NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 857

HOUSE BILL 1499

AN ACT TO REDEFINE THE WARDS OF THE TOWN OF EDENTON.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 3-2 of the Charter of the Town of Edenton, as it appears in Chapter 491, Session Laws of 1975, is rewritten to read:

"Sec. 3-2. Wards described. – For the purpose of town elections beginning with the 1979 municipal election, the Town of Edenton is hereby divided into wards as follows:

First Ward. That portion of town lying south and west of a line drawn beginning at center line of South Broad Street extended to town boundary in Edenton Bay, thus north down the center line of South Broad Street to the center line of West Eden Street, thence westwardly down the centerline of West Eden Street to the center line of Moseley Street thence north down the center line of Moseley Street to the center line of West Albemarle Street thence westwardly down the center line of West Albemarle Street to the town boundary.

Second Ward. That portion of the town lying south and east of a line drawn beginning at the center line of South Broad Street extended to the town boundary in Edenton Bay, thence north to the center line of West Eden Street, thence westwardly to the center line of Moseley Street, thence north to the center line of West Church Street, thence easterly to the center line of Broad Street, thence north to the center line of Park Avenue, thence westwardly to the center line of North Oakum Street, thence South to the center line of East Hicks Street to the center line of the Norfolk Southern Cotton Mill Railroad siding, thence southwardly down the Norfolk Southern Cotton Mill Railroad siding to the center line of East Freemason Street thence eastwardly to the center line of Old Hertford Road, thence southwardly to the center line of East Church Street Extended, thence eastwardly down East Church Street Extended to the town boundary.

Third Ward. That portion of the town lying north and west of a line drawn beginning at the center line of West Albemarle Street Extended and the town boundary, thence eastwardly down the center line of West Albemarle Street to the center line of Moseley Street, thence southwardly to the center line of West Church Street, thence eastwardly to the center line of Broad Street, thence northwardly down the center line of North Broad Street to the center line of Paradise Road, thence down the centerline of Paradise Road to the town boundary.

Fourth Ward. That portion of the town lying north and east of a line drawn beginning at the center line of Paradise Road and the town boundary, thence southerly down the center line of Paradise Road to the center line of north Broad Street, thence southerly down the center line of North Broad Street to the center line of Park Avenue, thence easterly down the center line of Park Avenue to the center line of North Oakum Street, thence southerly down the center line of North Oakum Street to the center line of East Hicks Street, thence eastwardly down the centerline of East Hicks Street to the center line of Norfolk Southern Railroad Cotton Mill siding, thence southerly down the center line of Norfolk Southern Railroad Cotton Mill siding to the center line of East Freemason Street, thence down the center line of East Freemason Street Extended to the center line of Old Hertford Road, thence southerly down the center line of Old Hertford Road to the center line of East Church Street Extended, thence eastwardly down the center line of East Church Street Extended to the town boundary."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of June, 1979.