1881_private laws_102_4
CHAPTER 101 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN, LAWS OF BIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR AND FIVE, ENTITLED AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF SHELBY, CLEVELAND COUN- TY, RATIFIED THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, AN- NO DOMINI ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY- FIVE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That section seventeen of said chapter be amended by adding after the word town, in the eleventh line, the following: that in all cases where a defendant shall be convicted before the mayor of any misdemeanor, and shall be sentenced to pay a fine and cost, and such defendant shal! refuse or shall be unable to pay the same, it may and shall be lawful for the mayor to order and require such defendant to work on the streets or other public works until, at a fair rate of wages, such person will have worked out the full amount of the fine and the costs of the prosecution.