NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 1022
HOUSE BILL 1776

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE TABOR CITY TO ANNEX CERTAIN LANDS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE CITIZENS VOTING IN REFERENDUM.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. After compliance with the requirements of this act, and a favorable vote of the voters participating in the referendum herein required, the governing body of Tabor City may annex the area described in Section 4 of this act.
Sec. 2. The governing body shall publish a notice once a week for four weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the Town of Tabor City and the area to be annexed. The notice shall: (1) state the time and place for a public hearing to be held by the governing body for the purpose of giving the citizens of Tabor City and the area to be annexed an opportunity to express their views thereon; (2) describe by metes and bounds the area to be annexed; (3) state the reason and purpose of the proposed annexation, and the services to be furnished the area if annexed.
After the public hearing, the governing body may adopt a resolution calling a referendum on the question of annexing the area. Notice of the election shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation in Tabor City and the area to be annexed, once a week for three weeks prior to the closing of the registration books for the referendum by the Board of Elections. The notice shall state the date and time of the referendum, the issue to be submitted to the voters, the location of the voting places, the hours of the election, and state that all qualified voters in Tabor City and in the area to be annexed shall be eligible to vote.
Sec. 3. The referendum shall be held and conducted in accordance with applicable laws governing elections in Tabor City. If a majority of those voting favor annexation, then after the date of certification of the results by the Board of Elections to the governing body of Tabor City, the territory described in Section 4 of this act shall be annexed to Tabor City, and its citizens and property shall be subject to all debts, laws, ordinances, and regulations in force in the town, and shall be entitled to the same privileges and benefits as other parts of the municipality. The newly annexed territory shall be subject to city taxes levied for the fiscal year following the date of annexation.
Sec. 4. The area subject to annexation under this act is described as follows:
BEGINNING at the United States Geodetic Monument located in the North Carolina-South Carolina State line with coordinates North @ 142186.170 and East @ 2035466.200; thence from said beginning point with the North Carolina-South Carolina State Line North 44 degrees 40 minutes 02 seconds West 4142.47 feet to a State Line monument located in the State Line just North of West Sixth Street extended; thence North 18 degrees 45 minutes 49 seconds East 4,431.08 feet to a point located in the right of way of North Carolina Highway # 904; thence North 82 degrees 49 minutes 52 seconds East 6,489.01 feet to a point in Tara Road; thence South 14 degrees 39 minutes 44 seconds East 1,917.03 feet to a point; thence North 75 degrees 20 minutes 15 seconds East 1,560.59 feet to a point on the West side of Lake Tabor; thence South 28 degrees 51 minutes 37 seconds East 1,453.23 feet crossing U. S. Highway # 701 to a point; thence South 22 degrees 58 minutes 33 seconds West 8,280.86 feet to a point; thence North 89 degrees 55 minutes 15 seconds West 2041.35 feet to a State Line monument located to the South of U. S. Highway # 701 By-Pass; thence with the North Carolina-South Carolina State Line North 44 degrees 40 minutes 02 seconds West 3,377.30 feet to the beginning point, the United States Geodetic Monument Tabor.
Sec. 5. This act shall be effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of March, 1974.