Laws of North-Carolina [1822]

              LAWS OF NORTII-CAROLTNA. 4:
ii€:itum of tills act, it »lia'.l not bo lawful for any pL'isun or persona, owuiii^v a,
fis'iory or fislieries on Salmon^Creek, in the county of Bertie, to kcej) mor-j:
than one seine cxte;u!ed at the same time and ai the satne fishery, or to cx-tpuil
llie same more than two thirds across tlic channel of s-aid creek.
II. All be i! further enacted, Tl'.at where Imo ov more persons own «epe-rai-'
fislicries opposite each other, on said creek, it t-hall not be lawful to extend
a ?e!ne from each ri.>^l;crj at the same 'ame.
III. .'In.l be itfI'. fther enacted, That eacli and every person violating the
pntvi; ioji'.s of ilui act, shall, for every such violation, when convicted thereof
bcfi;-'» a single magistrate, or any court of law having jurisdiction of the samcj
forfeit and pay th.e sum of twenty- live pounds, one half to the use of the in-for.
iur, tlic oilier half to the use of tho county in which such offence is com-mitted.
IV. .111! be it further enacted, That whenever any person is convicled of
the before recited oii'ence, the right of ijppeal shall be allowed as in othcV
CHAPTER LaIV
County Court of Rowan, at the lirst term to be held after the first dav of
May next, a majority of tiie acting Justices being present, to elect out ofihcir
wvn b»dy live persons to li .'d the Courts of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in
said county, who sliall exercise their appointment for two years and no longer,
unless re-elected; and it shall be the duty of said County Court, once in
every two years thereafter, to make the like a^ipointmonts.
II. And be it further enacted. That each of ihe .Tustices so appointed -AvAi
receive out of the funds of the county, asu compensation for tlieir services, to
be paid to them by tho County Trustee, on the certificate of the clerk, the.
sum of two dollars and fifty cents per day, for eac'i and everyday thcj sit in
couri; and any three of those Justices shall at ail times be comnotrnt to trans-act
tlie business of law, that s'.iall arise in said court; and they shall be govern-ed
by the same rules, regulations and authorities, that are nu.v observed in the
courts of tills state.
III. Farther, That the five Jv.sfices so elected shall have power to do and
perform any business, matter or thing, which, by t!ic enlisting lav.', might be
d.joe by seven Justices.
IV. Jlndbe it further enacted, Thattlie County Court of llowan, a majority
of t!ie acting Justices beiiig present, shall hav-; jiower to sell and di-puse of
the present P*>or House establi.shmenl of .s-.id county, and to ajiply the pro
cecds thereof towards crecti;:g another, in some situaticm r.iore central and
cunveiiieiit to the several sections of the county us it now stands.
CIIAPIKK lAV.
An act to regulate tJie Courts of Picas :uxl Quavlcr Sof(sion<-. of Onslow Cotinty.
Be it enacted bij the General ..'sstniblij <f the State nj* .\(irlh-C(;r(din'a, and
it i-i hereby ennde.l by tbe avlhnri'y nftltt str/nc, That the Justices of the Courts
of Pleas and Quarter Ses.-^lons for Onslow Cuunty be, and fhev are henby, au-thorised
at the first term of said Court that shall be hehl after the lirst dav of
April next, and at the lirst term of said Court, after the first day of April in
••ach and erca-y yefirr thereafter, a majority wf the ticting Justices b^ing present.