GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

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SENATE BILL 711*
Finance Committee Substitute Adopted 5/12/97
House Committee Substitute Favorable 7/14/97
Fourth Edition Engrossed 7/22/97

Short Title:  Incorporate Swepsonville.	(Local)

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April 7, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF SWEPSONVILLE AND THE SIMULTANEOUS DISSOLUTION OF THE SWEPSONVILLE SANITARY DISTRICT AND TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF GRANTSBORO.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  In accordance with G.S. 130A-81(1a), the Town of Swepsonville is incorporated, and the Swepsonville Sanitary District is simultaneously dissolved.  Such incorporation and dissolution are not subject to referendum.
Section 2.  A Charter for the Town of Swepsonville is enacted to read:
"CHARTER FOR THE TOWN OF SWEPSONVILLE.
"CHAPTER I.
"INCORPORATION AND CORPORATE POWERS.
"Section 1.1.  Incorporation and Corporate Powers.  The inhabitants of the Town of Swepsonville are a body corporate and politic under the name 'Town of Swepsonville'.  Under that name they have all the powers, duties, rights, privileges, and immunities conferred and imposed upon cities by the general law of North Carolina.
"CHAPTER II.
"CORPORATE BOUNDARIES.
"Section 2.1.  Town Boundaries.  Until modified in accordance with law, the boundaries of the Town of Swepsonville are as follows:
Tract One:
A certain tract or parcel of land located in Thompson Township, Alamance County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point located on State Highway 2158 at the center of a bridge across the Haw River in Alamance County, North Carolina; running thence from said point with SR 2158 the following courses and distances:
S. 84 deg. 36' E. 260.00 feet; S. 81 deg. 48' E. 98.76 feet; S. 75 deg. 16' E. 65.41 feet; S. 67 deg. 27' E. 97.49 feet; S. 56 deg. 56' E. 98.40 feet; S. 48 deg. 44' E. 89.37 feet; running thence in the vicinity of George Bason Road, the following courses and distances: N. 55 deg. 49' E. 251.06 feet; S. 16 deg. 00' E. 178.3 feet; N. 30 deg. 54' E. 778.2 feet; N. 86 deg. 40' E. 301.6 feet to a point in George Bason Road; running thence with an unnamed road, S. 14 deg. 12' E. 164.85 feet to a point; running thence N. 85 deg. 58' E. 168.9 feet to a point; running thence S. 10 deg. 22' E. 238.5 feet to a point; thence S. 6 deg. 16' W. 213.7 feet to a point; running thence N. 61 deg. 29' E. 836.7 feet to a point; running thence S. 35 deg. 33' W. 135.6 feet; running thence S. 47 deg. 20' E. 759.4 feet to a point; running thence in the vicinity of NC Highway 119 and NC Highway 54, the following courses and distances:  N. 85 deg. 45' E. 330.00 feet; N. 82 deg. 53' E. 100.00 feet; N. 7 deg. 07' 27" W. 334.4 feet; N. 83 deg. 01' 53" E. 200.97 feet; N. 7 deg. 15' W. 66.06 feet; N. 82 deg. 45' E. 120.12 feet; S. 7 deg. 15' E. 583.22 feet to a point; N. 83 deg. 30' E. 193.11 feet; N. 70 deg. 19' E. 224.55 feet; N. 84 deg. 10' E. 90 feet; N. 4 deg. 485' W. 143.9 feet; N. 85 deg. 15' E. 528 feet; S. 89 deg. 16 E. 330.98 feet; N. 85 deg. 33' E. 778 feet; N. 63 deg. 03' E. 141.5 feet; N. 23 deg. 11' W. 272.25 feet; N. 26 deg. 57' W. 898.3 feet; N. 78 deg. 23' E. 331.3 feet to a point in N. C. Highway 