[Section 1.] The city council is authorized to establish, operate and maintain cemeteries within the corporate limits as provided in article 17 of chapter 160A of the North Carolina General Statutes.
Section 2. The purpose of this act is to revise the Charter of the City of Rockingham. It is intended to continue in force without interruption those provisions of prior local acts which are consolidated into this act, so that all rights and liabilities that have accrued are preserved and may be enforced.
Section 3. All existing ordinances and resolutions of the City of Rockingham, and all existing rules or regulations of departments or agencies of the City of Rockingham, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall continue in full force and effect until repealed, modified, or amended.
Section 4. No action or processing of any nature, whether civil or criminal, judicial or administrative, or otherwise, pending at the effective date of this act by or against the City of Rockingham or any of its departments or agencies shall be abated or otherwise affected by the adoption of this act.
Section 5. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.
Section 6. This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three (3) times and ratified this the 11th day of April, 1974.