go LAWS OF i\0iltH-5.AR0LlNA.
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CHAFTiiR CLiri.
\n Act to alter ths mode of holding the ekction of vestrymen for Samt James Clmrcli, .u
the town of 'A ilvning-ton.
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Be it enacted by the General A^i>era'>!y tf the i-^tatc of Aorla-Caro.ma, ami
if is hereby enacted by tlie authoriiy of the same, That from and alter the pas-sin"
of this act, the veitrymen of aaul church, for the time bein-, or any one
or more of then- botlv deslirnatcd by them for that purpose, may hold the elec-tion
for vestrymen at the usual time and place, m each year, ano .nay give the
castins; vote,'iu the event of an equal number of votes being given, lor two
cr mo?e persons: any law, usage, cr custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
CHAPTER CLIV.
An act to amend the first section of an act, passed in the year 1821, entitled « an act o
keep open Ivcy rivcis in Buncombe county, as far up said river as Lai'ter s mihs, and
'^^uZS^l^ihe GeneraUs,c:^bIyofthe State of North -Carolina, and it
i, hereby enacted by the authoriiy of the same, That the penalty imposed by
the first section of {he above recited act be one hundred dollars, instead ot five
i'^^ounds; and t!>at, in future, the provisions of that and this act be m force, so
. l^r as li.pects Hominy creek, as tar up as Candler's Iron Works, m the county
aforesaid.
An act to anend the shth section (,fVact,"passed in the year 1812, entitled^;' an act
for dividinsr the state into districts for electing- Representatives to Congress.
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Slate cj Aorth-Cardma, and u
is hereby enacted hy the cadhorliy of the same,, Tliat, in future, tne s.ientt or
other retarnin- officer of each county of the twelfth election district, shall meet
at John Burs;a"u's, iu Burke county, instead of at ISarke Court House, as pro-vided
by tlie'sixth section of the above recited ac^
CHAPTER CLVI.
An act r.lving- exclusive jurisdiction to the Superior Court of Kiaden, cf pleas and prosc^
^ ° cutlons of the state. -^
Be it enacted by the General Jissoably of the state cf North- Carolina tmd xt
'S hereby enacted by the aiUhority of ^le same, That after the first tiay^ef Marcn,
in the year eio'ateen hundred and twenty-three, the Superior Court of Law ior
the county of'Blade>n shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all pleas and prose-cutions
of the state: Provided, ho.'vever, That nothing herein contained shall
prevent the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of said county Irom trying
and d --tennininp- any pleas and prosecutions which are now pending or may be
comui.Miced before or at the next February term of said court, and proceeding
io rj.d"-.nent on the -ame, as thou2;h t!us act !iad never passed.
ii. '!(Ind be it further enacted, That the said County Court of Bhden shall
here.-'ficr anpoint not more tiian sixteen freeliolders to serve as petit jurors at
said cci-rt, who sliall be drawn and summoned in the same manner, subject to
the savie penalties, their places in default of appearance to be supplied by
talismcn in the same way, and t(. be governed in all other respects by the laws
now in force regulating jurors to the County Courts.
Bead three times and ratified in General Assem-
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blv, ifae olst dav of December, A. D. 1822.5 ,^^.„^ ^ tt r, JOHN D. JONES, S. H. (
B. YANCY, S. S.
A true Ctj)y. WM. HILL, Scc'y.