LAWS OF NOUTH-CAROLINA. <^
CHAPTER 40.
Act for llie enlargement of the to>vn of \V:)sliiticrton, in the county of Beaufort, ahd for
die better p;«vernni\;nt of (Tie same, b( in" supplementary to an act fussed in the year
one thoubaiid seven hundred and eighty -four, and lo an act passed in the year one tliousand
seven hundred and uiiiety-nine.
WHEUliAS, since ilie itict>r|)(.!atir,n of the said town of Washing-ton,
sundry plans or platts of lots adjacent thereto have been laid'outand
added thereto, none cf which are under the jurisdiction of the Comniis-sioners
of the said town, nor entitled to the privileges thereof,
1. Be it eherejure enacted by the General ^'issenibly of the State nfJ\'*orth
Carolina^ and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same. That all
those plans or platts of land laid out as town lots adjacent t(»the town of
Washington heretufore incorporated, to wit : Those lots and streets laid
out on the lands nf Auijusius H"irvoy, dec'd. known by the name of Pun-go
Town ; bU those lots and streets laid out by Joseph and Henry Bon-ner,
on their lands, known by the name of Bonner's New Part ;all those
lots and streets laid out b^ J.'hn Gladden, on his iands. known by the
nanie of Gladden towii; all those lots and streets laid out by Hadrianne
Van-Ordin, known by the name of Van-Ordin Tmvn, together witK
the lots and streets added thereto by Grove Wright, on the Cr.ng,letou
lands, be, and thev aro hereby declared to be incorporated wilh, and to
be integral parts Jf the t"wn of Washington to all intents and purposes,
as fuijy . largely and amply, as are those heretofore incorporated, and sub-ject
to thp same rules regulations and restrictions : entitled to a full par-ticipation
of all the privileges and rights of said town.
2. dnd be itfurther enacted^ That in fulure the Commissioners of said
town are authorised aid empowered, and they are hereby required to
lay an annual tax not exceeding live, nor less than one dollar on every
hog ruining at large within the limits of said lOwn, owned by any resi-dent
of gasd lown ; which Naid tax shall he levied, collected and account-ed
fur in the sanie nanner and for the sante purposes as other taxes are,
which are impuseu by the Comnnssioners of said tov^n ; and persons liv-ing
in said town ami ouriing hogs as al'jresai<! slia)i giv3 them in, in
the saine mani.er, at the same time, and unde:- the same rules and regu-lations
as; they e,iv^ in o'tier personal pioperty siibject to taxation by ti;e
ontiiiai ces I'f ti e Uonin.issiuners of the -aid tuv/;i of Washington ; and
every h<ig >o given in t.nd taxed as by this act directed, bhall be distin-guished
by navinu a rii g of iron insetted m the nose of said hog : And
if any hog be sulfered i'* tun at large in the streets cr lanes ol said towa
of Wa-ihiniiton vvithi.ui being given in, taxed aii<i le^tstered as by this
act is required, *.iiall be taken up by the constable of said town, or by
some person uc ing by the authority of the C' mmissioners thereof, ami
be Sold 'or cast, to llu' highest bidder, and the nioiiey arising Irom such
sale >liall bel.i;g and enure to the said CominiBsiuners of said town, ia
aid of the funds (hero.f.
CHAPTER 41.
An Act to repeal tlie second and" fifth sections of an act f/isscd in tfo- \fr\r one thousand
ijiglit hunilred and eighteen, emitltd " an Bcl to auihoriso the sde of the town coininona
ID the town of TrenioD, in Jonts County, and to tstatilish an Acudemy in the said coun-
' Ij', and Ibi other purixnes."
1. Ik it enacted h" ihn n^ijeral ^s^t'.ml^" '>^ '^'^ '^^a'" r'Xnrth-Carnli-