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lotla, N. C . PfJAlU-A24
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to use a gallon of I. & M Semi-Paste
Paint out of any he buys, and. if .not
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t-beap. J. L. Barnard, Franklin, j
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LOST- One . Ma.:kau:r,v overcoat!
.between Cullasaja post office and)
iErankin. Finder pc.se return the j
keys that were in the pockets. Wes-)
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room house. Iiujuirc
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' Seed r ,r
.m (separator.
! one 1 erscr
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:i pea $5.00 per
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? tfl milk cans
uv .id bargains
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lit fotla will be shut down for repair
lor aiviut sixty days'. No wood will
he kjtlgbt! untH Operations begin
again. i General Mica and Clay Co.
BABY, CHICKS ?OR SALE Shep
herds Ancona-s mated yith cock
,iu co.ekrels direct from Shepherds
farm, Pennsylvania ?ma. Norman
A'h'te Leghorns nro-jerly mated with
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Mvlva, N C.
.toured. Eggs
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To you who have r.Dt paid j our taxes:
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f lease call in a)d settle them now
and save cost -t'o "s all.
Your friend, ALEX MOORE. T. C
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MUNDAY & OLIVER
Macon County Road Law
An Act-relative to the roads' of Macon County. , ; . .
The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. The Board of County Commissioner of Macon County .
shall constitute the Highway Commission of. Macon County; that
said Board qf County Commissioners acting as said Highway Com
mission, shall have full power and authority over all the roads and
bridges of Macon County not under the jurisdiction and control of
the State Highway Commission, with full authority and power to
build construct, and. maintain all roads and. .bridges'-within said'
County of Macon and to enter into any contract or contracts with
the State Highway Commission either for the building and construc
tion of anv highway or bridges within the County of Macon or the
maintenance and upkeep of any highway or bridges in said County
of Macon. That secetions three thousand six hundred and sixty-nine
and three thousand six hundred and seventy-one. of the Consolidated .
Statutes of North Carolina of one thousand nine hundred and nine
teen, shall constitute a part of the road laws of the County of Macotu
Section . That any road ol highway within said County, that the
said Board of County Commissioners may, under this act, maintain
and keep in repair, shall be known and designated as a principal road'.
or' roads, whether said highway or roads are entirely maintained and
kept up entirely by' said County Commissioners or in connection
with the State Highway Commission nudcr any contract that it might
enter into with 'said Highway Commission or any other person, and
said Board of Count Commissioners are hereby authorized, directed
and empowered to designate any road that they may see fit within
the Countv of Macon as a principal road. or, highway: Provided, that
such designation shall not in any way interfere, with or change the (
location of any highway -in. said County," located and designated by ,
the State Highway Commission. , ',.'
Section 3.' That the County. Commissioners of ' Macon County are
hereby authorized, directed and empowered to levy a special ad '
valorem tax of not lessthan ten cents nor more than twenty-five
cents per one hundred dollars valuation of property -which. tax shall
be- levied annuallv upon all the property of said County and shall
be used bv said Board of County Commissioners solely for the purpose
of building. construction, repairing and maintaining roads and
bridges situated within the County of . Macon. That the special road x
and bridge tax so levied under this section shall be kept separate from
all other taxes and shall be known and designated as the County
road and bridge tax. - . .'
Section 4. That the County Commissioners of Macon Countj.
.., .",1 ... .l f.o M-.rin r.l Ai-irrlr nne thousand nine hundred and
snail, on me m aiunuj r , ,. . .
twenty-five, appoint not less than two nor more than three trustees
for each township in the County, said trustees shall be appointed
from good and lawful men, who shall be residents of such .township.
