Art. 19. - Amending corporate limits.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That Chapter 380 of the Private Laws of North Carolina, Session 1915, as amended, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out all of Section 2 of said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

Sec. 2. That the corporate limits of the Town of Sanford shall be as follows:

Beginning at a stake in the east line of the original boundary of the Town of Sanford, at its intersection with the north line of Temple Avenue, and being about 1000 feet South of the northeast corner of the original corporate limits; thence running eastwardly with the north line of Temple Avenue, about 700 feet to its intersection with the east line of Eleventh Street extended, thence in a southerly direction with the east line of Eleventh Street about 1350 feet to the north line of Charlotte Avenue; thence in a direct line about 400 feet to the northeast corner of Block 104, southeast Sanford; thence with the east line of Block 104, about 2350 feet to an angle in the east line of Lot No. 32 of said Block 104; thence in a southeasterly direction with the east line of said Lot No. 32 and Lot No. 33, about 150 feet to the angle in the east line of said Lot No. 33; thence in a southwesterly direction with the east line of Lots No. 33 and No. 34, about 70 feet to the northern apex of triangular Lot No. 10 in Palmer Addition; thence S. 15 degrees E. with a line of said Lot No. 10, 83.5 feet to the common corner of Lots 9, 10, and 11 in said Palmer Addition; thence S. 62 degrees 45 minutes E. with the northerly line of said Palmer Addition 861.5 feet to a stake and maple tree in the westerly line of Block B in said Palmer Addition, said stake and maple tree being the southeast corner of L.C. Buchanan land; thence N. 11 degrees 45 minutes E. with the common line of L.C. Buchanan and said Palmer Addition, 660 feet to a stake, the northeast corner of said L.C. Buchanan land and the northwest corner of said Block B, Palmer Addition; thence S. 62 degrees 35 minutes E. with the northerly line of Blocks B and C in said Palmer Addition, about 1180 feet to a stake in the east line of Jonesboro Road; thence, with said east line of Jonesboro Road, about 1870 feet to a stake in the southeast boundary line of said Palmer Addition; thence with said southeast boundary line and that line extended, about 1050 feet to a concrete marker, distant 30 feet in a northeasterly direction, from center line of Atlantic and Western Railroad track; thence in a southerly direction about 270 feet to the northwest corner of Fourth Street extended, and Seventeenth Street of the W.A. Monroe Addition; thence southwestwardly with the west line of Seventeenth Street to the northerly right of way line of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; thence southeastwardly with the said northerly right of way line about 2500 feet to the northern boundary line of the Town of Jonesboro; thence westwardly with said northern boundary line about 1100 feet to the northwest corner of the corporate limits of Town of Jonesboro; thence southwardly with the western boundary line of Town of Jonesboro about 975 feet to west line of Baptist Street; thence northwestwardly with the west line of Baptist Street about 800 feet to a stake at the intersection of said west line of Baptist Street with a line 200 feet distant from and parallel with the southerly line of Fourth Avenue; thence northwestwardly 200 feet distant from and parallel with the southerly line of Fourth Avenue, about 3880 feet to an iron pin at corner of fence, an old property corner; thence N. 82 degrees 15 minutes W. 1610.6 feet to an iron pipe in the easterly right of way line of Seaboard Air Line Railroad; thence continuing that line N. 82 degrees 15 minutes W. across the Seaboard Air Line Railroad right of way to a stake in the east line of Oakview Addition; thence N. 3 degrees 33 minutes E. with east line of Oakview Addition about 180 feet to the south line of Crest View Street; thence westwardly with the south line of Crest View Street and that line extended, about 1250 feet to a stake in Buckner's west line; thence westwardly and in a direct line about 2250 feet to a stake in west line of Highway U.S. No. 1 and being the southeast corner of the home site of A.H. McIver; thence continuing on that line 400 feet to a stake; thence northwardly in a direct line about 1280 feet to an iron stake in the west line of Whitford Street at the southwest corner of Whitford and an unnamed street, Davenports Corner; thence S. 73 degrees 31. minutes W. with Davenports line 650 feet to a stake; thence northwardly in a direct line about 2330 feet to a stake in the north line of Carbonton Road and being a common corner of Lots No. 103 and 104 of McIver Park Addition; thence with the common line of said Lots 103 and 104, 276.93 feet to the northerly common corner of said lots; thence eastwardly with the north line of Lots No. 103 and 79 inclusive, 940 feet to a common corner of Lots 79 and 78; thence northwardly about 300 feet to a stake in the south line of the former A.P. King 28½ acre tract and in a west line of McIver Park Addition; thence with that west line of McIver Park Addition 1554.5 feet to a stake in the north side of Cool Springs Road; thence northeastwardly about 540 feet to a stake in the south line of the former Iver McKernan 11 acre tract, which stake is S. 70 E. 272 feet from the southwest corner of said 11 acre tract; thence northeastwardly in a direct line and crossing the Atlantic and Yadkin Railroad about 1950 feet to a stake, an old corner of the lands of Dr. F.W. McCracken and Mary McIver; thence northeastwardly in a direct line about 1280 feet to a stake in the south line of Poplar Street extended westwardly; thence S. 83 degrees E. with the south line of Poplar Street and that line extended, about 1300 feet to the west line of Wilson Avenue; thence southwardly with the west line of Wilson Avenue about 1000 feet to its intersection with the original north corporation line of Town of Sanford; thence eastwardly with the north corporate line of the Town of Sanford to the northeast corner of the original Town of Sanford boundary line; thence as the east corporate line of the Town of Sanford in a southern direction about 1000 feet to the point of beginning.

