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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsnc0289 and id is 1 raw text is: 1860-'61.-CAP. 80-81-82.
acting, whenever present. [Ratifted the - day of Feb-
ruary, 1861.]
0hap. 81. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE HOLDING OF A COURT OF OYER AND
TERMINER IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY.
Governor to SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Isso conun State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the au-
thority of the same, That the governor of this State shall issue
a commission of oyer and terminer to one of the judges of the
superior courts of law to try the slaves that may be now confined
in the jail of Northampton county, charged with the murder of
one Lucius Woodroof, late of said county, which said court shall
be held forthwith, and the judges shall be clothed with all the
powers necessary for their trial.
Where to o SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said court shall be
1101d.
hold at the court-house in Jackson, under the same rules,
regulations, powers and restrictions as govern the courts of
oyer and terminer appointed to try slaves for insurrection,
rebellion or conspiracy.
Jury. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the clerk of the county
court, and sheriff, assisted by two justices of the peace, shall
draw a jury of thirty-six persons, from which shall be mado
the grand jury and petit jury, who shall be summoned by the
sheriff, and the court shall have power to order a special venire
as in other cases of felony.
SEc. 4. Be it further enacted, That this act shall be in
force from and after its ratification. [Ratified the 20th day of
January, 1861.]
0hap. 82. AN ACT TO CHANGE THE PLACE OF HOLDING THE COURT OF
WARDENS OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY.
Where court Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North
may ba held. Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the
same, That section 3rd, chapter 86 of the Revised Code, be so
altered as to read as follows, to wit: The court of wardens for
the county of Northampton shall be hold at the court-house, or
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