﻿Establishment 
  of 
  Durham 
  County, 
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  ham 
  ; 
  but, 
  when 
  such 
  actions 
  shall 
  be 
  so 
  transferred 
  to 
  the 
  

   court 
  of 
  said 
  county 
  of 
  Duriiara, 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  without 
  preju- 
  

   dice 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  such 
  transfer; 
  and 
  all 
  persons 
  who 
  shall 
  

   be 
  adjudged 
  to 
  be 
  inijirisoned 
  in 
  said 
  county 
  of 
  Durham, 
  

   before 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  a 
  jail 
  for 
  said 
  last 
  named 
  county, 
  

   shall 
  be 
  committed 
  to 
  the 
  jail 
  of 
  Orange 
  county. 
  But, 
  

   until 
  the 
  second 
  Thursday 
  of 
  August, 
  Anno 
  Domini 
  one 
  

   thousand 
  eight 
  hundred 
  and 
  eighty-one, 
  all 
  actions, 
  both 
  

   civil 
  and 
  criminal, 
  shall 
  be 
  begun 
  and 
  prosecuted 
  as 
  now 
  

   provided 
  by 
  law. 
  

  

  Skc. 
  l*i. 
  That 
  the 
  cou'Uy 
  commissioners 
  of 
  Durham 
  

   county 
  shall 
  be, 
  and 
  are 
  hereby 
  empowered 
  to 
  appoint 
  three 
  

   or 
  more 
  commissioners 
  to 
  confer 
  with 
  the 
  commissioners 
  

   of 
  Orange 
  and 
  Wake 
  counties, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  ascertain- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  proportionate 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  public 
  debt 
  of 
  Orange 
  and 
  

   Wake 
  counties 
  to 
  be 
  assumed 
  by 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  Durham, 
  

   and 
  such 
  settlement 
  shall 
  be 
  based 
  upon 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  

   taxable 
  property 
  and 
  polls 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  valuation 
  of 
  

   property 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  one 
  thousand 
  eight 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   eighty; 
  and 
  said 
  county 
  commissioners 
  shall 
  i)roceed 
  ac- 
  

   cording 
  to 
  law 
  to 
  levy 
  and 
  collect 
  a 
  tax 
  sutiicient 
  to 
  pay 
  

   such 
  })roportionate 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  debt 
  of 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  Orange 
  

   and 
  Wake, 
  when 
  it 
  shall 
  have 
  been 
  so 
  ascertained. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  13. 
  That 
  nevertheless, 
  an 
  election 
  shall 
  be 
  hold 
  in 
  

   said 
  county 
  of 
  Durham, 
  on 
  second 
  Thursday 
  in 
  April, 
  

   Anno 
  Domini 
  one 
  thousand 
  eight 
  hundred 
  and 
  eight3'-one, 
  

   for 
  tlie 
  purpose 
  of 
  ascertaining 
  whether 
  or 
  not 
  a 
  majority 
  

   of 
  the 
  electors 
  of 
  said 
  count}' 
  shall 
  be 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  the 
  estab- 
  

   lishment 
  thereof; 
  that 
  at 
  such 
  last 
  mentioned 
  election 
  every 
  

   male 
  person 
  born 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  and 
  every 
  such 
  per- 
  

   son 
  who 
  has 
  been 
  iiaturalized, 
  twenty-one 
  years 
  old 
  and 
  up- 
  

   wards, 
  and 
  who 
  shall 
  have 
  resided 
  in 
  the 
  boundary 
  line 
  of 
  

   said 
  county 
  for 
  thirty 
  days 
  next 
  before 
  the 
  said 
  last 
  specified 
  

   day 
  of 
  election, 
  except 
  such 
  persons 
  as 
  by 
  the 
  constitution 
  

   and 
  laws 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  are 
  not 
  deemed 
  electors, 
  shall 
  be 
  en- 
  

   titled 
  to 
  vote 
  at 
  said 
  election 
  in, 
  and 
  only 
  in, 
  the 
  township 
  

   or 
  precinct 
  where 
  he 
  shall 
  reside, 
  and 
  be 
  dul}^ 
  registered 
  on 
  

   the 
  day 
  of 
  such 
  election, 
  except 
  as 
  hereinafter 
  otherwise 
  

   provided; 
  and 
  every 
  elector 
  voting 
  at 
  said 
  election, 
  who 
  

   shall 
  be 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  the 
  said 
  county 
  of 
  

   Durham, 
  shall 
  have 
  printed 
  or 
  written 
  on 
  his 
  ballot 
  the 
  

   words, 
  " 
  For 
  the 
  county 
  (>f 
  Durham," 
  and 
  every 
  elector 
  who 
  

   shall 
  be 
  opposed 
  to 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  said 
  county 
  of 
  

  

  