NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 760

HOUSE BILL 985

 

 

AN ACT EXTENDING THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF HAVELOCK AND EXTENDING THE JURISDICTION OF HAVELOCK POLICEMEN.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The corporate limits of the Town of Havelock shall be as follows:

Beginning at a point which is the intersection of the center line of U. S. Highway No. 70 and the mean low-water line of the southeast shore line of the West Prong of Slocum Creek and running thence in a westerly and southwesterly direction along the said low-water line for a distance of approximately 2473 feet to the East right of way line of the Atlantic and East Carolina Railroad main line; thence along the said right of way line in two courses South 22 degrees 00 minutes East and South 32 degrees 00 minutes East, for a distance of approximately 10,970 feet to the southeast bank of the East Prong of Slocum Creek; thence along the southeast bank of the said East Prong of Slocum Creek in five (5) courses: North 88 degrees 50 minutes East 179 feet, North 20 degrees 00 minutes East 213 feet, North 7 degrees 30 minutes East 122 feet, North 60 degrees 00 minutes East 172 feet, and North 18 degrees 15 minutes East 131 feet, (for a total of 817 feet), to an old corner iron; thence along the southwest line of the C. S. Bryan land South 28 degrees 45 minutes East 3061.47 feet to an iron pipe in the U. S. Forestry line; thence along the established boundaries of the Havelock Sanitary District, as set forth in the petition for establishment of said Sanitary District, to wit: Thence following said line (U. S. Forestry line) South 87 degrees East 2200 feet, more or less, to a concrete monument marked corner 322 on the West side of Old Highway #70 (Old N. C. Highway 10); thence crossing Highway #70, North 641/2 degrees East 550 feet; thence parallel to Highway 70 and 400 feet from its eastern boundary North 18 degrees West 2300 feet, more or less, to the southern boundary of Johnson's Trailer Park; thence following the boundaries of said trailer park in two (2) courses North 72 degrees East 340 feet and North 18 degrees West 740 feet, more or less, to the line of the Godwin Subdivision; thence following the lines of the Godwin Subdivision North 79 degrees East 660 feet, North 15 degrees West 256 feet; North 601/2 degrees West 719 feet; North 4 degrees East 194 feet; North 19 1/2 degrees West 224 feet; North 6 degrees West 240 feet; North 391/2 degrees East 539.5 feet; and North 391/2 degrees West 585 feet to Capp's Branch; thence following Capp's Branch about 300 feet to the corner of the Wynn(e) Subdivision; thence following the lines of the Wynn(e) Subdivision North 481/2 degrees West 365 feet to the northern boundary of Wynn(e) Road; thence along said northern boundary North 841/2 degrees West 860 feet, more or less, to the eastern boundary of Highway 70; thence northerly along the eastern right of way of U. S. Highway No. 70, North 20 degrees 10 minutes West 342.7 feet and North 17 degrees 41 minutes West 1,085.31 feet to the southeastern right of way of Roosevelt Boulevard; thence northeastwardly along the said Roosevelt Boulevard right of way line North 28 degrees 24 minutes East 290.02 feet to an iron pipe southwest of Hatteras Avenue; thence South 61 degrees 41 minutes East 198.03 feet to the point of curvature (P.C.) of a curve, an arrow cut in the South edge of a concrete walk, southeast of Hatteras Ave.; thence with the curve along the edge of said concrete walk 342.76 feet to a point, an arrow cut in the South edge of said walk by a line South 70 degrees 30 minutes East 339.20 feet; thence from said point North 6 degrees 02 minutes 30 seconds East 255.00 feet with the southeast edge of a four foot concrete walk to an arrow cut in said walk; thence North 83 degrees 31 minutes West 43.38 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 61 degrees 36 minutes West 396.00 feet to an unmarked point; thence North 28 degrees 24 minutes West 100.01 feet to a point; thence North 28 degrees 29 minutes East 439.94 feet, and North 26 degrees 02 minutes East 446.0 feet to the projection of the northern boundary of the Commercial Center; thence across Roosevelt Boulevard North 89 degrees 00 minutes West 109.68 feet to the northeast corner of the said Commercial Center; thence along the lines of the Commercial Center 89 degrees West 300 feet, South 24 degrees 54 minutes West 490.61 feet to the northern right of way of connecting road also called Jaycee Street; thence westerly along the said northern right of way approximately 400 feet to the eastern right of way of U. S. Highway No. 70; thence again along the boundaries of the aforementioned Havelock Sanitary District, to wit: "thence following the eastern boundary of Highway 70 in its old location to the rear corner of the property of the Ashford Oil Company; thence following the lines of the Ashford Oil Company due East 240 feet; and due North 390 feet, more or less, to the northern boundary of North Carolina Highway 101;" thence westerly along the northern right of way of North Carolina Highway No. 101 approximately 915 feet to the mean low-water line of the West shore of the East Prong of Slocum Creek; thence northerly along the said low-water line approximately 8500 feet to the junction with the West Prong of Slocum Creek and the mean low-water line of the East shore of the said West Prong; thence southwesterly along the mean low-water line of the East shore of the said West Prong approximately 5400 feet to the point of beginning. Excepting and excluding therefrom 11.8 acres in the northernmost corner of the area and between the East Prong and the West Prong of Slocum Creek, said area having been conveyed by Slocum Village Corporation to the Board of Education of Craven County, North Carolina, by deed dated October 13, 1953, recorded January 21, 1954, in the office of the Register of Deeds of Craven County, North Carolina, in Book 498, at Page 284, also excepting and excluding therefrom the right of way of the Atlantic and East Carolina Railroad spur line which crosses the area from West to East, and also excepting and excluding therefrom that area of Federally controlled tract of land known as Slocum Village Housing Project, formerly owned by the PBC Housing Corporation, and other government controlled lands within the corporation limits of the town.

Sec. 2. (a)  The jurisdiction of the police force of the Town of Havelock is hereby extended to include all territory outside and within one (1) mile of the corporate limits, and all members of the police force shall have within such territory all rights, power, and authority as they now have within the corporate limits.

(b)       The jurisdiction of the police force of the Town of Havelock is hereby extended to include all town-owned, or leased and controlled, property and facilities, whether located within or outside the corporate limits, and all members of the police force shall have upon and within such property and facilities all rights, power and authority as they now have within the corporate limits.

(c)       Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this Section, the police jurisdiction herein extended shall not be applicable with respect to violations of the motor vehicle laws of the State relating to speeding so far as U. S. Highway No. 70 and North Carolina Highway No. 101 are concerned.

Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. 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 7th day of June, 1963.