GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1985 SESSION
CHAPTER 816
AN ACT TO CORRECT THE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWN OF MADISON.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section. 1. The territory described below is included within the corporate boundaries of the Town of Madison in Rockingham County:
Beginning at a culvert on hard surface road leading to Mayo Bridge from Madison, former J. C. Thompson and J.
R. Hughes corner in branch; thence N. 76° E. with branch 166' to a stake in another branch; thence S. 40° E. 137' to a stake; thence S. 20 1/2° W. 112' to a stake; thence S. 14 3/4° E. 85 1/2' to a stake in a ditch; thence N. 30° E. 177' to a stake; thence N. 66° E. 202' to a stake; thence N. 22° E. 282' to a stake; thence N. 24 3/4° W. 311' to a stake; thence N. 4° E. 69' to a stake in J. H. Moore Est. (formerly R. M. Cardwell); thence with said J. H. Moore Est. line N. 86° 20 minutes
W. 197' to a stake on hard surface road; thence S. with hard surface road 27 3/4° W. 446.5' to a point; thence along hard surface road in a southerly direction to the point and place of beginning. The above being Lots 3 and 5 in the subdivision of the W. T. Lauten lands, as subdivided and surveyed by S. B. Dameron on April 14 and 15, 1924, totaling approximately 5.04 acres. See Book 241, Page 274.
Sec. 2. The territory described in Section 1 is not within the boundaries of the M & M Fire Protection District.
Sec. 3. Rockingham County shall release or refund the total amount of M & M Fire Protection District taxes levied or collected on the property described in Section 1 for fiscal year 1985-86, and shall not levy such taxes on the property for any subsequent fiscal year.
Sec. 4. As soon as possible after ratification of this act, the Town of Madison shall cause an accurate map showing the current corporate boundaries of the Town to be recorded in the office of the Rockingham County Register of Deeds and filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. The property described in Section 1 shall be identified clearly and labeled "See Chapter 816, Session Laws of 1985 (1986 Session)," with the blank filled in to refer to this act as ratified.
Sec. 5. The purpose of this act is to correct clerical errors of description made in connection with the annexation ordinance adopted by the Town of Madison Board of Aldermen on March 26, 1971, which became effective on June 30, 1971.
Sec. 6. Section 1 of this act is effective retroactively from and after June 30, 1971. Section 2 is effective retroactively from and after December 31, 1984. Sections 3 through 6 are effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 27th day of June, 1986.