NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 740

HOUSE BILL 687

 

AN ACT TO REPEAL THE CHARTERS OF INACTIVE MUNICIPALITIEs.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The following acts, constituting the charters of the named municipalities, are hereby repealed:

Town of Ore Knob in Ashe County: 1874‑75 Private Laws c. 165.

Town of Todd in Ashe and Watauga Counties: 1915 Private Laws c. 173, 1917 Private Laws c. 204, 1931 Private Laws c. 165

Town of Warrensville in Ashe County: 1931 Private Laws c. 124, 1937 Public‑Local Laws c. 625.

Town of Corepoint in Beaufort County: 1903 Private Laws c. 265.

Town of Edwards in Beaufort County: 1903 Public Laws c. 390, 1903 Private Laws c. 329.

Town of Pinetown in Beaufort County: 1907 Private Laws c. 466.

Town of South Creek in Beaufort County: 1913 Private Laws c. 158, 1925 Private Laws c. 144.

Town of Yeatsville in Beaufort County: 1881 Private Laws c. 73, 1887 Private Laws c. 124.

Town of Council in Bladen County: 1905 Private Laws c. 249, 1911 Private Laws c. 339, 1913 Private Laws c. 220.

Town of Arden in Buncombe County: 1883 Private Laws c. 104, 1895 Private Laws c. 220.

Town of Collettsville in Caldwell County: 1897 Private Laws c. 214.

Town of Grandin in Caldwell County: 1913 Private Laws c. 19.

Town of Mortimer in Caldwell County: 1907 Private Laws c. 33.

Town of Patterson in Caldwell County: 1905 Private Laws c. 178.

Town of Shiloh in Camden County: 1883 Private Laws c. 158.

Town of South Mills in Camden County: 1883 Private Laws c. 59.

Town of Portsmouth in Carteret County: 1753 Private Laws c. 2.

Town of Plateau or Keeversville in Catawba County: 1885 Private Laws c. 27, 1893 Private Laws c. 105.

Town of Bennett in Chatham County: 1915 Private Laws c. 294.

Town of Gulf in Chatham County: 1913 Private Laws c. 271.

Town of Merry Oaks in Chatham County: 1901 Private Laws c. 81, 1911 Private Laws c. 343, 1923 Private Laws c. 139.

Town of Culberson in Cherokee County: 1911 Private Laws c. 64.

Town of Marble in Chereokee County: 1911 Private Laws c. 17, 1917 Private Laws c. 82, 1919 Private Laws c. 61, 1931 Private Laws c. 52, 1935 Private Laws c. 57, 1915 Private Laws c. 355, 1917 Private Laws c. 197.

Town of Center Hill in Chowan County: 1935 Private Laws c. 217

Town of Cronly or Acme in Columbus County: 1905 Private Laws c. 282, 1911 Private Laws c. 192.

Town of Hub or Boardman in Columbus County: 1891 Private Laws c. 101, 1895 Private Laws c. 31, 1899 Private Laws c. 294, 1905 Private Laws c. 75.

Town of Evergreen in Columbus County: 1907 Private Laws c. 210.

Town of Hallsboro in Columbus County: 1889 Private Laws cc. 179 and 225.

Town of Honey Hill in Columbus County: 1895 Private Laws c. 306.

Town of New Berlin in Columbus County: 1913 Private Laws c. 340, 1915 Private Laws c. 25.

Town of Sidney in Columbus County: 1881 Private Laws c. 215.

Town of Cumberland in Cumberland County: 1889 Private Laws c. 215.

Town of Manchester in Cumberland County: 1895 Private Laws c. 288.

Town of Yadkin College in Davidson County: 1874‑75 Private Laws c. 78.

Town of Advance in Davie County: 1893 Private Laws c. 363.

Town of Fork Church in Davie County: 1895 Private Laws c. 215.

Town of Bowdens in Duplin County: 1911 Private Laws c. 155.

Town of Hallsborough or Hallsville in Duplin County: 1818 Private Laws c. 92.

Town of Alexis in Gaston County: 1899 Private Laws c. 251.

Town of Hardin in Gaston County: 1887 Private Laws c. 57.

Town of Hardin Cotton Mills in Gaston County: 1897 Private Laws c. 48.

Town of Eure in Gates County: 1915 Private Laws c. 290.

Town of Stokesdale in Guilford County: 1907 Private Laws c. 196, 1909 Private Laws c. 109, 1923 Private Laws c. 165, Private Laws c. 48.

Town of Averasboro in Harnett County: 1872‑73 Private Laws c. 67.

Town of Bunlevel in Harnett County: Extra Session 1921 Private Laws c. 11, 1927 Private Laws c. 25.

Town of Mapleton in Hertford County: 1901 Private Laws c. 57.

Town of Middleton in Hyde County: 1787 Private Laws c. 49.

Town of Nebraska in Hyde County: 1854‑55 Private Laws c. 267.

