NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 785
HOUSE BILL 927

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 411, SESSION LAWS OF 1957, THE SAME BEING THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF ST. PAULS, NORTH CAROLINA, SO AS TO REDEFINE THE CORPORATE LIMITS AND TO PROVIDE FOR ELECTIONS IN THE TOWN.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. Section 3 of Chapter 411, Session Laws of 1957, is hereby rewritten to read as follows:
"Sec. 3. Corporate Limits. The corporate limits of the Town of St. Pauls shall be as follows:
"BEGINNING at a stake in a small branch, D. A. McGoogan and L. A. McGeachy's corner, said corner being located I chain and 50 links due South of the West end of a small dam on said branch, said beginning corner also located by beginning at a point where the North line of Broad Street crosses the center of the main line of the Virginia and Carolina Southern Railroad and running South 40 degrees East 54 chains; and running thence as the McGoogan and McGeachy line North 2 degrees East 51 chains and 50 links to a stake at the edge of a large pocosin; thence North 80 degrees West 2251.3 feet to a stake in the western right of way line of the Virginia and Carolina Southern Railroad, said stake being 50 feet West of the center line of said right of way; thence in the western line of said right of way North 22 degrees East 541.84 feet to a concrete marker; thence North 80 degrees West 1614 feet to a concrete marker located in the western right of way line of U. S. Highway No. 301, Fifth Street extended, and being 50 feet West of the center line of said highway; thence in the western line of said highway right of way North 10 degrees East 1035 feet to an iron marker; thence North 81 degrees 30 minutes West 444 feet to an iron marker in the line of a ditch 4 feet North of and West of the school fence; thence South 8 degrees 30 minutes West 606 feet to a stake in the line of another ditch 4 feet West of the school fence; thence North 80 degrees 30 minutes West 462 feet to a concrete marker in the line of a ditch and in the western line of the right of way of Old Stage Road, Fayetteville Street extended, said marker being located 30 feet West of the center line of said road; thence along the western right of way line of Old Stage Road South 6 degrees 30 minutes West 162 feet to a concrete marker located in the western right of way line of Old Stage Road and being 30 feet West of the center line of said road and in the northern right of way line of Britt Street (officially named by the town board of commissioners April 1, 1965) 20 feet North of the center line of said street and also in the line of an iron pipe marker between L. S. Britt and Cutler Ballance; thence North 83 degrees 30 minutes West and as the line of L. S. Britt and Cutler Ballance and in the northern right of way line of Britt Street 830 feet to a concrete marker, said marker being 150 feet West of the western right of way line of Wilkinson Drive; thence South 6 degrees 30 minutes West and parallel with Wilkinson Drive 748.4 feet to a concrete marker in the original charter limits; thence as the original charter limits North 80 degrees West 527.2 feet to a concrete marker in L. Shaw's (now L. S. Britt) field; thence South 10 degrees West 28 chains to a stake West of Cumbo Branch; thence South 80 degrees East 40 chains to a stake in A. Odum's (now Dr. L. J. Moore) field; thence due South to the edge of the Great Marsh; thence down said Great Marsh on the high water line to and up the first mentioned small branch to the BEGINNING."
Sec. 2. Section 13 of Chapter 411, Session Laws of 1957, is hereby rewritten to read as follows:
"Sec. 13. Regulations of Elections. All elections shall be conducted in accordance with Article 3 of Chapter 160 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, relating to municipal elections, except as may be in conflict with the provisions of this charter."
Sec. 3. Section 14, Chapter 411, Session Laws of 1957, is hereby rewritten to read as follows:
"Sec. 14. Registration. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this charter or any other law, the Board of Commissioners of the Town of St. Pauls is hereby empowered and authorized, in its discretion, to contract with the Robeson County Board of Elections for the use of the county registration books or for the holding of all elections in the municipality, or both, as herein provided. The County Board of Elections and the Board of Commissioners of St. Pauls are authorized to enter into such contracts, upon such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed, for the use of the county registration books, process, or records, and the registrars of the county, for the registration of voters and the holding of elections in the municipality.
"In the event the Board of Commissioners, by resolution duly passed, elect to use the county registration books and registrars in municipal elections, all persons duly registered in the county books, who live within the corporate limits, shall be entitled to vote in any election held in the municipality. The municipal registration books previously used by the town shall no longer be used in municipal elections and shall be impounded by the town clerk. The county registration books for the precincts within the town shall remain in the custody of the Robeson County Board of Elections.
"Upon request of the Board of Commissioners of St. Pauls, by resolution duly adopted, the Robeson County Board of Elections shall hold, conduct and supervise, in every respect, all regular and special elections in the municipality in accordance with the provisions of law which are applicable to registration of voters, and general elections in Robeson County.
"The Town of St. Pauls and the Robeson County Board of Elections are hereby expressly authorized to enter into, contracts and agreements, upon such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed, for the payment of any expense necessary for the purchase of new or additional materials, equipment, personnel, and for the holding, conducting and supervision of all municipal elections."
Sec. 4. Section 15, Chapter 411, Session Laws of 1957, is hereby rewritten to read as follows:
"Sec. 15. The town board of elections shall consist of the mayor and the six commissioners of the Town of St. Pauls. The board of elections shall open the returns and canvass and judicially determine the results of the voting and shall have the power and authority to judicially pass upon all facts relative to the election and judicially determine and declare the results of the same."
Sec. 5. Sections 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27 of Chapter 411, Session Laws of 1957, are hereby deleted.
Sec. 6. Section 5, Chapter 411, Session Laws of 1957, is hereby amended by rewriting the first sentence thereof to read as follows:
"At 7:30 o'clock P. M. on the first Thursday of June, following a regular municipal election, the board of commissioners shall meet at the usual place for holding its meetings and the newly elected members shall assume the duties of their office."
Sec. 7. Section 36, Chapter 411, Session Laws of 1957, is hereby amended by rewriting the last sentence thereof to read as follows:
"All monies belonging to the town government shall be disbursed only on vouchers signed by the town clerk and countersigned by the mayor of the town."
Sec. 8. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 9. 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 2nd day of June, 1965.