Qi> LAWS OF NORTH-CAUOLINA.
ten ilollars, to go to the city funds, and lo imprisonmont not CiceetlJng
three in ;|iths.
IV. lie it further enacted, Tliat il at any time it sliall be necessary for
theConJinissioners of the city to cui a ditch or ditchts for the purpose of lay-ing
any pipe or pipes, or otherwiije fur the piupose^ f convey ing water to or
front ^a^d water works, through any )ot or piece of ground, the ptopt'rty ofa-iiy
individual, who may consuicr himself thereby aggrieved, a jury shall be
summoned to a:jscss such damage in the same mannei- as is provided in
cases where canals pft»s through the lands of individuals ; and when such
damage shall be ilius. assessed, the ^-aid Commissioners shall forthv/ith pay
the aojount oi any such damage out of the city treasurs. And whereas,
the citizens of Raleigh have been at considerable expence in providing the
city with a fire ergii e and othtr inplcncnts <or the purpose of c\tin-guishiitg
any firt which n)ay b'cak out in said city.
V. Be it furthtr enacted^ That such citizens as may form themselves
into a ii;e companji, for the purpose of w<rking said engine at an\ fire
which may take place, and whei.ever they shall be called upon by the cap-tain
ol said company to exercise said er:gine for the purpose of seeing that
it be kept in good order, be exempted froin military duty, (except in time
of uisurrectici), invasion, or war,) and provided such company shall rot ex-
Cfcd forty >n number, and that they be subject to such rules and regula-tions
as may be adopted by the commissioners of the city, or baid fire
company; and provided ihey produce from the captain of said company a
certificate ol their enrolment, and of their having faithfully performed their
duty theria, since the period of their enrolment.
CHAP. LXXXI.
t\n act to authorize the Smoky Mountain Turnpke Company to extend their Turnpike
Road from the hne of Tennessee lo the mouih ot Soco creek, in Haywood coui>ty.
Whekeas a number of the citizens of the State of Tennessee and this
State are desirous to form a company for the purpose ot making a Turn-pike
Road from Sevierville, in the State of Tennessee, across the Smoky
Mountain, to the mouth of Soco, in the county of Haywood, which Ruad
will be of great convenience to the citizens of both Slates,
Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of the State of JSTorth-Car-olina,
and it is hereby enactaa by the authority of the saitie, That the Smoky
Mountain Turnpike Company, a* incorporated by an actot the State ot Ten-nessee,
passed on the eighteenth day of November, one thousand eight hun-dred
and twenty-cne, entitled " an act to incorporate the Smoky Moun-tain
Turnpike Company, be, and they are hereby authorized to extend.,
open and make the said road from vrhere it strikes the dividing line be-iween
this State and Tennessee to the mouth of Soco creek, in the county
of Haywood, under the same »ules and restrictions as prescribed in
the above recited act of the State of Tennessee.
CHAP. LXXXII.
An act to establish the Sprinp Grove Academy, in the county of Anson, and to appoint.
and incorporate the Ti ustees thereof.
Be it enacted by the General Jissembly of the State of J\f''orth Carolina,
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, Thsf Thomfcs Thr^ad-gil!,
seur. George Dunlap, John Beard,- Jvsi^h Allen, William. Ingram^