NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 904

SENATE BILL 453

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 731 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA OF 1953, BEING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF HENDERSON, AND PROVIDING FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. That the description of the corporate boundaries of the City of Henderson as it appears in Section 2 of Chapter 731 of the Session Laws of North Carolina of 1953 is hereby amended so as to add to said description and include within the corporate boundaries of the City of Henderson, effective upon the ratification of this Act, all of the territory described as follows:

BEGINNING at a point in the present city limits on the South side of Alexander Avenue 200 feet West of where the East line of the J. D. Mills property if extended would intersect said city limits and run parallel to the East line of the J. D. Mills property South 3 degrees 15 minutes West to the North line of the J. D. Mills property; thence along the North line of the J. D. Mills property about 200 feet to the northeast corner of the J. D. Mills property; thence along the East line of the J. D. Mills property and the said East line if extended to the South edge of Park Avenue; thence along the South edge of Park Avenue to the West edge of Rose Street; thence along the West edge of Rose Street in a northerly direction to the Harriett Cotton Mills property line; thence along said Harriett Cotton Mills property line to the property line of the Carolina Bagging Company or Textron, Inc.; thence along said line to the South edge of the Epsom Road; thence along the South edge of the Epsom Road to the West edge of Lehman Street; thence along the West edge of Lehman Street to the North edge of the railroad siding; thence along the North edge of the railroad siding to where it would intersect the present city limits if extended on the West side of Nicholas Street; thence along said extension of present city limits to the present city limits where the city limits intersect on the West side of Nicholas Street and the South side of Alexander Avenue if extended; thence along the present city limits on the South side of Alexander Avenue if extended and the South side of Alexander Avenue to the BEGINNING.

Sec. 2. That in addition to the extensions of the corporate boundaries of the City of Henderson as provided for in Section 1 of this Act, Section 2 of Chapter 731 of the Session Laws of North Carolina of 1953 is hereby further amended so as to add to said description and include within the corporate boundaries of the City of Henderson, effective on January 1, 1960, all of the territory described as follows:

BEGINNING at the point where the East line of the J. D. Mills property if extended would intersect the present city limits on the South side of Alexander Avenue and run along the present city limits in a westerly direction 200 feet; thence parallel to the East line of the J. D. Mills property and 200 feet from said line to the North line of the J. D. Mills property; thence along said North line about 200 feet to the northeast corner of the J. D. Mills property; thence along the East line of the J. D. Mills property if extended to the BEGINNING.

Sec. 3. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. That 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 11th day of June, 1959.