NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 55

HOUSE BILL 117

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF GREENSBORO, THE SAME BEING CHAPTER 37, PRIVATE LAWS OF 1923, AS AMENDED, AND PARTICULARLY AS REVISED AND REORGANIZED BY CHAPTER 1137, SESSION LAWS OF 1959, AS AMENDED.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Section 2.21 (a) of the Charter of the City of Greensboro, as set forth in Section 1, Chapter 1137, Session Laws of 1959, is amended by deleting the word "Monday" as it appears in line 5 of the statement of candidacy form set out therein and substituting in lieu thereof the word "Tuesday".

Sec. 2. Section 2.21(a) of the Charter of the City of Greensboro, as set forth in Section 1, Chapter 1137, Session Laws of 1959, is amended by striking out the amount "five dollars ($5.00)" appearing in the last complete line and substituting in lieu thereof "twenty-five dollars ($25.00)".

Sec. 3. Section 2.21(e) of the Charter of the City of Greensboro, as set forth in Section 1, Chapter 1137, Session Laws of 1959, is amended by repealing the second sentence contained therein and by changing the period at the end of the first sentence to a comma and adding the following: "except as herein provided for the canvassing of said primary election. The registrars and judges of election shall, immediately upon the closing of the polls, ascertain the number of votes cast in such precincts for each of the candidates and make return thereof to the City Clerk within six hours of the closing of the polls upon blanks to be furnished by the said clerk. On the second day following the said primary election the City Clerk shall canvass such returns so received from all the polling precincts and shall make and publish in all daily newspapers of the city, at least once, the results thereof.".

Sec. 4. Section 2.73(g) of the Charter of the City of Greensboro, as set forth in Section 1, Chapter 1137, Session Laws of 1959, is amended by striking out the words and figures "subsection (d) of Section 7.75" appearing in line 8 of said subsection (g) and substituting in lieu thereof "subsection (e) of Section 2.75".

Sec. 5. Section 2.75(a) of the Charter of the City of Greensboro, as set forth in Section 1, Chapter 1137, Session Laws of 1959, is amended by striking out the words and figures "Section 7.72(d) (1)" appearing in line 12 of said subsection (a) and substituting in lieu thereof "Section 2.73(d) (1)".

Sec. 6. Section 3.03 of the Charter of the City of Greensboro, as set forth in Section 1, Chapter 1137, Session Laws of 1959, is amended by striking out the amount "two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400.00)" appearing in lines 1 and 2 of said Section 3.03 and substituting in lieu thereof "three thousand six hundred dollars ($3,600.00)"; and by striking out the amount "one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200.00)" appearing in lines 3 and 4 of said Section 3.03 and substituting in lieu thereof "one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800.00)".

Sec. 7. Section 4.32 of the Charter of the City of Greensboro, as set forth in Section 1, Chapter 1137, Session Laws of 1959, is amended by changing the period at the end thereof to a comma and adding the following: "or to remain within the area bounded by the police emergency line after being ordered by a police officer to leave.".

Sec. 8. Section 4.62(e) of the Charter of the City of Greensboro, as set forth in Section 1, Chapter 1137, Session Laws of 1959, is amended by rewriting the first sentence thereof as follows: "The City Tax Collector shall, on or before the second Monday in June of each year, report a list of all taxpayers owing taxes for the current year which are liens on real property, and the City Council shall thereupon, at its next regular meeting following such report, order the sale of the tax lien on said 'real property of said taxpayers to be held at one of the times prescribed in the General Statutes of North Carolina".

Sec. 9. Section 4.127(a) of the Charter of the City of Greensboro, as set forth in Section 1, Chapter 1137, Session Laws of 1959, is amended by striking out the amount "five hundred dollars ($500.00)" appearing in lines 5 and 6 of said subsection (a) and substituting in lieu thereof "one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)".

Sec. 10. Section 5.74(b) of the Charter of the City of Greensboro, as set forth in Section 12, Chapter 686, Session Laws of 1961, is amended by rewriting the first sentence thereof as follows: "The commission shall consist of seven members to serve for three-year overlapping terms.".

Sec. 11. Section 6.146 of the Charter of the City of Greensboro, as set forth in Section 1, Chapter 1137, Session Laws of 1959, is amended by adding at the end of the first semicolon contained at the end of line 4 of said Section 6.146 the following clause: "however, if any parcel, lot or plot to be assessed has less than the minimum dimensions required by any applicable ordinances of the City of Greensboro, such lot, parcel or plot shall, for purposes of assessment, be combined with other adjoining property, parcels, lots or plots which are in the same undivided ownership, and the total combined lots shall be assessed as one lot;".

Sec. 12. Section 7.03 of the Charter of the City of Greensboro, as set forth in Section 23, Chapter 686, Session Laws of 1961, is amended by striking out the amount "five hundred dollars ($500.00)" appearing in lines 3 and 7 of said Section 7.03 and substituting in lieu thereof "one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)".

Sec. 13. Section 7.21 of the Charter of the City of Greensboro, as set forth in Section 24, Chapter 686, Session Laws of 1961, is amended by striking out the amount "five hundred dollars ($500.00)" appearing in lines 6 and 7 of said Section 7.21 and substituting in lieu thereof "one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)".

Sec. 14. All proceedings of the City Council of the City of Greensboro and all work performed relative to local improvements, including street paving, sidewalk construction, water and sanitary sewer construction, including water and sanitary sewer mains, lines and laterals, and all work incidental to such local improvements and the assessments levied and assessed therefor are hereby in all respects approved and validated.

Sec. 15. All extensions and purported extensions of the corporate limits of the City of Greensboro are hereby declared to be valid.

Sec. 16. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 17. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification with the exceptions of Sections 2 and 6, which said Sections 2 and 6 shall be in full force and effect from and after June 1, 1963.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 15th day of March, 1963.