NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 121
HOUSE BILL 198

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 641 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1949, RELATING TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MONROE, TO EXTEND THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF SAID CITY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That the corporate limits of the City of Monroe as redefined and extended under the provisions of Chapter 641, Section 3, Session Laws of 1949, be and they are hereby further redefined and extended so as to include all of the areas located within the following described perimeter boundaries; and from and after the effective date of this Act said areas shall be a part of the City of Monroe, viz:
AREA 1. Beginning at a point in the eastern right‑of‑way line of Westover Drive and the present city limits, said point being also the southwest corner of Lot No. 41 of the Westover Subdivision, and running thence, with the eastern right‑of‑way line of Westover Drive, North 1 degree 30 minutes West 222.5 feet to an iron stake, the common corner of Lots Nos. 35 and 37 of Westover Drive Subdivision; thence, with the lot line of Lots 35 and 37, North 88 degrees 30 minutes East 175 feet to an iron stake, the eastern corner of Lots Nos. 35 and 37; thence South 1 degree 30 minutes East 241 feet to an iron stake, located in the present city limits line, the southeast corner of Lot No. 41; thence with the present city limits line North 85 degrees 30 minutes West to the beginning.
AREA 2. Beginning at an iron stake, located in the present city limits line, and the southern boundary line of Lot No. 20 of Block B of the Welsh Heights Subdivision, and running thence with the southern boundary line of Lot No. 29, South 88 degrees 30 minutes West 30 feet to an iron, located in the eastern right‑of‑way of Craig Avenue, said iron being the southeast corner of Lot No. 29, Block B, of the Welsh Heights Re‑subdivision; thence with the eastern right‑of‑way line of Craig Avenue South 3 degrees 0 minutes East 92 feet to an iron stake, a new city limit corner; thence South 88 degrees 30 minutes West, along and with the property line of Lots 17, 18, 38, 39, 40 and 41, 415 feet to an iron stake, the South corner of Lots Nos. 37 and 38; thence North 3 degrees West with the lot boundary line of Lots Nos. 37 and 38, 265 feet to an iron stake located in the North side of Jackson (Laurel) Street, a corner of Lots Nos. 35 and 36, Block D; thence with the northern right‑of‑way line of Jackson Street, North 88 degrees 30 minutes East 75 feet to an iron stake in the corner of Lots Nos. 34 and 35; thence with the lot line of Lots Nos. 34 and 35, North 3 degrees 0 minutes West 200 feet to an iron stake, the North corner of Lots Nos. 34 and 35, located in the southern lot line of Lot No. 32; thence with the southern lot line of Lot No. 32, South 88 degrees 30 minutes West 118 feet to an iron stake in the center of an unnamed branch; thence with the center of said branch, northeasterly, 180 feet to an iron stake located in said branch, the southwest corner of Lot No. 31, Block B; thence with the southern lot line of Lot No. 31, North 88 degrees 30 minutes East 115 feet to the southwest corner of Lot No. 25; thence with the western lot lines of Lot No. 25, North 3 degrees West 88 feet to an iron stake, a new corner located in the present city limit line, western lot line of Lot No. 26; thence with the present city limit line, South 20 degrees 18 minutes East 649 feet to the beginning.
Sec. 2. That on and from the effective date of this Act all persons and properties residing and located within the areas defined in Section 1 of this Act shall be subject to all of the ordinances and provision of the Charter of the City of Monroe, as contained in existing law and constituting said charter, and all persons residing within said boundaries, annexation or corporate limits shall be entitled to the same rights and privileges now exercised by the citizens of the City of Monroe; and the provisions of all valid existing ordinances of the City of Monroe are hereby extended to all of the areas set forth in Section 1 of this Act; provided, nevertheless, no ad valorem taxes shall be assessed nor levied for the tax year 1961 by the City of Monroe against any property defined under Section 1 of this Act, nor shall the City of Monroe levy any poll tax against any resident of the areas defined in Section 1 of this Act for the year 1961.
Sec. 3. That on and from the effective date of this Act, all persons residing within the areas defined in Section 1 of this Act and who are otherwise qualified to register and vote shall be entitled to register and vote in the 1963 municipal primaries and elections conducted by the City of Monroe for the purpose of electing a mayor and other elective officers of the said city, but such persons shall be required to conform to all of the laws and ordinances applicable to such primaries and elections and the conduct thereof for the year 1963 and subsequent election years. Persons who reside within the areas defined in Section 1 of this Act and who shall or may be entitled to register and vote in the city primaries and elections of said city may register and vote in the ward or voting precinct of said City of Monroe to which said annexed areas as defined in Section 1 hereof are adjacent until such voting ward or precinct shall be changed by ordinance of the City of Monroe.
Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. 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 28th day of March, 1961.