54; thence N. 80 deg.  37' 40" E. 43.07 feet; N. 39 deg. 38' 20" E. 233.38 feet; N. 47 deg. 19' 10" E. 533.29 feet; N. 47 deg. 57' E. 1651.57 feet; S. 36 deg. 18' E. 1282.22 feet to a point in N. C. Highway 119; thence with N. C. Highway 119 S. 49 deg. 06' 42" W. 674.29 feet; continuing with N. C. Highway 119, S. 49 deg. 07' W. 540.00 feet; thence in the vicinity of N. C. Highway 119 the following courses and distances:  S. 26 deg. 00' E. along an unnamed road, 283.2 feet; S. 49 deg. 02' W. 207.93 feet; S. 67 deg. 01' W. 105.76 feet; S. 49 deg. 02' W. 260 feet; N. 40 deg. 58' W. 50 feet; S. 49 deg. 02' W. 147.14 feet; S. 47 deg. 40' W. 74.69 feet; S. 00 deg. 48' E. 75.11 feet; S. 47 deg. 40' W. 1170 feet, crossing NC Highway 54 and SR 2164; S. 85 deg. 33' W. 1270 feet; S. 16 deg. 48' W. 113.34 feet; S. 89 deg. 37' W. 251.6 feet; N. 3 deg. 20' W. 85.53 feet; S. 86 deg. 38' W. 715.35 feet; N. 86 deg. 28' W. 70.24 feet; S. 1 deg. 25' E. 51 feet; S. 82 deg. 50' W. 108.5 feet; S. 1 deg. 25' E. 95 feet; S. 83 deg. 25' W. 262 feet; N. 2 deg. 20' W. 153.15 feet; S. 86 deg. 05' W. 353.88 feet; N. 1 deg. 25' W. 71.5 feet; S. 88 deg. 35' W. 148.5 feet; S. 52 deg. 13' W. 566.8 feet; S. 49 deg. 17' W. 334.5 feet; S. 48 deg. 02' W. 345 feet; running thence in the vicinity of SR 2158 the following courses and distances:
S. 43 deg. 24' E. 48.3 feet; S. 50 deg. 04' W. 23 feet; S. 43 deg. 32' E. 367.27 feet; N. 38 deg. 29' E. 354.96 feet; S. 66 deg. 36' E. 135.06 feet; S. 20 deg. 54' W. 213.1 feet; S. 26 deg. 41' W. 100 feet; S. 35 deg. 12' W. 100 feet; S. 44 deg. 57' W. 35.48 feet; S. 43 deg. 16' E. 154.38 feet; N. 79 deg. 44' E. 9.69 feet; N. 68 deg. 44' E. 209.22 feet; N. 21 deg. 44' E. 42.24 feet; N. 30 deg. 09' E. 59.04 feet; N. 82 deg. 44' E. 138 feet; S. 38 deg. 14' W. 158.88 feet; S. 39 deg. 34' E. 364.3 feet; S. 61 deg. 34' E. 154.16 feet; S. 77 deg. 38' E. 330.64 feet; S. 04 deg. 17' W. 485.7 feet; S. 83 deg. 38' E. 724.10 feet; S. 0 deg. 11' E. 132 feet; N. 83 deg. 38' W. 330 feet; S. 0 deg. 11' E. 284.7 feet; S. 56 deg. 05' W. 357.9 feet to a point in SR 2158; running thence N. 35 deg. 24' W. 118.19 feet with SR 2158; thence S. 59 deg. 45' W. 513.1 feet; thence N. 33 deg. 54' W. 270.40 feet; thence N. 83 deg. 43' W. 394 feet; thence N. 1 deg. 24' E. 101.07 feet with SR 2198; thence N. 88 deg. 36' W. 200 feet; thence N. 1 deg. 24' E. 535 feet; thence N. 8 deg. 20' E. 259.45 feet; thence N. 65 deg. 46' 30" W. 100.54 feet; N. 60 deg. 57' W. 54.8 feet; N. 47 deg. 01' W. 59.7 feet, crossing Woodside Avenue; thence N. 52 deg. 14' 40" W. 59.90 feet; thence N. 6 deg. 59' E. 78.97 feet; thence N. 7 deg. 48' W. 176.48 feet; thence N. 89 deg. 52' W. 70.55 feet; thence S. 63 deg. 29' W. 580 feet; thence N. 87 deg. 20' W. 135 feet; thence N. 41 deg. 40' W. 100 feet; thence N 36 deg. 00' W. 108.80 feet; thence S. 47 deg. 30' W. 87 feet; thence S. 75 deg. 03' W. 142.58 feet; thence N. 8 deg. 00' W. 487.7 feet; running thence S. 69 deg. 50' W. 285.0 feet to a point in the Haw River; running thence with the center of the Haw River 2,500 feet to the point of BEGINNING, and containing 313.40 acres, more or less, as shown on Boundary and Sanitary Sewer Map, Swepsonville Sanitary Sewer District, dated October 25, 1983, and prepared by Alley, Williams, Carmen & King, Inc., Engineers and Architects, Job. No. 163-83.
