NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1967 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 237

SENATE BILL 253

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 282, SESSION LAWS OF 1965, AND CHAPTER 115, SESSION LAWS OF 1963, THE SAME BEING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LUMBERTON.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Section 1 of Chapter 282, Session Laws of 1965, is hereby amended by deleting from lines 3 and 4: "who shall be elected by the voters of the City of Lumberton at large".

Sec. 2. Section 12 of Chapter 282, Session Laws of 1965, is amended by rewriting said Section to read as follows:

"Sec. 12. Article III, Chapter 115, Session Laws of 1963, is hereby amended by adding a new Section at the end thereof to read as follows:

"Sec. 13. Election wards or precincts: There shall be eight election wards or precincts, as hereinafter described, which shall not be changed except by an Act of the General Assembly. Provided, however, that in the event the corporate limits of the City of Lumberton are extended, the Board of Elections shall enlarge the nearest ward or precinct so as to include the annexed area therein. The eight wards or precincts shall be established as hereinafter described, to wit:

"No. 1. BEGINNING at a point in the intersection of the center line of 23rd Street and Elm Street and runs thence with the center line of 23rd Street, North 85 degrees 45 minutes West about 3285 feet to a point in the center line of the spur line of the V & CS Railroad; thence with the center line of said spur line of the V & CS Railroad North 23 degrees 05 minutes East about 480 feet to a point in the North line of Lot Number 111 extended, said Lot Number 111 being shown on a 'Map of Part of the Property of Jennings Cotton Mills, Inc. of Lumberton, N. C.', recorded in Book of Maps No. 7, Page 48, Robeson County Registry; thence with and beyond the North line of said Lot Number 111 and with and beyond the North line of the above referred to Jennings Mill Property North 66 degrees 00 minutes West about 1660 feet to a point in the present (1967) corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C., said point being 430 feet at right angles in a northwesterly direction from the center line of Interstate Highway Number 95; thence with the present (1967) corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C., and 430 feet at right angles northwest of the center line of Interstate Highway Number 95 and in a northeasterly direction about 3550 feet to a point in the northeast line of N. C. Highway Number 211, said point being a corner of the present (1967) corporate limits of the City of Lumberton, N. C., and said point being 50 feet at right angles northeast of the center line of N. C. Highway Number 211; thence parallel with and 50 feet at right angles northeast of the center line of said N. C. Highway Number 211, North 35 degrees 46 minutes West about 265.15 feet to an iron stake, said iron stake being a corner between the lands of the Greenbrier Motel and O. C. Norment; thence with the Norment and Greenbrier Motel line, North 44 degrees and 02 minutes East 501.2 feet to an iron stake; thence about North 18 degrees and 25 minutes East about 243 feet to a stake in the run of Meadow Branch Canal; thence with the run of Meadow Branch Canal the following courses and distances: North 62 degrees 11 minutes West about 100 feet to a point in Meadow Branch Canal in the present (1967) corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton; thence still with the run of Meadow Branch Canal and the corporate limit line South 78 degrees 14 minutes West 78.0 feet to a point; thence South 73 degrees 22 minutes West 640.6 feet to a point in the run of Meadow Branch Canal and on the northeast side of N. C. Highway Number 211, said point being 30 feet at right angles northeast of the center line of said highway; thence parallel with and 30 feet at right angles northeast of the center line of said highway, North 37 degrees and 00 minutes West 1037.0 feet to an iron stake on the North side of N. C. Highway Number 211, said iron stake being a corner of the 1967 corporate limits of the City of Lumberton, and said iron stake also being a corner of the Recreation Facilities of Lumberton, N. C., Incorporated, property; thence with the East line of said Recreation Facilities property and the 1967 corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, North 53 degrees 00 minutes East 750.8 feet to an iron stake, said iron stake being the northeast corner of the Recreation Facilities property and a corner of the corporate limits; thence with and beyond the North line of the Recreation Facilities property and with the present (1967) corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C., North 64 degrees 15 minutes West 559.73 feet to an iron stake, a corner of the corporate limits; thence with the present (1967) corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C., the following courses and distances: North 21 degrees 43 minutes East 284.94 feet; North 71 degrees 00 minutes East 220 feet; South 50 degrees 00 minutes East 140 feet; North 71 degrees 35 minutes East 115 feet; North 84 degrees 53 minutes East 160 feet; South 32 degrees 00 minutes East 150 feet; North 73 degrees 25 minutes East 140 feet; North 52 degrees 57 minutes East 331 feet; North 66 degrees 00 minutes East 192 feet; North 83 degrees 08 minutes East 180 feet; South 77 degrees 45 minutes East 265 feet; South 82 degrees 42 minutes East 115 feet; North 63 degrees 30 minutes East 70 feet; and South 72 degrees 41 minutes East 224.7 feet to an iron stake in the West line of Interstate Highway Number 95, said iron stake being 130 feet at right angles West of the center line of said highway; thence with the West line of said highway and parallel with and 130 feet at right angles West of the center line of said highway and with the present (1967) corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton about South 17 degrees 19 minutes West 2048.43 feet to a point in the run of Meadow Branch Canal; thence still with the 1967 corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C., in a southeasterly direction and with the run of Meadow Branch Canal about 1350 feet to a point in the intersection of Meadow Branch Canal and Polecat Branch; thence with the run of Polecat Branch in a northeasterly direction about 1700 feet to a point in the bend of Polecat Branch; thence still with the run of Polecat Branch in a southeasterly direction about 300 feet to a point in the run of Polecat Branch, said point being a corner between the lands of Hector MacLean and W. D. Linkhaw and said point also being a corner of the 1967 corporate limits of the City of Lumberton, N. C.; thence with the MacLean-Linkhaw line and the present (1967) corporate limit line (leaving the run of Polecat Branch), the following courses and distances: North 23 degrees 30 minutes East 710.1 feet; North 64 degrees 29 minutes West 1156 feet, and North 26 degrees 28 minutes East 2117.6 feet to a stake in the run of Ivey's Branch in the dividing line between the lands of Hector MacLean and W. D. Linkhaw; thence leaving the MacLean-Linkhaw line and running with the run of Ivey's Branch and the corporate limit line, South 79 degrees 58 minutes East 1148.4 feet to a stake in the run of Ivey's Branch in the West line of U. S. Highway Number 301-A, said point being 50 feet at right angles West of the center line of said highway and said point also being a corner of the 1967 corporate limits of the City of Lumberton, N. C.; thence crossing U. S. Highway Number 301-A and running to and with the run of Ivey's Branch in a southeasterly direction with the 1967 corporate limits of the City of Lumberton, N. C. about 1270 feet to a point in the West right-of-way line of the V & CS Railroad main line; thence with the West right-of-way line of said railroad and the corporate limits of the City of Lumberton, N. C. and 15 feet at right angles West of the center line of said railroad in a southwesterly direction about 1960.6 feet to an iron stake, a corner of the 1967 corporate limits; thence still with the 1967 corporate limit line South 86 degrees 56 minutes East about 48 feet to an iron stake in the West edge of the bottom of a canal; thence still with the corporate limit line and the run of said canal, South 61 degrees 13 minutes East 1011.2 feet to a stake in the canal, a corner of the Lumberton City Schools property; thence still with the Lumberton City School line and the corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C., the following courses and distances: South 21 degrees 02 minutes West 1014 feet; thence leaving the Lumberton City School property and running with the corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C. in a southwesterly direction about 167 feet to a corner of the 1967 corporate limit line; thence still with the 1967 corporate limit line in a southwesterly direction about 2495 feet to a point in the North line of N. C. Highway Number 211 bypass; thence with the North line of N. C. Highway Number 211 bypass in a northwesterly direction about 975 feet to a point 50 feet at right angles West of the center line of U. S. Highway Number 301-A, a corner of the corporate limits of the City of Lumberton, N. C.; thence parallel with and 50 feet at right angles West of the center line of U. S. Highway Number 301-A in a southwesterly direction about 210 feet to a point in the run of Meadow Branch Canal, a corner of the corporate limits of the City of Lumberton, N. C.; thence with the corporate limit line and the run of Meadow Branch Canal in a southeasterly direction about 100 feet to a point in Meadow Branch Canal 50 feet at right angles East of the Center line of U. S. Highway Number 301-A; thence leaving Meadow Branch Canal and running with the 1967 corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C. North 72 degrees 30 minutes East 89.5 feet to a point 75 feet at right angles South of the center line of N. C. Highway Number 211 bypass; thence parallel with and 75 feet at right angles South of the center line of N. C. Highway Number 211 bypass South 50 degrees 00 minutes East 335 feet and South 43 degrees 30 minutes East about 440 feet to a stake at a point 75 feet South of the center line of N. C. Highway Number 211; thence South 25 degrees 30 minutes West about 547.6 feet with the corporate limit line to a stake in Meadow Branch Canal; thence leaving Meadow Branch Canal and running to and with the center line of the V & CS Railroad in a southwesterly direction about 2200 feet to a point in the intersection of the center line of Godwin Avenue with the center line of the V & CS Railroad main line; thence with the center line of Godwin Avenue in a northwesterly direction about 1400 feet to a point in the intersection of the center line of Godwin Avenue with the East line of Cedar Street; thence to and with the center line of 24th Street in a northwesterly direction about 1600 feet to a point in the intersection of the center line of 24th Street with the center line of Elm Street; thence with the center line of Elm Street South 4 degrees 15 minutes West about 243 feet to the beginning.

