1885 private laws – Ch.33 Sec.42
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CHAPTER 38 An act to repeal the general laws of the State in regard to towns and cities so far as the town of Kinston, in the county of Lenoir, is concerned, inconsistent with this act; to repeal all special laws and charters in relation thereto, and to re-charter the said town. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That the board of commissioners of said town shall have power from time to time, and for all times hereafter, to make such by-laws, rules, regulations, orders and ordinances as to them shall seem just and reasonable for the good government of the town, and to affix penalties thereto for violations thereof, to make by-laws, rules and regulations for the proper government of their corporate meetings, with penalties attached ; to erect necessary market houses, to erect and construct public pumps and wells, to appoint inspectors of wood and weighers and inspectors of cotton, tar, pitch and turpentine, and other products of the country, and to provide how such weighers and inspectors shall be paid; to appoint town watch or patrols, to erect proper and necessary guard houses and mayors office, to imprison any violator of any of the by-laws, rules, orders, regulations or ordinances of the town, in the common jail of the county or the town lock-up; to do all other acts and things as in their judgment may be necessary for the advantage, improvement and good government of said town of Kinston ; and the said by-laws, rules, orders, regulations and ordinances, from time to time alter, change, annul or discontinue, as to them, or a majority of them, shall appear just and reasonable.