CHARTER
Editor’s Note:
The Charter for the Town of Kenansville is found in the various North Carolina session laws.
The Charter is not reproduced here in the code of ordinances; however, copies of the Charter are on file in the office of the Town Clerk and are available for public inspection during regular town business hours.
The laws creating and amending the Kenansville Charter are listed in the following chart:
North Carolina Private Laws of 1816, Chapter CXXXIV | Authorizing the Town of Kenansville to be laid out |
(year?) Chapter C | Appointing Commissioners for the Town of Kenansville |
Laws of North Carolina, Chapter LXIX | Authorizing and empowering Duplin County Commissioners to purchase land adjacent to the town lots of Kenansville |
Laws of North Carolina, Chapter CLXXIV | Appointing Commissioners for the town |
Laws of North Carolina, Chapter CXLIII | Authorizing the Town Commissioners to sell part of the town commons |
Chapter LVI, ratified 1-11-1841 | Appointing Commissioners for the town |
Chapter CCCXVIII, ratified 1-27-1851 | Extending the limits of the town |
Laws of North Carolina, Session 1852, Chapter CCVIII, ratified 12-27-1852 | Incorporating the Town of Kenansville in the County of Duplin |
Laws of 1859, Chapter 216, ratified 1-31-1859 | Amending the act incorporating the Town of Kenansville, and providing for the better government of the town |
Laws of 1866, Chapter 21, ratified 1-26-1866 | An act to continue in office the provisional Commissioners of Kenansville, who were in office at the termination of the provisional government of the state |
Laws of 1871, Chapter CXLIX, ratified 3-23-1871 | An act to construct a railroad from Kenansville in Duplin County to Clinton in Sampson County |
Laws of 1879, Chapter 73, ratified 3-12-1879 | An act to amend the acts incorporating the Town of Kenansville, by setting the corporate limits |
Private Laws, Chapter 275, ratified 3-7-1891 | An act to regulate local option at Kenansville |
Private Laws of 1899, Chapter 174, ratified 3-4-1899 | An act to amend and consolidate the Charter of the Town of Kenansville |
Laws of 1905, Chapter 2, ratified 3-2-1905 | An act to amend Chapter 174, Private Laws of 1899 |
Laws of 1907, Chapter 154, ratified 2-12-1907 | An act to provide for the working of the public road known as the Kenansville and Magnolia Sand-Clay Road |
Extra Session 1921, Chapter 21, ratified 12-14-1921 | An act to authorize the Board of Commissioners of Duplin County to issue bonds to build a jail and to locate and condemn a site for same in Kenansville |
Laws of 1931, Chapter 479, ratified 5-21-1931 | An act to empower Duplin County to extend and protect its courthouse square in the Town of Kenansville |
Laws of 1935, Chapter 477, ratified 5-8-1935 | An act to permit Duplin County to condemn land adjacent to its courthouse square in the Town of Kenansville |
1947 Session Laws, Chapter 811, ratified 4-3-1947 | An act to amend the Charter of the Town of Kenansville, reforming the corporate limits |
Laws of 1949, Chapter 1169, ratified 4-22-1949 | An act authorizing the establishment of a town liquor control store in the Town of Kenansville upon a vote of the people and providing for the allocation fo the net proceeds from the operation of such store |
1957 Session Laws, Chapter 1161, ratified 6-7-1957 | An act to authorize the Mayor and Board of Commissioners of the Town of Kenansville to execute on behalf of the town a deed to certain property in the town to the County Board of Education of Duplin County and for the County Board of Education to exchange said property with Duplin County |
1967 Session Laws, Chapter 1194, ratified 7-6-1967 | An act to amend the Charter of the Town of Kenansville so as to provide for the election of the Mayor and members of the Board of Commissioners |
1973 Session, Chapter 329, Senate Bill 517, ratified 5-7-1973 | An act to validate the private sale of certain real property formerly owned by the Town of Kenansville ABC Board |
1977 Session, Chapter 257, House Bill 698, ratified 4-25-1977 | An act to authorize the Town of Kenansville to sell or lease a tract of land by private negotiation |
1979 Session, Chapter 236, House Bill 697, ratified 4-2-1979 | An act to expand the territorial jurisdiction of Kenansville police officers |
1981 Session, Chapter 315, House Bill 574, ratified 5-4-1981 | An act to allow the Town of Kenansville to increase the tax levy on motor vehicles to a maximum of $5 |
1987 Session, Chapter 50, House Bill 19, ratified 4-9-1987 | An act to allow the Town of Kenansville and the Duplin County Board of Education to lease certain property to the Duplin County Agri-Business Council, Inc., for the purpose of creating an agricultural display area and livestock arena |
Session 1999, Session Law 1999-54, Senate Bill 534, ratified 5-18-1999 | An act providing that the Town of Kenansville is not obligated to provide services to certain annexed property |