"No. 2. BEGINNING at a point in the intersection of the center lines of Elm and 24th Streets and runs thence in an easterly direction with the center line of 24th Street about 1600 feet to a point in the intersection of the East line of Cedar Street with the center line of Godwin Avenue; thence with the center line of Godwin Avenue in a southeasterly direction about 1400 feet to a point in the center line of the main line of the V & CS Railroad; thence with the center line of the main line of the V & CS Railroad in a northeasterly direction about 1600 feet to a point in the run of Meadow Branch Canal in the present (1967) corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, North Carolina; thence with the corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton in a southeasterly direction and with the run of Meadow Branch Canal about 1400 feet to a point in the center line of Alexander Street extended; thence still with the 1967 corporate limit line and the center line of Alexander Street extended North 26 degrees 35 minutes East 1586.8 feet to a point in the bend of said street; thence continuing with the said street South 80 degrees 40 minutes East 409.7 feet to a point in the street; thence still with the street North 76 degrees 15 minutes East 520.4 feet to a point in said street; thence as said street South 89 degrees 02 minutes East 194.6 feet to a point in said street opposite a ditch; thence to and with said ditch North 00 degrees 11 minutes East 1164.2 feet to a stake in the bottom of said ditch, said stake being in the intersection of the above referred to ditch with an intersecting ditch; thence still with the corporate limit line and with the said intersecting ditch South 76 degrees and 40 minutes East 638.9 feet to a stake in the ditch; thence South 72 degrees 27 minutes East 150.1 feet to a stake in the ditch; thence with and beyond said ditch South 72 degrees 00 minutes East 112.6 feet to a stake, corner of a tract of land owned by Lee Vernon Rogers; thence with the Rogers line South 70 degrees 28 minutes East 115.5 feet to an iron stake in the Gavintown Road; thence South 70 degrees and 28 minutes East 205.5 feet to a stake in a field; thence parallel with and 200 feet at right angles East of the Gavintown Road and still with the corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton the following courses and distances: South 6 degrees and 13 minutes West 1480.8 feet; South 4 degrees and 00 minutes East 142.3 feet; South 13 degrees 03 minutes East 184.1 feet and South 5 degrees and 03 minutes West 234.7 feet crossing N. C. Highway Number 41 to a stake on the South side of said highway, said stake being 50 feet at right angles from the center line of said highway; thence still with the corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton and parallel with and 50 feet at right angles from the center line of said N. C. Highway Number 41 the following courses and distances: South 85 degrees 57 minutes West 94.9 feet; South 82 degrees 45 minutes West 108.4 feet; South 79 degrees 57 minutes West 86.5 feet; South 76 degrees 53 minutes West 97.3 feet and South 74 degrees and 20 minutes West 71.9 feet to a point in a graded road, said point being 50 feet at right angles South of the center line of N. C. Highway Number 41 and said point also being a corner of the 1967 corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C.; thence still with the 1967 corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton and with the above referred to graded road South 16 degrees 44 minutes East 357.3 feet to a point in said road; thence continuing with said road South 05 degrees 27 minutes West 668.9 feet to a point in the road; thence as the road South 6 degrees 07 minutes West 1166.8 feet to a point in the road; thence still with the lot South 09 degrees 28 minutes West 320.7 feet to a point in the road; thence leaving said road and running still with the 1967 corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C. South 40 degrees 58 minutes East about 710 feet to a point in the intersection of the center line of 14th Street extended with the corporate limit line above referred to; thence leaving the corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton and running with the center line of 14th Street extended and to and with the center line of 14th Street North 85 degrees 45 minutes West about 2430 feet to a point in the intersection of the center line of Godwin Avenue and 14th Street; thence leaving the center line of Godwin Avenue and running in a northwesterly direction about 30 feet to a point in the center line extended of the V & CS Railroad spur track on the West side of Godwin Avenue; thence with the center line of the V & CS Railroad spur track in a northwesterly direction about 1200 feet to a point on the curve of said spur track; thence around the curve of said spur track in a southwesterly direction about 350 feet to a point in the center line of the V & CS Railroad main line; thence with the center line of the V & CS Railroad main line in a southwesterly direction about 800 feet to a point in the center line of Tenth Street; thence leaving the V & CS Railroad and running with the center line of Tenth Street in a northwesterly direction about 2650 feet to a point in the center line of Elm Street; thence with the center line of Elm Street in a northeasterly direction about 3700 feet to the beginning.

