1883_private laws_13_17
CHAPTER 12 An act to incorporate the town of Germanton, Stokes county, North Carolina, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
That the board of commissioners.shall have #NAME? to levy a tax upon real estate to an amount not more than one-half of the state tax, and not more than fifty cents on the poll, whenever they, in their judgment, see it necessary to levy said tax for the improvement of the town, said taxes to be levied during the month of June of each year and to be collected during the month of September of each year. The constable shall be the tax collector for the town, he shall give an official bond to the town in the sum of two hundred dollars for [the] faithful performance of his duties, and for the collection of said taxes he shall receive five per cent. of the amount collected.