NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1963 SESSION
CHAPTER 763
HOUSE BILL 997
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF TAR HEEL IN BLADEN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.
The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. The inhabitants of Tar Heel, Bladen County, are hereby incorporated under the name of the Town of Tar Heel, and is hereby created a body politic and corporate, and shall have perpetual succession, may adopt a corporate seal, may sue and be sued, may enter into contracts, and shall have all the rights, powers and duties now or hereafter prescribed by the general laws of North Carolina pertaining to incorporated cities and towns, and as prescribed by this Charter as now written or as hereafter amended.
Sec. 2. The corporate boundaries of the Town of Tar Heel shall be as herein defined until hereafter changed from time to time as provided by the laws of North Carolina. Said corporate limits are described as follows:
"Beginning at a point in the center line of North Carolina Highway #87, said point being South 29 degrees 30 minutes West 2425 feet from the J. E. Allen property line and the northeastern right of way line of Pine Street, as shown on map of the Town of Tar Heel, dated April 22, 1963, prepared by Stuart Gooden, R.S., and running thence from the beginning, North 29 degrees 30 minutes East 2425 feet to a stake in the J. E. Allen line; thence South 55 degrees East 460 feet; thence South 29 degrees 30 minutes East 50 feet; thence South 55 degrees East 176 feet; thence South 29 degrees 30 minutes West 2345 feet; thence South 58 degrees 45 minutes East 485 feet; thence South 63 degrees 45 minutes East 510 feet; thence with the southern right of way line of Fourth Street, South 28 degrees 30 minutes West 1270 feet; thence with the western right of way line of Armfield Street, North 61 degrees 30 minutes West 970 feet; thence South 28 degrees 30 minutes West 248.5 feet; thence North 61 degrees 30 minutes West 285 feet; thence South 28 degrees 30 minutes West 300 feet; thence North 61 degrees 30 minutes West 310 feet; thence with the northern right of way of Myers Street, North 27 degrees 30 minutes East 1880 feet to the beginning in the center line of North Carolina Highway #87, the same being described on that map of the Town of Tar Heel, Bladen County, North Carolina, dated April 22, 1963, prepared by Stuart Gooden, R.S."
Sec. 3. The governing body of the Town of Tar Heel shall consist of a mayor and three councilmen. Braxton Martin is hereby appointed as mayor. Glenn H. Allen, Wilton Barnes and George Monroe are hereby appointed councilmen. The persons so appointed shall serve from the ratification of this Act until the regular municipal election in May, 1965, and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.
Sec. 4. The regular municipal elections shall be held on Tuesday after the first Monday in May, 1965, and biennially thereafter. The mayor and councilmen elected shall serve for a term of two (2) years and until their successors have been elected and qualified. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes for the office of mayor and the three candidates receiving the highest number of votes for the offices of councilmen shall be declared elected.
Sec. 5. Except as otherwise provided herein, the municipal elections shall be held and conducted in accordance with Chapter 160 of the General Statutes. The governing body of the Town is hereby constituted the Town Board of Elections and the Board of Canvassers shall have the same powers as county boards of elections.
Sec. 6. The governing body shall appoint qualified persons to fill vacancies in the office of mayor and councilmen. Persons so appointed shall serve until the next municipal election.
Sec. 7. The governing body shall have the power and is hereby authorized to levy and collect an annual ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the municipality within the limits prescribed by general law. Provided, that no taxes shall be levied or collected in the Town until January 1, 1964.
Sec. 8. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 9. 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 7th day of June, 1963.