NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 385

HOUSE BILL 659

AN ACT TO REVISE THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF STONEWALL IN PAMLICO COUNTY AND TO REPEAL PRIOR CHARTER ACTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Chapter X, laws of 1870 and 1871, Chapter 152, Private Laws of 1883 and Chapter 164, laws of 1921, creating and amending the charter of the Town of Stonewall in Pamlico County, and all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 2. The inhabitants of the Town of Stonewall in Pamlico County shall be and continue to be a body politic and corporate and shall continue to be known as the Town of Stonewall. The Town shall possess all powers and privileges given to municipalities by the general laws of North Carolina and subject to all the provisions of Chapter 160 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, except as may be otherwise provided herein.

Sec. 3. The corporate limits and boundaries of the Town of Stonewall in Pamlico County shall be as follows:

"BEGINNING at the bridge over which N.C. Highway 55 crosses the Southwest Prong of Bay River, and running northeastwardly with the Southwest Prong of Bay River to its intersection with the Northwest Prong of Bay River; thence eastwardly with Bay River to the mouth of Trent Creek; thence southwardly with Trent Creek to the mouth of Alligator Creek; thence westwardly with Alligator Creek to the eastern edge of the former right of way of the Norfolk Southern Railway Company's Bayboro to Oriental line; thence northwestwardly with the eastern edge of said former railroad right of way to the southeast corner of the Vera Lentz land; thence westwardly to the southeast corner of the Pamlico Central School Site; thence westwardly with the south line of the Pamlico Central School Site, a ditch, to the McCotter Road; thence northwestwardly parallel with N.C. Highway 55 where it crosses the River to the Southwest Prong of Bay River; thence northeastwardly with the Southwest Prong of Bay River to the bridge at the point of BEGINNING."

Sec. 4. The governing body of said Town shall consist of a mayor and three commissioners who shall be elected at the time and in the manner provided in Chapter 160 of the General Statutes.

Sec. 5. The initial officers of the Town shall be: Mayor, Harold Alexander; Commissioners, Lester Carey, Frank Spain and Sam Casey, who shall hold office until the regular municipal election in 1971 and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified as provided by law.

Sec. 6. The initial meeting of the governing body of the Town shall be held as soon as practicable following the enactment of this charter into law. Regular and special meetings shall be held thereafter at a time and place fixed by ordinance.

Sec. 7. Taxes as authorized by law may be levied and collected by said Town.

Sec. 8. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of May, 1969.