NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 370

SENATE BILL 511

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF WINFALL IN PERQUIMANS COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. Section 2 of Chapter 342, Session Laws of 1971, is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Sec. 2. The corporate limits of the Town of Winfall shall be as follows:

'Beginning at the point of intersection of the East side of the Norfolk Southern Railroad right-of-way with the North side of the Perquimans River, thence southeastwardly and southwardly along the East side of the Perquimans River to the North line of the Joe Towe property, thence eastwardly along said property line 550 feet more or less to a point 10 feet distant from the West right-of-way line of N.C. Highway No. 37 measured at right angles thereto, thence southwardly parallel to said highway and U.S. Highway No. 17 and distant 10 feet therefrom a distance of 360 feet, thence southeastwardly crossing U.S. Highway No. 17 to the northeast corner of the T. J. Nixon Estate Property, same being the northwest corner of the J. E. Winslow property, thence southeastwardly along the Winslow line to the Hollowell property, thence southwardly along the Hollowell property and the various courses of the swamp to the North side of the Perquimans River, thence eastwardly along the North side of the Perquimans River and the West side of Vosses Creek to a point on the West side of Vosses Creek which is southwardly 700 feet from the South side of the right-of-way of U.S. Highway No. 17 measured at right angles to said right-of-way, thence eastwardly parallel to the South side of said highway across Vosses Creek to the East side of Vosses Creek; thence southwardly along the East side of Vosses Creek to the Perquimans River; thence eastwardly and southwardly along the Perquimans River to the West right-of-way of the new By-Pass of U.S. Highway No. 17 at the new bridge that crosses the Perquimans River; thence northeastwardly binding the western right-of-way of the new By-Pass of U.S. Highway No. 17 across the New Hope Road to a point which is 300 feet from the Southern boundary of old U.S. Highway 17 which leads to Hertford, when measured at a right angle to old U.S. Highway 17, which point is in the Northwestern intersection of the New Hope Road with U.S. Highway 17 by-pass; thence Eastwardly across U.S. Highway 17 by-pass parallel to and distant 300 feet from the South right-of-way of said highway to the Northwestern boundary of N.C. Road 1301; thence Northeastwardly binding N.C. Road 1301 and crossing U.S. Highway 17 to the Southwestern boundary of N.C. Road 1220 at the intersection of N.C. Road 1220 with U.S. Highway 17; thence Northwestwardly along the Southwestern right-of-way line of N.C. Road 1220 to a point 200 feet from the Northern boundary of U.S. Highway 17 when measured at a right angle from the right-of-way of U.S. Highway 17; thence Westwardly parallel to and distant 200 feet from the Northern right-of-way line of said highway to the East line of the N.C. Highway Commission property; thence Northwardly along said N.C. State Highway Commission property 300 feet; thence Westwardly along said N.C. Highway Commission property 620 feet more or less to an angle therein; thence Southwardly 300 feet along the West line of the N.C. Highway Commission property to a point 200 feet from the Northern boundary of U.S. Highway 17; thence Westwardly parallel to and distant 200 feet from said highway crossing Vosses Creek to a point near the intersection of old U.S. Highway 17 and N.C. Highway 37, which point is 200 feet from the Northern right-of-way line of old U.S. Highway 17 and 200 feet from the Eastern boundary of N.C. Highway 37 when measured at a right angle from each highway; thence Northwardly parallel to and distant 200 feet from N.C. Highway 37 to the Southern line of property of the Town of Winfall on which is situated the Water Plant; thence binding the property of the Town of Winfall Eastwardly, Northwardly, Northwestwardly, and Westwardly to the Eastern boundary of the property of Perquimans County Central Grammar School; thence Northwardly binding the property of the Perquimans County Central Grammar School to a point in the circumference of a circle having a radius of 1320 feet and the center of the circle being the point of intersection of the center line of the Norfolk Southern Railroad with the center line of Main Street in the Town of Winfall, thence eastwardly, northwardly and westwardly along the arc of said circle a distance of 5925 feet more or less to a point on the North side of King Street, thence westwardly along King Street 260 feet more or less to a point in a line which runs northwestwardly parallel to N.C. Highway No. 37 and distant 500 feet therefrom, thence northwestwardly along said line parallel to N.C. Highway No. 37 and distant 500 feet therefrom a distance of 1090 feet more or less to the South line of the Perquimans County Union School property, thence, southwestwardly along the South line of said school property and the westwardly prolongation thereof to and across N.C. Highway No. 37 a distance of 1060 feet to a point 500 feet westwardly from the West line of N.C. Highway No. 37, thence southwardly parallel to the West side of N.C. Highway No. 37 a distance of 1460 feet more or less to a point in the northwestwardly prolongation of a line running parallel to the South side of River Street and distant 100 feet southwardly therefrom, thence southeastwardly along said line to a point in the perimeter of the aforementioned circle, thence southeastwardly along the arc of said circle to the east side of the right-of-way of the Norfolk Southern Railroad right-of-way, thence southwestwardly along the East side of the right-of-way of the Norfolk Southern Railroad a distance of 1390 feet to the S. P. Jessup property, thence southeastwardly along said Jessup property 640 feet to a point 10 feet westwardly from the West right-of-way line of N.C. Highway No. 37 measured at right angles thereto, thence southwardly parallel to the West line of N.C. Highway No. 37 a distance of 724 feet to the Tom White Estate property, thence northwestwardly along the Tom White Estate property 845 feet more or less to the East line of the Norfolk Southern Railroad right-of-way, thence southwardly along the East line of the Norfolk Southern Railroad right-of-way a distance of 1308 feet to the point of beginning."

Sec. 2. Section 3 of Chapter 342, Session Laws of 1971, is hereby amended by striking from the first line thereof the word "three" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "four". Section 3 is further amended by striking from the third line thereof the words and figures, "Article 3 of Chapter 160" and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures, "Article 23 and 24 of Chapter 160A".

Sec. 3. Section 6 of Chapter 342, Session Laws of 1971, is hereby amended by striking from lines five and six, "G.S. 160-402", and inserting in lieu thereof the words "the general laws".

Sec. 4. Section 8 of Chapter 342, Session Laws of 1971, is hereby amended by striking from line two, "G.S. 160-0.1" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "the general laws".

Sec. 5. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of May, 1973.