1925_private laws_55_4
CHAPTER 54 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON TO SECURE SUITABLE SITES FOR SCHOOLHOUSES OR OTHER SCHOOL ee AND FOR PLAYGROUNDS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Hither party aggrieved by the action of the appraisers may appeal to the Superior Court, but no appeal shall prevent the school commissioners from taking possession of the said lands and only the question of the value of the property taken shall be the subject of inquiry on the appeal, and if the owner or owners shall appeal, and shall fail to recover upon the trial a greater sum than the appraisers assessed them he shall pay the cost of said appeal. Upon final judgment the school commissioners shall pay to the owner or owners such sums as may be assessed, together with the cost of the proceeding, except as above provided.