Brunswick County, NC - Act to Ring Bell, 1813

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An Act to compel the sheriff of Brunswick county, to ring a bell when
he sells property at auction at the Court-house of said county

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 from and
after the passing of this act it shall be the duty of the sheriff
of Brunswick county, when at any time hereafter he is about to expose
property to public sale, to ring a vendue bell or the Court-house
bell, so as to give the inhabitants of the town of Smithville, in
which the Court-house stands, full notice of such sale or sales, under
the penalty of ten pounds for each and every neglect recoverable
before any jurisdiction having cognizance thereof, by any person suing
for the same, one half to the use of the owner of such property; the
other half to the use of the county.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1813
Chapter CX
Page 40

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