in bonds of one hundred dollars each for the purpose of paying the subscription of the said county to the capital stock of the Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Railroad Company, all said bonds bearing interest at the rate of eight per cent. per annum, and due and payable on the first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one; and whereas, the said county of Iredell is not likely to be able to pay off and discharge the whole of said bonds by the said first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty one. funded. SEC. 2. Therefore it shall be the duty of the board of Bonds to be commissioners of Iredell county aforesaid at any time after the said first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, whenever the holder of any of said bonds or his agent shall present the same at the office of the register of deeds for Iredell county, and request that the same be taken up and a new bond issued therefor, to take up, cancel and destroy said bond or bonds, and issue therefor and deliver to said holder or his agent a new bond or bonds for the principal of said New bonds. old bond or bonds. Said new bonds shall be in the sum of one hundred dollars each, shall be due and payable on the first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, and shall bear interest at the rate of eight per cent. per annum, [and] shall be in the same form as the said old bonds. But the said county of Iredell shall have the power and right at any time after the first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six to call in and pay off and discharge any or all of said new bonds so issued, and this shall be expressed in the face of said new bonds. bonds to cease af SEC. 3. When the board of commissioners of Iredell Interest on new county shall notify any holder of any said new bond or ter notice to prebonds to present them at the office of the register of deeds payment. for Iredell county for payment on a day certain, which day shall be after the first day of January, Anno Domini one sent the same for New bonds to be issued as dupli thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, and the holder of said bond or bonds shall fail to so present the same for payment at the time and place specified in said notice, then all interest on said bond or bonds so notified to be produced for payment shall cease until said bond or bonds. are produced for payment to the register of deeds of Iredell county. SEC. 4. No bond shall be issued, or if issued shall be cates of old bonds. Valid against the county, except such as are a duplicate of an old bond in number and value of those taken up Record to be kept. and cancelled, and the register of deeds shall keep a record of all old bonds taken up and cancelled and of the new bonds issued in lieu thereof. SEC. 5. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 5th day of March, A. D. 1879. Authorized to collect arrears of taxes. Who not compellable to pay. CHAPTER 122. AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF E. EVERETT, OF SWAIN COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That E. Everett, former sheriff of Swin [Swain] county, be and he is hereby authorized to collect arrears of taxes due him in said county for the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, under such rules and regulations as are or may be prescribed by law for the collection of taxes. SEC. 2. That no person shall be compelled to pay any tax under the provisions of this act who shall make oath before any one authorized by law to administer oaths, that he or she has paid the same or believes the same to have been paid, nor shall any executor or administrator be compelled to pay any arrears of taxes under this act. SEC. 3. This act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 5th day of March, A. D. 1879. CHAPTER 123. AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY OF CHAPTER NINETY- The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : Battle's Revisal, SECTION 1. That section twenty of chapter ninety-eight Chap. 98, sec. 20, of Battle's Revisal be amended, so that after the amended. word "prescribed" in the sixth line of said section there shall be added: "and the rules and regulations so prescribed shall be made from time to time as circumstances may require, by the quarantine medical officer and two physicians of skill and experience, residing in the city of Wilmington, who shall be designated by the president of the state board of health, and they shall meet annually on the first Monday in May, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and organize for the purposes before mentioned by the election of a president and secretary, and it shall be the duty of the president to call meetings whenever any special emergency shall arise requiring new quarantine rules and regulations, and of the secretary to keep a record of all such proceedings; and they shall be entitled to compensation for their services at the rate of five dollars per day and their actual travelling expenses to and from such meetings: Provided, said physicians shall not receive per diem for more than six days in the year, unless in case of prevailing epidemic." SEC. 2. This act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 5th day of March, A. D. 1879. CHAPTER 124. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF MADISON, CLAY AND SURRY COUNTIES TO PAY CERTAIN Preamble. Authorized to pay certain sums due services. WHEREAS, in several of the townships in the counties of Madison, Clay and Surry common schools have been taught in conformity with law; and WHEREAS, in consequence of a deficiency in the school fund for the year in which said schools were taught, there still remains due to the teachers of said schools a portion of their compensation : The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : SECTION 1. That the board of commissioners of Madison, teachers for past Clay and Surry counties be and they are hereby authorized to pay from the school fund of said counties for the current fiscal year any sum or sums due to persons (or their assigns or representatives) who may have taught the common schools in said counties: Provided, however, that any sum paid under this act shall be deducted from the portion of said school fund set apart to the township in which said schools were taught. Proviso. SEC. 2. That this act shall be in force from its ratification. Ratified the 5th day of March, A. D. 1879. CHAPTER 125. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER NINETY-SIX, SECTION FIVE, SEVENTY-SEVEN, [ENTITLED] AN ACT TO INCORPORATE The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: 5, acts 1876-'77, SECTION 1. That section five, chapter ninety-six of laws Chap. 96 (116), sec. of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six and one amended. thousand eight hundred and seventy seven, be amended by striking out all after word "Denver" in line four, to word "and" in line six, not including either word. SEC. 2. This act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 5th day of March, A. D. 1879. CHAPTER 126. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR OF The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: Battle's Revisal, established. SECTION 1. That section four of chapter one hundred Chap. 104, sec. 4, and four of Battle's Revisal be stricken out and the fol- amended. lowing inserted as section four of said chapter: "That when any persons are desirous of having a public road How public road established, they shall file an application in writing with the board of commissioners of the county within which the said road is to be located, setting forth the proposed termini of said road, and designate one person who they |