“ARTICLE I. INCORPORATION, CORPORATE POWERS AND BOUNDARIES

   “Section 1.1. Incorporation. The Town of Elkin, North Carolina, and the inhabitants thereof, is a municipal body politic and corporate, under the name of the ‘Town of Elkin,’ hereinafter at times referred to as the ‘Town.’

   “Section 1.2. Powers. The Town has and may excercise all of the powers, duties, rights, privileges and immunities conferred upon the Town of Elkin specifically by this Charter or upon municipal corporations by general law. The term ‘general law’ is employed herein as defined in G.S. 160A-1.

   “Section 1.3. Corporate Limits. The corporate limits are those existing at the time of ratification of this Charter, as set forth on the official map of the Town, and as they may be altered from time to time in accordance with law. An official map of the Town, showing the current boundaries, shall be maintained permanently in the office of the Town Clerk and shall be available for public inspection. Immediately upon alteration of the corporate limits made pursuant to law, the appropriate changes to the official map shall be made, and copies shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, either the Surry or Wilkes County Register of Deeds, and the appropriate boards of elections.

Editor’s note:

   Chapter 525 of the Session Laws of 1989, S.B. 480, “An Act to Annex Certain Described Territory to the Town of Elkin,” ratified and effective June 30, 1989, amends these limits and is hereby adopted by reference as if set out in full herein.