Acts of the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina At the Session of 1832-33

Raleigh: Charles R. Ramsay - Printer To The State. Very Good. 1832. First Edition. Hardcover. 112, 24, 1 pages; Raleigh: Very Good. 1832. First Edition. 112, 24, 1 pages; This copy retains the original blue printed front wrapper bound in with printed title: "Acts of the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina 1832 Transmitted According to Law To..." [the following written in ink] "County Court Clerk / of Tyrrell" Large folding chart on Revenues of State of North Carolina bound in at rear. The title page is very lightly inked -- the printing is poorly executed throughout, on paper of indifferent quality; there is toning and foxing throughout. Bound in tan "law" buckram, quite worn, leather spine labels rubbed away. Title page bears tiny stamp: "L. C. Copy 3" and the usual faint "LC" perforation. Front endpaper has Library of Congress Surplus/Duplicate stamp, making this copy legal to buy and sell. Older professional repairs to the paper on a few leaves. Includes An act to establish the Bank of North Carolina. An act to vest the electing of the Clerks of the County and Superior Courts. An act ... Rebuilding the the Capitol in Raleigh. An act incorporating the Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad Company. An act incorporating the Williamston and Windsor Turnpike Company. An act to prevent the illegal asportation of slaves from the state. An act to incorporate Leaksville Toll Bridge Company. An act authorizing completion of the Tennessee River Roadin Macon County. The Acts section is followed by "Resolutions passed in General Assembly 1832-33." The final section comprises the detailed "Treasurer's Report" with a folding chart "Statement of the Revenue of North Carolina. " The note of original provenance in ink on the retained front wrapper of this copy: "County Court Clerk / of Tyrrell" is interesting. Tyrell County is one of the oldest in the state having been founded in 1729 and named for Sir John Tyrell -- who purchased the share of one of the original Lords Proprietors of North Carolina. Despite this namesake, reaching back to the foundation of the colony, Tyrell county had portions of its original territory carved away over the years in order to form other counties and is now the smallest county in the State. North Carolina was the last of the original 13 states to establish a bank. In 1804 the General Assembly chartered the Bank of Cape Fear as the state's first bank, followed later in the year by the Bank of New Bern. In 1810 the legislature chartered the State Bank of North Carolina. The act required the state treasurer to use the full amount of the dividends from the state's stock to redeem paper currency issued earlier by the state, one factor leading to structural weakness. The headquarters of that State Bank of North Carolina was in Raleigh, with branches in several cities. After years of banking complications on both the State and Federal levels, President Andrew Jackson vetoed the Second Bank of the United States' charter renewal bill in 1832, and consequently, the Fayetteville branch of the Second Bank of the United States closed. The Bill in this 1832 was designed to fill the gap, but the work necessary for the Bank of New Bern to pay off its obligations and prepare for liquidization caused a delay and so the "new" Bank of the State of North Carolina was not chartered and opened until 1835. Chapter II of this 1832 laws vested the authority for the election of Clerks of the Courts in "the free white men" of the State. Chapter III appropriated funds and appointed commissioners to enable the reconstruction of the State Capitol in Raleigh; the old Capitol burned in 1831. Chapters IV, V VI & VII have to do with changes and authorization for the State militia, including a provision that "It shall be the duty of every Militia Captain in this State, to enroll on his Muster list, all Quakers, Moravians, Dunkards, Menonists and others consciouscienciously scrupulous of bearing Arms residing within his District and between the ages of eighteen and fort; Americana and American History, Law and Legal History, Most Recent Listing .