That the ' County Commissioners shall, on said -date and every year ,
thereafter, aopoint the successors in office of said trustees, and said
Countv Commission of Macon County are. hereby given the right
to remove anv one or all of the trustees so appointed for cause
shown at'any'time; that the County Commissioners of said County .
shall annuallv fix the pay of the said trustees so appointed by them,
and make such rules and regulations for the conduct of Saul trustees
as in the opinion of said County Commissioners would operate to the ;
benefit of the roads of said County. That said trustees shall meet
at once after their appointment and .organize by electing one ot then
number chairman and one secretary, and shall torthwith report their
proceedings to the Board of County Commissioners in writing, which
report shall be filed with the Clerk of the Board in the ofiice of the
Register of Deeds for said County. That the trustees so appointed ...
shaU mect so often as it may be necessary for the transaction ot
their business. The said trustees. shall proceed, at the first meeting
after the appointment, to divide the roads of their township into
suitable and convenient district and appoint supervisor or oyer
feer' for each district and shall fix his pay.. It shall be tne duty of.
each supervisor or overseer tmediately after his appointment to pu
his section of road in good condition and to keep, the same in good
cond"ffluring his term of office. The trustees shall alsc , be respon
sible for the condition of the road in their township And at said
first meeting shall appoint one of the number as road supervisor ot.
their township, and fix his compensation, and the number of days,
he shall serve each month, said compensation not to exceed two
dollars per da v, same to be paid by the County Conmnss.oners ou
of the same funds the trustee are paid from, whose 'duty i t shall
be to supervise and oversee the roads of the township and report at
: least once a month to said trustees the condition of the roads m the
tOWSection 5." That all able bodied male person-between, the 'age of
twenty-one and forty-five years shall be liable to dd and perform
our days, labor on said road annually under the direction of the
overseer or supervisor of the road district in which they res.de
Provided, if any person warned, as.'hereinafter provided .shall I at .the
He of br-'ne warned, or at any time before the date on whiyh he
is to pcriorsa such labor, pay; to the' overseer or supervisor m heu
of such labor, the sum of five dollars, the -jaaic -nhal rbe received
satisfaction for such labor for the year. That it shall be : the : duty
of the overseer or .supervisor to order out every such person afore
said to ' do and to perform the work as aforesaid : hat the-oanl
of Comity Commissioners of Macon County is hereby vested with
the power'and authority to. fix-and.. designate -the number of days
hat said persons shall be required to work at any one time and the
number of hands that any one overseer or supery sor h al 1 be al
lowed to work at any time, If aiiy such person af ter be.ng war, iu
bv the overseer or supervisor for as much as two days bctore the
time of meeting to perform said work, shall fai or refuse taper
Sorm such work, orshall fail or refuse ,tp furmsh an able boe
substitute or shall fail or refuse to pay the hve dollars herembetorc
iSv ded W shall be guilty of mimeano; ' n
conviction shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars for ch oft
or be imprisoned not exeedmg thirty days. It sha 11 be juicnt
warning to tell the person of the time and P-1"
leavihe a written notice" at his usual place of abode with some,
person of -Sle'- age and discretion. Ten hours shall constitute
a day's work under this act. , . . , . ,lftiinv.i7P(i
Section 'r That the overseer or supervisor is hereby authorize
to cot the five dollars in lieu of work as hereinbefore provided
or h til act, and snail receipt the person paying the same m . full
for his four days' labor, and shall pay. said money t.
of the- Board of Trustees of his township, rendering a full statement
To him of all n.onevs so collected at least once every month. That
afa;!ur?on tie part of said overseer or supervisor to soaccoun
tft aid'tre-is.-r-r tor sa d mcnev., so received, by him tlui. e -
mis St n.nXn Conviction for the above offen3e(the p
wSffi-shall be fined or imprisoned at the d.scret.on the
' '- v ur That each-and every fUlureto so, account, tor sat i moneys
r.o' ihe WAS tS anv
firih ih.lt hp -onstPut a separate offense, lnat any wo.w
o 7 ipetsorw. sS f iff i-r "eject to keep ;hij . roa Un b.e
condition, shall be guilty ol.nn ct
shall be fined or imprisoned at the discretion of the cot rt. inw
any road trustee within said County or . jy bgdo( Uustee
for anv township in sa d County, who shall neglect or allow ine
oadofTeir Township to be add ,nhU?o
dition so'.he same ate not safe for the phblic : to e-v;nArljmt.
guiltv of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined or im.