Tract Two:
A certain tract or parcel of land located in Thompson Township, Alamance County, North Carolina, adjoining George Bason Road (SR2156), property owned by W.E. & Mary D. Kirkpatrick, Quarry Development Company, Lacy Overman and Juanita Wilson LaPrade, and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a control corner located in the southern edge of the 60' right of way of George Bason Road (SR 2156), a corner with Juanita Wilson LaPrade and property owned by Quarry Development, further known as Stonehaven Subdivision, Section 1; running thence from said control corner along the southern edge of the 60' right of way of George Bason Road (SR 2156), the following courses and distances: N. 65 deg. 27' 26" E. 379.33 feet, N. 73 deg. 35' 15" E. 70.71 feet, N. 65 deg. 27' 26" E. 50 feet, N. 57 deg. 19' 38" E. 70.71 feet, N. 65 deg. 27' 26" E. 940.00 feet, N. 73 deg. 35' 15" E. 70.71 feet, N. 65 deg. 27' 26" E. 50 feet, N. 55 deg 15' 14" E. 71.06 feet and in a curve to the left the following courses and distances: N. 61 deg. 35' 03" E. a chord of 69.95 feet and a radius of 2922.99 feet, N. 59 deg. 25' 42" E. 150.00 chord with a radius of 2922.99, N. 56 deg. 06' 01" E. a chord distance of 189.50 feet, a radius of 2922.99 feet to a control corner; thence along the western edge of property owned by W.E. Kirkpatrick, the following courses and distances: S. 25 deg. 05' 16" E. 56.38 feet, S. 4 deg. 27' 23" W. 331.13 feet, S. 4 deg. 29' 00" W. 54.07 feet; thence along the western edge of property owned by Mary D. Kirkpatrick, S. 4 deg. 20' 00" W. 302.25 feet; thence along the northern edge of property owned by Quarry Development Company the following courses and distances: N. 85 deg. 40' 00" W. 184.18 feet, S. 31 deg. 32' 47" W. 89.41 feet, S. 65 deg. 27' 26" W. 753.86 feet, S. 46 deg. 54' 41" E. 280.00 feet, S. 60 deg. 06' 32" W. 184.39 feet, S. 51 deg. 46' 50" W. 50.08 feet, S. 43 deg. 34' 57" W. 610.71 feet; thence along the northern edge of property owned by Lacy Overman, N. 44 deg. 46' 01" W. 363.62 feet; thence S. 60 deg. 37' 15" W. 5.00 feet; thence along the eastern portion of property owned by Juanita Wilson LaPrade, the following courses and distances: N. 36 deg. 35' 46" W. 71.95 feet; N. 56 deg. 10' 16" E. 142.00 feet; thence N. 36 deg. 13' 01" W. 661.29 feet to the point of BEGINNING, and containing 32.41 acres, more or less, as depicted in a preliminary final plat, Section 1, Stonehaven Subdivision, by Thompson-Simmons, Inc., Surveyors, dated February 17, 1988.
Tract Three:
A certain tract or parcel of land located in Thompson Township, Alamance County, North Carolina, adjoining Bason Road, Piedmont Crescent Recreational and Development Company, Inc., and more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at an existing iron pipe located in the northern edge of the 60' right of way of Bason Road, a corner with property owned by Piedmont Crescent Recreational and Development Company, Inc., and Lot 1, Section 1 Quarry Hills Subdivision (Plat Book 38 at Page 54); thence running along the northern edge of Bason Road 60' right of way, S. 62 deg. 57' 01" W. 320.00 feet to an existing iron pipe; thence running along the western edge of Lot 4, Section 1 Quarry Hills Subdivision (Plat Book 38 at page 54), N. 27 deg. 02' 59" W. 181.38 feet to an existing iron pipe; thence running along the northern bounds of Lots 1 through 4, Section 1 Quarry Hills Subdivision, N. 63 deg. 39' 10" E. 322.59 feet to an existing iron pipe; thence running S. 26 deg. 13' 20" E. 177.44 feet to the point of BEGINNING and containing 1.323 acres, more or less.
This description is based on the plat recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Alamance County, North Carolina in Plat Book 38 at page 54 by Thompson-Simmons, Inc., dated November 15, 1988.
Tract Four:
A certain tract or parcel of land located in Thompson Township, Alamance County, North Carolina, adjoining George Bason Road, Section 1, Quarry Hills Subdivision, and property owned by William Mann, and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at an existing iron pipe located in the northern edge of George Bason Road, a corner with Lot 4, Section 1 Quarry Hills Subdivision, George Bason Road 60' right of way and Lot 5, Section 2 Quarry Hills Subdivision (Plat Book 42 at page 51); thence running from said existing iron pipe along the boundary between Lots 4 and 5, N. 27 deg. 02' 59" W. 181.38 feet to an existing iron pipe; thence running along the southern edge of property owned by William Mann, S. 63 deg. 39' 10" W. 232.77 feet to an existing iron pipe; thence running S. 56 deg. 38' 20" W. 27.42 feet to a new iron pipe; thence running along the western edge of Lot 2, Section 2 Quarry Hills Subdivision, S. 27 deg. 02' 59" E. 187.92 feet to a new iron pipe located in the northern edge of the 60' right of way of George Bason Road; thence running in a curve to the right, N. 60 deg. 14' 06" E. a distance of 100.11 having a radius of 3699.36 feet and an arc of 100.12 feet to a new iron pipe; continuing in a curve to the right, N. 61 deg. 37' 48" E. a distance of 80.02 feet, having a radius of 3699.36 feet and an arc of 80.02 feet to a new iron pipe; thence continuing N. 62 deg. 52' 05" E. in a curve to the right with a distance of 80.00 feet, a radius of 3699.36, having an arc of 80 feet to the point of BEGINNING, and containing 1.102 acres, more or less, as shown on a plat recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Alamance County entitled 'Final Plat, Section 2 Quarry Hills Subdivision', in Plat Book 42 at page 51.
