Art. 4. - Amending town charter, establishing wards.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That chapter three hundred and thirty-seven of the Private Laws of nineteen hundred and one be and the same is hereby amended by striking out section two of said act and substituting in lieu thereof the following, to-wit:

Sec. 2. That the town of Sanford shall be divided into four wards, denominated first, second, third and fourth wards. The said wards shall be bounded as follows:

"First Ward, beginning at the intersection of the west boundary of the town with the Buffalo Church road, and running thence with the center of the road to the center of Carthage street; thence with the center of Carthage street to the center of Charlotte avenue; thence with the center of Charlotte avenue to Little Buffalo Creek; thence down the various courses of said creek to the north boundary of the town; thence with the north and west boundaries of the town to the beginning.

"Second Ward, beginning at the intersection of the north boundary of the town with Little Buffalo Creek, and running thence up the various courses of said creek to the center of Charlotte avenue; thence with the center of Charlotte avenue and the extension thereof to the east boundary of the town; thence with the east and north boundaries to the beginning.

"Third Ward, beginning at the intersection of the east boundary of the town with the center of the extension of Charlotte avenue, and running thence with the center of said extension and Charlotte avenue to the center of Little Buffalo Creek alley; thence with the center of said alley to the center of McIver street; thence with the center of McIver street to the intersection of the said center line of McIver street with the center line of Second street; thence S. 12 E. to a stake in the center of Little Buffalo Creek; thence up the various courses of said creek to the south boundary of the town; thence with the south and east boundaries of the town to the beginning.

"Fourth Ward, all that portion of the town of Sanford not included in the first, second and third wards."

Sec. 3. That chapter three hundred and seven of the Private Laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word "nine" in line three of section four thereof and substituting therefor the word "eight"; by striking out the words between the word "ward" in line five of section four and the word "such" in line six of section four; and by striking out the word "one" in line seven of section twenty-three and substituting therefor the word "three."

Sec. 4. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this 9th day of March, 1903.

(Private Laws of 1903, chapter 340)