NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 662

HOUSE BILL 1153

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AN ELECTION ON THE ISSUE OF MERGER AND CONSOLIDATION OF CERTAIN SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED AREAS PRESENTLY LOCATED IN THE ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT WITH THE MADISON-MAYODAN SCHOOL ADMINISTrATIVE UNIT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Within 60 days after ratification of this act, at a date to be established by the Board of Commissioners of Rockingham County, there shall be held an election in the following specifically described areas presently located within the Rockingham County School Administrative Unit:

"BEGINNING at a point in the midline of S.R. 1300 where said midline of said road intersects the north boundary of the present Madison-Mayodan Administrative School Unit; thence with the Midline of S.R. 1300, in a northwesterly direction, to its intersection with the midline of S.R. 1325; thence with the midline of S.R. 1325, in a southwesterly direction to the point where the midline of said road intersects the north boundary of the present Madison-Mayodan Administrative School Unit." and,

"BEGINNING at a point in the centerline of Highway 704, where a new bridge crosses Jacob's Creek, said point being in the present eastern boundary line of the Madison-Mayodan Administrative School Unit; thence in an easterly direction with Highway 704 to the intersection of S.R. 2190 with Highway 704; thence in a northerly direction, crossing Dan River, to the Southeast corner of the Deep Springs Country Club, Inc., property, corner with G. W. Broadnax; thence N. 7-07-10 E., with Deep Springs Country Club, Inc.'s east sideline, approximately 6,000 feet to a point in the centerline of S.R. 2150; thence, in a southwesterly direction, with S.R. 2150, to a creek (Cardwell's Creek), being in the east boundary of the Madison-Mayodan Administrative School Unit; thence with the east boundary of said Unit, in a southerly direction with Cardwell's Creek to its intersection with Sharp's Creek; thence, still with the present eastern boundary of said Unit, in a southerly direction with Sharp's Creek to its mouth on Dan River; thence crossing Dan River to the mouth of Jacob's Creek in said river, still with said Madison-Mayodan Administrative School Unit's east boundary; thence, still with said Unit's present east boundary, and with Jacob's Creek, in a southerly direction, to the point of first beginning."

Sec. 2.  The election shall be held on the issue of whether or not the above specifically described areas shall be merged and consolidated with the Madison-Mayodan School Administrative Unit. In such election, to be conducted by the Rockingham County Board of Elections, no new registration shall be required and the registration books for this election shall be closed one week prior to the election.  Except as herein provided, the election authorized in this act shall be conducted by the Rockingham County Board of Elections in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes governing elections.  No absentee voting shall be permitted in this election, and the election shall be conducted on a strictly non-partisan basis.  Expense of the election authorized in this act shall be paid by the Board of Commissioners of Rockingham County from the County General Fund.

Sec. 3.  On each ballot used in the election provided for by this act, there shall be stated two provisions, in substantially the following form and words: "For merger and consolidation with the Madison-Mayodan School Administrative Unit", and "Against merger and consolidation with the Madison-Mayodan School Administrative Unit".  In the event that a majority of the voters who shall vote in the election provided for in this act shall vote in favor of merger and consolidation, the areas described in Section 1 of this act shall become a part of the Madison-Mayodan School Administrative Unit.

Sec. 4.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are repealed.

Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of June, 1971.