1883 public laws – Ch.276 Sec.10
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CHAPTER 276 An act for the benefit of farmers in Grays Creek township, Cumber- land county, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
The commissioners of said county shall, at the first sitting in July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, or at any regular meeting prior to the first Monday in September, appoint one or more landowners of said district for overseers for one year, and they shall have said fence put up, and gates erected on the public highways by the first of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and shall apportion the cost of constructing said fence and gates among the landowners of said district, according to their land tax in the district. Should any one refuse or fail to pay, the overseer shall deliver the amount to the sheriff, who shall collect it with the other taxes, together with two per cent. on the amount.