NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1963 SESSION

CHAPTER 432
HOUSE BILL 894

AN ACT TO AMEND HOUSE BILL NO. 195, RATIFIED ON APRIL 6, 1963, AND DESIGNATED CHAPTER 225, SESSION LAWS OF 1963, SO AS TO PROVIDE A LIMIT OF FOUR YEARS UPON THE LEVY OF TAXES FOR "OUR COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INCORPORATED", IN HALIFAX COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. House Bill No. 195, ratified on April 6, 1963 entitled: "A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF HALIFAX COUNTY TO LEVY A TAX UPON THE PROPERTY IN SCOTLAND NECK, PALMYRA, ROSENEATH AND CONOCONARA TOWNSHIPS IN HALIFAX COUNTY FOR THE OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPPING OF 'OUR COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INCORPORATED', A NON‑PROFIT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION", is amended as follows:
(a)	Rewrite the first sentence of Section 1 to read as follows:
"The Board of County Commissioners of Halifax County is authorized and directed, aften ten days' notice at the courthouse door and one publication in one or more newspapers published in Halifax County, to order a special election to be held at such time as it may fix to determine the will of the people of Scotland Neck, Palmyra, Roseneath and Conoconara Townships as to whether or not the Board of County Commissioners of Halifax County shall levy a special annual tax for the four‑year period beginning January 1, 1963, and ending January 1, 1967, said tax not to exceed fifteen cents (15¢) on each one hundred dollars ($100.00) of the assessed value of the real and personal property taxable in the four townships above named."
(b)	Rewrite the third sentence of Section 1 to read as follows:
"The question of levying such special annual tax, for the said four‑year period, upon the assessed value of the real and personal property taxable in the four townships above named shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the four townships above named at an election to be held as hereinafter provided."
(c)	Rewrite the fourth sentence of Section 1 to read as follows:
"The rate or amount of such tax or taxes for which the levy may be made hereunder shall be determined by the Board of Commissioners of Halifax County not to exceed fifteen cents (15¢) on each one hundred dollars ($100.00) of the assessed value of the real and personal property taxable in said four townships above named, and a ballot shall be furnished to each qualified voter at said election to be held in said four townships above named, which ballot may contain a line reading: 'FOR Hospital Maintenance Tax (briefly stating any other petinent information)'; and a line reading: 'AGAINST Hospital Maintenance Tax (briefly stating any other petinent information)', with squares in front of each proposition, in one of which squares the voter may make a cross mark (X) to indicate his vote 'FOR' or 'AGAINST' the proposition to impose the said tax for the four‑year period; but any other form of ballot containing adequate information and properly stating the question to be voted upon shall be construed as being in compliance with this Act."
(d)	Rewrite the first sentence of Section 2 to read as follows:
"The tax, taxes, or tax levy authorized under Section 1 of this Act shall, for the four‑year period for which it shall be levied, be in addition to the twenty cents (20¢) levied as authorized by the Constitution for general purposes in addition to all other taxes levied in said four townships and in addition to all other levies limited by the Constitution."
(e)	Rewrite the first sentence of Section 3 to read as follows:
"If said tax levy, as herein authorized, is approved in said election, then the same shall be levied and collected during the four‑year period for which it is authorized herein, by the Board of County Commissioners of Halifax County in the same manner and method as all other county taxes, and the same shall be set aside in a special account and in a special fund for the use and benefit of said hospital, as provided in this Act."
Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. 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 15th day of May, 1963.