Northampton County, NC – Jackson - Act to Establish, 1826

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An Act to appoint commissioners to lay off a town on the lands of
Joseph H. Bryan, in the county of Northampton, at the place now
called the Court House

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 Collin W.
Barnes, William Moody, William B. Lockhart, John Peele and John B.
Jordan are hereby appointed commissioners, with full power and
authority to lay off and establish a town on the lands of Joseph H.
Bryan, at the court house in the county of Northampton, by the name
of Jackson; and the said commissioners, or a majority of them, are
hereby authorised, if they deem it expedient, as soon as may be, to
lay off and make a fair plan of said town, in half acre lots, on the
land aforesaid: Provided, neverthless, that in laying off the said
town, the said commissioners herein appointed shall not expose to
sale, or have control over any part of the houses or improved land;
but wherever any improvement is erected, the said Bryan shall have 
the right of retaining said improvements, with suitable grounds
around them, although they may be within the limits of said town,
and form a part thereof.

Be it further enacted, That when the lots as aforesaid shall be 
laid off, the commissioners shall expose the same to public sale,
on such credit as they and the said Bryan may agree on, and under
such restrictions as shall not affect the rights and privileges of
the present occupant, during the continuance of his present lease;
the first advertising the same in some newspaper published in this
State, at least six weeks before the day of sale; and they, or a 
majority of them, shall give the purchasers a deed in fee simple
for the lots so purchased; and the monies arising from the sale of
said lots shall be applied to the use of the said Joseph H. Bryan,
after defraying all necessary expenses: Provided, the consent of
the said Joseph H. Bryan be first obtained: And provided also, that
the said Joseph H. Bryan shall, before the sale of said lots, 
execute to the commissioners aforesaid a good and sufficient title,
in fee simple, to the lands upon which the said town is to be
established.

And be it further enacted, That the commissioners aforesaid, by
virtue of this act, as soon as they have obtained a deed as aforesaid
from Joseph H. Bryan, and shall have laid off and sold the lots as
aforesaid, shall exhibit a fair plat of said town to the Court of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the county of Northampton; and that
the deed shall be proven in said county, and registered, and the
plat shall be filed among the records of said county for safekeeping.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1826
Chapter CXV
Page 65-66

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