1913 public local laws – Ch.281 Sec.4
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CHAPTER 281 AN ACT SUPPLEMENTAL OF AND TO AMEND THE PUBLIC ~ ROAD LAW OF THE COUNTY OF NASH AS CONTAINED IN CHAPTER 451 OF THE PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1911, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 314 OF THE PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 19138 Whereas, according to and in pursuance of the provisions of chapter four hundred and fifty-one of the Public-Local Laws of nineteen hundred and eleven, the board of commissioners of Nash County have duly elected road commissioners of and for sundry road districts in said county, which said road commissioners of the several road districts have duly met, organized, and continued in existence, in strict compliance with the terms and: provisions of said chapter four hundred and fifty-one of said Public-Local Laws of nineteen hundred and eleven; and whereas it is by the said road commissioners, as well as by the board of commission- ers of Nash County, deemed expedient and advisable to amend the provisions of said chapter four hundred and fifty-one of the Public-Local Laws of nineteen hundred and eleven in respect of the method of the issuance of bonds, and in sundry other par- ticulars: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
For the purpose of providing for the payment of said bonds and interest thereon accrued, and for the construction. improvement, and maintenance of the roads of the township road district for which the same are issued, the board of commissioners of Nash County shall, annually and at the time of levying the county taxes, levy and lay a special tax on all persons and property, subject to taxation, within the limits of said township road district for which said bonds are issued, sufficient in amount to pay the interest on said bonds and to create a sinking fund for their retirement at maturity, but which shall not exceed thirty cents on the one hundred dollars assessed valuation of property and ninety cents on each taxable poll, observing the constitutional equation and requirement. The taxes so levied shall be collected as other taxes are collected and paid to the county treasurer of Nash County, and the said tax shall be collected and paid over in the usual course and by the usual method under like laws and penalties as govern the collection and paying over of the general taxes of the county.