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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsnc0181 and id is 1 raw text is: 322 ROLESVILLE&
Src. 8. Be itfurther enacted, That it shall he the duty of said
corporation to keep a full and fair record of their proceedings, in a book
or books provided for that purpose; and shall produce said record in any
court of justice, when required so to do by such court.
SEc. 9. Be it further enacted, That the proper officers of the said
company, when expedient, shall semi-annua ly declare devidends of the
liett profits thereof.
Sic. 10. Be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force from
and after the ratification thereof.
[Ratified 9th January, 1857.]
CHAP. LX.
An Act to incorporate the town of Rolesville.
Be it enacted by the General .9ssenibtl of the State of North
*'arotina, and it is hereby enacted by the authorilt of the same, That
Eli Alford, John L. Terrill and Thomas I. Terrill, be, and they are
hereby appointed commissioners, for the purpose of laying off a town in
Wake county, at the place now known by the name of Rolesville; which
said town, when laid oil by the said commissioners, shall be, and is here-
by incorporated and called by the name of Rolesville.
SEO. 2. That the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall
have power to lay ol' in said town, streets and alleys, squares and lots,
in such sizes and in such manner, as they think best; and a plat of the
same shall be made out and filed by them in the oflice of the county
court of Wake, and another shall be kept by the said commissioners anl
their successors. That the said commissioners and their successo s shall
be, and are hereby incorporated into a body politic and corporate, to be
known by the name of the Commissioners of the Town of Rolesville;
and by that name they may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in
any court of record, and before any magistrate or magistrates: they may
purchase or otherwise acquire lands and other property, real or personal,
and have, hold and retain, or sell and convey the same; and hold or dis-
pose of the proceeds of said sales, in trust for the said town of Roles-
ville; and from time to time, and at all times herealter, make such laws,
,ordinances and regulations for the improvement, government, and good
order of the said town, as to them shall seem necessary, and amend, al-
ter or repeal the same; and impose a penalty on those who violate or
'otherwise neglect to conform to them, or any of them, not exceeding
twenty dollars for each offence, to be recovered before a justice of the
peace, in the name, and to the use of the commissioners; or, in case of
,slaves, not exceeding thirty-nine lashes, to be inflicted by the judgment
'of a justice of the peace.
SEc. S. That it shall be lawful for the said commissioners annually
to levy a tax upon the property and persons of the said town, to be ap-
plied to the uses of said town: provided, the poll tax shall be levied
upon such persons and slaves in said town as are by law bound to pay
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