S.L. 1975-388

1975 SESSION

CHAPTER 388

SENATE BILL 491

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF RAYNHAM IN ROBESON COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. The inhabitants of the area described in Section 2 of this act shall be and constitute a body politic and corporate under the name of the "Town of Raynham", and shall have all the power, authority, rights, privileges or immunities conferred upon municipal corporations by the Constitution and general laws of North Carolina, and particularly Chapter 160A of the General Statutes.

Sec. 2. The corporate limits of the Town of Raynham shall be as herein described until changed as authorized by law:

BEGINNING at a point in the center U.S. Hwy. 301, said point being N 64-45'E 1673.0' from the intersection U.S. 301 with the center Paved Secondary Road No. 1154, and runs N 13-08'W 381.0' to a point; thence N 89-14'W 1510.0' to a point; thence S 69-49'W 348.0' to a point in the center Secondary Road No. 1154; thence S 40-53' W 2284.0' to a point; thence S 46-25'E 1301.0' to a point; thence N 46-27'E 3415.0' to the beginning containing 103.8 acres.

Sec. 3. The Board of Commissioners of the Town of Raynham shall consist of five members. The mayor of the town shall be elected for a term of two years, and the members of the Board shall be elected as herein provided for staggered terms of four years.

Sec. 4. Beginning with the regular municipal election to be held in Raynham in 1975, the three candidates for Town Commissioner receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for terms of four years, and the two candidates receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for terms of two years. Thereafter, as the terms of each member expire, their successors shall be elected for terms of four years.

Sec. 5. The municipal elections shall be non-partisan and decided by a simple plurality, and shall be held and conducted by the Robeson County Board of Elections in accordance with the applicable provisions of Articles 23 and 24 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes.

Sec. 6. The officers elected under this act shall take office on the first Monday in December following their election and qualify by taking the oath of office. The Board of Commissioners shall hold a regular meeting at least once a month, and shall fix the time and place of its regular meetings.

Sec. 7. The fiscal affairs of the Town shall be governed by Chapter 159 of the General Statutes and all other pertinent provisions of the Constitution and general laws of the State. The Board of Commissioners may adopt a budget ordinance for the remaining months of the 1975-76 fiscal year, following their qualification for office, without having to comply with the budget preparation and adoption timetable set out in the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act. However, the board may not levy property taxes until the 1976-77 fiscal year.

Sec. 8. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of May, 1975.