NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1975 SESSION

CHAPTER 277
SENATE BILL 560

AN ACT TO EXTEND THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF WINTERVILLE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. The following described territory is hereby annexed to and made a part of the corporate limits of the Town of Winterville:
Beginning at Carl Worthington's southeast corner in John H. Brookshires northern line and runs thence S 24° 50' W, 675' plus to the southern right-of-way of State Road 1713; thence with the southern right-of-way of State Road 1713; N 64° 11' W, 150' plus to the eastern right-of-way of State Road 1714; thence with the eastern right-of-way of State Road 1714 S 07° 57' W, 1,000' plus to the centerline of a canal; thence with the centerline of said canal N 16° 38' W, 900' plus to the eastern right-of-way of the Seaboard Coastline Railroad; thence with the eastern right-of-way of the Seaboard Coastline Railroad N 28° 15' E, 1350' plus; thence S 72° 45' E, 538.9' to the eastern right-of-way of Church Street, thence with the eastern right-of-way of Church Street N 24° 50' E, 250' plus; thence S 75° 10' E, 200' plus to the beginning.
Sec. 2. From and after the effective date of this act, the territory and its citizens and property shall be subject to all debts, laws, ordinances and regulations in force in such municipality and shall be entitled to the same privileges and benefits as other parts of such municipality. The newly annexed territory shall be subject to municipal taxes levied for the fiscal year following the date of annexation. If the effective date of annexation falls between January 1 and June 30, the municipality shall, for purposes of levying taxes for the fiscal year beginning July 1 following the date of annexation, obtain from the county a record of property in the area being annexed which was listed for taxation as of said January 1. If the effective date of annexation falls between June 1 and June 30, and the effective date of the privilege license tax ordinance of the annexing municipality is June 1, then businesses in the area to be annexed shall be liable for taxes imposed in such ordinance from and after the effective date of annexation.
Sec. 3. This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of May, 1975.