Tract Five:
A certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in Thompson Township, Alamance County, North Carolina, adjoining George Bason Road, property owned by Will C. Mann, Ruth M. Bason and Quarry Hills Subdivision, Section 2 and more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at an existing iron pipe located in the northern edge of the 60' right of way of George Bason Road, a corner with Lot 8 Section 3, Quarry Hills Subdivision (Plat Book 44 at page 71) and Lot 7 Quarry Hills Subdivision Section 2 (Plat Book 41 at page 51); thence running in a curve to the left along the northern edge of George Bason Road 60' right of way the following courses and distances: S. 53 deg. 09' 42" W. a distance of 79.98 feet, having a radius of 1085.33 and an arc of 80 feet to an existing iron pipe, S. 48 deg. 56' 18" W. a distance of 79.98 feet, a radius of 1085.33 feet and an arc of 80 feet, S. 44 deg. 42' 54" W. a distance of 79.98 feet, a radius of 1085.33 feet and an arc of 80 feet, S. 42 deg. 04' 30" W. 20.02 feet having a radius of 1085.33 feet and an arc of 20.02 feet to an existing iron pipe; thence continuing along the northern edge of George Bason Road, S. 41 deg. 02' 21" W. 269.35 feet; thence in a curve to the left, S. 41 deg. 17' 46" W. having a distance of 30.63 feet, a radius of 1040.38 feet and an arc of 30.63 feet to an existing iron pipe; thence running in a curve to the left with property owned by Ruth M. Bason and Lot 14 Section 3, Quarry Hills Subdivision (Plat 44 at page 71), N. 84 deg. 12' 50" W. 121.67 feet, a radius of 180 feet and an arc of 124.11 feet to an existing iron pipe; thence running S. 76 deg. 15' 00" W. 8.18 feet; thence along the western edge of Lot 14, N. 02 deg. 48' 00" W. 184.50 feet; thence along the southern edge of property owned by Will C. Mann, a boundary with Lots 8 through 14 Quarry Hills Subdivision, Section 3, the following courses and distances: N. 87 deg. 12' 00" E. 30 feet; N. 42 deg. 41' 10" E. 336.99 feet; N. 56 deg. 38' 20" E. 221.68 feet to an existing iron pipe; thence running along boundary of Lots 7 and 8 of Quarry Hills Subdivision, S. 27 deg. 03' 54" E. 187.91 feet to point of BEGINNING, and containing 2.91 acres, more or less, as depicted on a final plat Section 3 Quarry Hills Subdivision, recorded in Plat Book 44 at page 71 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Alamance County Registry and being Lots 8 through 14, inclusive.
Tract Six:
A certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in Thompson Township, Alamance County, North Carolina, adjoining Section 1 Stonehaven Subdivision, Quarry Development, Mary D. Kirkpatrick, and Carroll Eric Barnes, and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a new iron pipe located in the southern edge of Graystone Drive, a corner with Lot 67, Section 2 Stonehaven Subdivision (Plat Book 50 at page 115), and property owned by Quarry Development Company (Plat Book 35 at page 103); thence running S. 79 deg. 29' 11" W. 85.26 feet to a point in the northern edge of Graystone Drive, a corner with Lot 65 Stonehaven Subdivision, Section 2; running thence along the western edge of Lots 64 and 65, Stonehaven Subdivision, Section 2, N. 46 deg. 54' 23" W. 420.60 feet; running thence along the southern edge of Stonehaven Subdivision, Section 1 and the northern edge of Stonehaven Subdivision, Section 2, N. 65 deg. 27' 25" E. 753.87 feet to a point in the western edge of Crescent Drive; thence running N. 31 deg. 38' 05" E. 89.15 feet to the eastern edge of Crescent Drive, a new iron pipe; thence running along the northern edge of Lot 54, Section 2 Stonehaven Subdivision, S. 85 deg. 40' 00" E. 184.18 feet to a control corner; thence running along the western edge of property owned by Mary D. Kirkpatrick, S. 04 deg. 20' 00" W. 630.26 feet to a control corner; thence running from said control corner along the northern edge of property owned by Carroll Eric Barnes, S. 75 deg. 10' 58" W. 316.27 feet to an existing iron pipe; thence running S. 13 deg. 44' 14" E. 25.67 feet to a corner of Lot 67, Section 2, Stonehaven Subdivision, Carroll Eric Barnes and Quarry Development Company; thence running S. 58 deg. 16' 14" W. 40.43 feet to a new iron pipe; thence running N. 52 deg. 53' 18" W. 180.00 feet to the point of BEGINNING and BEING SECTION 2, STONEHAVEN SUBDIVISION, as recorded in Plat Book 50 at page 15 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Alamance County.
