NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 81

HOUSE BILL 260

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE AND EMPOWER THE TOWN OF TARBORO TO EXECUTE A QUITCLAIM DEED OF THE FORMER EDGECOMBE COUNTY COURTHOUSE PROPERTY TO EDGECOMBE COUNTY AND TO RATIFY, CONFIRM AND AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF THE SAME BY EDGECOMBE COUNTY.

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Edgecombe County, after the approval by a vote of the people of a bond issue for that purpose, caused a new county courthouse to be constructed on a new site after notice of change of site as required by law, declared the old courthouse and old courthouse site to be surplus property and no longer needed for any public purpose, advertised the same for public sale and conducted said sale, at which North Carolina National Bank appeared and became the last and highest bidder; and

WHEREAS, a question was raised as to the legal title to the lands which constituted said old courthouse site and the Town Council of the Town of Tarboro was requested to execute and deliver a quitclaim deed quitclaiming and releasing to Edgecombe County all right, title, and interest which said Town has or might have in said property; and

WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Tarboro determined to assert no claim in and to said lands and resolved to execute and deliver to Edgecombe County, without valuable consideration, a quitclaim deed as requested; and

WHEREAS, upon receipt of said quitclaim deed the Board of Commissioners of Edgecombe County desires to convey said lands to North Carolina National Bank in accordance with the terms of said public sale; and

WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Tarboro and the Board of Commissioners of Edgecombe County have requested legislative authority for and approval of said proposed Acts as above set forth: Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The Town of Tarboro is authorized and empowered to quitclaim and release to Edgecombe County, its successors and assigns, by quitclaim deed executed in behalf of said Town by its Mayor and attested by its Town Clerk, and its corporate seal affixed, and without valuable consideration, any and all right, title and interest which said Town has or might have in and to that part of Lot No. 60 of said Town as shown on plat recorded in Book D, page 524, Edgecombe Registry, heretofore occupied by Edgecombe County as a courthouse site and located on the southern side of St. James Street and eastern side of Main Street in said Town.

Sec. 2. The sale by Edgecombe County of that part of Lot No. 60 as shown on plat recorded in Book D, page 524, Edgecombe Registry, heretofore occupied by Edgecombe County as a courthouse site, and located on southern side of St. James Street and eastern side of Main Street in said Town of Tarboro, to North Carolina National Bank in accordance with the terms of said public sale is hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed and the Board of Commissioners of Edgecombe County is authorized and empowered to bargain, sell and convey the same by deed with full covenants of warranty executed by its Chairman, attested by the Clerk to said Board, and with its County Seal affixed, upon receipt of the purchase money.

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 upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of March, 1965.