1915_private laws_284_98
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.
No contract shall ever be made which binds the town to pay for personal service to be rendered for any stated period of time except as otherwise herein provided, but all contracts involying personal service shall be restricted to the doing of some particular act or thing, and upon its completion no further liability shall exist on the part of the town, nor shall the town of Lincolnton, or any one acting for it, make any contract for supplies for current use for any department of the town for a longer period of time than twelve months, and so far as practicable all supplies purchased for the use of any or all the departments of said town shall be made or let upon competing prices therefor.