NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 712

HOUSE BILL 881

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 57 OF THE 1919 PRIVATE LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 1159 OF THE 1963 SESSION LAWS RELATING TO THE TAXING POWER OF THE TOWN OF WAXHAW IN UNION COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Sections 2 and 3 of Chapter 1159 of the Session Laws of North Carolina of 1963 are hereby repealed.

Sec. 2. Section 10 of Chapter 57 of the Private Laws of 1919, the same being the charter of the Town of Waxhaw in the County of Union, as amended by Chapter 1159 of the Session Laws of North Carolina of 1963, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 10. For the purpose of raising revenue for defraying the expenses incident to the proper government of the town, the board of commissioners shall have power to levy a tax upon all taxable property within the town not to exceed the limit fixed by G. S. 160-402 for general purposes, and in addition thereto they shall annually levy and collect a tax ad valorem upon all the taxable property in the town sufficient to pay the principal of and the interest on all bonds and notes of the town as such principal and interest shall become due."

Sec. 3. Said Chapter 57 of the Private Laws of 1919 is hereby further amended by adding a new Section to be numbered 10A and to read as follows:

"Sec. 10A. The board of commissioners may also levy and collect a poll tax not exceeding one dollar ($1.00) under and pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution and the General Statutes of North Carolina."

Sec. 4. The provisions of this Act are severable, and if any of its provisions shall be held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of such court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.

Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.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 26th day of May, 1965.