"No. 3. BEGINNING at a point in the center line of Tenth Street and the V & CS Railroad and runs thence with the center line of the V & CS Railroad in a northeasterly direction about 800 feet to the point of intersection of the center line of a spur line leaving eastwardly from the center line of the V & CS Railroad main line; thence with the center line of said spur line on a curve in a northeasterly direction about 350 feet to a point; thence still with the center line of the spur line in a southeasterly direction about 1200 feet to a point in the West line of Godwin Avenue; thence in a southeasterly direction about 30 feet to a point in the intersection of the center line of Godwin Avenue and 14th Street; thence with the center line of 14th Street South 85 degrees 45 minutes East about 2430 feet to a point in the intersection of the center line of 14th Street with the 1967 corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C.; thence with the 1967 corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C. South 40 degrees 58 minutes East about 775.4 feet to a stake in a grove of woods; thence parallel with and 135 feet East of the center line of Linwood Avenue extended (said 135 feet being measured at right angles to the center line of said avenue) South 23 degrees 21 minutes West 989.3 feet to an iron stake in a field, said iron stake being 405 feet at right angles North of the center line of Seventh Street extended; thence parallel with and 405 feet at right angles North of the center line of Seventh Street extended South 85 degrees 45 minutes East 716.4 feet to a stake; thence North 02 degrees 15 minutes East 1230 feet to a stake; thence South 86 degrees East 507 feet to a stake; thence South 5 degrees 30 minutes West 496 feet to a stake; thence South 85 degrees 30 minutes East 1110 feet to a stake; thence South 51 degrees 30 minutes East 686 feet to a stake in what is known as the Paul Harrell Road; thence with the said Paul Harrell Road South 50 degrees 03 minutes West 1034.9 feet to the center line of Seventh Street extended; thence along the center line of Seventh Street extended South 85 degrees 45 minutes East 81.2 feet to a point; thence leaving said Seventh Street extended and running to, with and beyond a ditch South 38 degrees 24 minutes East 697.47 feet to a point, said point being South of the center line of Seventh Street extended and 513 feet at right angles from the center line thereof; thence parallel with and 513 feet at right angles from the center line of said street North 85 degrees 45 minutes West about 1450 feet to a stake in the East line of Bryan Street; thence with the East line of Bryan Street South 05 degrees 02 minutes West 54.01 feet to a stake in the East line of Bryan Street; thence crossing Bryan Street and running to and with the South line of Fifth Street, North 85 degrees 45 minutes West about 486 feet to a point in the 1967 corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C.; thence with the 1967 corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C., South 04 degrees 15 minutes West about 650 feet to a point in the center line of McPhail Road; thence with the center line of McPhail Road, in a southwesterly direction about 1300 feet to a point in the center line of Second Street; thence with the center line of Second Street and to and with the center line of Fifth Street in a northwesterly direction about 4000 feet to a point in the intersection of the center line of Fifth Street with the center line of the main line of the V & CS Railroad; thence with the center line of the main line of the V & CS Railroad in a northeasterly direction about 1500 feet to the intersection of the center line of the V & CS Railroad with the center line of Tenth Street, the point of beginning.