Tract Seven:
A certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in Thompson Township, Alamance County, North Carolina, adjoining property owned by Fletcher C. Hunter, Michael W. Williams and Swepsonville Road (SR 2159), and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at an existing iron pipe located in the Swepsonville Road, a corner with property owned by Fletcher C. Hunter and property owned by Ricky D. Billings; running thence along the western edge of property owned by Fletcher C. Hunter and the eastern edge of property owned by Ricky D. Billings and being the boundary, S. 6 deg 00' 08" E. 1126.04 feet to a point; thence running S. 80 deg. 20' 22" W. 134.23 feet to a point; thence running along the western edge of property owned by Ricky D. Billings and the eastern edge of property owned by Michael W. Williams, N. 05 deg. 52' 15" W. 1122.27 feet to a point in Swepsonville Road (SR 2159); thence running from said point, N. 78 deg. 37' 59" E. 131.95 feet to the point of BEGINNING, and containing 3.402 acres, more or less, as described in a final plat for Ricky D. Billings as recorded in the Office of the Register Deeds for Alamance County in Plat book 38 at page 92.
Tract Eight:
A certain tract or parcel of land located in Thompson Township, Alamance County, North Carolina, adjoining George Bason Road (S.R. 2156), Swepsonville-Saxapahaw Road, the Haw River and property owned by Will C. Mann and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at an existing iron pipe located in the northern edge of George Bason Road (S.R. 2156) right of way, a corner with the southern corner of Lot 14, Quarry Hills Subdivision, Section 3 (Plat Book 44, page 71); running thence S. 19 deg. 31' 30" W. 50.80 feet to a new iron pipe; thence running N. 27 deg. 20' 16" E. 29.92 feet to a point in George Bason Road; running thence from said point, S. 55 deg. 23' 51" E. 49.57 feet to a point in Rivers Edge Drive; running thence S. 83 deg. 16' 45" W. 256.66 feet to an existing iron pipe; running thence S. 27 deg. 35' 16" W. 7.84 feet to an existing iron pipe; running thence along the northwestern edge of Lot 2 (Plat Book 9, page 23), S. 30 deg. 32' 55" W. 100.00 feet to an existing iron pipe; running thence S. 27 deg. 40' 53" W. 99.99 feet along the northwestern edge of Lot 3 (Plat Book 9, Page 23) to an existing iron pipe; thence from said pipe, S. 27 deg. 41' 50" W. 119.99 feet to an existing iron pipe; thence S. 27 deg. 43' 18" W. 47.05 feet to a new iron pipe, in the northeast corner of property owned by Don R. Quakenbush and wife, Bobbie L. Quakenbush; running thence along the northwestern edge of property owned by said Quakenbush, S. 52 deg. 49' 28" W. 307.09 feet to an existing iron pipe; continuing along the northwestern edge of property owned by said Quakenbush, S. 52 deg. 38' 28" W. 250.51 feet to a point in Swepsonville-Saxapahaw Road 60' right of way; thence with Swepsonville-Saxapahaw Road, the following courses and distances: N. 50 deg. 04' 01" W. in a curve to the left, a distance of 84.96 feet, radius of 603.10 feet and an arc of 85.03 feet; N. 66 deg. 43' 42" W. in a curve to the left, a distance of 263.58 feet, a radius of 603.10 feet and an arc of 265.72 feet; N. 83 deg. 33' 46" W. in a curve to the left,  a distance of 88.60 feet, a radius of 603.10 feet and an arc of 88.68 feet; N. 87 deg. 46' 32" W. 182.61 feet to a point in Swepsonville-Saxapahaw Road; running thence along the eastern edge of the Haw River, N. 20 deg. 13' 36" W. 378.16 feet to a point; continuing along the eastern edge of the Haw River, the following courses and distances:  N. 09 deg. 48' 15" W. 232.04 feet; N. 13 deg. 42' 54" W. 240.29 feet; N. 00 deg. 18' 04" E. 224.05 feet; N. 19 deg. 44' 43" E. 111.00 feet; N. 35 deg. 06' 25" E. 187.88 feet; N. 40 deg. 07' 01" E. 224.53 feet to a point in the eastern edge of the Haw River; running thence S. 23 deg. 22' 50" E. 349.72 feet to a new iron pipe; running thence S. 16 deg. 11' 40" E. 99.99 feet to a new iron pipe; running thence S. 07 deg. 07' 20" E. 130.00 feet to a new iron pipe; running thence S. 09 deg. 12' 28" E. 271.71 feet to a new iron pipe; running thence N. 82 deg. 30' 17" E. 315.97 feet to a new iron pipe; running thence along the southern edge of property owned by Will C. Mann, the following