NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 840

HOUSE BILL 1492

 

 

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE VILLAGE OF ALAMANCE IN ALAMANCE COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. Incorporation and corporate powers. The inhabitants and property of the area described in Section 2 of this act shall constitute a body politic and corporate under the name "Village of Alamance", and shall be vested with all the powers, functions, rights, privileges and immunities conferred upon municipalities by the Constitution and laws of the State of North Carolina, and specifically Chapter 160A of the General Statutes.

Sec. 2. Corporate boundaries. (a)  The corporate boundaries of the Village of Alamance shall be as described herein until changed in accordance with law:

Lying and being in Alamance County and beginning at the North Carolina Highway 62 bridge over Great Alamance Creek and proceeding generally West along the center line of Great Alamance Creek to a point opposite the Northwest corner of Tax Map 2-10, Lot 67 and then proceeds generally South along the West boundary of Lot 67 to the center line of State Road 1145 and then proceeds generally West along the center line of State Road 1145 to a point opposite the Northwest corner of Tax Map 2-10, Lot 66A and then proceeds as follows: Generally West along the North boundary of:

Tax Map 2-10, Lots 66A and 66,

Tax Map 2-9, Lots 18B and 18A,

Tax Map 2-10, Lot 57A,

To the West end of Lot 57A and then generally East along the South boundary of:

Tax Map 2-10, Lot 57A and 57,

To the Northwest corner of Tax Map 10-2, Lot 56 and then generally South along the West boundary of:

Tax Map 2-10, Lots 57, 56 and 54,

Tax Map 2-11, Lots 63, 62, 50, 49, 48, 41, 40, 39, 27 and 26,

To the Southwest corner of Tax Map 2-11, Lot 26 and then generally East along the South boundary of:

Tax Map 2-11, Lots 26, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18 and 15,

To the center line of N.C. 62 and then generally North along the center line of N.C. 62 to a point opposite the Southwest corner of Tax Map 2-11, Lot 13, and then generally east along the South boundary of Lot 13 to the Southeast corner of Lot 13 and then generally North along the East boundary of:

Tax Map 2-11, Lots 13, 11A, 10A, 9, 7B, 5, 3 and 1

Tax Map 2-10, Lots 52, 51, 40 and Lot 16,

to the point where Lot 16 intersects with Great Alamance Creek and then generally East to the center line of Great Alamance Creek and then generally North along the center line of Great Alamance Creek to the point of beginning.

(b)       All references in this section are made to Alamance County Tax Maps 2-9, 2-10, and 2-11, January, 1978 revisions. A copy of these Tax Maps with the boundaries of the Village of Alamance is filed with the Alamance County Tax Supervisor.

Sec. 3. Temporary officers. Until the initial election provided in Section 5, Carl Smith, James Hawkins, Helen Ward, Frances Seymour, Charles M. Crawley, and Don Brown are appointed as the Board of Aldermen of the Village of Alamance; C. E. Councilman is appointed Mayor. The persons appointed shall exercise the powers granted by law to the Board of Aldermen until the 1981 election of municipal officers when their successors shall be elected and qualified.

Sec. 4. Officers. The elected officers of the Village shall be a Board of Aldermen, composed of six members, and a Mayor, elected by and from the qualified voters of the Village. The term of the Mayor shall be two years, and after the initial election as provided in Section 5, the terms of Aldermen shall be four years.

Sec. 5. Elections. (a)  At the regular municipal election in 1981, the three candidates for Aldermen receiving the largest numbers of votes shall be elected for four-year terms; the three candidates for Aldermen receiving the next largest numbers of votes shall be elected for two-year terms. In 1983 and quadrennially thereafter, three aldermen shall be elected for four-year terms. In 1985 and quadrennially thereafter, three aldermen shall be elected for four-year terms.

(b)       The officers of the Village shall be elected by the nonpartisan plurality method as provided in G.S. 163-292.

Sec. 6. Initial budget; taxes. (a)  The Board of Aldermen may adopt a budget ordinance for the 1979-80 fiscal year, following their qualification for office, without having to comply with the budget preparation and adoption schedule in the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act.

(b)       The territory within the corporate limits and its citizens and property shall be subject to municipal taxes levied by the Village for the fiscal year 1979-80 and subsequent years. The Village may obtain from Alamance County, and the county shall provide upon request, a record of property within the corporate limits which was listed for taxation as of January 1, 1979.

Sec. 7. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of June, 1979.