NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 423
HOUSE BILL 576

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 641 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1949, RELATING TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MONROE, TO EXTEND THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF SAID CITY AND TO EXTEND THE JURISDICTION OF THE PEACE OFFICERS OF SAID CITY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That the corporate limits of the City of Monroe as re‑defined and extended under the provisions of Chapter 641, Section 3, Session Laws of 1949, be and they are hereby further re‑defined and extended so as to include all of the area located within the following described perimeter boundaries; and from and after the effective date of this Act said area shall be a part of the City of Monroe, viz:
Beginning at an iron stake on the West line of Davenport Street, said point being an existing corner of the city limits line of the City of Monroe and running thence, crossing Davenport Street, and along the northern margin of a 20‑foot alley, being the present city limits line, 1,486 feet to an iron stake on the North line of said alley; thence with the existing city limits line of the City of Monroe North 6 degrees 40 minutes West 880 feet to an iron stake on said corporate limits line; thence with a line of the Dickerson property North 85 degrees 35 minutes West 934 feet to an iron on the East margin of Westover Drive; thence crossing said Westover Drive North 85 degrees 35 minutes West 60 feet to an iron on the West margin of said Westover Drive; thence with a line of the Westover properties North 85 degrees 35 minutes West 452.6 feet to an iron stake; thence with a line of the Harry Howard property North 25 degrees 35 minutes West 539.3 feet to an iron stake; thence South 59 degrees 00 minutes West 264 feet to an iron stake; thence with a line of the Elizabeth Brewer lines South 23 degrees 25 minutes East 1,371.6 feet to an iron stake; and thence, continuing with said Brewer property line, South 14 degrees 45 minutes East 987.7 feet to the beginning corner.
Sec. 2. That on and from the effective date of this Act all persons and properties residing and located within the area defined in Section 1 of this Act shall be subject to all of the ordinances and provisions of the Charter of the City of Monroe, as contained in existing law and constituting said charter, and all persons residing within said boundaries, annexation or corporate limits shall be entitled to the same rights and privileges now exercised by the citizens of the City of Monroe; and the provisions of all valid existing ordinances of the City of Monroe are hereby extended to all of the area set forth in Section 1 of this Act; provided, nevertheless, no ad valorem taxes shall be assessed nor levied for the tax year 1959 by the City of Monroe against any property defined under Section 1 of this Act, nor shall the City of Monroe levy any poll tax against any resident of the area defined in Section 1 of this Act for the year 1959.
Sec. 3. That on and from the effective date of this Act, all persons residing within the area defined in Section 1 of this Act and who are otherwise qualified to register and vote shall be entitled to register and vote in the 1961 municipal primaries and elections conducted by the City of Monroe for the purposes of electing a mayor and other elective officers of the said city, but such persons shall be required to conform to all of the laws and ordinances applicable to such primaries and elections and the conduct thereof for the year 1961 and subsequent elections years. Persons who reside within the area defined in Section 1 of this Act and who shall or may be entitled to register and vote in the city primaries and elections of said city may register and vote in the ward or voting precinct of said City of Monroe to which said annexed area as defined in Section 1 hereof is adjacent until such voting ward or precinct shall be changed by ordinance of the City of Monroe.
Sec. 4. That on and after the effective date of this Act all peace officers of the City of Monroe be and they are hereby clothed with all the powers as peace officers which they now possess within the corporate limits of the City of Monroe and throughout all that territory extending one mile, and no further, in all directions, from the corporate limits of the City of Monroe, and this extended jurisdiction shall apply to the outside corporate limits lines as defined in Section 1 of this Act.
Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 6. 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 1st day of May, 1959.