The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-17
Text OF City Extension Bit

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coast Line Railroad; thence in :
Northerly direction and along sail
Eastern rlght-of-way line of the A
Z. L. Railroad to the Northern ed o.
OF Greenfield Creek; thence alons
SAID Northern edge of Greenfieie
Creek to the U. S. Harbor line II
the. Cape Fear River, thence III
the SAID Cape Fear River anf
along said Harbor line to a poin,
opposite the mouth of Smith,
Creek, thence 10 the point of he
ginning. We
Section 2-That if the City Coun.
Gil OF the City of Wilmington tn h.
elected in the general city election
70 be held in May, 1s45, or the
council to be elected in anv gen
erai election thereafter, by a ma
3orlty vote of the entire MON
oershlp of the Council or their sir
cessors In office, at any regularI,
ca1led meeting held within three
months after taking office. adonts
a resolution so requesting, the New
hanover County Board of Elec.
llohs snail, as promptly as feasi.
Die, call and hold for the said CIV
ana at its expense a special cleo.
ton to determine whether the civ
limits OF the City of Wilmington
shaH be extended as herein nro.
vlded; provided, however. that the
Council of the City of Wilmington
elected as aforesaid, shall not be
authorized to require the calling
ana holding of said special election
until at least four members of the
City Council and the City Manager
nave signed and made provision
1or publishing, as hereinafter pro-
vlded, a declaration to the effect
tnal II the city limits are extended
IN the manner herein provided the
City of Wilmington will, from and
after the effective date of said ex-
tension, promptly begin to furnish
to the new area included within
the extension, municipal services
comparable to those now furnish
ed to the present City of Whining
ton, toWit, police and fire protec-
ton, street cleaning, garbage
and trash removal, street light
ing, and water and sewerage
at rates equal to CITY rates
where city water and sew
er service are furnished in said
new area, and that the City Council
will also promptly begin and in an
orderly manner complete the in
stallation of adequate water and
sewer mains in the new area. The
resolution and declaration with re-
spect to said services and facili-
ties will be subscribed to and ap-
proved by the City Manager, and
when so adopted and signed by the
members of the Council as herein
provided and approved by the City
Manager the same shall be publish
ed once in one or more newspapers
published in the City of Whining
ton.
Section 8. That the New Han
over County Board of Elections,
when requested so to do by the
Council of the City of Wilmington.
as hereinbefore set forth, shall call
a special election to be held to de-
termine whether or not the boun-
diaries of the City of Wilmington
shall be extended, and the terri
tory within and the boundaries
thereof shall be as described in
Section 1 hereof. The New Han
over County Board of Elections in
calling said special election shall
give sufficient notice thereof to pro-
vide an opportunity for absentee
voting in said special election by
qualified voters within the terri
tory described herein, then in the
armed forces of the United States.
Section 4. That the call for said
special election when made by the
New Hanover County Board of
Elections shall
(a) describe the territory of the
proposed boundaries of the City of
Wilmington as the same is set forth
in Section l hereof,
CD provide that the matter of
annexation of such territory and
the boundaries of the City of Will
mington as described in Section l
hereof, shall be submitted to the
vote of the qualified voters of said
City of Wilmington and the terri
tory to be annexed, voting togeth-
er,
(c) provide for a new or special
registration of voters in the City
of Wilmington as its boundaries
now exist and the territory pro-
posed to be annexed at said special
election,
(d) designate the precincts and
voting places for such election,
(e) name the registrars and
Judges of election; and
81 make all necessary provisions
for the holding and conducting of
such election, including provisions
for absentee voting by the qualified
voters residing within said terri
tory who are then in the armed
forces of the United States, the
canvassing of the returns and the
declaration of the result of said
special election.
The call for said special election
shall be published in newspaper
published in the City of Whining
ton for a period of once a week
for four successive weeks prior to
said election.
Section 5. At such election the
qualified voters who present them