NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 1112

HOUSE BILL 1141

AN ACT TO EXTEND THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF WELDON, SUBJECT TO A REFERENDUM ELECTION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That, subject to an election to be held in the manner hereinafter provided, on and after January 1, 1962, the corporate limits of the Town of Weldon, in Halifax County, shall be enlarged and extended so as to include all of the territory within the following boundaries:

"Beginning at a point, the eastern edge of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad right-of-way at the southern edge of the present town limits, thence along the eastern edge of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad right-of-way in a southerly direction to a point just South of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad crossing on the old fairgrounds road, thence along the southern edge of said old fairgrounds road to its point of intersection with the Country Club Road, thence along the southern and western edges of the Country Club Road to the point where the old Country Club Road branches off, thence leaving said roads and in a westerly direction to the center line of Interstate Highway No. 95, thence along the center line of Interstate Highway No. 95 in a northerly direction to a point where the same intersects the northern edge of the right-of-way of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, thence in an easterly direction along the northern edge of the right-of-way of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad to a point where the same intersects the present town limit line, thence along the present town limit lines in a southerly and easterly direction to the point of beginning."

Sec. 2. The question of the foregoing extension of the corporate limits of the Town of Weldon shall be submitted to the vote of the qualified electors of said town and the territory to be added thereto by such extension as contained in the boundaries hereinbefore set forth voting together.

Sec. 3. The election provided for in Section 2 of this Act shall be held on Saturday, September 23, 1961, under the supervision of the Halifax County Board of Elections, and in all particulars, other than those provided in this Act, shall be held and conducted and the qualifications of the voters at the election determined as nearly as may be practicable in accordance with the general laws governing elections. The test of qualification of voters in said election shall be, whether such voters are residents of the town or the territory provided to be added thereto, and whether the residents of the town shall be qualified voters of the Town of Weldon and the residents of the territory proposed to be added thereto shall be qualified voters of Halifax County, as shown by the registration books maintained by the County Board of Elections for Halifax County.

Sec. 4. The registration books shall be open for the registration of voters at nine o'clock A. M. on the fourth Satudray before the election. Said books shall be closed at seven o'clock P. M. on the second Saturday before the election. The Saturday before the election shall be challenge day. The County Board of Elections shall publish, preceding the day of election, a notice of said election once a week for four successive weeks in a newspaper published in Halifax County. All voters shall vote at the voting place of the precinct for general elections in which they reside. The registration books used at the last general election held in Halifax County shall be used at said election.

Sec. 5. At the election provided for herein, all voters of the Town of Weldon and of the territory proposed to be added thereto, as set out above, when they present themselves to the polling place to vote, shall each be supplied by the election officials with a ballot, upon which the form of the question shall be substantially these words: "For Extension of Town Limits" and "Against Extension of Town Limits". Said alternates shall appear separate from each other on one ballot containing opposite and to the left of each alternate, squares of appropriate size, in one of which squares the voter may make an "X" mark to designate the voter's choice for or against said extension of the town limits. If at such election, a majority of the votes cast shall be for the extension of the town limits, then on and after the 1st day of January, 1962, the corporate limits of the Town of Weldon shall be extended as herein provided, and the territory described above which is now outside of the boundaries of the Town of Weldon, shall be part of the corporate territory of said town, and such territory and its citizens and the property therein located shall be subject to all of the laws, ordinances and regulations in force in said town. The Halifax County Board of Elections shall declare the result of said election and certify it to the Weldon Board of Commissioners, which shall cause it to be entered upon the records of the town.

Sec. 6. If any Section, clause or sentence of this Act shall be declared invalid, no other Section, clause or sentence of this Act shall be affected thereby.

Sec. 7. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 8. 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 21st day of June 1961.