NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 1205
HOUSE BILL 1176

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ASHE COUNTY TO LEVY A SPECIAL TAX FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING TO HOUSE THE WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER COUNTY OFFICES AND AGENCIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The Board of Commissioners of Ashe County is hereby authorized and empowered to levy, impose and collect a special ad valorem tax on all taxable property of said county not exceeding twenty cents (20¢) on each and every one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation, for the years 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965 for the necessary and special purpose of constructing a county office building to house the county welfare department and other county offices and agencies, including the necessary land and equipment therefor, to provide necessary office space for county governmental officials, offices and agencies.
Sec. 2. In addition to the special tax authorization in Section 1 of this Act, the Board of County Commissioners of Ashe County is hereby further authorized to make expenditures for the special purposes described in Section 1 of this Act, of all delinquent taxes heretofore or hereafter collected by Ashe County not required by law for some specific purpose, and from such amounts of the county debt sinking fund as are no longer required by law to be retained in such sinking fund.
Sec. 3. The special tax provided herein shall be in addition to all other ad valorem taxes which have heretofore or may hereafter be levied in Ashe County.
Sec. 4. In anticipation of the revenue to be raised by the levy provided for in Section 1, the said Board of Commissioners of Ashe County is authorized and empowered to issue notes of the county in an amount not to exceed the amount anticipated to be raised by said levies.
Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 6. 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 22nd day of June, 1961.