12-401.   Cities of second and third classes and towns; abstracts; form andcontents of plat; approval by county or city attorney.Before any proprietor or proprietors of any proposed city of the secondor third class or of any town, or of any proposed addition to any such cityor town shall record the plat of such proposed city, town or addition, heor she shall furnish to the county attorney of the county in which suchproposed city or town is located, or the city attorney and governing bodyin case of a proposed addition, an abstract of title and the plat to theland which is to be incorporated into such city, town or addition. Suchcounty attorney, in case of any proposed city or town, or such cityattorney and governing body in case of a proposed addition, afterexamination duly made, shall approve or disapprove said plat. Such cityattorney, and governing body in case of any proposed addition to any townor city may require the streets and alleys, therein shown, to be as wideas, and to be conterminous with, the streets and alleys, of that part ofthe city or town to which it adjoins.

      The plat shall accurately and particularly set forth and describe:First, all the parcels of ground within such city or town or additionreserved for public purposes, by their boundaries, course and extentwhether they be intended for avenues, streets, lanes, alleys, commons,parks or other uses; and, second, all lots intended for sale, by numbers,and their precise length and width.

      History:   G.S. 1868, ch. 78, § 1; L. 1915, ch. 149, § 1; L. 1921, ch. 139, §1; Feb. 23; R.S. 1923, § 12-401.