Haywood & Davidson County, NC – Elihu Chambers & Ezekiel Brown - Act to Render Acts Valid, 1826 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An Act to render valid certain official acts of Elihu Chambers, of the county of Haywood, and Ezekiel Brown, of the county of Davidson Whereas Elihu Chambers, of the county of Haywood, was duly elected, by the Court of said county, surveyor, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and by virtue of said appointment has continued to exercise and perform all the duties of surveyor for said county up to the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, without having renewed his bond once in every three years, in manner prescribed by act of Assembly in such cases made and provided. And whereas Ezekiel Brown, of the county of Davidson, was duly elected, by the Court of said county, surveyor, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, and by virtue of said appointment has continued to exercise and perform all the duties of surveyor for said county up to the third Monday in January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, without having renewed his bond for the last year, in manner prescribed by act of Assembly in such cases made and provided: and whereas, in consequence of such omission, much mischief and inconvenience may hereafter arise to the citizens of the said counties of Haywood and Davidson: For remedy whereof, 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 all surveys, plots, returns and other official acts, made and done by the said Elihu Chambers, of Haywood county, or the said Ezekiel Brown, of the county of Davidson, be, and they are hereby declared to be as good and valid in law, to all intents and purposes, in as full and ample a manner, as if the said Elihu Chambers and said Ezekiel Brown had renewed their respective bonds agreeable to the provisions of the act of Assembly. And be it further enacted, That all patents which have been, or which may hereafter be issued and granted on surveys made by the said Elihu Chambers in the county of Haywood, or on surveys made by the said Ezekiel Brown in the county of Davidson, during the time aforesaid, be, and the same are hereby declared to be good and valid in law, as if the said Elihu Chambers and the said Ezekiel Brown had renewed their bonds agreeable to the provisions of the act of Assembly; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to interfere with any conflicting legal or equitable claim or right heretofore obtained by any individual. Source: NC Archives Public and Private Laws of North Carolina 1826 Chapter XCV Page 57-58 ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts - gpotts1@nc.rr.com ______________________________________________________________________