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An Act to amend an act, entitled an act to amend an act, entitled an act directing the time and place of sales of land and slaves under execution in Rowan county 1825 70 (1825)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsnc0092 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
or any other unavoidable cause. he is prevented from discharging the same,
then and in that case the commissioners, or a majority of them, shall appoint'
some justice of the peace of' Rowan county to perform the duties.
XXIV. Be it further enacted, That the commissioners, or a majority of
them, shall deliver a warrant, by them signed, to the constable, or other person
appointed to coll'3ct the taxes, in % aich it shall be stated that the said person
is authorized to demand and receive the taxes.
XXV. Be it furthcr enacted, That this act be, and the same is hereby de,
-Clared to be in force from and after its passage.
CHAPTER XCV.
An act to establish a poor and work house in the county or Bertie.
Be it enacted by the General ./Isembly of the State of North-Carolina, and it
,As hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall and may be law-
ful for the wardens of the poor of the county of Bertie, or a majority of them,
as soon as they may deem it necessary after the passage of this act, to make
application to the County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the aifore-
said county, and the said court is hereby anthorised and empowered, if deem-
ed necessary by a majority of the justices in said county, (and not other wise,)
to lay such a tax as they may deem necessary for the purpose of procuring a
piece of land, either by purchase or otherwise, within five miles of the court-
ouse of said county, to build, or cause to be built thereon, a house or houses
fit for the reception of the poor of said county, under which denomination
shall be comprehended all such persons of either sex (having no property)
as shall be adjudged incapable by the wardens, through age or infirmities, to
procure subsistence for themselves; and the said wardens shall appoint a
keeper or overseer of said poor, whose business it shall be to preserve good
ortder, and see that they are humanely treated, and provided with suitable diet,
clothing, lodging and fuel, and to enforce all such regulations as shall be es-
tablished from time to time for the well ordering and governing the said poor;
which regulations the said wardens are hereby empowered to make; and it
shall be lawful for the said court to renew the imposition of said tax from
year to year, if necessary, to complete the said building, or to defray the ex-
peises that may be occasioned by keeping up the same; and the said overseer,
for his services, shall be allowed for each year such sum as the wardens may
deem adequate, to be paid out of the tax laid for that purpose; and the keeper
or overseer of said poor is hereby required to keep at moderate labour such
of the poor under his charge as he may deem capable of labour, and at the
eud of each and every year, shall account to the wardens of said county, on
oath, for all such sums as may have arisen from the labour of said poor, and lie
or they shall make out a full and complete statement of all the expenses in
earrying on and keeping up said poor house, a copy of which shall be stuck
up at the door, or in the court-house of said county.
11. And be it further enacted, That the taxes imposed by virture of this act
shall be collected by the sheriff of said county, and paid over to the wardens,
to be applied to the purposes before mentioned; any law to the contrary not-
withstanding.
CHAPTER XCVI.
An act to amend an act, entitled  an act to amend in act, entitled ' an act directing
the time and place of sales of land and slaves under execution in JIowan county.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North- Carolina, and it
i8 hereby enacted'by the authority qfthe same, That from and Pfter the ratilt-

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