NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1975 SESSION

CHAPTER 190
SENATE BILL 520

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ROBESON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ENTER INTO A LONG-TERM LEASE WITH ROWLAND MEMORIAL PARK, INC., FOR THE RENTAL OF THE ROWLAND MEMORIAL PARK AND TO MAKE CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS UPON SUCH LEASED LAND.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. For the purpose of increasing athletic and other scholastic benefits to the students in the public school system, the Robeson County Board of Education is authorized to enter into a long-term contract with Rowland Memorial Park, Incorporated, a North Carolina incorporated association, or its assignee, for the lease of that tract of land and structures thereto appurtenant which is known as the Rowland Memorial Park and which is more specifically described as follows:
That tract of land within the Town of Rowland, Robeson County, North Carolina, beginning at a stake at the southeast intersection of Watson and McCormick Streets and runs as the east edge of Watson Street extended five hundred (500) feet to a stake; thence at right angles to Watson Street in an eastern direction five hundred (500) feet to a stake; thence parallel with Watson Street and at right angles to McCormick Street in a northern direction five hundred (500) feet to a stake in the South edge of McCormick Street extended; thence as the south edge of McCormick Street in a western direction five hundred (500) feet to the beginning.
The term of that lease shall not exceed 25 years at a specified rental.
Sec. 2. The Board of Education of Robeson County is authorized and empowered by vote of a majority of the board to enter into contracts for the erection of new improvements, including the installation of a lighting system, and for the repair of any existing building or improvement on the site of the above described tract.
Sec. 3. This act shall become effective upon ratification, and shall apply only to the above described tract of land in Rowland, North Carolina.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of May, 1975.