Wayne County NcArchives Court.....Stocks, Complete Court House, Prison &  1784
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Source: Colonial Records
Written: 1784

Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1784
October 1784 
Volume 24, Pages 650 - 709

CHAPTER XXXIX.

An Act to Impower the County Court of Wayne to Lay a Tax Annually, for the 
Purpose of Finishing and Compleating the Court House, Prison and Stocks, and 
for Defraying the Contingent Charges of Said County.

I. Whereas, the tax heretofore laid is not found sufficient for the purpose of 
finishing and compleating the court house, prison and stocks, in the said 
county;

II. 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 county court of 
Wayne is hereby authorised and impowered, from and after the passing of this 
Act, to lay a tax annually not exceeding the sum of two pence current money on 
every hundred acres of land in said county, and a poll tax of six pence like 
money on every taxable person in said county, for the term of two years, for 
the purpose of finishing and compleating the court house, prison and stocks, 
and for the purpose of defraying the contingent charges; which said tax shall 
be collected and accounted for in the same manner, at the same time, and by 
the same persons who are appointed to collect the public tax in said county, 
and to be paid into the hands of such person or persons as the court of said 
county shall from time to time direct, after a sufficient sum is paid into the 
hands of the acting commissioners, who are hereby authorised and impowered to 
receive the same from such collector or collectors as shall or may be 
appointed by the said court; and in case of refusal or neglect in paying the 
said monies into the hands of such person or persons as are appointed by 
virtue of this Act, the said sheriff or other person, or any of them so 
refusing or neglecting, shall be liable to the same penalties, and the same 
mode of recovery shall or may be had against him or them, as by law shall or 
may be had against sheriffs who neglect or refuse to account for and pay 
public taxes.


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