"No. 4. BEGINNING at a point in the center line of the bridge on Chippewa Street above the North bank of Lumber River in the 1967 corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C., and runs thence along the center line of Chippewa Street in a northeasterly direction about 2300 feet to a point in the center line of the main line of the SAL Railroad; thence with the center line of the main line of the SAL Railroad in a southeasterly direction about 1200 feet to a point in the center line of Mill Street extended; thence to and with the center line of Mill Street extended in a northeasterly direction about 1200 feet to a point in the center line of "A" Avenue extended; thence with the center line of "A" Avenue extended in a southeasterly direction about 600 feet to a point in the intersection of the center line of "A" Avenue and Carolina Avenue; thence leaving "A" Avenue and Carolina Avenue and running in a northeasterly direction about 1175 feet to a point in the intersection of the center line of Hollywood Drive with the center line of the first street South of East Street that leads southwestwardly through the New Hollywood Cemetery; thence with the center of Hollywood Drive in a northwestwardly direction about 400 feet to a point in the center line of Second Street; thence with the center line of Second Street in a southeastwardly direction about 550 feet to a point in the center line of Second Street opposite McPhail Road; thence in a northeasterly direction to and with the center line of McPhail Road about 1300 feet to a point in the center line of McPhail Road in the 1967 corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C.; thence leaving the McPhail Road and running with the 1967 corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C., South 04 degrees 15 minutes West about 500 feet to a point in the bottom of a ditch; thence as said ditch in a southeasterly direction about 600 feet to a point in the 1967 corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C., said point being a corner of the Hyde Park Baptist Church Property; thence still with the corporate limit line and the West line of the church property North 38 degrees 03 minutes East 207.2 feet to an old concrete monument, a corner of the church property and the corporate limit line; thence with the church line and the corporate limit line in a southeasterly direction about 500 feet to a point 75 feet at right angles West of the center line of N. C. Highway Number 211 bypass; thence parallel with and 75 feet at right angles West of the center line of N. C. Highway Number 211 bypass and with the 1967 corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C. in a southwesterly direction about 339 feet to a point in the bottom of a ditch in the corporate limit line; thence with the ditch and the corporate limit line in a southeasterly direction about 500 feet to a point in a road; thence South 07 degrees 40 minutes West 561.7 feet to an iron stake in the West edge of a road, said iron stake being 138 feet at right angles North of the center line of the Warwick Mill Road; thence parallel with and 138 feet at right angles North of the center line of the Old Warwick Mill Road, South 78 degrees 45 minutes East 1017.6 feet to a point; thence South 73 degrees and 26 minutes East 171.3 feet to a point; thence South 10 degrees 20 minutes West 109.7 feet to an iron stake on the North side of the Warwick Mill Road, said iron stake being 30 feet at right angles North of the center line of said road; thence parallel with and 30 feet at right angles North of the center line of said Warwick Mill Road the following courses and distances: South 65 degrees 24 minutes East 109.75 feet; South 58 degrees 23 minutes East 103.37 feet; and South 53 degrees and 30 minutes East 648.75 feet to an iron stake on the North side of and 30 feet at right angles from the center line of said road; thence crossing said road and running parallel with and 37 feet at right angles East of the East wall of a tobacco warehouse as now exists South 35 degrees and 01 minute West 704.8 feet to an iron stake on the South side of N. C. Highway Number 211, said iron stake being 30 feet at right angles South of the center line of said highway; thence parallel with and 30 feet at right angles South of the center line of N. C. Highway Number 211 North 54 degrees and 19 minutes West 947.3 feet to a stake; thence parallel with and 30 feet at right angles from the center line of said highway to and with the northern line of the Cooperative Warehouse North 54 degrees 19 minutes West 536.5 feet to an iron stake in a ditch; thence with the ditch South 47 degrees 36 minutes West 90.9 feet to an iron stake in the ditch; thence to, with and beyond the North line of an unnamed street crossing U. S. Highway Number 74 North 78 degrees 09 minutes West 1156.7 feet to a stake on the North side of Glisson Street; thence South 10 degrees and 33 minutes West 1066.6 feet to a point in the center line of the old Whiteville Road; thence crossing the SAL Railroad South 39 degrees and 21 minutes West 1352.3 feet to an old iron pipe set in concrete in the Bullard Road, said iron pipe being a corner of the Williams and Bullard lands; thence as the Williams and Bullard line South 48 degrees and 40 minutes West 1183.8 feet to a point in the center line of the main line of the V & CS Railroad spur track leading to the Carolina Power and Light Company Hydroelectric plant; thence as said spur track the following courses and distances: North 50 degrees 19 minutes West 312.8 feet; North 46 degrees 49 minutes West 260.8 feet; North 43 degrees and 43 minutes West 147 feet; North 41 degrees 31 minutes West 1137.4 feet; North 37 degrees 32 minutes West 133.3 feet; North 31 degrees and 01 minute West 154.3 feet; North 24 degrees and 37 minutes West 112 feet and North 18 degrees 09 minutes West 131.7 feet to a point in the center line of the V & CS Railroad; thence leaving the railroad and running to and with the line of the Lumberton Land Company South 62 degrees 35 minutes West 1423.3 feet to a concrete monument on North bank of Lumber River by an old marked cypress pointer; thence up the northeast bank of Lumber River in a northwesterly direction about 1000 feet to the beginning.

