making an appropriation and ap pointing Commissioners for the rebuild ing of the Capitol in the city of Raleigh. Appropriates 50,000, and appoints five Commissioners to contract for the work. 6. Concerning charities. Provides that when any property, real or personal, has been granted for charitable purposes, it shall be the duty of the trustee of such charity to deliver in writing a full account thereof to the Clerk of the County Court at the first Court after the 1st January, to be filed among the records of said Court; and that it shall be the duty of the Chair man of the Court, where such requisition has not been complied with, or where there has been mismanagement of the property through regligence or fraud, to give notice thereof to the Solicitor of such district, who shall file a bill in equi ty against such grantee, executor or trustee, and compel them to render a full account of such charity, and the Court may make such order or decree as may best secure the performance of the trust. 7. Repealing the act of 1830, entitled an act to repeal part of the second sec tion of an act, passed in 1006, chapter 708, entitled an act to revise the militia laws of this State. Provides that per sons conscientiously averse to bearing arms, may be exempted from the perfor mance of militia duty by procuring certi ficates of the Clerks of the chureir of their being regular members thereof, and taking an oath of affirmatidn before the company court martial that they are con scientiously averse to bearing arm: ox cept in time of insurrection or invasion; then they shall furnish their quota of men or pay an equivalent. J 8. Incorporating the North Carolina Historical Society. Authorises the So ciety to hold property not exceeding at any one time 10,000; and to have free access to all the public records of the State. 9. Extending the time for paying in entry money, and obtaining grants on all entries made in the years 1829 and 1830. Extends the time of payment 12 months. 10. Amending the act of 1831, to in crease the liability of sheriffs, and to pro vide more effectually for the collection of taxes. Provides that Sheriffs may file their lists in the office of the County Court happening next before the time prescribed for the settlement of their pub lie accounts with the Comptroller. 11. To render the land of a deceased debtor liable for costs, where the plea of fully administered has been found in fa vor of his executor or administrator. Provides that where the plaintiff in such cases resorts to a scire facias to subject the lands of the deceased debtor, he shall recover the costs of the former suit against the executor or administrator. 12. For the better organization of the militia of this State. Requires that cap tains and commandants of companies shall enrol and keep enrolled all the ex empts in their respective companies, and return them to the commandants of regi ments, who are to return the same annu ally to the brigadier and adjutant gen erals. 13. For the better regulation of vol unteers. Reduces the number necessary to constitute companies of Light Infan try, Grenadiers, Riflemen or Artillery to fourty-four, inclusive of commissioned and non-commissioned officers, musi cians and privates. 14. T o allow the taking of depositions in cases of removal. Provides that in ca ses of removal of any cause from the Su perior Court of one county to another, after the order of removal depositions may be taken in the cause, and that com missions may issue from either of said Courts, under the same rules as if the cause had been originally commenced in the Court from which the commission issues. 15 Making compensation to the Sec retary of State for services required of mm by an act ot 1827. Allows him 10 cents for each certificate by him made under said act, and 10 cents for each cer tificate he shall make previous to the 1st March next; that after that date he shall be allowed as his fee for each grant, made out, recorded and delivered, 75 cents; and that for copying large grants obtained for speculation, or the surveys on which such grants were made, 50 cents for each warrant of 640 acres. 1G. Amending the militia laws. Pro vides that the Major General shall Te view his division once in three years, and a Brigadier General once in two years; and in case either should fail to review, or to equip himself, or to make an annual return of his division or brigade, the Go vernor shall cause the Adjutant General to give such delinquent officer thirty days notice of sucli neglect, and if such delin quent officer does not within forty days thereafter render a satisfactory excuse, the Governor shall strike his name from the lists of officers; that captains shall not muster their companies m6re than twice in a year volunteer companies excepted; that the exercise of a regiment, battalion or a company, shall be at least i - - ... two Hours; that each company shall. have a second and third lieutenant; that the Adjutant General shall revise and distri bute the militia laws. ' The remainder of the Public Acts will be foand under the editorial head of this paper. . PRIVATE ACTS. 1. An Act to amend the law respecting the appointment of Sheriffs, so far as re lates to Surry county. 2. Amending the' act of 1829, to au thorise the forming a fire engine compa ny in Elizabeth City. 3. Vesting in the County Courts of itiacon, Burke and Rutherford, power o appoint places of public sale in said counties. 4. Amending the act of 1831, to ap point one additional place of sale in Hyde county. 5. Incorporating the Gatesville Troo pers. 6. Incorporating a cavalry company in Hertford county. 7. Incorporating the Franklin Guards. 8. Amending the act of 1821, to incor porate the Roanoke Inlet Company, and the act of 1828, amendatory ofihe same. 9. To prevent disputes in consequence of a late survey of the line dividing the counties of Anson and Mecklenburg. 