1889 private laws – Ch.239 Sec.36

The board of commissioners shall have the power to require every Owner of real estate in the town of Murphy to pave the street or streets in front of his or her land in such manner and with such material as the commissioners may direct, and to enforce such requirements by proper fines and penalties; and upon failure of such owner to do such paving, the board of commissioners may have the same done and the costs thereof assessed upon the property of such delinquent and added to the taxes against him or her, and collected in the same manner that other taxes or assessments are collected, or judgment may be taken by the town of Murphy, before any court having jurisdiction in Cherokee county, for the costs of such paving, and when docketed in the superior court of Cherokee county such judgments shall have the same lien as possessed by other judgments docketed in said superior court, and be enforced in like manner.