hereby 'tLSel, directed a'nd empowered to levy f a ro
tax on all the taxable property o the County of not s. than
shall be known and designated as the Jownship ' JPial RaJ lJX'
and all moneys so levied under t is sec ion aU us d j he
tovMish,, ,r. vvluch ' ' r:r,r,VVrif of Macon
CO CCte'' Lltinpr tni SCCl O I suau v uii. ... ..j - , ,
Coun'and .hall be turned over to the Treasurer o he to n s ,y
t,.,li;1w,. , i. town;'' h u i:';om on er oi ,ine """"','-
" htUj fjl ' . L lftn;,"'lJ, .ri... i.,.tr.r. .,( s:.ifl monev shal be
oners M Macon touniy. iai ciuc , r-
! over to i-aid ttcr.tiirvr .' th- road tr-tec of any tOAii.ip in
juniy, ..; 1 i rti-ture'- cum (ruei n.-.u .i u-j..-. s-
! t s.irely in the -.1 u e ut'-l to the arr.ourt ci r.-.ji'.-y arv 1.0111
mis
'fur
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rtie ta:: so levied under this section in his respective township, wmch
bond -shall-be approved by the Board of County Commissioners of
Macon County, which approval shall be recorded in the minutes of
the Board of County Commissioners of, Macon County, and said bond
duly recorded and! preserved 'as other officers' bonds of the county
officers of Macon County are recorded and preserved. That if in the
opinion of any board of trustees of any, township in Macon County,
the amount of taxes so levied by the County Commissioners is in
suffiicent for the' road work in their township, they shall petition the
Board of County1' Commssipners of Macon County to levy an ad
ditional special road tax for said township, and it shall be the duty
of the Board of County Commissioners' to so levy such special road
tax for said township on all the taxable property of said township ,
which special road tax shall be not less than five cents nor more
than, .twenty-five cents on the one hundred dollars valuation of
property, which tax.be kept': separate from all other taxes and shall
be known and designated as an lixtra Special Rosfd Tax for the
township in which the same is levied. That this tax may be levied
at any time, and in each township where said special tax is so levied
and collected, the treasurer of the , board of trustees shall increase
his bond so As to, cover said special tax.' That said moneys. so col
lected shall only be tysed within the towship in which it is levied
and collected. . ' ' 1 . ,
Section 8. That the road trustees of each township in Macon ,
County are hereby vested with the right and duties of keeping the
several, roads in their respective townships in good repair andex-
pending the township road funds herein provided and shall also have
the authority to build and construct any road wholly within their
respective townships, but shall not have the authority to spend any x
money for the bmid'ns or constructing of said roads other than
what is levied under this act and known as the Special Township
Road Tax, and the Extra Special Road Tax for the township m
which the same is levied. . .
Section 9. That all new roads constructed in the County ot
'Macon either by the County Commissioners or by the road trustees
of any township shall be laid off and staked out by some competent
engineer or surveyor. That after said road is so laid pif and staked
out by a competent engineer or'surveyor, and his report filed citner .
with the County Commissioners of Macon County or the road
trustees of the township, as the case may be, then it shall be the
duty of the .'.County Commissioners of Macon County or ot tne road
trustees of the township as the case may be. to order a jury of three
free holders to view said premises after notice to all of the properu
owners through which said road runs, and assess such damages as ..
mav be sustained, always considering the benefits arising to the
owner of the lands, in the assessment of such damages.
That said jurv shall file their report either with the ' board ol
County Commissioners or the trustees of the township, as the case
may be, and when said road is constructed by the Board of County
Commissioner's of Macon .County, they shall pass on sa:d damage
and either approve or disapprove same and allow such amount,
as in their judgment would be proper, but from the order of said
Board of Commisisoners' and the report of .said jury, cither party
may appeal to the Superior Court of Macon County when- the
question of suchnlamages shall be heard do novo. That it said road
is built and constructed by the township trustees they shall pass
upon the damages so allowed and allow such sum as in their opinion
shall be proper and from their decision and report ot said jury
either party may appeal to the Board of County Commissioners of
-Macon County who shall pass upon said matters and render their
judgment accordingly and from the decision of the Board of County
Commissioners either party may appeal to the Superior Court ot
Macon County where such case shall be heard do novo as - to the
: question of damages only. That the question of damages shall in no
wav hinder or obsturct the building and construction of said road,
or 'roads either by, the Board of County Commissioners of Macon
- County or townshrip trustees, but that said. roads shall bi built and
constructed upon the orders of said Board, the same as if no question
of damages had arisen and that said appeal shall only be allowed
on the question of damages alone and not as to the budding or
construction of said roads. '" ,
That all damages arising from the building or construction ot a
road by the Board of. County Commissioners of Macon County,
shall be paid out of the county road funds, provided for in i this act.