courses and distances:  N. 75 deg. 18' 09" E. 204.77 feet to a new iron pipe; running thence N. 86 deg. 27' 57" E. 543.65 feet to an existing iron pipe; running thence with the western edge of Lot 14, Quarry Hills Subdivision, Section 3, S. 02 deg. 46' 38" E. 184.54 feet to an existing iron pipe; running thence with a curve towards the southeast having a bearing of N. 70 deg. 52' 37" E. a chord distance of 91.47 feet, a radius of 260.00 feet and an arc distance of 91.95 feet to an existing iron pipe; running thence S. 60 deg. 47' 23" E. 20.71 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 28.94 acres, more or less, as described on a survey by Simmons Engineering & Surveying, Inc., dated October 27, 1994, entitled 'Preliminary Plat, Section IV Quarry Hills Subdivision', plat of which is unrecorded.
"CHAPTER III.
"GOVERNING BODY.
"Section 3.1.  Structure of the Governing Body; Number of Members.  The governing body of the Town of Swepsonville is the Town Council, which has five members.
"Section 3.2.  Manner of Electing Board.  The qualified voters of the entire Town nominate and elect the members of the Council.
"Section 3.3.  Term of Office of Council Members.  In the 1997 municipal election, five council members shall be elected.  The two persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for four-year terms and the three persons receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for two-year terms.  In 1999 and quadrennially thereafter, three council members shall be elected for four-year terms.  In 2001 and quadrennially thereafter, two council members shall be elected for four year terms.
"Section 3.4.  Selection of Mayor; Term of Office.  The Mayor shall be appointed by the Town Council from among its own membership for a four-year term.  The Mayor shall have the right to vote on all questions that come before the Council, but shall have no right to break a tie vote in which the Mayor participated.
"Section 3.5.  Filling of Vacancies.  Vacancies occurring for any reason in the Town Council shall be filled by the remaining members of the Council for the remainder of the unexpired term.
"CHAPTER IV.
"ELECTIONS.
"Section 4.1.  Conduct of Town Elections.  The Town Council shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis and the results determined by the plurality method in G.S. 163-292.
"CHAPTER V.
"ADMINISTRATION.
"Section 5.1.  Mayor-Council Plan.  The Town of Swepsonville operates under the Mayor-Council plan as provided by Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes."
Section 3.  The incorporation of the Town of Swepsonville and simultaneous dissolution of the Swepsonville Sanitary District shall become effective on the second Monday of the month following when this act becomes law.  The Swepsonville Sanitary District shall take all actions necessary to effect this transfer of the assets and liabilities of the Sanitary District to the Town of Swepsonville.  From the effective date of this Charter until the organizational meeting of the Town Council after the 1997 municipal election, the members of the Town Council shall be the members of the board of the Swepsonville Sanitary District.  The Alamance County Board of Elections shall provide a special candidate filing period for the 1997 municipal election for the Town of Swepsonville.  Filing for municipal offices for the Swepsonville Sanitary District for the 1997 election is cancelled.
Section 4.  The organizational meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Swepsonville shall be held at 7:00 p.m. on the second Monday of the month following when this act becomes law.  The transitional provisions of G.S. 130A-81(5)(a) through (g) shall apply to the Town of Swepsonville and the Swepsonville Sanitary District.
Section 5.  A Charter of the Town of Grantsboro is enacted as follows:
"THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF GRANTSBORO.
"CHAPTER I.
"INCORPORATION AND CORPORATE POWERS.
"Section 1-1. Incorporation.  The inhabitants of the Town of Grantsboro are a body corporate and politic under the name 'Town of Grantsboro'.  Under that name they have all the powers, duties, rights, privileges, and immunities conferred and imposed on cities by the general law of North Carolina.
"CHAPTER II.
"CORPORATE BOUNDARIES.
