19-217. New townships; area and population; petition; notice.
19-217
19-217. New townships; area and population; petition; notice.
The board of county commissioners shall not set off or organize any new
township unless it shall contain territory equal to at least thirty square
miles, and at least two hundred inhabitants within the limits thereof,
except when an incorporated city or town is included in the limits of said
township; nor shall any township be set off or organized unless a petition
be first presented to the board, signed by at least fifty electors resident
therein, asking for such change, nor unless notice of such proposed change
and of the presenting of a petition therefor has been given for at least
three months next prior to the time of presenting such petition, by
publication at least once a week in a newspaper published in the county,
and of general circulation among the people to be affected by such proposed
change, for three consecutive weeks, or if no such paper be published in
the county, then by written or printed notices securely posted in at least
three public places in each township to be affected by the change.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 24; L. 1881, ch. 49, § 1; March 15; R.S. 1923,
19-217.