S.L. 1973-1043

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 1043

HOUSE BILL 1790

AN ACT TO ANNEX TERRITORY TO THE TOWN OF MESIC.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. The corporate limits of the Town of Mesic are hereby enlarged by annexation of the following area:

BEGINNING in the center of highway, N.C. 304, at the head of Door's Creek (a tributary of Big Vandemere Creek) also being the southern terminus of the land - boundary of the Town of Mesic, and running down the West side of Door's Creek to its confluence with Big Vandemere Creek. Thence with the West and North sides of said creek to a point 1,000 feet west of highway N.C. 304. Then in a northerly direction in a straight line to the northwest corner of the C. W. Carawan land (Door's land). Thence easterly with said Carawan line the James Ollison Land (Wilson land). Thence northerly then easterly with James Ollison line to the Clyde Jones line. Then in a northerly direction following the Clyde Jones line to its intersection with T. D. Potter land. Then in a northerly then easterly direction with the T. D. Potter line to the A. J. Jones Canal, said Canal being the North and West boundary of the T. D. Potter land. Then with said Canal in a northerly then easterly direction to where it enters Gales Creek. Then along the South side of Gales Creek to Highway N.C. 304, being the North terminus of the Land - boundary of the Town of Mesic. Thence along and with the existing land boundary of said Town to the point of Beginning.

Sec. 2. From and after the ratification of this act, the territory and its citizens and property shall be subject to all debts, laws, ordinances and regulations in force in such municipality and shall be entitled to the same privileges and benefits as other parts of such municipality. The newly annexed territory shall be subject to municipal taxes levied for the fiscal year following the date of annexation. If the effective date of annexation falls between January 1 and June 30, the municipality shall, for purposes of levying taxes for the fiscal year beginning July 1 following the date of annexation, obtain from the county a record of property in the area being annexed which was listed for taxation as of said January 1. If the effective date of annexation falls between June 1 and June 30, and the effective date of the privilege license tax ordinance of the annexing municipality is June 1, then businesses in the area to be annexed shall be liable for taxes imposed in such ordinance from and after the effective date of annexation.

Sec. 3. This act shall be effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of March, 1974.