Town of Sladesville in Hyde County: 1848‑49 Private Laws c. 234.

Town of Mount Mourne in Iredell County: 1874‑75 Private Laws c. 20.

Town of Williamburg in Iredell County: 1815 Private Laws c. 61.

Village of Balsam in Jackson County: 1915 Public‑Local Laws c. 543.

Town of Wilson Mills in Johnston County.

Town of Swann's in Lee County: 1911 Private Laws c. 352.

Town of Course in Lincoln County: 1907 Private Laws c. 109, 1909 Private Laws c. 19.

Town of Denver in Lincoln County: 1876‑77 Public Laws c. 116, 1879 Public Laws c. 125.

Town of Iron Station in Lincoln County: 1919 Private Laws c. 20, 1927 Private Laws c. 222.

Town of Otto in Macon County: 1909 Private Laws c. 372.

Town of Keyser in Moore County: 1881 Private Laws c. 110.

Town of Westray in Nash County: Extra Session 1908 Private Laws cc. 39, 56.

Town of Margaretsville in Northampton County: 1895 Private Laws c. 53.

Town of Milwaukee in Northampton County: 1915 Private Laws c. 82.

Town of Pendleton in Northampton County: 1893 Private Laws c. 78, 1913 Private Laws c. 163.

Town of Pamlico in Pamlico County: 1913 Private Laws c. 258.

Town of Nixonton in Pasquotank County: 1758 Laws c. 16, 1801 Private Laws c. 55, 1805 Private Laws c. 34, 1812 Private Laws c. 116, 1818 Private Laws c. 30, 1819 Private Laws c. 85, 1822 Private Laws c. 151, 1826 Private Laws c. 83, 1831‑32 Private Laws c. 60.

Town of Bell‑Arthur or Arthur in Pitt County: 1911 Private Laws c. 367, 1933 Private Laws c. 168.

Town of Marlboro in Pitt County: 1874‑75 Private Laws c. 79.

Town of Oakley in Pitt County: 1903 Private Laws c. 192.

Town of Pactolus in Pitt County: 1887 Private Laws c. 171, 1903 Private Laws c. 268, 1905 Private Laws c. 355.

Town of Shelmerdine in Pitt County: 1903 Private Laws c. 17, 1905 Private Laws c. 186.

Town of Stokes in Pitt County: 1903 Private Laws c.58, 1923 Private Laws c. 216.

Town of Mills Springs in Polk County: 1885 Private Laws c. 112.

Town of Farmer in Randolph County: 1897 Public Laws c. 399.

Town of New Market in Randolph County: 1813 Private Laws c. 111.

Town of New Salem in Randolph County: 1818 Private Laws c. 91, 1831‑32 Private Laws c. 103, 1852 Private Laws c. 214.

Town of Trinity in Randolph County: 1868‑69 Private Laws c. 121, 1881 Private Laws c. 89, Extra Session 1921 Private Laws c. 119, 1923 Private Laws c. 7.

Town of Lewarae in Richmond County: 1905 Private Laws c. 96.

Town of Roberdel in Richmond County: 1889 Private Laws c. 137.

Town of Kingsdale in Robeson County: 1907 Private Laws c. 113.

Town of Pates in Robeson County: 1883 Private Laws c.118.

Town of Woodleaf in Rowan County: 1909 Private Laws c. 362.

Town of Parkersburg in Sampson County: 1891 Private Laws c. 78, 1921 Private Laws c. 49.

Town of Hairstonborough in Stokes County: 1793 Private Laws c. 59.

Town of Proctor in Swain County: 1911 Private Laws c. 193.

Town of Eagle Rock in Wake County: 1911 Private Laws c. 318.

Town of Manson in Warren County: 1873‑74 Private Laws c. 63.

Town of Vaughn or Vaughans in Warren County: 1893 Private Laws c. 342, 1909 Private Laws c. 122.

Town of Cherry in Washington County: 1917 Private Laws c. 67, 1933 Private Laws c. 152.

Town of Boyett in Wilson County: 1897 Private Laws c. 29. 1905 Private Laws c. 294.

Town of Bridgersville in Wilson County: 1897 Private Laws c. 294.

Town of Wilbanks in Wilson County: 1897 Private Laws c. 47.

Town of Town Creek in Wilson County: 1899 Private Laws c. 173.

Sec. 2. The charter of the Town of Simpson in Pitt County (File Number 19, dated July 23, 1923, Municipal Board of Control) is hereby revoked and repealed. The charter of the Town of Smithtown in Yadkin County (File Number 22, dated July 9, 1924, Municipal Board of Control) is hereby revoked and repealed. The charter of the Town of Wilsons Mills in Johnston County (File Number 27, dated June 29, 1927, Municipal Board of Control) is hereby revoked and repealed.

Sec. 3. No laws heretofore repealed expressly or by implication by any of the acts repealed herein shall be revived by the repeal of the repealing act.

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

Sec. 5. This act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of July, 1971.