1909_public laws_305_2
CHAPTER 304 AN ACT TO IMPROVE THE PUBLIC ROADS OF MT. GILEAD TOWNSHIP, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TO CREATE A ROAD COMMISSION FOR SAID TOWNSHIP AND WORK THE SAME BY TAXATION. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That O. C. Bruton, D. S. Hurley and Frank McAulay are created a road commission for Mt. Gilead Township, Montgomery County, and shall hold their said offices, respectively, for one, two and three years, in the order of their names as herein set out, and thereafter each of them or his successor shall be elected for a term of three years by the two whose terms do not expire, the Board of County Commissioners of Montgomery County, the board of town commissioners of the town of Mt. Gilead and the justices of the peace of Mt. Gilead Township. They shall meet on the first Monday in June previous to the expiration of any one term, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and elect_one commissioner to succeed the one whose term is about to expire. That only two of said commissioners shall belong to any one political party: Provided, that public roads for the purpose of this act shall also include that portion of all roads or streets passing through the corporate limits of the town of Mt. Gilead.