NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 645

SENATE BILL 39

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY OF HALIFAX TO LEASE THE HALIFAX COUNTY AIRPORT TO THE CITY OF ROANOKE RAPIDS.

 

WHEREAS, the County of Halifax is the owner of the Halifax County Airport which is located near the City of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina; and

WHEREAS, said airport is no longer adequate to meet the needs of the County of Halifax and the City of Roanoke Rapids; and

WHEREAS, the City of Roanoke Rapids proposes improving and modernizing said airport to make it adequate for said needs, provided the County of Halifax will lease it to said city for a period of ninety-nine (99) years at a rental of one dollar ($1.00) per year; and

WHEREAS, the people of Halifax County will materially benefit from the proposed improving and modernizing of said airport; and

WHEREAS, the County of Halifax desires to lease said airport to said city as aforesaid so that said improvements and modernization will be made: Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. That the Board of Commissioners of Halifax County are hereby authorized to lease the Halifax County Airport to the City of Roanoke Rapids for a period of ninety-nine (99) years at a rental of one dollar ($1.00) per year, said lease to provide that said airport shall continue as a public airport, shall be properly maintained during the term of said lease by said city and that said city shall complete said proposed improvements and modernization within a reasonable time. The said lease shall also provide that the name of the airport shall remain "Halifax County Airport". The said lease shall further provide that in the event the City of Roanoke Rapids should fail to properly maintain said airport or fail to make the proposed improvements and modernization thereto, then and in that event, the lease shall terminate and the property shall revert to Halifax County.

Sec. 2. That the public benefit to the people of Halifax County from said improvements and modernization of said airport by said city shall be deemed to be a sufficient consideration for the said lease to be executed pursuant to this Act.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This Act shall be in full force and effect on and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of May, 1959.