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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsnc0290 and id is 1 raw text is: 1860-'61.- CIIAP. 179-180.
interfere with any dwelling or yard ;'they shall have full
power to assess and collect taxes upon all taxable property
within the limits of said town, and to do all other acts that
may be deemed needful for the good government and manage-
ment of said town.
Election. Six. 4. Be it further enacted, That an election shall be
held in each and every year on the first Monday in February
by the inhabitants thereof qualified to vote for members of the
House of Conunons, for five commissioners, who shall hold
their office for one year, or until successors are appointed.
SEc. 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws and clauses
of laws coming within the meaning and purview of this act be,
and the same are hereby repealed.
SLc. 6. Be it further enacted, That this act shall be in
force from and after its ratification. [Ratiied the 23rd day
of February, 1861.]
Chap. 180. AN ACT CONCERNING THE TOWN OF WILMINOTON.
Pretsue. Whereas, The amount required annually to meet the ex-
penses incident to the proper government of the town of
Wilmington, to pay the interest accruing on the debt of said
town, and to provide a sinking fund for the payment of such
debt, cannot be raised by the taxes which the commissioners
of said town are now employed to levy and collect, without
imposing most unequal and oppressive burdens on the real
estate and polls within said town ; and whereas, it is right and
proper that all who, in the prosecution of their respective
callings and occupations, enjoy the peculiar protection and
privileges secured by the municipal laws and police regula-
tions of a town, should contribute towards the expenditures
necessary for the due administration of such laws, and towards
the payment of such debt as may have been incurred for the
common benefit of all who are citizens of such town:
Powor of com- Be it enacted by the General A88enmbly of the State of
m1Rne,rs to
levy tax North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of
the 8ame, That the commissioners of the town of Wilmington
shall have power to levy and cause to be collected annually, at
such times during each year as to them may seem expedient,
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