Wayne County, NC – Waynesborough - Act to Appoint Commissioners, 1818 ~~~~~~~~~~ 1819-22, Chapter XCIV - An Act to amend an act, passed in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, entitled "as act to appoint commissioners for the town of Waynesborough, in Wayne county," and for other purposes. WHEREAS some of the commissioners appointed by the above recited act live at a considerable distance from the town of Waynesborough, others of them having refused to act, and some of them have removed away, so that the town is almost without a commissioner; 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 Richard Washington, Isaac Hill, William Henderson, Edward Vail and Claudius Hamilton, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners for the town of Waynesborough, with full power and authority to make such bye laws, rules and regulations as they may deem proper and expedient for the government of said town, not inconsistent with the laws of this State. II. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners herein appointed be, and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate for the purposes herein mentioned; and said commissioners and their successors shall have authority to fill all vacancies that may at any time happen in their board. III. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws coming within the meaning and purview of this act be, and the same is hereby repealed. Source: NC Archives Public and Private Laws of North Carolina ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Olde Dobbs Trail ______________________________________________________________________