EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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take such person before some justice of the peace of said
county, and upon conviction for said offense the said offender
shall be fined not less than fifty cents nor more than ten
dollars, with cost, the fine to go to the use of said corpora-
tion, and in default of payment of fine and costs aforesaid
the person so convicted shall be committed to the jail in said
county until the fine and costs are paid, provided said
imprisonment shall not continue longer than ten days; pro-
vided, nevertheless, that the fine for the violation of any
ordinance or by-laws can, upon agreement between the officer
and the offender, be paid direct to the officer (with ten cents
additional), who shall give a receipt for the same to the
offender, for which receipt the clerk of the town commis-
sioners shall pay ten cents upon presentation.
SEC. 32. And be it enacted, That at the meeting of said

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commissioners of Goldsboro three shall constitute a quorum,
and all questions submitted shall be decided by a majority
of those present, but less than a quorum may appoint the
time for a subsequent meeting and adjourn; and said com-
missioners of Goldsborough shall serve without compensa-
tion.

Quorum.

SEC. 33. And be it enacted, That said commissioners may
appoint the clerk, bailiff and other officers, or either of them,
from among themselves or among the other inhabitants of
said town.
SEC. 34. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners

How clerks,
etc., may be
appointed.

may, in their discretion, exempt and release from assessment
or taxation any public improvements, and all machinery,
plant and property used in manufacturing for a period not
exceeding five years, unless the qualified voters of the town
of Goldsboro shall, at an election when the question of such
exemption for a longer period than five years is submitted
to them, cast a majority of votes in favor of such exemption
for such longer period; provided, however, that nothing in
this section contained shall discriminate against any existing
enterprise in favor of a like enterprise accepting the provis-
ions of this Act.

Public im-
provements,
etc., may be
exempt from
assessment,
etc.

SEC. 35. And be it enacted, That all male citizens residing
within the corporate limits of Goldsboro over the age of
twenty-one years, unless exempted by the said commissioners
for good and sufficient cause, may be compelled to labor not
less than one day of ten hours each and every year upon

Compelled to
labor one
day on
streets of
said town.