"Section 2-1.  Town Boundaries.  Until modified in accordance with the law, the boundaries of the Town of Grantsboro are as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of the right-of-way of NC 55 and the western boundary of the corporate limits of the City of Alliance, and running thence in a southerly direction, contiguous with the corporate limits of Alliance, to a point on the South Prong of Bay River, south of Bay River Road (NCSR 1347);
Thence in a southwest direction along the South Prong of Bay River to the western boundary of Tax Parcel 14, Property of Jeffrey and Billy H. Holton as recorded on Tax Map F05 in DB 304, page 202;
Thence north along the western boundary of Tax Parcel 14 for 300 feet, more or less, to the northeast corner of Tax Parcel 34, Property of Rhoda Scott Dixon on Tax Map F051 in DB 170, page 181;
Thence westwardly along the northern boundary of Tax Parcel 34 to a point 1,000 feet east of the centerline of NC 306;
Thence in a southerly direction along a line parallel to and 1,000 feet east of the centerline of NC 306 to the southern boundary of Tax Parcel 52, Property of Geneva Parsons' Heirs on Tax Map F052, in DB 99, page 264;
Thence west along the southern boundary of Tax Parcel 52 to the centerline of NC 306;
Thence south 150 feet, more or less, along the centerline of NC 306 to the intersection of the centerlines of NC 306 and Scott's Store Road (NCSR 1108);
Thence west along the centerline of Scott's Store Road to Deep Run Branch;
Thence along the center of Deep Run Branch 1,250 feet, more or less, in a northwesterly direction to the northwest corner of Tax Parcel 19, Property of M.T. Whitford on Tax Map E05 in DB 124, page 271;
Thence in an easterly direction along the northern boundary of Tax Parcels 19, 15, 14, all on Tax Map E05, and Tax Parcels 33 and 37, both on Tax Map F052, to a point 1,000 feet west of NC 306;
Thence north along a line parallel to and 1,000 feet west of NC 306 to the southern edge of the Tideland EMC right-of-way which follows the old Bay River Road roadbed west of NC 306 to Keys Town Road (NCSR 1106);
Thence along the southern boundary of the Tideland EMC right-of-way to Keys Town Road;
Thence, 1,200 feet south, more or less, to a forest access road and the northwest corner of Tax Parcel 92, Property of Nora M. Lawson and Angelo B. Murrell on Tax Map E05 in DB 215, page 149;
Thence eastwardly along the northern boundary of Tax Parcels 92 and 93, both on Tax Map E05, to the northeast corner of 93;
Thence south along the eastern boundary of Tax Parcels 93, 89, 78, and 74, all on Tax Map E05, to the southeast corner of 74;
Thence westwardly along the southern boundary of Tax Parcels 74, 72 and 102, all on Tax Map E05, to Goose Creek;
Thence north along the center of Goose Creek to the centerline of NC 55;
Thence eastwardly 2,100 feet, more or less, along the centerline of NC 55 to the intersection of Tax Parcel 12, Property of Booker T. and Loretta Jones on Tax Map E05, DB 235, page 774 and the right-of-way of NC 55;
Thence in a northeast direction along the common boundary of Tax Parcels 12 and 14, both on Tax Map E04, and 65 on Tax Map E05 to Tax Parcel 13 on Tax Map E04;
Thence in a northwesterly and northeasterly direction around the perimeter of Tax Parcel 13 to a point on the southern boundary of Tax Parcel 31, Property of Weyerhaeuser Co. on Tax Map E04, DB 110, page 550;
Thence around the perimeter of Tax Parcel 31 in an easterly and northerly direction to Tax Parcel 3, Property of PCS Phosphate on Tax Map E03 in DB 305, page 831 at a point 950 feet west, more or less, from NC 306;
Thence across Tax Parcel 3 in a northerly direction to the southeast corner of Tax Parcel 33, Morris Logging Co. on Tax Map F041;
Thence along the common boundary of Tax Parcels 33 and 3 in a westwardly direction to the southwest corner of 33;
Thence along the eastern boundary of Tax Parcel 3 in a northerly direction to the northwest corner of Tax Parcel 42, Property of Bay Creek Trucking Inc. on Tax Map E031 in DB 275, page 795;
Thence east, 1000 feet, more or less, along the northern boundary of Tax Parcel 42 to the centerline of NC 306;
Thence southwardly 700 feet, more or less, along the centerline of NC 306 to a point which is the northern boundary of Tax Parcel 43 on Tax Map E031 extending to said road right-of-way;
Thence east along the northern boundary of Tax Parcels 43, 46, 47, 48, 48-1, all on Tax Map E031, to the northeast corner of 48-1;
Thence south along the eastern boundary of Tax Parcels 48-1, 49, 54, 57, 58, 61 and 62, all on Tax Map E031, to the southeast corner of 62;
Thence westwardly along the southern boundary of Tax Parcel 62 to the northeastern corner of Tax Parcel 68 on Tax Map E031;
Thence south along the eastern boundary of Tax Parcels 68, 77, 79, and 86, all on Tax Map E031, to the centerline of Paul's Farm Road (NCSR 1243);
Thence east along the centerline of NCSR 1243 to the eastern boundary of CP&L Transmission Lines right-of-way;
Thence south, southeast and east along the eastern and northern boundary of the CP&L Transmission Lines right-of-way to the corporate limits of the City of Alliance;
Thence south along the western boundary of the corporate limits of the City of Alliance to the centerline of NC 55 and the starting point.
