NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 384

HOUSE BILL 856

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MARSHALL TO REGULATE THE PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. Chapter 165, Private Laws of 1905, is amended by adding a new section, to be designated Section 49, to read as follows:

"Sec. 49. All claims or demands against the Town of Marshall arising in tort shall be presented to the governing body of the Town or the Mayor, in writing, signed by the claimant, his attorney or agent, within 60 days after the claim or demand is due or the cause of action arose. No suit or action shall be brought within 10 days or after the expiration of 12 months from the time the claim is presented. If the claim is not presented within 60 days after the claim or demand is due or the cause of action arose, and if suit is not instituted within 12 months from the time the claim is presented, the claim and action thereon shall be barred."

Sec. 2. This act shall apply to claims and actions arising in tort after the ratification of this act.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of May, 1973.