﻿Incorporation 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  39 
  

  

  liquors 
  in 
  the 
  count}' 
  of 
  Durham 
  to 
  several 
  parties 
  petition- 
  

   ing^ 
  was 
  taken 
  up, 
  and 
  after 
  a 
  fair 
  and 
  full 
  discussion, 
  it 
  was 
  

   ordered 
  that 
  no 
  license 
  should 
  be 
  issued 
  to 
  sell 
  spirituous 
  

   liquors 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  Durham. 
  By 
  request, 
  A. 
  K. 
  Um- 
  

   stead's 
  vote 
  was 
  recorded 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  not 
  granting 
  them." 
  

  

  If 
  this 
  noble 
  example 
  had 
  been 
  strictly 
  followed 
  after- 
  

   ward, 
  much 
  suffering, 
  pauperism, 
  crime 
  and 
  death 
  would 
  

   have 
  been 
  averted. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  the 
  honor 
  of 
  this 
  

   board 
  that 
  among 
  their 
  very 
  first 
  acts 
  they 
  manifested 
  a 
  

   desire 
  to 
  promote 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  material 
  but 
  the 
  moral 
  inter- 
  

   ests 
  of 
  society. 
  

  

  In 
  June, 
  1SS3, 
  the 
  Justice? 
  of 
  the 
  Peace 
  for 
  Durham 
  

   count}' 
  convened 
  in 
  the 
  court-house 
  in 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Durham, 
  

   and 
  elected 
  the 
  following 
  commissioners: 
  Messrs. 
  Duncan 
  

   Cameron, 
  W. 
  A. 
  Jenkins, 
  D. 
  P. 
  Paschall, 
  G. 
  A. 
  Barbee 
  and 
  

   J. 
  G. 
  Latta. 
  The 
  new 
  board 
  met 
  and 
  organized 
  December 
  

   4th, 
  1882. 
  

  

  In 
  June, 
  1883, 
  the 
  real 
  and 
  personal 
  property 
  of 
  Durham 
  

   Township 
  was 
  assessed 
  at 
  $2,000,200. 
  The 
  assessed 
  value 
  of 
  

   real 
  and 
  personal 
  property 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  writing 
  is 
  about 
  

   $3,000,000— 
  or 
  a 
  market 
  value 
  of 
  about 
  $5,000,00. 
  The 
  as- 
  

   sessed 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  territory 
  in 
  1S65 
  was 
  about 
  $150,000. 
  

  

  The 
  assessed 
  valuation 
  of 
  real 
  and 
  personal 
  property 
  

   within 
  the 
  corporate 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Durham 
  is 
  $1,850,- 
  

   000. 
  The 
  assessed 
  value 
  in 
  1865 
  was 
  about 
  $120,000. 
  

  

  ASSESSED 
  ANTE-BELLUM 
  VALUATIONS. 
  

  

  The 
  land 
  now 
  environed 
  by 
  the 
  corporate 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  

   City 
  of 
  Durham 
  contains 
  640 
  square 
  acres, 
  or 
  one 
  square 
  

   mile. 
  The 
  following 
  table 
  shows 
  the 
  assessed 
  valuation 
  per 
  

   acre 
  and 
  per 
  tract 
  for 
  1850 
  and 
  1860. 
  The 
  assessment 
  for 
  

   1860 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  M. 
  A. 
  Angier, 
  J. 
  P., 
  Z. 
  I. 
  Lyon 
  

   and 
  C. 
  G. 
  Markham. 
  The 
  names 
  of 
  tracts 
  and 
  the 
  number 
  

   of 
  acres 
  each 
  are 
  given 
  for 
  convenient 
  future 
  reference. 
  This 
  

   land 
  will 
  readily 
  sell 
  to-day 
  for 
  from 
  $5,000 
  to 
  $15,000 
  per 
  

   acre, 
  according 
  to 
  locality 
  : 
  

  

  Name 
  of 
  Tract. 
  

  

  Proctor 
  Tract 
  

  

  Strayhorn 
  Tract 
  

  

  Green 
  Tract 
  

  

  Pratt 
  Tract 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Durham 
  Tract. 
  

   May 
  Tract 
  

  

  No. 
  

   Acres. 
  

  

  no 
  

  

  90 
  

  

  95 
  

  

  150 
  

  

  135 
  

  

  60 
  

  

  Total 
  ...I 
  640 
  

  

  1850. 
  

   Per 
  Acre. 
  Per 
  Tract. 
  

  

  $3 
  00 
  

  

  Av.$2.923\ 
  

  

  i860. 
  

   Per 
  Acre. 
  Per 
  Tract. 
  

  

  330 
  OOj 
  

   450 
  00 
  

   190 
  00 
  

   450 
  00 
  

   270 
  00 
  

   I 
  So 
  00 
  

  

  $ 
  8 
  00 
  

   15 
  00 
  

   8 
  00 
  

   10 
  00 
  

   30 
  00 
  

   10 
  00 
  

  

  $ 
  1,870 
  00 
  Av.$i4.28J 
  

  

  ^ 
  8S0 
  00 
  

  

  1,350 
  00 
  

  

  760 
  00 
  

  

  1,500 
  00 
  

  

  '4,050 
  00 
  

  

  600 
  00 
  

  

  ,140 
  00 
  

  

  