NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1963 SESSION

CHAPTER 99
HOUSE BILL 241

AN ACT TO REPEAL CHAPTER 19 OF THE PRIVATE LAWS OF 1935 ABOLISHING THE BOARD OF LIGHT AND WATER COMMISSIONERS FOR THE TOWN OF BELHAVEN AND TRANSFERRING THEIR FUNCTIONS TO THE GOVERNING BODY OF SAID TOWN.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Chapter 19 of the Private Laws of North Carolina of 1935, which established a Board of Light and Water Commissioners for the Town of Belhaven in Beaufort County, is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. The terms of office of the members of the board of light and water commissioners and the term of office of the mayor as ex officio member of the board serving on the board as of July 1, 1963, shall expire at noon on the same date.
Sec. 3. From and after the effective date of this Act, the water system, sewerage system and the electric light and power system in the Town of Belhaven shall be under the exclusive management and control of the Board of Aldermen of the Town of Belhaven. The board of aldermen shall manage, control and operate the water system, sewerage system and the electric light and power system for the Town of Belhaven in the manner and under the authority as may be now or hereafter granted to the board of aldermen by the Charter of the Town of Belhaven and the General Statutes of North Carolina.
Sec. 4. Upon the effective date of this Act or as soon thereafter as possible the board of aldermen shall cause an audit to be made of the funds and accounts of the board of light and water commissioners by a qualified person or persons who hold no official position or employment with the Town of Belhaven or the board of light and water commissioners.
Sec. 5. Upon the effective date of this Act, all funds and monies on hand and on deposit belonging to the board of light and water commissioners shall be transferred to the Town of Belhaven, and all records, accounts, maps and any and all other documents shall on this date be turned over to the board of aldermen.
Sec. 6. Upon the effective date of this Act, all real property, apparatus, equipment, supplies and any and all other property under the control of or held in the name of the board of light and water commissioners shall become the property of the Town of Belhaven.
Sec. 7. All contracts, agreements or other acts entered into by and in the name of the board of light and water commissioners shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with the terms of such contracts or agreements, and nothing in this Act shall be interpreted so as to modify or repeal any contract, agreement or other act made and entered into by the board of light and water commissioners prior to the effective date of this Act.
Sec. 8. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 9. This Act shall be in full force and effect on and after July 1, 1963.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of March 1963.