Sec. 3. That from and after the date of ratification of this Act, all of the territory comprised in the boundary lines described in Section 2 hereinbefore shall be and constitute the Town of Sanford and the addition to the corporate limits of the said Town of Sanford as well as the territory heretofore embraced within the corporate limits of the town shall be subject to taxation by the Town of Sanford and all of said territory shall be subject to regulation by the governing body of the Town of Sanford and the said Town of Sanford shall have the right to exercise over it all the powers, rights, privileges, and immunities conferred by the Charter of the Town of Sanford and amendments thereto, and the general laws of North Carolina regulating municipalities.

Sec. 4. That Chapter 380 of the Private Laws of North Carolina, Session 1915, as amended, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out all of Section 3 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

Section 3. The Town of Sanford shall be divided into five wards, denominated, First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Wards. Said wards shall be bounded as follows:

First Ward; Beginning at the intersection of the center line of Endor Street with the northern boundary line of the Town of Sanford as laid out and established by this Act; thence running with the center line of Endor Street in a southerly direction to the center of Gordon Street; thence eastwardly with the center line of Gordon Street to the center of Steele Street; thence southwardly with the center line of Steele Street to the center of Wicker Street; thence westwardly with the center line of Wicker Street to the center of Highway U.S. No. 1; thence southwestwardly with the center line of Highway U.S. No. 1 to the southerly boundary line, of the Town of Sanford; thence with the said boundary line and in a clockwise direction to the beginning.

Second Ward: Beginning at the intersection of the center line of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad with the northern boundary line of the Town of Sanford; thence running with the center line of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, in a southerly direction to the center of Charlotte Avenue; thence with the center line of Charlotte Avenue, eastwardly to the east line of Chatham Street; thence with the east line of Chatham Street, southwardly to the center of Wicker Street extended to Chatham Street; thence westwardly with the center line of Wicker Street to the center line of Steele Street; thence northwardly with the center line of Steele Street to the center of Gordon Street; thence westwardly with the center line of Gordon Street to the center of Endor Street; thence northwardly with center line of Endor Street to its intersection with the northern boundary line of the Town of Sanford, as laid out and established by this Act, thence in a clockwise direction with said northern boundary line to the beginning.

Third Ward: Beginning at the intersection of center line of Charlotte Avenue with the west line of Chatham Street and running thence eastwardly with center line of Charlotte Avenue to its intersection with the boundary line of the Town of Sanford; thence with that boundary line in a clockwise direction, to its intersection with center of Atlantic & Western Railroad; thence northwestwardly, with center line of Atlantic and Western Railroad to the west line of Chatham Street; thence northwardly with west line of Chatham Street to the beginning.

Fourth Ward: Beginning at the intersection of the west line of Chatham Street with the center line of Wicker Street extended to Chatham Street; running thence with the west line of Chatham Street to its intersection with the center of Atlantic and Western Railroad; thence southwestwardly with center of Atlantic and Western Railroad to its intersection with the boundary line of the Town of Sanford; thence in a clockwise direction with said boundary line to its intersection with the center of Highway U.S. No. 1; thence northwardly with center line of Highway U.S. No. 1 to the center of Wicker Street; thence eastwardly with center line of Wicker Street to the beginning.

Fifth Ward: Beginning at the intersection of center line of Seaboard Air Line Railroad with center line of Charlotte Avenue and running thence northwardly with center line of Seaboard Air Line Railroad to its intersection with the boundary line of the Town of Sanford; thence in a clockwise direction with said boundary line to its intersection with center line of Charlotte Avenue; thence westwardly with center line of Charlotte Avenue to the beginning.

Sec. 5. That all laws inconsistent and in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of February, 1947.

(Session Laws of 1947, chapter 158)