Jones County, NC - Act to Amend Act to Incorporate Trenton

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                           Chapter CIV

An Act to amend an act, passed in 1803, entitled "an act to incorporate
the town of Trenton, in Jones 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 the free male
inhabitants of said town shall meet at the court house on the first
Saturday in April next, and on the same day annually thereafter shall
elect three commissioners, who shall be freeholders in said town; which
election shall be held by three freeholders, under the same rules, and
regulations as other elections.

And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall have power
and authority to pass such bye-laws and regulations for the government
of said town, as shall not be inconsistent with the Constitution and
laws of this State.

And be it further enacted, That all laws and clauses of laws coming
within the purview and meaning of this act, be repealed.

                           Chapter CV

An act in addition to the several acts heretofore passed concerning the
town of Trenton, in Jones 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 Christopher
Bryan, Isaac Hathaway and Joseph Greene, be appointed commissioners, with
power and authority to sell at some court in said county, on a credit of
six months, all the lands within the town deed of Trenton, without the 
limits of said town, which has not heretofore been sold.

Be it further enacted, That said commissioners are hereby authorised and
empowered to convey and make a title to all the land which they may dispose
of under this act.

Be it further enacted, That all monies arising from the sale of said land
shall be appropriated for the benefit of the county.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1823-26
Chapter CIV & CV
Page 73

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