1866/67 public laws – Ch.14 Sec.1
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CHAPTER XIV. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE INCORPORATED TOWNS AND CITIES TO ESTABLISH SYSTEMS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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 Mayor, Intendant or other 2 chief officer of any city or incorporated town, of the State, shall be authorized to take the sense of those qualified to vote in the town or city elections, as to the propriety of establishing one or more Public Schools, to be supported by the taxes collected or authorized to be collected for corporation purposes; and the said Mayor, Intendant or other chief officer, shall give public notice of said election in the papers published in the corporation, and if there be none, by posters in three public places in each ward, at least twenty days before the election. And the Mayor, Intendant or other chief officer, shall make known the result of said vote, by public proclamation, and shall cause the whole proceedings to be recorded by the clerk of the corporation.