NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 10

SENATE BILL 51

 

AN ACT TO ANNEX TERRITORY TO THE TOWN OF FAIRMONT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. The corporate limits of the Town of Fairmont are hereby enlarged by annexation of the following area:

BEGINNING at a stake in the Eastern town limits of the Town of Fairmont at its intersection with the North right-of-way line of N.C. Highway 130 and runs thence with the North right-of-way line of N.C. 130 South 75! 28' East 1178.7 feet to a stake at the intersection with the North right-of-way line of N.C. 130 with the Western right-of-way line of Secondary Road 2300; thence with the western right-of-way line of said Secondary Road 2300 North 3°, 49' East 687.79 feet to a stake at a point in the curve of said right-of-way line; thence continuing with said right-of-way line North 2° 03' West 451.21 feet to a stake; thence crossing Secondary Road 2300 North 84° 01' East 558.97 feet to an iron pipe in the center of a ditch; thence South 2° 03' East 435.0 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 82° 52' West 498.97 feet to an iron pipe; in the Eastern right-of-way line of Secondary Road 2300; thence with said East right-of-way line of Secondary Road 2300 South 3° 49' West 784.79 feet to a stake in the South right-of-way line of N.C. 130; thence with the South right-of-way line of N.C. 130 North 75° 28' West 1255.10 feet to a stake in the East town limits line of the Town of Fairmont; thence with said East line North 0° 02' West 62.0 feet to the beginning.

Sec. 2. From and after the ratification of this act, the annexed territory and its citizens and property shall be subject to all debts, laws, ordinances and regulations in force in such municipality and shall be entitled to the same privileges and benefits as other parts of such municipality. The newly annexed territory shall be subject to municipal taxes levied for the fiscal year following the date of annexation. If the effective date of annexation falls between January 1 and June 30, the municipality shall, for purposes of levying taxes for the fiscal year beginning July 1 following the date of annexation, obtain from the county a record of property in the area being annexed which was listed for taxation as of said January 1. If the effective date of annexation falls between June 1 and June 30, and the effective date of the privilege license tax ordinance of the annexing municipality is June 1, then businesses in the area to be annexed shall be liable for taxes imposed in such ordinance from and after the effective date of annexation.

Sec. 3. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of February, 1975.