North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 73 Mills

Article 1 - Public Mills.

  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 73-1.   Public mills defined
    Every grist or grain mill, however powered or operated, which grinds for toll is a public mill. (1777, c. 122, s. 1; R.C., c....
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 73-2.   Miller to grind according to turn; tolls regulated
    All millers of public mills shall grind according to turn, and shall well and sufficiently grind the grain brought to their mills, if the...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 73-3.   Measures to be kept; tolls by weight or measure
    All millers shall keep in their mills the following measures, namely, a half bushel and peck of full measure, and also proper toll dishes...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 73-4.   Keeping false toll dishes misdemeanor
    If any owner, by himself or servant, keeping any mill, shall keep any false toll dishes, he shall be guilty of a Class 1...

Article 2 - Condemnation for Mill by Owner of One Bank of Stream.

  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 73-5 through 73-13.   Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 919, s. 9

Article 3 - Condemnation for Races, Waterways, etc., by Owner of Mill or Millsite.

  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 73-14 through 73-22.   Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 919, s. 9
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 73-23.   Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 108, s. 25
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 73-24.   Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 919, s. 9

Article 4 - Recovery of Damages for Erection of Mill.

  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 73-25.   Action in superior court; procedure
    Any person conceiving himself injured by the erection of any gristmill, or mill for other useful purposes, may issue his summons returnable before the...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 73-26.   When dams, etc., abated as nuisances
    When damages are recovered in final judgment in such civil actions, and execution issues and is returned unsatisfied, and the plaintiff is not able...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 73-27.   Judgment for annual sum as damages
    A judgment giving to the plaintiff an annual sum by way of damages shall be binding between the parties for five years from the...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 73-28.   Final judgment; costs and execution
    If the final judgment of the court is that the plaintiff has sustained no damage, he shall pay the costs of his proceeding; but...

Last modified: March 23, 2014