1881_public laws_96_4
CHAPTER 95 AN ACT TO APPOINT A COTTON WEIGHER FOR THE TOWN OF FRANKLINTON. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
The said weigher before entering upon the duties of his office shall take the following oath before some justice of the peace, viz: I......... , do solemnly swear that I will faithfully perform the duties of cotton weigher, and that I will take no interest, near or remote, in buying and selling cotton in the town of Franklinton.