"No. 5. BEGINNING at a point on the bridge on Chippewa Street above the North bank of Lumber River in the 1967 corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C., and runs thence with the 1967 corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C., and the North bank of Lumber River in a northwesterly direction about 4000 feet to a point opposite Gum Branch Canal; thence in a northwesterly direction and with the 1967 corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C. about 50 feet to a point in the middle of Lumber River; thence up the middle of Lumber River in a northeasterly and northwesterly direction about 4550 feet to a point in the intersection of the middle of Lumber River with the center line of Eighth Street extended; thence to and with the center line of Eighth Street extended in a southeasterly direction about 1000 feet to a point in the intersection of the center line of Eighth Street with the center line of Elm Street; thence with the center line of Elm Street North 04 degrees 15 minutes East about 567 feet to a point in the center line of Tenth Street; thence with the center line of Tenth Street in a southeasterly direction about 2650 feet to a point in the center line of the main line of the V & CS Railroad; thence with the center line of the V & CS Railroad in a southwesterly direction about 3000 feet to a point in the center line of the V & CS Railroad and the center line of Fifth Street; thence with and beyond the center line of Fifth Street and to and with the center line of Second Street in a southeasterly direction about 3450 feet to a point in the center line of Second Street opposite the center line of Hollywood Drive extended; thence to and with the center line of Hollywood Drive in a southeasterly direction about 400 feet to the first street South of East Street leading in a southwestwardly direction through New Hollywood Cemetery; thence in a southwestwardly direction about 1175 feet to a point in the intersection of the center line of "A" Avenue and Carolina Avenue; thence with the center line of "A" Avenue and beyond in a northwestwardly direction 600 feet to a point in the center line of "A" Avenue extended and Mill Street extended; thence to and with the center line of Mill Street extended in a southwestwardly direction about 1200 feet to a point in the center line of the main line of the SAL Railroad; thence with the center line of the main line of the SAL Railroad in a northwestwardly direction about 1200 feet to a point in the center line of Chippewa Street; thence leaving the railroad and running with the center line of Chippewa Street in a southwestwardly direction about 2300 feet to the beginning.

"No. 6. BEGINNING at a point in the intersection of the center line of Gum Branch Canal with the middle of Lumber River; thence with the center line of Gum Branch Canal extended about 50 feet in a northwesterly direction to a point in Gum Branch Canal; thence up Gum Branch Canal the following courses and distances: North 82 degrees 54 minutes West 1008.2 feet; South 81 degrees 06 minutes West 59.0 feet; South 55 degrees 38 minutes West 229.0 feet; thence crossing the Lovette Road South 51 degrees 32 minutes West 1302.7 feet; South 80 degrees 17 minutes West 111.3 feet; North 82 degrees 46 minutes West 438 feet; North 80 degrees and 47 minutes West 341.7 feet; North 81 degrees and 56 minutes West 272 feet; thence crossing the Fairmont Road (N. C. Highway Number 41) North 82 degrees 15 minutes West 402.2 feet; North 81 degrees 25 minutes West 432.2 feet; North 81 degrees 49 minutes West 281.1 feet; and North 58 degrees 57 minutes West 71.3 feet to a point in Gum Branch Canal; thence leaving Gum Branch Canal and running North 38 degrees 23 minutes East 845.6 feet to a stake, said stake being in the line of Project Number NC 14-1 of the Housing Authority of the City of Lumberton; thence as said Housing Authority line North 38 degrees 57 minutes West 120.5 feet; thence South 65 degrees 05 minutes West 278.52 feet to a concrete monument, corner of the Housing Authority lands; thence continuing the said Housing Authority line North 00 degrees and 28 minutes West 600.25 feet to a concrete monument; thence North 83 degrees 25 minutes East along the Housing Authority line 282.3 feet to a stake; thence South 89 degrees and 29 minutes East 490.9 feet to a stake; thence North 07 degrees 48 minutes East 124.5 feet to a stake; thence South 61 degrees 10 minutes East 96.1 feet to a stake, said stake being a corner of the aforesaid Housing Authority lands; thence leaving said Housing Authority lands and continuing with the 1967 corporate limit line North 38 degrees 23 minutes East 400.5 feet to a stake in the South line of Side Street in the Knuckles Park Subdivision; thence North 64 degrees 25 minutes West along the South line of Side Street and crossing the Biggs Road 1150 feet to a point 215 feet at right angles northwest of the center line of the Biggs Road; thence parallel with and 215 feet at right angles from the center of the Biggs Road North 78 degrees 35 minutes East 1850 feet to a point in the East line of the R. H. Nye lands and in the West line of the Campbell Subdivision; thence North 05 degrees and 47 minutes East with the Nye-Campbell line 870 feet to an iron stake, corner of the Timbuktu Subdivision; thence North 05 degrees and 02 minutes East with the Nye-Timbuktu line about 823.3 feet to a point in the center line of the SAL Railroad; thence with the center line of the SAL Railroad South 64 degrees 06 minutes East about 3100 feet to a point in the intersection of the center line of the SAL Railroad with the middle of Lumber River; thence with the middle of Lumber River in a generally southeasterly direction about 2550 feet to the beginning.

