A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT removing certain described property from the corporate limits of the city of rockingham.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The following described property is removed from the corporate limits of the City of Rockingham:
All and Singular, that certain tract of land located in the Rockingham Township, Richmond County, North Carolina containing 24.61 acres and identified by Richmond County parcel identification number 7474‑02‑89‑5229. Said tract is the eastern portion of the following tract: Beginning at an iron stake in the center of State Road #1434, said point also being the southern line of the original tract of which this is a part, and also being the northwestern corner of the Richmond County Board of Education tract, and the Northeastern corner of the James Wise tract, and the southwestern corner of the Robert S. Reynolds tract previously conveyed by this Executor [Charles B. Deane, Jr., executor of the estate of Hector A. Little]; and runs thence with State Road #1434 the following courses and distances: North 38‑38 East, 100 feet; North 45‑00 East, 100 feet; North 51‑02 East, 100 feet; North 54‑54 East, 100 feet; North 56‑31 East, 621 feet to an iron stake in the center of rural paved road #1434, the same being the Southeastern corner of the Robert S. Reynolds tract; thence South 19‑38 East 5.6 feet, an original corner in the rural paved road, and also an original corner of the Cecil Terry land; thence with rural paved road #1434 the following courses and distances: North 56‑27 East, 300 feet; North 64‑57 East, 213.8 feet; South 78‑03 East, 326.7 feet to an iron stake in the center of rural paved road #1434; thence with the Betty Knight Branch the following courses and distances: South 14‑20 East, 180 feet; South 4‑50 East, 215 feet; South 30‑50 East, 188 feet; South 36‑20 West, 95 feet; South 19‑50 West, 210 feet; thence in the direction due South approximately 160 feet to an iron stake in the edge of said branch; thence South 41‑47 West, 653.6 feet to an iron stake; thence with the Northern boundary of Richmond County Board of Education tract North 61‑00 West, 1,306.8 feet to the beginning in the center of State Road #1434, and containing 32.8 acres, more or less.
The western portion of the above described tract, which is described as follows, was specifically excluded from the Town's annexation of the above described tract, and therefore is not affected in any way by the provisions of this act: Beginning at an iron stake in the center of State Road Number 1434, said point also being the northwestern corner of the Richmond County Board of Education tract, the northeastern corner of the James Wise tract, and the southwestern corner of the Robert S. Reynolds tract, and runs thence with the center of State Road Number 1434 as follows: North 36‑59 East 75 feet; North 42‑39 East 75 feet; North 47‑21 East 75 feet; North 51‑45 East 75 feet; North 54‑53 East 75 feet; North 56‑21 East 75 feet; and North 56‑45 East 298.3 feet to a corner in the center of said road; thence runs a new line South 23‑19 East 560.48 feet to an iron stake near a pond; thence crosses said pond South 15‑33 West 352.54 feet to an iron stake in the southern line of the tract which this a part, and in the northern line of the Richmond County Board of Education tract; thence runs with said line North 61‑00 West 812.3 feet to the beginning, containing 8.19 acres, more or less.
SECTION 2.  This act has no effect upon the validity of any liens of the City of Rockingham for ad valorem taxes or special assessments outstanding before the effective date of this act. Such liens may be collected or foreclosed upon after the effective date of this act as though the property were still within the corporate limits of the City of Rockingham.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective June 30, 2014.