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13 §153A-20 crI 153.4. COCNTIES §153A-22 County Bonds Not to Be Issued Fox Road Purposes of One Township or Taring Dis- trict. -while the building of public roads has been held a necessan expense. application of the principle mac not be extended to instances cohere a statute require= the counn- to issue it bonds fur road purposes to obtain aid For a township or local taring district therein, uoon the aoprocai of thz toter; of the particular distric[ alone and Without benefit to the o[hzrs Commissionzrs of Johnston County v. Lacy, 17.} N C. 141. 93 S E 4A3 119171 Cited in River Birch ,4ssocs v. City of Ra- leigh. 3?6 N C 100, 3S3 S E 3d 53A r 19901 § T53A-20. Map of electoral districts. If a county is divided into electoral districts for the purpose of nominating or electing persons to the board of commissioners, the current boundaries of the electoral districts shall at all times be drawm on a rnap, or set out in a written description, or shown by a combination of these techniques. This current delineation shall be available for public inspection in the office of the clerk. (19x3, c 322, s. 1 ) ~ T53A-21: Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c, SS4 Editor's Note. -Session Laws 19 ~ 5. c 399, applicable only to Robeson County-, reenacted this section § 153A-22. Redefining electoral district Uoundaries. --~ (a) If a county is divided into electoral districts for the purpose of nominat- ing or electing persons to the board of commissioners, the board of commis- sioners may find as a fact whether there is substantial inequality of population among the districts. (b) If the board finds that there is substantial inequality of population among the districts, it may by resolution redefine the electoral districts. (c) Redefined electoral districts shall be so drawn that Che quotients obtained by di~riding the population of each district by the number of commis- sioners apportioned to the district are as nearly equal as practicable, and each district shall be composed of territory within a continuous boundary. ,; (d) No change in the boundaries of an electoral district may aFfect the unexpired term of office of a commissioner residing in the diatrict and serving on the board on the effective date of the resolution. If the terms of office of members of the board do not all expire at the same time, the resolution shall state which seats are to be filled at the initial election held under the resolution. (e) A resolution adopted pursuant to this section shall be the basis of electing persons Co the board of commissioners at the first general election for - members of the board of commissioners occurring after the resolution's effective date, and thereafter. A resolution becomes effective upon its adoption, unless it is adopted during Che period beginning 150 days before the day of a primary and ending on the day of the next succeeding general election for membership on the board oFcommissioners, in which case it becomes effective on the first day after the end of the pez'iod. (fl Not later than 10 days after the day on which a resolution becomes effectice, the clezlc shall file in the Secretary oi'SCate's office, in the office of the register of deeds of the county, and with the chairman of the county board of elections, a certified copy of the resolution. (g) This section shall not apply to counties where under G.S. 153A-58(3)d. or under public or local act, districts are for residence purposes only, and the 912