NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 787

HOUSE BILL 1335

 

AN ACT TO REACTIVATE AND REVISE THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF EARL STATION IN CLEVELAND COUNTY AND TO REPEAL PRIOR CHARTER ACTS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section l. Chapter 224 of the Private Laws of 1889 and Chapter 252 of the Private Laws of 1893 and Chapter 360 of the Public Laws of 1895 creating and amending the Charter of the Town of Earl Station in Cleveland County, and all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 2. The inhabitants of the Town of Earl Station in Cleveland County shall be and continue to be a body politic and corporate and shall continue to be known as the Town of Earl Station.  The Town shall possess all powers and privileges given to municipalities by the general laws of North Carolina and subject to all 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 Earl Station in Cleveland County shall be one-half mile in every direction from the center of Lot No. 58 of said Town.

Sec. 4. The governing body of said Town shall consist of a Mayor and four commissioners who shall be elected at the time and in the manner provided in the North Carolina General Statutes relating to municipal elections.

Sec. 5. The following persons are hereby named to serve in the capacity indicated, until the regular municipal election in 1973 and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified as provided by law: Joe Austell as Mayor, and Clifford Conley, Thelma Earl, Austell Graham, Thomas Austell as Commissioners.

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 7th day of July, 1971.