NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 855

HOUSE BILL 1099

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 324, SESSION LAWS OF 1957, RELATING TO RECORDING MAPS AND PLATS IN SURRY COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Chapter 324, Session Laws of 1957 is hereby amended by adding a new Section following Section 3 of that Chapter, to be designated Section 3½ and to read as follows:

"Sec. 3½. From and after July 1, 1961, any person, firm or corporation desiring to record in said county any map or plat of land or subdivision thereof shall record the same by submitting to the Register of Deeds two copies, one copy thereof being a correct copy drawn in black, waterproof drawing ink upon transparent tracing or linen cloth, and the other a direct or photographic copy. Said map or plat shall be on a sheet not more than eighteen (18) inches by twenty-four (24) inches, and no map or plat shall hereafter be recorded in said office except by having two true copies drawn in the size and manner above described."

Sec. 2. Chapter 324, Session Laws of 1957, is further amended by rewriting Section 5 thereof to read as follows:

"The Register of Deeds of Surry County shall be and is hereby authorized to collect the recording fee of one dollar ($1.00) for the original or first copy only of each sheet for each map or plat recorded, and if the said map or plat contains more than one sheet, then the register of deeds shall collect one dollar ($1.00) for each other original or first sheet recorded under the provisions of 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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 from and after ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 15th day of June, 1961.