Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Beaufort County

"WikboRNe, J.

The only question before the Court for decision on this appeal relates to the validity of the ruling of the court below in holding that the board of county commissioners of Beaufort County having levied in the year 1942 a tax rate of fifteen cents on the one hundred dollars property valuation for general purposes, the limit fixed by *119Article Y, section 6, of tbe North Carolina Constitution, tbe levy for public welfare or poor relief was limited to a rate of five cents on tbe one hundred dollars property valuation under provisions of G. S., 153-9 (6), formerly C. S., 1297 (8V2),…