That ill damaees al'owcd for roads built or constructed by the
oltZZ n be paid out of the Special Township Road
Funds provided fcr under this act, and from the road funds oi the
townrhip in which said road is so built or constructed.
SecMon 10. That any lumber company, corporation, person or
persons engaged in the lumber business and desiring to use any cf
S roads of Macon County for the purpose of carrying on . S or their
business of hauling either by themselves or by hiring or by con
S with others lumber, mill logs or other heavy matenal.with
log wagons, log carts, or other heavy vehicles shall pay a license
ax ot privilege tax of two cents per thousand feet of lumber, mill
ogs orP lavy material so hauled, said tax being payable to the
' secretary:treasurer of the road trustees of the township m which
becrciary " . ,P;c;na nnHer th s section shall be
said hau ine is. aone mu '""'"-j -e, - ----- ... , ..
expended over the same section , of road hauled over, and it, shall
Se the duty of any lumber company, corporation, person or persons
encased in the lumber business as hereinbefore set out, to make
monthly Sports to the road trustees of each township in -which it
OThey are engaged in said business, said report to be made on the
first Monday of each month of the number of feet of all lumber, .
oKS or other heavy material so hauled during the proceeding month.
Said report shall accurately state the number of feet of lumber
Ss or ot her heavy material hauled and the same shall be. itemized
and sworn to -That any lumber company, corporation, person or
SrwnTS engaged in the lumber business failing to make the same
ac uratcly and truthfully, or failing to . pay the said .license or
oriSe tax hereinbefore set out shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
?nd S be fined fifty dollars for each offense. .The failure o make
Sid report and to ' pay the said privilege tax each month shall
onstitute a separate offense. In addition to the fine herein provided
for such lumber company, corporation, person or persons shall hke
L trSJoi ?en dollars for each day that such report
nedected to be made, after the tim specified that the same .shall
EeCe That said forfeiture shall be collected by proper proceed
ings instituted in a court of a justice of the pea said County
aeainst such delinquent by the chairman of the board ot trustees
S all mo" ey after paying expense of such arising, under this
section! shall be used for the improvement of the section of road
over which such hauling was done. , . , t , , Wx f
Section 11. That sixty-six and two-thirds per cent (66 2-3l of
all the money-' arising under this act from property situated within
?he corpoJateim ts of the town of Franklin shall be paid over, by
the sherHf or tax collector to the tax collector of the town of
Franklit to be used, by the Board of Aldermen of the town of
fSSuIo improve the streets and sidewalks in said tdwn.and
h?rJy- hrec aid on?-third per cent (33 1-3) of -the money arising
from the property whin tthe corporate limits, of the town of trank
hfThall bended by the-' road- trustees to matntain and improve the
. VJoiitVid-" the Ccporate iimits- ofrthe toym pi Fran chnbut in
irtA' TKt the town of Franklin shall be a unit of its
J2. and "ha 1 have full authority over all the streets and s.dcwalks
Sin the w rporate limits of said town, shall have, the right to aP;
no 1 1 hi - oZ overseer or supervisor and shall be entitled to all
iTbtoMn wi Hmits as provided for in this net
orlo collec the five dollars provided for in lieu of said labor.
Sectfon 12 ' That this act shall only apply to Hacon County;
that the road year for Macon County shall 'begin on the first day
t Iflrrt. 5n , ch and every year and shall end on the last day of
FteM--$W& That nothing in thiSCirShaTl bC
SStwS'cMflit il any way with chapter two of Publ.cJ.aws
of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, or any laws amenda-
t0fSeSonei3. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with
this act are, hereby repealed, in so far as they apply to the County
f Section 14 That this act be in force from and after the first day
of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five
In the General Assembly, read three times and ratified, this 3rd
i'-iv of I'ebrtiary. A. D. 1925.
ua ot unruary. J. ELMER LONG,
- President of the; Senate.
EDGAR W. PHARR.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Examined and found correct.
J. M. SHARP, - .i. ,
For Committee.
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