1899_private laws_216_49
CHAPTER 215 An act to amend and consolidate the charter of the town of Lumberton, Robeson county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That all proceedings in the mayors court shall be the same as are now or may hereafter be prescribed for courts of justices of the peace, and in all cases there shall be a right of appeal to the superior court of Robeson county; that whenever a defendant or witness or other person shall be adjudged to be imprisoned by the said court, it shall be competent for the court to sentence such person or persons to imprisonment in the county jail or town guard house for a term not exceeding thirty days, and to adjudge also that such persons may be worked during the period of their confinement on the public streets or on the public works of the said town under the supervision of the town constable, policeman or other police officer.