Dobbs County NcArchives Court.....Tax Collectors, Ruffin, Branton, Williams & Hooker 1790
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Source: Colonial Records
Written: 1790

Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1790
November 01, 1790 - December 15, 1790
Volume 25, Pages 64 - 115

CHAPTER LVII.

An Act to Empower Ethelred Ruffin, Thomas Branton, Willoughby Williams and 
Hymeric Hooker, the Securities of Benjamin Caswell, Late Sheriff of the County 
of Dobbs, to Collect and Account for the Taxes Due From the Inhabitants of the 
Said County for the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Nine.

Whereas, it appears that the taxes due from the inhabitants in the county of 
Dobbs for the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, were not 
collected by Benjamin Caswell, the sheriff thereof, during his continuance in 
office; and whereas, the said Benjamin Caswell, in order to quiet his 
securities and to enable them to make the collection aforesaid, after 
obtaining from them a bond of indemnity, on the seventh day of July, in the 
year one thousand seven hundred and ninety, by an instrument of writing under 
his hand and seal did relinquish the right of collecting the taxes for the 
said year, and empowered his said securities to collect and account for the 
same, who pursuant thereto have proceeded to collect in part the said taxes, 
and have paid into the public treasury the greater part of the money due from 
the said Benjamin Caswell for the year aforesaid, and are still continuing to 
collect the balance due: And whereas, doubts may arise with respect to the 
legality of the procedure, and in order to enable the securities finally to 
collect and settle the same:

I. 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 the sole collection of 
the taxes due from the inhabitants of the county of Dobbs for the year one 
thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, shall be and is hereby vested in the 
said Ethelred Ruffin, Thomas Branton, Willoughby Williams and Hymeric Hooker, 
and that they the said securities or a majority of them, be and are hereby 
empowered as fully and effectually to collect and account for the said taxes, 
and on refusal to sue for and recover, and on the payment of money to give 
discharges to the respective collectors as the said Benjamin Caswell could or 
might have done previous to his relinquishment and power as aforesaid; which 
discharges from the securities or a majority of them, and from no other 
person, shall exonerate the collectors, or be available in law if suit should 
be brought by the securities for non-payment of the taxes for which they are 
liable, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.


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