NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 790

HOUSE BILL 816

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PLAN "D" METHOD OF CITY GOVERNMENT FOR THE TOWN OF WHITEVILLE IN COLUMBUS COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The Plan "D", Mayor, City Council, and City Manager method of city government, as provided by Article 22 of Chapter 160 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, including Sections 160-338 through 160-351, is declared to be the plan of government now applicable to the Town of Whiteville, subject to Chapter 172 of the Session Laws of 1957, as amended by Chapter     of the Session Laws of 1959, relating to the election of the Mayor and members of the Town Council.

Sec. 2. The Town of Whiteville and its governing body, the Town Council, consisting of a Mayor and four Councilmen, shall have, exercise and enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers and privileges provided for municipal corporations by the general laws of the State of North Carolina, including, but not limited to, Chapter 160 of the General Statutes of North Carolina.

Sec. 3. Section 49, Chapter 267 of the Private Laws of 1891 is hereby repealed. All portions of Chapter 267 of the Private Laws of 1891 entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Town of Whiteville in Columbus County," and Chapter 33 of the Private Laws of 1919, which limit the rights, immunities, powers and privileges for the Town of Whiteville and its governing body to less than those provided for municipal corporations by the general laws of North Carolina including, but not limited to, Chapter 160 of the General Statutes, are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. Whenever said Chapter 267 of the Private Laws of 1891 is in conflict with the provisions of Chapter 160 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, the provisions of the latter shall prevail.

Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of June, 1959.