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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  and 
  such 
  registrar 
  shall 
  respectively 
  register 
  such 
  persona 
  

   as 
  shall 
  become 
  qualified 
  in 
  respect 
  of 
  age 
  and 
  residence 
  or 
  

   otherwise 
  on 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  election, 
  and 
  such 
  person 
  so 
  regis- 
  

   tered 
  shall 
  be 
  allowed 
  to 
  vote. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  24. 
  If 
  at 
  the 
  election 
  provided 
  by 
  this 
  act 
  a 
  majority 
  

   of 
  those 
  who 
  vote 
  in 
  the 
  township[s] 
  of 
  Cedar 
  Fork 
  and 
  

   Oak 
  Grove, 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  Wake, 
  shall 
  vote 
  "Against 
  the 
  

   county 
  of 
  Durham," 
  then 
  those 
  po-rtions 
  of 
  said 
  townships 
  

   comprehended 
  within 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  Durham 
  

   shall 
  not 
  be 
  part 
  of 
  said 
  county 
  of 
  Durham, 
  but 
  shall 
  be 
  and 
  

   remain 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  Wake, 
  notwithstanding 
  

   the 
  townships 
  in 
  Orange 
  may 
  vote 
  for 
  said 
  county 
  of 
  Dur- 
  

   ham, 
  and 
  in 
  that 
  event 
  said 
  county 
  of 
  Durham 
  shall 
  consist 
  

   of 
  the 
  territory 
  mentioned 
  in 
  this 
  act 
  exclusive 
  of 
  said 
  por- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  Cedar 
  Fork 
  and 
  Oak 
  Grove 
  townships. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  25. 
  This 
  act 
  shall 
  be 
  in 
  force 
  from 
  and 
  after 
  its 
  rati- 
  

   fication. 
  

  

  Read 
  three 
  times 
  in 
  the 
  General 
  Assembly, 
  and 
  ratified 
  

   this 
  the 
  28th 
  day 
  of 
  February, 
  A. 
  D. 
  1881. 
  

  

  Pursuant 
  to 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  the 
  bill, 
  the 
  Justices 
  of 
  the 
  

   Peace 
  for 
  the 
  new 
  county 
  met 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Durham 
  on 
  

   the 
  1st 
  of 
  May, 
  1881, 
  and 
  proceeded 
  to 
  ballot 
  for 
  County 
  

   Commissioners. 
  The 
  following 
  gentlemen 
  having 
  received 
  

   a 
  majorit}' 
  of 
  votes 
  cast, 
  v/ere 
  declared 
  duly 
  elected 
  : 
  Messrs. 
  

   A. 
  K. 
  Umstead, 
  Washington 
  Duke, 
  G. 
  A. 
  Barbee, 
  John 
  T, 
  

   Nichols 
  and 
  S. 
  W. 
  Holman. 
  

  

  The 
  new 
  board 
  met 
  on 
  May 
  2d, 
  1881, 
  over 
  John 
  L. 
  Mark- 
  

   ham's 
  store, 
  corner 
  Main 
  and 
  Mangum 
  streets, 
  and, 
  after 
  

   qualifying, 
  organized 
  and 
  elected 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  K. 
  Umstead 
  chair- 
  

   man, 
  and 
  W. 
  T. 
  Patterson, 
  clerk, 
  who 
  also 
  acted 
  as 
  Superior 
  

   Court 
  Clerk 
  until 
  the 
  election 
  of 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  S. 
  Ferrell 
  in 
  Au- 
  

   gust 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  year. 
  The 
  board 
  also 
  appointed 
  Mr. 
  Jas. 
  

   R. 
  Blacknall 
  as 
  sheriff, 
  D. 
  L. 
  Belvin 
  constable 
  and 
  Dr. 
  A, 
  

   G. 
  Carr 
  as 
  coroner. 
  Mr. 
  Wm. 
  Lipscomb 
  was 
  also 
  appointed 
  

   tax 
  assessor 
  for 
  Durham 
  township. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  election, 
  which 
  occurred 
  first 
  Tuesday 
  in 
  August, 
  

   1881, 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  J. 
  Ferrell 
  was 
  elected 
  Superior 
  Court 
  Clerk, 
  and 
  

   Dr. 
  W. 
  M. 
  Laws, 
  Register 
  of 
  Deeds. 
  Among 
  the 
  proceed- 
  

   ings 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  County 
  Commis- 
  

   sioners, 
  Ma}^ 
  10th, 
  1881, 
  we 
  find 
  the 
  following 
  wise 
  and 
  

   .commendable 
  order 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  question 
  of 
  granting 
  license 
  to 
  retail 
  spirituous 
  

  

  