NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 286

HOUSE BILL 402

 

 

AN ACT EXTENDING THE CORPORATE LIMITS AND PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWN OF KURE BEACH, NEW HANOVER COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Section 3 of Chapter 906 of the Session Laws of 1947 is hereby amended and the corporate area and limits of the Town of Kure Beach, North Carolina, are hereby enlarged by the addition and inclusion within the corporate limits of the following described property:

Beginning at a stone at the northwest corner of block 37 as shown on the official map of the Town of Kure Beach, North Carolina, made by M. H. Lander, C.E., dated August 11, 1947, and recorded in Map Book 4, page 91 in the New Hanover County Registry, said beginning point being one of the northwestern corners of the limits of said town, and running thence south 86 degrees 19 minutes east in the northern line of the Town Limits 900 feet, more or less, to the eastern line of Atlantic Avenue as shown on said map of the Town; thence north 18 degrees 58 minutes east 51.83 feet; thence north 86 degrees 19 minutes west 900 feet, more or less, to a point which is north 18 degrees 58 minutes east from the beginning point and 51.83 feet distant therefrom; thence south 18 degrees 58 minutes west 51.83 feet to the point of beginning, same being a strip of land 50 feet wide adjoining the northern limits of the Town of Kure Beach as shown on the official map of said Town made by M. H. Lander, C.E., dated August 11, 1947, and recorded in Map Book 4, page 91 in the New Hanover County Registry.

Sec. 2. The territory embraced within the boundaries set out in Section 1 hereof is hereby annexed to the Town of Kure Beach and is in all respects made a part thereof, and all laws, acts and ordinances relating to said Town shall apply to said territory.

Sec. 3. The governing body of the Town of Kure Beach shall be entitled The Board of Commissioners of the Town of Kure Beach, and said board shall consist of five commissioners elected by the qualified voters of the Town as herein provided.

Sec. 4. On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May, 1961, there shall be elected five commissioners for the Town. The three persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be duly certified as commissioners for terms of four years. The two persons receiving the next highest number of votes shall be certified as commissioners for terms of two years. On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May, 1963, and on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May every two years thereafter commissioners shall be elected in the same manner for four years to succeed all commissioners whose terms are then expiring. Said commissioners shall take oath of office before a person qualified to administer said oath and shall be inducted in office on the first Tuesday in July, or as soon thereafter as possible. Said commissioners shall hold office during their term of office and until their successors are elected or appointed and qualified.

Sec. 5. Any person desiring to become a candidate for the office of commissioner of said Town at the regular municipal election to be held in 1963, and every two years thereafter, shall file with the election board of said Town his petition for said office signed by at least five legal residents of the Town and shall pay a filing fee of ten dollars ($10.00).

Sec. 6. All municipal elections held or conducted in the Town of Kure Beach shall be held in accordance with the general municipal election law as set forth in Article 3, Chapter 160 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, as the same may be amended from time to time.

Sec. 7. In July, 1961, and every two years thereafter the Board of Commissioners shall elect from among their number a mayor, commissioner of finance, commissioner of public works, commissioner of public safety, and such other officers as they may designate and select. In addition to their other powers the Board of Commissioners are empowered to appoint, elect, employ, suspend and discharge all other officers and employees necessary for the operation and management of the Town government and its various departments and activities, and to enact all ordinances, rules and regulations for the proper government of the Town.

Sec. 8. Should a vacancy occur in the Board of Commissioners during the term of any member thereof, the Board of Commissioners shall within sixty days after such vacancy occurs elect or appoint a qualified successor to hold office for the expiration of said term.

Sec. 9. The compensation of the Commissioners shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per annum, payable in monthly installments. The mayor shall receive an additional twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per annum, payable in monthly installments.

Sec. 10. Section 1 of Chapter 364 of the Session Laws of 1953 and all other laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 11. 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 26th day of April, 1961.