1917_public local laws_107_3
CHAPTER 106 AN ACT TO IMPROVE THE ROADS IN PAMLICO COUNTY AND FOR THE ISSUING OF BONDS BY THE COUNTY AND THE SEVERAL TOWNSHIPS THEREIN. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That upon there being filed with the commissioners of Pamlico County a petition signed by one-fifth of the qualified voters in any township in said county asking for an election upon the question of issuing bonds for said township, under the provisions of this act, and stating in said petition the amount of bonds which it is desired to issue (Provided, however, that the amount of the proposed bond issue shall not be greater than five per centum of the total assessed value of all property in said township subject to taxation, as shown by the last assessment next preceding the filing of said petition), said petition to be recorded in the minutes of the said board, it shall be the duty of the said board of county commissioners to call an election to be held within sixty days after the presentation of said petition at the polling place or places in the township or townships petitioning, and present to the qualified voters of said township or townships the question of issuing bonds for the purposes of road improvement as provided for in this act; said bonds to be issued upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. The said board of county commissioners shall for at least thirty days preceding the election give public notice of the same, in said notice stating the purpose of the election and the amount of bonds proposed to be issued by such township in which the election is to be held, said notice to be published in some weekly newspaper published in said county for at least four weeks.