1897_public laws_170_8
CHAPTER 169 An act to provide for the assessment of property and the col- lection of taxes. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
The board of county commissioners shall allow each list-taker and assessor such compensation as said board shall deem just and proper for each day actually engaged in the performance of his duties. Said board of county commissioners shall also allow each member of the board of equalizing such per diem for the number of days actually engaged in the performance of his duties as the said board of commissioners shall deem just and proper, and in addition thereto mileage at the rate of five cents for each mile necessarily traveled in attending the meetings of the board of equalization. The per diem and mileage allowed, as provided in this section, shall be paid by the county.