"In addition to the above, the following is also a part of No. 6:

"BEGINNING at a point in Gum Branch Canal in the corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, North Carolina, and runs thence (leaving Gum Branch Canal) South 57 degrees and 19 minutes West (crossing the N. C. Highway Number 41) 1189.1 feet to a stake on the South side of the Old Marion Stage Road, thence along the South side of the old Marion Stage Road the following courses and distances: South 62 degrees and 24 minutes West 126.5 feet; South 68 degrees and 45 minutes West 510.5 feet; South 71 degrees and 10 minutes West 567.2 feet; South 66 degrees and 28 minutes West 623.0 feet and South 63 degrees and 06 minutes West 594.4 feet to a stake on the South side of the Old Marion Stage Road opposite the southwest corner of the new high school site; thence crossing the Old Marion Stage Road North 23 degrees and 15 minutes West 44.1 feet to an old iron stake, the southwest corner of the new high school site; thence with the West line of the new high school site North 23 degrees and 15 minutes West 1352.7 feet to an old iron stake the northwest corner of the high school site; thence with the North line of the new high school site North 66 degrees and 45 minutes East 1320.0 feet to an iron stake, the northeast corner of the high school site; thence with the East line of the high school site South 23 degrees and 15 minutes East 1207.2 feet to an iron stake in the East line of said school site; thence leaving the high school site and running North 67 degrees and 31 minutes East 1262.6 feet to an iron stake on the West bank of a ditch; thence North 58 degrees and 58 minutes East 156.5 feet to an iron stake; thence North 57 degrees and 37 minutes East 429.2 feet to an iron stake in the West edge of a ditch; thence with the West edge of the ditch North 42 degrees and 05 minutes West 110.0 feet to a stake in the West edge of the ditch; thence still with the West edge of the ditch North 10 degrees and 40 minutes East 102.3 feet to a point in Gum Branch Canal in the corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, North Carolina; thence with Gum Branch Canal and the corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, North Carolina, South 80 degrees and 08 minutes East 488.0 feet to the beginning. Bearings are magnetic as of October, 1963.

