NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 852

HOUSE BILL 1072

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF MARTIN COUNTY TO PURCHASE A SCHOOL SITE AND TO PAY FOR SAME BY INSTALLMENTS OR DEFERRED PAYMENTS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The Board of Education of Martin County is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase from Mrs. Wheeler M. Martin for school site purposes approximately 8.85 acres of land, located in District No. 1, Williamston Township, Martin County, at the price of forty thousand dollars ($40,000.00).

Sec. 2. The Board of Education of Martin County is authorized and empowered in the purchase of said school site to enter into an agreement with Mrs. Wheeler M. Martin whereby the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) will be paid to Mrs. Wheeler M. Martin at a time to be agreed upon during the fiscal year of 1961-1962, and the further sum or balance of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) to be paid to Mrs. Wheeler M. Martin at a time to be agreed upon during the fiscal year of 1962-1963. The Board of Education of Martin County is fully empowered and authorized to enter into such contracts or agreements and to execute such promissory notes or evidences of indebtedness to carry out the terms of this authorization. The said board is fully authorized to enter into such agreements as in its discretion it considers proper and necessary to take title to said property and to accept delivery of a good and sufficient warranty deed for same and to guarantee the payment of any remaining balance due.

Sec. 3. The purchase of the above-mentioned parcel of land for a school site is necessary for the proper administration and operation of the county schools of Martin County for the required term as fixed by the Constitution of the State of North Carolina.

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. 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 15th day of June, 1961.