NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 652

HOUSE BILL 1225

 

AN ACT TO REVISE THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF ANGIER.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The Charter of the Town of Angier is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

Name and style of corporation. The Town of Angier, North Carolina, in the County of Harnett, is hereby incorporated under the name and style of the Town of Angier, North Carolina, and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with, and acquire, hold and sell property, real and personal, for the use of the town.

Boundaries. The corporate limits of the Town of Angier, North Carolina, shall be as follows:

Beginning at the northeast intersection of Broad Street (east) and Lillington Street, and running thence four straight lines as follows: one North 5 1/2 deg. East 3960 ft.; one South 5 1/2 deg. West 2640 ft.; one North 84 1/2 deg. West 2820 ft.; and one South 84 1/2 deg. East 2820 ft.; and the corporate limits of said town shall be confined within a parallelogram included within four straight lines running at right angles to, and at the outward ends of, the said lines and extending each way until they intersect each other respectively.

Beginning at a stake in the eastern right of way of North Broad Street (S.R. No. 1500) where the above referred to corporate limits intersect said street and runs thence along the right of way of said street North 2 deg. 35 min. West 24 ft. to a concrete monument; thence continuing along the right of way of said street where it intersects with S.R. No. 1501 in a northeasterly curve to a concrete monument (said northeasterly curve being measured by a chord distance of 116.0 ft. measured North 24 deg. 00 min. East); thence along the right of way of S.R. No. 1501 North 47 deg. 45 min. East 866.0 ft. to a stake; thence South 42 deg. 15 min. East 257.0 ft. to a stake; thence South 1 deg. 05 min. West 636 ft. to an iron stake at the northern right of way line of Julia Street where said stake is intersected by the above referred to corporate limits; thence along the above referred to corporate limit line North 82 deg. 55 min. West about 858 ft. to the point of beginning.

Name of governing body. The governing body of the Town of Angier, North Carolina, shall be styled the board of commissioners.

Terms of office of members of board of commissioners. Members of the board of commissioners shall serve staggered four-year terms of office.

Number of members of board of commissioners. The board of commissioners shall consist of four members.

Mode of elections. The mode of elections for the offices of mayor and members of the board of commissioners shall be as set forth in Section 160A-101(6)b of the General Statutes of North Carolina. Elections for the offices of mayor and members of the board of commissioners shall be by the nonpartisan plurality method as provided in G.S. 163-279(a)(1), and the municipal election shall be held and conducted by the board of elections in accordance with the applicable provisions of Articles 23 and 24 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes.

Term of office of mayor. The mayor shall be elected by the qualified voters of the town for a term of two years.

Form of government. The town of Angier, North Carolina, shall operate under the mayor-council form of government in accordance with the provisions of Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes of North Carolina.

Powers of mayor and board of commissioners. The mayor and board of commissioners shall have full authority to exercise all powers conferred on such offices by the General Statutes of North Carolina and this Charter.

Sec. 2. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of June, 1975.