NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 795

SENATE BILL 459

 

 

AN ACT TO PRESCRIBE THE NUMBER AND METHOD OF SELECTION OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE TOWN OF PRINCEVILLE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The governing body of the Town of Princeville shall consist of a mayor and four commissioners.

Sec. 2. In the municipal elections to be held in the Town of Princeville in 1965 and biennially thereafter, there shall be elected a mayor who shall serve for a term of two (2) years and until his successor is elected and qualified. Any person who is a resident and qualified voter of the Town of Princeville may become a candidate for mayor, and any resident or qualified voter of the Town of Princeville may vote in such election.

Sec. 3. For the purposes of the election of the commissioners of the Town of Princeville four wards are hereby established to be constituted as follows:

Ward 1. Beginning at the northwest corner of the intersection of Dancy Street and Church Street; thence along the northern margin of Dancy Street in a westerly direction to the end of said street; continuing thence along the same course to the Atlantic Coastline Railroad; thence in a northwesterly direction along the line of said railroad to the corporate limits of the Town of Princeville (as shown on Map of Survey by Robert F. Wilson, dated April, 1959); thence South 87 degrees 14 minutes East to a spring; a corner in the corporate limits of the Town of Princeville; thence North 22 degrees 55 minutes West 1313 feet to a stake on the bank of the Tar River; thence in a northeasterly direction along the southern bank of the Tar River to a point on said bank designated as "Church Street Extended", said point being determined by extending the western margin of Church Street to said river bank; thence from said point along the line of the western margin of Church Street (as the same would exist if Church Street was extended along its present course to the river bank) to the southwestern corner of the intersection of U. S. Highway 258 and Church Street; thence along the western margin of Church Street to the point of beginning.

Ward 2. Beginning at the northeast corner of the intersection of Beasley Street and Church Street; thence along the eastern margin of Church Street to the southeastern corner of the intersection of Church Street with U. S. Highway No. 258; thence continuing along the same course (the course of Church Street if extended to the bank of the Tar River) to the southern bank of the Tar River at that point on said bank designated as "Church Street Extended" (the eastern extremity of said point); thence in an easterly direction along the southern bank of the Tar River to an iron on the river bank; thence South 02 degrees 46 minutes West 2643 feet to a post; thence North 82 degrees East 39 feet to a post; thence North 76 degrees 30 minutes East 78 feet to a stake; thence South 16 degrees East 50 feet to a stake; thence North 64 degrees East 125 feet to a stake; thence South 52 degrees 30 minutes East 70 feet to a stake; thence South 29 degrees 30 minutes East 84 feet to a stake; thence South 11 degrees 30 minutes East to a northern margin of Beasley Street; thence along and with the northern margin of Beasley Street to the point of beginning.

Ward 3. Beginning at the southwestern corner of the intersection of Dancy Street and Church Street; from said point of beginning along the western margin of Church Street in a southerly direction to the northern margin of Walston Street, cornering; thence along and with the northern margin of Walston Street in a westerly direction to the eastern margin of U. S. Highway No. 64; thence along and with the eastern margin of U. S. Highway No. 64 toward Bethel (a southeasterly direction) to the point at which the eastern margin of said highway reaches the southern line of the corporate limits of the Town of Princeville; thence North 87 degrees 14 minutes West along the corporate limits of the Town of Princeville to an iron; thence North 31 degrees West 573 feet; thence North 22 degrees West 376 feet; thence North 14 degrees 30 minutes West 600 feet; thence North 23 degrees 30 minutes West 698 feet to an iron; thence South 87 degrees 14 minutes East to the Atlantic Coastline Railroad; thence along said railroad in a southeasterly direction to a point on the railroad designated as "Dancy Street Extended" (said point being the point at which the center line of Dancy Street would strike the railroad, should Dancy Street be extended); thence along the line of Dancy Street extended to the point at which the center line of Dancy Street intersects the eastern margin of U. S. Highway No. 64; thence along the eastern margin of U. S. Highway No. 64 in a southerly direction to the southeastern corner of the intersection of Dancy Street and Highway No. 64; thence along the southern margin of Dancy Street to the point of beginning.

Ward 4. Beginning at the southeast corner of the intersection of Beasley Street and Church Street; thence in an easterly direction along the southern margin of Beasley Street to a stake in the margin of said street; thence South 77 degrees West 475 feet to a stake; thence South 02 degrees 46 minutes West 563 feet to an iron; thence North 87 degrees 14 minutes West to the eastern margin of U. S. Highway No. 64; thence in a northerly direction along the eastern margin of U. S. Highway No. 64 to the southeastern corner of the intersection of Walston Street with U. S. Highway No. 64; thence along the southern margin of Walston Street to the southwestern corner of the intersection of Walston Street and Church Street; thence in a southerly direction along the western margin of Church Street to the southwestern corner of the intersection of Church Street and Beasley Street; thence across Church Street to the point of beginning.

Sec. 4. In the municipal elections to be held in the Town of Princeville in 1965 and every two (2) years thereafter, there shall be elected one Commissioner of the Town of Princeville from Ward 1 and one commissioner from Ward 2. In the municipal elections to be held in the Town of Princeville in 1966 and every two (2) years thereafter, there shall be elected one Commissioner of the Town of Princeville from Ward 3 and one commissioner from Ward 4. Any candidate for membership on the Board of Commissioners must be a resident and qualified voter of the ward for which he stands as a candidate. The candidates in each ward shall be voted on by the qualified voters of the Town of Princeville voting as a whole and the candidate from each of the wards receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected as a member of the Commissioners of the Town of Princeville. The persons so elected as commissioners shall serve for a term of two (2) years and until their successors are elected and qualified.

Sec. 5. Any vacancy occurring on the Board of Commissioners shall be filled for the unexpired term of such office as provided by general law, except that the person selected to fill such vacancy shall be a resident of the same ward as the person holding the office in which the vacancy occurs.

Sec. 6. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 7. 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 11th day of June, 1963.