NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1971 SESSION
CHAPTER 622
HOUSE BILL 899
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY TO EXERCISE THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE LAND FOR DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. In order to exercise the powers contained in Section 153-273 of the General Statutes and in order to acquire land to create a landfill for the disposal of trash and other debris, the Board of County Commissioners of Washington County and the Board of County Commissioners of Wilson County are vested with the power of eminent domain, as set forth in Chapter 40 of the General Statutes.
Sec. 2. This act shall be effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of June, 1971.