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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  AN 
  ACT 
  TO 
  INCORPORATE 
  THK 
  TOWN 
  OF 
  DURHAM. 
  

  

  The 
  bill 
  to 
  incorporate 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Durham 
  was 
  intro- 
  

   duced 
  in 
  the 
  General 
  Assembly 
  of 
  1868-'G9, 
  by 
  Hon. 
  T. 
  M. 
  

   Argo. 
  The 
  bill 
  passed 
  and 
  was 
  ratified 
  the 
  10th 
  day 
  of 
  

   April, 
  1869. 
  The 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  the 
  act 
  : 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  The 
  General 
  Assembly 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina 
  do 
  en- 
  

   act: 
  That 
  the 
  Town 
  of 
  Durham, 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  Orange, 
  

   be, 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  is 
  hereby 
  incorporated, 
  by 
  the 
  name 
  and 
  

   style 
  of 
  " 
  The 
  Town 
  of 
  Durham," 
  and 
  shall 
  be 
  subject 
  to 
  all 
  

   the 
  provisions 
  contained 
  in 
  the 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  eleventh 
  

   chapter 
  of 
  the 
  Revised 
  Code 
  : 
  Provided, 
  That 
  any 
  male 
  citi- 
  

   zen 
  residing 
  within 
  the 
  proposed 
  corporation 
  shall 
  be 
  enti- 
  

   tled^to 
  all 
  the 
  privileges 
  contained 
  in 
  an 
  act 
  to 
  provide 
  for 
  

   the 
  holding 
  of 
  municipal 
  elections 
  in 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  rati- 
  

   fied 
  16th 
  day 
  of 
  December, 
  1868. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  That 
  the 
  corporate 
  limits 
  of 
  said 
  Town 
  shall 
  ex- 
  

   tend 
  one-half 
  mile 
  in 
  all 
  directions 
  from 
  the 
  warehouse 
  of 
  

   the 
  North 
  Carolina 
  Railroad 
  in 
  said 
  town. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  3, 
  That 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  be 
  in 
  force 
  from 
  and 
  after 
  its 
  

   ratification. 
  

  

  Ratified 
  the 
  10th 
  day 
  of 
  April, 
  1869. 
  

  

  JO. 
  W. 
  HOLDEN, 
  

   Speaker 
  of 
  the 
  House. 
  

   TOD. 
  R. 
  CALDWELL, 
  

   President 
  of 
  the 
  Senate. 
  

  

  I, 
  Henry 
  J. 
  Meuninger, 
  Secretary 
  of 
  State, 
  hereby 
  certify 
  

   that 
  the 
  foregoing 
  is 
  a 
  true 
  copy 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  Act 
  on 
  file 
  

   in 
  this 
  ofiicr. 
  

  

  H. 
  J. 
  MENNINGER, 
  

   Secretary 
  of 
  State. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  first 
  election 
  under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  the 
  

   following 
  municipal 
  officers 
  were 
  elected 
  : 
  

  

  Maijor—R. 
  F. 
  Morris. 
  

  

  Commissioners 
  — 
  William 
  Mangum, 
  W. 
  K. 
  Styron, 
  Wil- 
  

   liam 
  Clark, 
  J. 
  W. 
  Cheek 
  and 
  John 
  A. 
  McManning, 
  Sr. 
  

  

  DURHAM 
  GRADED 
  SCHOOL. 
  

  

  The 
  bill 
  establishing 
  the 
  Durham 
  Graded 
  School 
  was 
  in- 
  

   troduced 
  in 
  the 
  General 
  Assembly 
  of 
  1881, 
  by 
  Hon. 
  Caleb 
  

  

  