1897 public laws – Ch.175 Sec.2
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CHAPTER 175 An act to establish a system of working the public roads in Vance county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
That in case a majority of the qualified voters of any townships in Vance county shall vote for taxation, then the connty commissioners of said county shall levy a special tax of not more than (15c.) fifteen cents on the one hundred ($100.00) dollars worth of property and forty-five -45 cents on the taxable polls, to be collected by the sheriff of the county in the same manner as other taxes are collected by him, and shall be paid over to the county treasurer, and shall be held by the treasurer separately as a road fund to the credit of the township or townships which voted for the same, and shall receive a compensation for holding and paying out said funds the same as the law now allows for similar services, and shall give a bond in addition to his regular bond sufficient to cover the amount of special assessment.