﻿Establishment 
  of 
  Durham 
  County. 
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  for 
  such 
  service, 
  to 
  be 
  allowed 
  by 
  the 
  commissioners 
  of 
  said 
  

   county 
  of 
  Durham. 
  And 
  if, 
  for 
  any 
  cause, 
  the 
  said 
  Isaac 
  N. 
  

   Link 
  cannot 
  make 
  such 
  surve3',then 
  and 
  in 
  such 
  case, 
  David 
  

   G. 
  McDuflie 
  is 
  hereby 
  appointed 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  same, 
  and 
  he 
  

   shall 
  be 
  |)aid 
  for 
  his 
  services 
  as 
  herein 
  provided. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  4. 
  That 
  if 
  said 
  boundary 
  line 
  shall 
  divide 
  any 
  town- 
  

   ship 
  of 
  any 
  of 
  said 
  counties 
  of 
  Orange 
  and 
  Wake, 
  any 
  

   officer 
  of 
  any 
  such 
  township, 
  who 
  shall 
  reside 
  within 
  said 
  

   county 
  of 
  Durham, 
  shall 
  continue 
  to 
  hold 
  and 
  exercise 
  his 
  

   said 
  office 
  in 
  the 
  said 
  count}' 
  of 
  Durham 
  until 
  his 
  successor 
  

   shall 
  be 
  elected 
  or 
  appointed, 
  and 
  qualified 
  according 
  to 
  law. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  5. 
  That 
  the 
  sheriffs 
  and 
  other 
  county 
  officers 
  of 
  Oi- 
  

   ange 
  and 
  Wake 
  counties 
  respectively, 
  shall 
  continue 
  to 
  

   exercise 
  the 
  functions 
  of 
  their 
  respective 
  offices 
  in 
  the 
  detached 
  

   portions 
  of 
  said 
  last 
  mentioned 
  counties, 
  until 
  the 
  county 
  

   officers 
  of 
  said 
  county 
  of 
  Durham 
  shall 
  be 
  elected 
  or 
  appointed 
  

   and 
  qualified 
  according 
  to 
  law. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  G. 
  That 
  justices 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  shall 
  bo 
  appointed 
  

  

  as 
  now 
  provided 
  by 
  law 
  for 
  said 
  county 
  of 
  Durham 
  ; 
  and 
  said 
  

   justices 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  shall, 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  Monday 
  in 
  May, 
  Anno 
  

   Domini 
  one 
  thousand 
  eight 
  hundred 
  and 
  eighty-one, 
  assem- 
  

   ble 
  at 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Durham 
  and 
  elect 
  five 
  commissioners 
  for 
  

   said 
  county, 
  who 
  shall 
  thereupon 
  be 
  forthwith 
  qualified 
  by 
  

   any 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  said 
  justices 
  of 
  the 
  peace, 
  and 
  he 
  shall 
  certify 
  

   sucli 
  qualification 
  and 
  deliver 
  his 
  certificate 
  in 
  such 
  respect 
  

   to 
  the 
  clerk 
  of 
  said 
  commissioners, 
  and 
  he 
  shall 
  file 
  thesauie 
  

   among 
  the 
  records 
  and 
  papers 
  of 
  his 
  offica 
  ; 
  and 
  said 
  com- 
  

   missioners 
  so 
  elected 
  shall 
  hold 
  their 
  offices 
  respectively 
  

   until 
  their 
  successors 
  shall 
  be 
  elected 
  and 
  qualified 
  according: 
  

   to 
  existing 
  laws. 
  

  

  Sec, 
  T. 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  dut}' 
  of 
  said 
  county 
  commis- 
  

   sioners, 
  forthwith 
  after 
  their 
  qualification, 
  to 
  divide 
  the 
  said 
  

   county 
  into 
  convenient 
  districts; 
  to 
  determine 
  and 
  fix 
  the 
  

   boundaries 
  of 
  the 
  same, 
  and 
  prescribe 
  names 
  therefor, 
  and 
  

   designate 
  voting 
  places 
  in 
  said 
  districts 
  according 
  to 
  law, 
  at 
  

   which 
  all 
  elections 
  by 
  the 
  qualified 
  electors 
  of 
  s^id 
  county 
  

   of 
  Durham 
  shall 
  be 
  held. 
  

  

  Sec 
  8. 
  That 
  the 
  said 
  county 
  commissioners, 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  

   they 
  shall 
  establish 
  said 
  districts 
  and 
  voting 
  places, 
  shall 
  

   provide, 
  according 
  to 
  law, 
  for 
  the 
  registration 
  of 
  electors 
  and 
  

   the 
  election 
  of 
  county 
  officers 
  for 
  said 
  county, 
  except 
  as 
  in 
  

   this 
  act 
  otherwise 
  provided, 
  and 
  an 
  election 
  for 
  such 
  officers 
  

   shall 
  be 
  held 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  Thursday 
  of 
  August, 
  Auuo 
  Domiui 
  

   one 
  thousand 
  eight 
  hundred 
  and 
  eighty-one. 
  

  

  