Bladen County, NC – Elizabeth - Act For Court House, 1827

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An Act to authorise the commissioners therein named to purchase a 
site for a new Court House in the county of Bladen, and for other
purposes

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, 
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That William
H. Beatty, Isaac Wright, Thomas Smith, James Smith and David Lloyd,
be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners, with authority to
purchase (provided the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the
county of Bladen shall so direct them) a suitable site, within the
limits of the town of Elizabeth, whereon to erect a new Court House,
together with as much ground adjoining thereto, or one or more lots,
as they may think necessary for the public use and convenience; for
which they shall take a good and sufficient title in fee simple,
executed to themselves as commissioners, for the benefit of the county.

And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners be, and they
are hereby authorised and empowered (should it be deemed necessary
by the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the county of Bladen,)
to expose to public sale, at such time and upon such terms, first
advertising the same for one month, as to them may seem most advisable,
the Court House, and lot on which it stands, in the town of Elizabeth;
the proceeds of said sale to be paid over by the said commissioners
to the Treasurer of Public Buildings of said county, for the use of
the county.

And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners, or a majority
of them, are hereby authorised and empowered to execute to the 
purchaser or purchasers of the said lot and Court House, a good and
sufficient title in fee simple, upon the said purchaser or purchasers
first complying with the terms of the sale, as agree upon and
established by the said commissioners.

And be it further enacted, That such expenses as may be incurred in
carrying into effect the provision of this act, be paid out of the
county funds, as the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of said county
may direct.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1827
Chapter LIII
Page 38

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