Probate for registration. Description of property, etc. the following: “Provided, this section shall not apply to Mecklen. SEC. 2. That from and after the first day of May, one thousand Sec. 3. That in order to enforce the provisions of this act the said county supervisor shall require that every such instrument so submitted to him shall set forth a description of the property by metes and bounds, or otherwise sufficient accurately to identify said property, and shall also set forth the actual consideration for which said conveyance is made, or else that there be filed with said county supervisor at the time of the submission of said instrument a certificate executed by the grantor in said conveyance and acknowledged by him before the county supervisor, a notary public, or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgment of deeds, setting forth a description of said property by metes and bounds, or other wise sufficient accurately to identify said property, together with the actual consideration for which said conveyance is made, which certificate shall be filed by said county supervisor among the records of his office. Forms for such certificates shall be supplied by the board of commissioners and shall be furnished to persons desiring same by the county supervisor upon request. Sec. 4. That upon the submission to said county supervisor of a deed or other instrument conforming to the requirements of the preceding sections of this act, or of a deed or other instrument, together with a certificate conforming to the requirements of section four of this act, it shall be the duty of said county supervisor immediately to make a record of the names of the grantor and grantee, description of the property or interest in property conveyed, and the actual consideration for such conveyance, and thereupon to stamp upon said deed, with a stamp Upon submission of deed. to be provided by the board of commissioners for that purpose, Sec. 5. That from and after the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, it shall be unlawful for the clerk of the Superior Court or any assistant or deputy clerk to probate for registration and instrument such as described in this act unless such instrument shall bear the notation duly authenticated provided in the preceding section of this act; and the violation of this provision shall render said clerk of the Superior Court liable to the county in the penal sum of one hundred dol Proviso. lars ($100.00) which may be recovered by the county in an action therefor: Provided, however, the failure to comply with the provisions of this act shall not affect the validity of any deed or other instrument which in other respects shall be properly probated. Sec. 6. That in order that the recording of instruments shall To avoid delay. not be delayed by the procedure set forth in this act the board of commissioners is authorized at any time to appoint one or more assistant county supervisors, who shall be qualified and sworn in the manner provided for by law for township list-takers and assessors, and such assistant county supervisors shall be authorized to receive, pass upon, and stamp instruments transferring an interest in real estate in the manner prescribed in this act to the same extent as the county supervisor, and to administer oaths in all cases where necessary in order to obtain full and correct information concerning any taxable property in said county. It shall be the duty of the county supervisor to see that he, or at least one assistant county supervisor, shall be and remain present in the county tax office for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act at all times during the hours when the office of the clerk of Superior Court is open for business, or during such hours as may be directed by the board of commissioners: Provided, however, it shall not be the duty of the said county supervisor or assistant county supervisor to transmit to the office of the clerk of Superior Court for probate any instrument submitted to him in accordance with the requirements of this act, but all such instruments shall be stamped as provided in this act and returned to the person submitting the same. Sec. 7. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the Conflicting laws provisions of this act are hereby repealed. repealed. Power to rescind and repeal. Sec. 8. That the provisions of this act shall not become operative until they are put into effect by resolution of the board of county commissioners of Mecklenburg County; and thereafter the said board of county commissioners of Mecklenburg County shall have the power and authority to rescind and repeal the provisions of this act by appropriate resolution. Ratified this the 6th day of March, A.D. 1925. CHAPTER 160 AN ACT TO PLACE THE UNINCORPORATED VILLAGE OF General fire district extended. First zone. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That chapter one hundred and ninety-nine of the Consolidated Statutes with the amendments thereto shall apply to the unincorporated village of Rosemary, Halifax County. The general fire district of said unincorporated village of Rosemary is hereby defined as extending from the corporate limits of the town of Roanoke Rapids one mile in every direction. The fire zones for the business district for said unincorporated village of Rosemary are hereby described and defined as follows: First Zone: Beginning at the southeastern intersection of Ninth Street and Roanoke Avenue, thence along the southern side of Ninth Street in an easterly direction one hundred and forty feet to the west side of the twenty-foot public alley, thence along the western side of said alley in a southern direction to a point in said western alley boundary two hundred feet south of Eleventh Street, thence at right angles to said alley a straight line in a western direction across Roanoke Avenue one hundred and forty feet beyond the western boundary of Roanoke Avenue to a point in the eastern boundary of the public twenty-foot alley, thence in a northern direction aiong the eastern boundary of said alley to the southeastern intersection of said alley with Ninth Street, thence along the southern boundary of Ninth Street to the beginning. Second Zone: All the territory lying within the following limits bounded on the north by Thirteenth Street, on the east by the twenty-foot public alley parallel to Roanoke Avenue, and one hundred and forty feet distant therefrom, on the south by the property of the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, and on the west by the twenty-foot public alley parallel to Roanoke Avenue and one hundred and forty feet distant therefrom. Second zone. Sec. 2. It is hereby made the duty of the board of county Appointment fire commissioners of Halifax County to appoint a fire commissioner commissioner. for said unincorporated village of Rosemary for such term and at such compensation as they may deem reasonable. SEC. 3. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the Conflicting laws provisions of this act are hereby repealed. repealed. SEC. 4. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified this the 6th day of March, A.D. 1925. CHAPTER 161 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 120, PUBLIC LAWS, EXTRA SESSION, 1924, SO AS TO INCLUDE WAKE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That section one of chapter one hundred twenty, Amendment. Public Laws, extra session, one thousand nine hundred twentyfour, be amended by striking out the word “Wake,” in line thirty-two between the words "Vance" and "Warren.” Sec. 2. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified this the 6th day of March, A.D. 1925. CHAPTER 162 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1608 OF SUBCHAPTER 4 OF THE CONSOLIDATED STATUTES, PERTAINING TO Amendment. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That section one thousand six hundred and eight of subchapter four (4) of the Consolidated Statutes be amended by striking out the word "Pitt" where it occurs in line five (5) of said section. Sec. 2. That when either party to any cause coming before any recorder's court established in Pitt County under subchapter four, article eighteen of Consolidated Statutes, shall file a written request for removal of such cause to the county court it shall be the duty of the presiding judge to transfer the same to the county court of Pitt County, or if any such party shall demand a trial by jury it shall be the duty of such judge to transfer such cause to the Superior Court of Pitt County for trial. Conflicting laws repealed. SEC. 3. That all laws or clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 4. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified this the 6th day of March, A.D. 1925. CHAPTER 163 AN ACT TO REORGANIZE THE STATE PRISON AND TO The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That chapter one hundred thirty of the Consolidated Amendment. Statutes of one thousand nine hundred nineteen be and the same is hereby amended so as hereafter to read as follows: 7698. The State's Prison shall be and continue a department State's Prison of the State government and it shall be vested with all the propDepartment State government, erty, real and personal, choses in action and other rights now owned, held or enjoyed by the former corporation known as the State Prison. Board of 7699. The State Prison Department shall be governed and condirectors. trolled by a board of directors, except as hereinafter provided, and twenty-five; and quadrennially thereafter. Governor may 7700. Governor may remove directors. The Governor is emremove directors. powered to remove the chairman or any member of the board of directors from office with or without cause. Governor to fill 7701. Governor to fill vacancies. Whenever any vacancy shall vacancies. occur in such board of directors the same shall be filled by the Governor. Oath of office. 7702. Directors to take oath of office. The board of directors shall meet at the State Prison, near Raleigh, or in the city of Raleigh, immediately after their appointment upon notice from the Governor, and after taking the proper oath of office before some person authorized to administer oaths, enter upon the discharge of their duties. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy in such board of directors shall immediately, upon notice of |