All descriptions are based on maps in the Pamlico County Tax Office as of March 6, 1997.
In the event that any of the territory described above is, on the date this Charter becomes effective, within the corporate limits of another town, or is subject to an annexation ordinance of another town that has been adopted but is not yet effective, this Charter removes that territory from the corporate limits of that other town.
"CHAPTER III.
"GOVERNING BODY.
"Section 3-1.  Structure of the Governing Body; Number of Members.  The governing body of the Town of Grantsboro is the Town Council which has five members.
"Section 3-2.  Manner of Electing Council.  The qualified voters of the entire Town nominate and elect the Council.
"Section 3-3.  Term of Office of Council Members.  Members of the Council are elected to two-year terms in 1997 and biennially thereafter.
"Section 3-4.  Mayor; Term of Office.  The Mayor shall be elected by the qualified voters of the Town in 1997 and biennially thereafter for a two-year term.
"CHAPTER IV.
"ELECTIONS.
"Section 4-1. Elections.  Council members shall be elected on a plurality basis and the results determined in accordance with G.S. 163-292.
"Section 4-2.  Results.  Election results shall be determined by the Pamlico County Board of Elections according to Chapter 163 of the General Statutes.
"CHAPTER V.
"ADMINISTRATION.
"Section 5-1.  Mayor-Council Plan.  The Town of Grantsboro shall operate under the Mayor-Council Plan as provided in Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes.
"Section 5-2.  Taxation and Funds.  The Town of Grantsboro is eligible to receive distributions of State funds during the fiscal year 1997-98."
Section 6. (a)	From and after the effective date of Section 5 of this act, the citizens and property in the Town of Grantsboro  shall be subject to municipal taxes levied for the year beginning July 1, 1997, and for that purpose the Town shall obtain from Pamlico County a record of property in the area herein incorporated which was listed for taxes as of January 1, 1997; and the businesses in the Town shall be liable for privilege license tax from the effective date of the privilege license tax ordinance.
(b)	The Town may adopt a budget ordinance for fiscal year 1997-98 without following the timetable in the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act but shall follow the sequence of actions in the spirit of the act insofar as is practical.  For fiscal year 1997-98, ad valorem taxes may be paid at par or face amount within 90 days of adoption of the budget ordinance and thereafter in accordance with the schedule in G.S. 105-360 as if the taxes had been due and payable on September 1, 1997.
Section 7.  Notwithstanding Sections 3-3 and 3-4 of the Charter of the Town of Grantsboro as set out in Section 5 of this act, the Pamlico County Board of Elections shall conduct the 1997 general election for Town Council and Mayor of Grantsboro at the same time as the incorporation referendum provided for by Section 8 of this act. In the election, if a majority of the votes are cast "FOR incorporation of the Town of Grantsboro", the persons elected shall serve terms ending at the organizational meeting after the 1999 municipal election.  The Pamlico County Board of Elections shall adopt a special filing period for the election.  As absentee balloting is allowed by law for the incorporation referendum under G.S. 163-302, it shall also be allowed for election of officers at that election.  In the election, if a majority of the votes are not cast "FOR incorporation of the Town of Grantsboro", then the election of Town Council and Mayor is void.
Section 8.  (a)	The Pamlico County Board of Elections shall conduct an election on a date set by the Pamlico County Board of Elections for the purpose of submission to the qualified voters of the area described in Section 2-1 of the Charter of the Town of Grantsboro the question of whether or not such area shall be incorporated as the Town of Grantsboro.  The date of the election shall be not less than 60 days nor more than 120 days after the date this act becomes law.  Registration for the election shall be conducted in accordance with G.S. 163-288.2.  
(b)	In the election, the question on the ballot shall be:
"[ ] FOR    [ ] AGAINST
Incorporation of the Town of Grantsboro".
Section 9.  In the election, if a majority of the votes are cast "FOR incorporation of the Town of Grantsboro", Sections 5 and 6 of this act become effective on the date of the certification of the results of the election.  Otherwise, Sections 5 and 6 of this act have no force and effect.
Section 10. This act is effective when it becomes law.