10. Incorporating the Scotland Neck Guards. 11. Incorporating the Haywood Moat ing Company. 12. Compelling the Register of Bun combe county to keep his office in Ashc ville. 13. Repealing the act of last session, to authorise the County Court of Guil ford to appoint overseers and hands to clear out the channel of Rcedv Fork of Haw River in said county. 14. Restoring to credit Thomas Daves, of Macon county. 15. Repealing the act of 1828, entitled an act repealing the several acts estab lishing and regulating the special courts of Burke county. 1G. Concerning the upper regiment of Chatham county. 17. Incorporalingthe Anson Dragoons. 18. Providing compensation for jurors in Cabarrus county. 19. Authorising David VV. Borden, of Larteret,to erect a gate across the road leading from the cross roads on White Oak river to Borden's ferry. 20. Amendatory of the act; of 1831, authorising the Governor to grant certain lands to Franklin Academy, in Macon county. 21. Altering the time of electing, and renewing the bonds of certain officers in Mecklenburg county. 22. Amending the patrol laws so far as relates to the counties of Camden, Pas quotank, Chouan and Gales. 23. Authorising the altering and a mending the State road ruuhiug through Haywood county. 24. Incorporating two volunteer com panies in Pasquotank county. 25. Altering and amending the act of 1829, for the improvement of the road from the Old Fort, in Burke, to Ashe ville, in Buncombe. 26. Amending the several acts incor porating the Roanoke and Cape Fear Navigation Companies, & prescribing the mode of enforcing t lie collection of tolls. 27. 'Appointing an additional place of public sale in ISeauiort county. 28. Providing for the more prompt ad ministration of justice in the counties of burke, liuncombc, Lincoln & Rutherford. 29. To prevent the falling of timber in, or otherwise obstructing the channel ot either branch of the North East branch of New river in Onslow county. 30. Supplementary to the act of 1830, entitled "an act to enact, with sundry al terations and additions, an act, entitled 'an act to incorporate the Petersburg Rail Uoad Company, passed: by the Legisla ture of Virginia on the 10th Feb. 1830. 31. Establishing the boundary line be tween the counties of Washington and Beaufort. 32. To prevent the felling of timlber in, or otherwise obstructing the navigation of Goshen between Hursv's bridge and tho North East river. OCT OO. Incorporating the town 'of Whit. ville, in Columbus county. 34. Appointing Commissioners for tho town of Haywood, in Chatham county. 35. Incorporating the Experimental Rail Road Company, in Raleigh. 3G. More effectually to provide for tho payment of jurors in Anson county. 37. Incorporating a cavalry company in Duplin county. 33. For the better regulation of the town of Jameston, in Martin county. 39. Regulating the collection of State witness tickets so far as respects tho county of Guilford. . 40. Repealing in part the act of 1826 entitled an act to repeal an act, passed in 1820, entitled an act directing tho County Court to pay fees to certain offi cers therein named in cettain cases so far as relates to the counties mentioned in this act. 41. Exempting the militia residing on Knott's Island from attending at tho Court House of Currituck on general, regimental or battalion musters. ; 42. Exempting Powell's Point and Poplar Branch companies of militia in Currituck county from attending regi mental musters at the Court House. 43. To prevent the felling of timber in, or otherwise obstructing the channel of Little river, from Bumper's Fork to tho county line in Montgomery county. , 44. Incorporating the Northampton troop of cavalry. . 45. Incorporating the Onslow Troop ers, the Johnston Dragoons, and the Le noir Troopers. 46. Incorporating Silver Run Academy. 47. Concerning the hands working on roads in Burke. 48. To prevent the felling of timber in, or otherwise obstructing the run of Bear creek and its branches, in the counties of Lenoir and Wayne. W0 49. Incorporating Rolesville Academy. 50. Authorising the County Court of Wake to lay a tax for building a substan tial fire proof Court House, or a substan tial fire proof office for the safe keeping of the public records of the countv. 51. Authorising the County Court of Gates to have the records of said county transcribed, and to make copies of such transcribed records evidence iu all suits at law and equity in this State. 52. . Incorporating Haywood Academy, in Chatham county. 53. Altering the line separating the north &, south regiments in Surry county. 54. Incorporating Stony Hill Acade my, in Nash county. 55. v or the relief of Brittain Jones, of Bertie county. 56. Amcndingthe act of 1821, to prevent fire hunting of fowl, in Carteret county. o7. 1 o re-mark and renew the dividing line between Richmond and Robeson counties. . : - 58. Regulating the County Courts of Davidson. 59. Restoring Joshua Pennelof Wilkes, to credit. 60. Incorporating Good Spring Gran mar School, in Stokes county. V- Gl. Amending the act of 1827, to keep open the Tuckaseagy and Tennessee ri vers, in Hayvvood county. . 62. Creating one additional wreck dis trict in Hyde county. ,1 , 63. Altering the time of holding one of the terms of the County .Court of Bun combe. ! ; 64. Incorporating the Lafayette Hotel Company, in Fayetteville, 65. Re-appointinir commissioners for tho town of Waynesville.in Haywood county, 66. Compensating jurors of the origi nal pannel in Beaufort county. 67. Amending the act of 1829, to pro vide for the compensation of the.' jurors of the counties of Beaufort, Onslow, Hyde, Anson and Duplin. 68. Repealing part of the act of 1830, to aDDoiut commissioners to superintend Jthe building a Court House in Burke co'jr. f

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