NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1249

HOUSE BILL 1488

 

AN ACT TO DE-ANNEX TERRITORY FROM THE ROBESON COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE SCHOOL UNIT AND ANNEX IT TO THE LUMBERTON CITY ADMINISTRATIVE SCHOOL UNIT.  

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The following described territory is de-annexed from the Robeson County Administrative School Unit and annexed to the Lumberton City Administrative School Unit:

BEGINNING at a point in the northern line of the present Lumberton City School district at the intersection of the center of the V. & C. S. Railroad with the northern line of the lands now or formerly owned by Margaret French McLean and running thence along the northern line of the Lumberton City School District and along the northern line of said Margaret French McLean tract north 85 degrees west crossing paved secondary road no. 1005, better known as the Barker 10 Mile Road to a stake in the northern line of the present Lumberton City School District, the southwestern corner of tract no. 1 in the division of Mrs W.J. Powers Estate, as shown on a map of same recorded in Map Book 8 Page 16 in the office of the Register of Deeds of Robeson County; thence along the western line of said tract No. 1; North 84 degrees 45 minutes west 26.19 chains to a stake; thence north 6 degrees 45 minutes east 19.50 chains to a corner; thence north 61 minutes east 13.40 chains to the Burns corner; thence continuing along the line of the lands of John R. Burns North 61 degrees East 10.00 chains to a stake, the most Northern corner of said 33 acre tract; thence continuing along the lines of the land of John R. Burns South 70 degrees East to a stake in said line at its intersection with the center line of the V. & C. S. Railroad; thence in a southern direction along the center of the V. & C. S. Railroad to a stake at the intersection of the center of paved secondary Road no. 1005, Better known as the Barker Ten Mile Road; thence along the center of said paved secondary Road No. 1005 in a Southwesterly direction to a point in the center of said road at its intersection with the extension of the Northern line of that 1/2 acre lot now owned by W.J. Powers by Deed recorded in Deed Book 18-F at Page 397; thence to, as, and beyond the Northern line of said 1/2 acre lot in a Southeasterly direction to a stake in the center of the V. & C. S. Railroad; thence along the center of said V. & C. S. Railroad in a Southern direction to the beginning.

Sec. 2. Section 1 of this act shall only become effective if the Lumberton City Board of Education and the Robeson County Board of Education both adopt a resolution prior to July 1, 1982, to place the act into effect. Such resolution may not be adopted until after the two boards have held a joint public hearing, with the notice of that hearing having been given at least five days before the hearing in a newspaper in Robeson County. If both boards adopt such a resolution, then Section 1 of this act shall become effective July 1, 1982. This section is effective upon ratification. A copy of any resolution adopted under this section shall be filed with the Secretary of State.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of June, 1982.