1891_private laws_85_34
CHAPTER 84 An act to consolidate and amend the several acts heretofore passed for the better regulation and government of the city of Burlington in Alamance county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That the constable shall have the same powers and be bound by the same rules in this respect as_constables of the county of Alamance to apprehend all offenders against the state within the limits of the city and to carry them before the mayor or some justice of the peace, and for such duty he shall have the same fees as constables of said county, to be paid by the party offending if found guilty, otherwise by the city; unless the mayor should be satisfied that there is no probable cause for the prosecution, and in such cases he may ascertain the instigator of the prosecutor and tax him with the costs. 