"No. 7. BEGINNING at a point in the center line of the SAL Railroad in the R. H. Nye property line extended and runs thence South 05 degrees 02 minutes West about 100 feet to a stake by a stone monument, said stake being in the South right-of-way line of the SAL Railroad; thence parallel with and 100 feet at right angles South of the center line of the SAL Railroad, North 64 degrees 06 minutes West 335 feet to a stake in the South line of the SAL Railroad, said stake being 100 feet at right angles South of the center line of said railroad; thence at right angles North 25 degrees 54 minutes East 200 feet to a stake in the North right-of-way line of said railroad; thence parallel with and 100 feet at right angles North of the center line of said railroad North 64 degrees 06 minutes West 3711.5 feet to a stake in the North line of said railroad, said stake being 100 feet at right angles North of the center line of said railroad; thence at right angles South 25 degrees 54 minutes West 200 feet to a stake in the South right-of-way line of the SAL Railroad, said stake being 100 feet at right angles South of the center line of said railroad; thence South 04 degrees 53 minutes West 804.6 feet to a stake in the East edge of a ditch; thence with a second ditch and the North line of the West Lumberton School and beyond North 64 degrees 06 minutes West 794.2 feet to a stake on the West side of the road leading to the West Lumberton School; thence along the West side of said road, South 03 degrees and 41 minutes East 420.9 feet to a stake on the West side of said road; thence still along the West side of the road South 03 degrees and 44 minutes West 249.2 feet to a stake on the West side of said road; thence leaving the road and running North 87 degrees 14 minutes West 771.3 feet to a stake near and on the outside of a wire mesh fence around the Lumberton Junior Chamber of Commerce Fairgrounds; thence outside of said wire mesh fence North 04 degrees and 40 minutes East 267.6 feet to a point in a canal; thence with the canal North 54 degrees and 37 minutes West 534.8 feet to a stake in the edge of the road crossing said canal; thence crossing said road and running to and with the said canal South 88 degrees 44 minutes West 429 feet to a point in said canal; thence South 11 degrees and 54 minutes West 909.7 feet to a stake West of and on the outside of the wire mesh fence around the Lumberton Junior Chamber of Commerce Fairgrounds; thence South 65 degrees 07 minutes West 772.8 feet to a stake in a pasture; thence South 65 degrees 32 minutes West 803.7 feet to a stake on the West side of a farm road; thence South 72 degrees and 44 minutes West 2703.1 feet to a stake in the East line of the Lumberton Municipal Airport; thence with the line of the Lumberton Municipal Airport the following courses and distances: South 03 degrees 04 minutes West 180.3 feet; South 86 degrees 35 minutes East 56.9 feet; South 41 degrees 56 minutes East 587.7 feet; South 48 degrees 04 minutes West 338.3 feet; South 19 degrees 09 minutes East 3133.3 feet; South 70 degrees 49 minutes West 1914.9 feet; North 43 degrees 38 minutes West 990.7 feet; South 71 degrees 47 minutes West 1756.3 feet; North 75 degrees 36 minutes West 153.3 feet; North 62 degrees 01 minute West 1197.8 feet; North 48 degrees 04 minutes East 2348.8 feet; North 18 degrees 06 minutes West 640.1 feet; North 52 degrees 07 minutes West 1011.2 feet; North 37 degrees 53 minutes East 810.3 feet; North 89 degrees 43 minutes East 426.6 feet; and North 74 degrees 34 minutes East 11.6 feet to a stake in a ditch on the East side of an old tram road, said stake being in the Hargrave-Lumberton Municipal Airport property line; thence leaving the Lumberton Municipal Airport property line and running with and beyond a ditch on the East side of the old tram road North 05 degrees 42 minutes East 1097.4 feet to a point in the center line of U. S. Highway Number 301-A; thence leaving the center line of said highway and running North 38 degrees 43 minutes West 24.66 feet to a stake on the North side of said highway; thence running to and with a ditch on the West side of the Carlton Motel North 00 degrees 56 minutes East 144.1 feet to a stake in said ditch; thence with and beyond said ditch North 07 degrees and 12 minutes West 295.2 feet to an iron stake in the center line of U. S. Highway Number 301 bypass (now Interstate Highway Number 95); thence leaving the center line of said highway and running North 39 degrees and 54 minutes West 130.0 feet to a stake in a ditch in the North right-of-way line of U. S. Highway Number 301 bypass; thence with the North right-of-way line of said Highway Number 301 bypass and 130 feet at right angles North of the center line thereof North 50 degrees 48 minutes East 1.59 feet to a stake; thence with the North right-of-way line of said U. S. Highway Number 301 bypass and 130 feet at right angles North of the center line thereof the following courses and distances: North 51 degrees 42 minutes East 103.41 feet; North 53 degrees 16 minutes East 103.41 feet; North 54 degrees 24 minutes East 103.41 feet; North 55 degrees 44 minutes East 103.41 feet; North 57 degrees 25 minutes East 103.41 feet; North 59 degrees 07 minutes East 103.41 feet; North 60 degrees 44 minutes East 103.41 feet; North 61 degrees 58 minutes East 103.41 feet; North 63 degrees 10 minutes East 103.41 feet; North 65 degrees 02 minutes East 103.41 feet; North 66 degrees 18 minutes East 103.41 feet; North 67 degrees 52 minutes East 103.41 feet; North 69 degrees 59 minutes East 103.41 feet; North 71 degrees 18 minutes East 103.41 feet; North 72 degrees 05 minutes East 103.41 feet; North 74 degrees 19 minutes East 103.41 feet; North 75 degrees 21 minutes East 103.41 feet; North 77 degrees 09 minutes East 103.41 feet; and North 77 degrees 24 minutes East 36.19 feet to a point in the North right-of-way line of U. S. Highway Number 301 bypass, said point being 130 feet at right angles North of the center line of said highway; thence still with the North line of said highway parallel with and 130 feet at right angles North of the center line of said highway North 77 degrees and 55 minutes East 1771.5 feet to a stake in the North line of said highway, said stake being 130 feet at right angles North of the center line thereof; thence at right angles North 12 degrees 05 minutes West 300 feet to a point, said point being 430 feet at right angles North of the center line of U. S. Highway Number 301 bypass; thence parallel with and 430 feet at right angles North of the center line of U. S. Highway Number 301 bypass the following courses and distances: North 76 degrees 47 minutes East 96.2 feet; North 76 degrees 57 minutes East 96.2 feet; North 77 degrees East 96.2 feet; North 75 degrees 54 minutes East 96.2 feet; North 76 degrees 09 minutes East 96.2 feet; North 74 degrees East 96.2 feet; North 74 degrees East 96.2 feet; North 74 degrees East 96.2 feet; North 72 degrees 55 minutes East 96.2 feet; North 72 degrees 12 minutes East 96.2 feet; North 72 degrees East 96.2 feet; North 71 degrees 13 minutes East 96.2 feet; North 71 degrees 19 minutes East 96.2 feet; North 70 degrees 43 minutes East 96.2 feet; North 69 degrees 44 minutes East 96.2 feet; North 69 degrees 23 minutes East 96.2 feet; North 68 degrees 47 minutes East 96.2 feet; North 68 degrees 17 minutes East 96.2 feet; North 68 degrees 35 minutes East 96.2 feet; North 67 degrees 10 minutes East 96.2 feet; North 66 degrees 55 minutes East 96.2 feet; North 66 degrees 38 minutes East 96.2 feet; North 65 degrees 17 minutes East 96.2 feet; North 65 degrees 36 minutes East 96.2 feet; North 65 degrees East 96.2 feet; North 64 degrees 43 minutes East 96.2 feet; North 64 degrees 08 minutes East 96.2 feet; North 64 degrees 12 minutes East 18.3 feet to a point 430 feet at right angles North of the center line of U. S. Highway Number 301 bypass; thence parallel with and 430 feet at right angles North of the center line of U. S. Highway Number 301 bypass North 63 degrees 31 minutes East 4644.1 feet to an iron stake on the South bank of Lumber River, said iron stake being 430 feet at right angles northwest of the center line of U. S. Highway Number 301 bypass; thence parallel with and 430 feet at right angles northwest of the center line of said highway North 64 degrees 15 minutes East about 30 feet to a point in the middle of Lumber River; thence with the middle of Lumber River in a generally southeasterly direction about 11,450 feet to a point in the intersection of the center line of the SAL Railroad on the new trestle with the middle of Lumber River; thence leaving Lumber River and running with the center line of the SAL Railroad main line North 64 degrees 06 minutes West about 3100 feet to the beginning.

