GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 13

HOUSE BILL 154

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW CRAVEN COUNTY TO CONVEY TO THE NEW BERN-CRAVEN COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INC., CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS AT PRIVATE SALE.

 

Whereas, Craven County purchased a certain parcel of land from the New Bern-Craven County Board of Education in the City of New Bern; and

Whereas, located upon said property is a two-story brick dwelling house known as the Maxwell House (also known as the Clyde Eby house) presently used by the New Bern-Craven County Board of Education for administrative offices; and

Whereas, Craven County has plans for the construction of an administrative office building on the site where said two- story brick building is located; and

Whereas, Craven County desires to preserve the Maxwell House and that the same not be razed, demolished, or otherwise destroyed; and

Whereas, the New Bern-Craven County Chamber of Commerce, Inc., has agreed to purchase said building from Craven County and Craven County has agreed to sell said building to the New Bern- Craven County Chamber of Commerce, Inc., for the sum of one dollar ($1.00); and

Whereas, the New Bern-Craven County Chamber of Commerce, Inc., has agreed to move the house and to have the removal completed on or before the 25th day of March, 1985; and

Whereas, the New Bern-Craven County Chamber of Commerce, Inc., has further agreed to relocate said building and to renovate the same for use by the Chamber of Commerce and by the Tourism Development Authority; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Notwithstanding Article 12 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, Craven County may convey to the New Bern-Craven County Chamber of Commerce, Inc., at private sale with or without monetary consideration that certain two-story brick dwelling house situated at 222 Broad Street, in the City of New Bern, North Carolina, located upon a parcel of land described in a deed dated the 8th day of January, 1985, from the New Bern- Craven County Board of Education to Craven County and which is recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Craven County in Book 1074 at page 447.

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 6th day of March, 1985.