NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1967 SESSION

CHAPTER 503
HOUSE BILL 844

AN ACT TO GRANT THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN AND THE AUTHORITY TO LEVY, COLLECT, AND EXPEND FUNDS FOR WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS IN GRAHAM COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Graham County is hereby authorized to exercise power and authority under Article 3 of Chapter 139 of the North Carolina General Statutes, for that purpose to levy, collect and expend funds derived from a special "watershed improvement tax", not to exceed ten cents (10¢) on each one hundred dollar ($100.00) valuation of property in said county, by appropriate resolution of the board and without an election provided for under G. S. 139‑39 and G. S. 139‑40. The expenditure of funds derived from the special tax for the purposes of Article 3, Chapter 139 of the General Statutes is hereby declared to be for a special purpose for which the special approval of the General Assembly is hereby given, and a necessary expense.
Sec. 2. Section 2 of Chapter 794 of the Session Laws of 1961 is hereby amended by inserting the word "Graham" immediately before the word "Iredell" in line 1 thereof.
Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of May, 1967.