NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1120

HOUSE BILL 1185

 

 

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF BUNNLEVEL IN HARNETT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The inhabitants of the Town of Bunnlevel in Harnett County, within the boundaries hereinafter established, are hereby incorporated under the name of the Town of Bunnlevel, subject to the provisions of Section 3 of this Act, and the said town is hereby created a body politic and corporate and shall hereinafter possess all the corporate powers and be subject to all the provisions contained in Chapter 160 of the General Statutes of North Carolina and other general laws of the State relating to cities and towns, and all such provisions that are not inconsistent with this Act are hereby made a part of the Charter of the Town of Bunnlevel as herein incorporated.

Sec. 2. The boundaries and corporate limits of the Town of Bunnlevel shall be as follows:

"Beginning at a point in the eastern right-of-way of the Pendergraft Road, said corner being 1584 feet along the eastern right-of-way of the Pendergraft Road to the center line of the Erwin Road, and running thence as of the right-of-way of the Pendergraft Road to the center of U. S. Highway 401; thence as the right-of-way of said Pendergraft Road 300 feet to a stake in the northern right-of-way; thence South 22 degrees 15 minutes East 1478 feet to a stake; thence South 6 degrees West 3643 feet to a stake; thence South 84 degrees East 1580 feet crossing U. S. Highway 401 to a stake; thence North 6 degrees East 1293 feet to a stake; thence North 62 degrees 30 minutes East crossing the railroad 1204 feet to a stake; thence North 27 degrees 30 minutes West 726 feet to a stake; thence North 62 degrees 30 minutes East 1749 feet to a stake; thence North 27 degrees 30 minutes West 1056 feet to the center of the Erwin Road; thence North 27 degrees 30 minutes West 744 feet to a stake; thence direct to the beginning 2376 feet to the point of beginning."

Sec. 3. For the purpose of determining the question of incorporation, the Harnett County Board of Elections shall call and hold for the Town of Bunnlevel a special election to determine whether the town shall be incorporated as herein provided. The said special election shall be held at the expense of the County of Harnett. The County Board of Elections shall hold said election on July 29, 1961, or as soon thereafter as practicable in keeping with the laws governing municipal elections, said laws to apply insofar as the same may be applicable. The said board of elections shall make all the necessary provisions for the holding and conducting of the election, including the canvassing of the returns and the declaration of the results of said election. The call for said election shall be published in some newspaper in Harnett County, for the period of once a week for four successive weeks prior to said election.

Sec. 4. The County Board of Elections shall conduct the said election in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 160 of the General Statutes insofar as the same may be applicable and shall cause the registration books to remain open for the same period of time as set forth in said Article and the same provisions set forth in said Article for challenging the name of any person appearing on said books shall be made.

Sec. 5. At such special election the qualified voters residing within the town limits as set forth in this Act who present themselves to the election officials at the respective voting place shall be furnished with a ballot upon which shall be written or printed the words "For Incorporation" and "Against Incorporation". If at such special election a majority of the votes cast shall be "For Incorporation", then from and thereafter the Town of Bunnlevel shall be incorporated as provided in this Act.

Sec. 6. If at the special election for the incorporation of the Town of Bunnlevel, as herein provided, a majority of the votes cast shall be "Against Incorporation", this Act shall be null and void.

Sec. 7. If at the special election for the incorporation of the Town of Bunnlevel, as herein provided, a majority of the votes cast shall be "For Incorporation", the Harnett County Board of Elections shall forthwith call and hold for said town a special election for the election of the first officers, and said election shall be held under the supervision of the County Board of Elections, and the said election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 160 of the General Statutes insofar as the same may be applicable.

Sec. 8. The governing body of the Town of Bunnlevel shall consist of a mayor and four town commissioners.

Sec. 9. Any person desiring to become a candidate for the office of mayor or town commissioner, shall, at least ten days before the election to be called by the County Board of Elections, file with the County Board of Elections a statement of such candidacy. Each candidate for the office of mayor shall at the time, pay to the said board the sum of five dollars ($5.00). Candidates for town commissioners shall pay to the said board the sum of two and one-half dollars ($2.50).

Sec. 10. Persons qualified and eligible to vote in the election for town officers shall be those persons who reside within the corporate limits of the Town of Bunnlevel as set forth in this Act and are twenty-one years of age or more.

Sec. 11. The persons elected mayor and town commissioners in the special election shall take office one week following their election, and shall hold said offices until their successors are elected at the time for holding municipal elections in accordance with the provisions 'of Article 3 of Chapter 160 of the General Statutes.

Sec. 12. Vacancies on the board of town commissioners for any cause shall be filled by the board for the unexpired terms. In case of a vacancy in the office of mayor for any cause, the town commissioners shall appoint a successor for the unexpired term.

Sec. 13. The Town of Bunnlevel, as incorporated under the provisions of this Act, shall possess all of the corporate Powers authorized under Chapter 160 of the General Statutes.

Sec. 14. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 15. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of June, 1961.