"No. 8. BEGINNING at a point in the intersection of the center line of 23rd Street with the center line of Elm Street and runs thence with the center line of Elm Street South 4 degrees 15 minutes West about 4000 feet to the intersection of the center line of Elm and Eighth Streets; thence to and with the center line of Eighth Street in a northwesterly direction about 1000 feet to a point in the middle of Lumber River; thence with the middle of Lumber River in a generally northwesterly direction about 9250 feet to a point, said point being 430 feet at right angles northwest of the center line of U. S. Highway Number 301 bypass (now Interstate Highway Number 95); thence leaving the run of Lumber River and running parallel with and 430 feet at right angles northwest of the center line of Interstate Highway Number 95 in a northeasterly direction with the corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C. about 750 feet to a point; thence still with the corporate limits of the City of Lumberton, N. C. North 06 degrees 10 minutes East about 389 feet to a point in the South right-of-way line of Carthage Road and 30 feet at right angles South of the center line  thereof; thence with the 1967 corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C. and the South line of Carthage Road in a southeasterly direction about 355 feet to an iron stake by the right-of-way fence of Interstate Highway Number 95; thence with the ramp right-of-way line of Interstate Highway Number 95 and the corporate limit line South 23 degrees 39 minutes East about 60 feet to a point in the corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C. 430 feet at right angles West of the center line of Interstate Highway Number 95; thence with the corporate limit line and 430 feet at right angles West of the center line of Interstate Highway Number 95 in a northeasterly direction about 200 feet to a point on the North side of Carthage Road in the line of property on which there is at present (1967) located a Horne's Restaurant; thence still with the 1967 corporate limits in a southwesterly direction about 212 feet to a corner of the 1967 corporate limit line of the City of Lumberton, N. C. as shown in Book of Maps No. 15, Page 104, Robeson County Registry; thence still with the corporate limit line North 54 degrees 57 minutes East 779.02 feet to an iron stake; thence still with the corporate limits South 50 degrees 10 minutes 532.27 feet to an iron stake in the northwest line of Interstate Highway Number 95 service road right-of-way; thence with the northwest right-of-way line of said service road and the northwest right-of-way line of Interstate Highway Number 95 in a northeasterly direction about 500 feet to a point in the North line of the Old Jennings Mill Property extended, said Old Jennings Cotton Mill Property being shown on a map recorded in Book of Maps No. 7, Page 48, Robeson County Registry; thence to and with the North line of the Old Jennings Mills Property South 66 degrees 00 minutes East about 1650 feet to a point in the center line of the V & CS Railroad; thence with the center line of the V & CS Railroad South 23 degrees 05 minutes West about 480 feet to a point in the center line of 23rd Street extended; thence to and with the center line of 23rd Street extended, South 85 degrees 45 minutes East about 3285 feet to the beginning."

Sec. 3. Section 5 of Chapter 282, Session Laws of 1965, is hereby repealed except for the last sentence thereof.

Sec. 4. Section 1 of Article II of Chapter 115, Session Laws of 1963, is amended by deleting from the last sentence thereof the following words: "at large in the manner hereinafter set forth", and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "of the precinct or ward in which the councilman resides".

Sec. 5. Section 9 of Article II of Chapter 115, Session Laws of 1963, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "The councilman selected to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term, or during a disability as the case may be, shall be a resident of the ward in which the vacancy or disability occurs."

Sec. 6. Section 2(b) of Article III of Chapter 115, Session Laws of 1963, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "The notice of candidacy shall specify thereon the ward or precinct for which the candidate for councilman is filing."

Sec. 7. Section 6(a) of Article III of Chapter 115, Session Laws of 1963, is amended by deleting therefrom that portion beginning with the word "Upon", in line 4, and ending with the word "provided." in line 13 thereof.

Sec. 8. Section 8(a) of Article III of Chapter 115, Session Laws of 1963, is amended by deleting all of the second sentence from the end thereof, which reads as follows: "No ballot cast in the election for the City Council shall be counted if the voter has failed to vote for a number of candidates at least equal to the number of vacancies on the City Council to be filled by the election, and ballots for any lesser number shall be treated as spoiled."

Sec. 9. Section 9(c) of Article III of Chapter 115, Session Laws of 1963, is amended by deleting the first sentence, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "The candidate for Mayor receiving the highest number of votes, shall be declared elected. The candidate for Councilman, from each ward or precinct, receiving the highest number of votes of the persons running from said ward or precinct, shall be declared elected."

Sec. 10. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 11. 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 April, 1967.