1915_private laws_284_82
CHAPTER 283 AN ACT TO REPEAL THE PRESENT CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF LINCOLNTON AND ALL AMENDMENTS TO SAID CHARTER, AND TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF LINCOLNTON, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: ARTICLE I. Name, Rights, and Liabilities.
The town shall have power to provide for the organization, equipment, maintenance, and government of fire companies and the fire department, and to this end may hold and use the fire equipment or other apparatus and property now owned by the town and used in the extinguishment of fires; and in its discretion may provide for a paid fire department, and for this purpose may create such offices and employees with such compensation as to the council may seem right and proper: Provided, the organization and government of fire companies or fire department shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this article.