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13 <br />2,~ <br />j 1JJ ~-~ J CH i53..i. CGLiv Tics g153 ~-22 <br />County Bonds Not to Be Sssued for Road <br />Purposes of One Township or Taxing Dis- <br />trict. - R.l:ile the building of public rows has <br />been held a necessary espen;e. application of <br />the principle map not be eltended to instances <br />where a statute requires the county to issue its <br />bonds for road purposes to obtain aid fur a <br />towns'rip or local t2_;ing district therein, upon <br />the anpro~al of the voter of the particular <br />district alone. and without bene5t to the others, <br />Cor:missiorer of Johnston County v i.acy 174 <br />?Y0.141,935E 4P2(1917i <br />Cited in P.icer Hi: ch Assocs. v City of Ra- <br />leigh. 3?6 ti C 109, 333 5 E 3d 533 ~ 19901 <br />§ 153-20. lYIap of electoral districts. <br />If a county is divided into electoral districts for the purpose of nominating or <br />electing persons to the board of commissioners, the current boundaries of the <br />electoral districts shall at all times be.drau-n on a map. or set out in a written <br />description, or' shown by a combination of these techniques. This current <br />delineation shall be available for public inspection in the office of the clerk. <br />(1973, c 822, s, l ) <br />§ la"3-~.-21: Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 88~. <br />Editor's Vote.-Session Laws 1915. c 339. <br />applicable only to Robeson Count}•, reenacted <br />this section. <br />§ 153:4.-22. Redefining electoral district boundaries. <br />(a) Ii a county is divided into electoral dstricts for the purpose of nominat- <br />ing or electing persons to the board of commissioners, the board of commis- <br />sioners may find as a fact whether there is substantial inequality ofpopulation <br />among the districts. <br />_ (b) If the board finds that they=_ is substantial inequality of population <br />among the districts, it may by resolution redefirie the electoral districts. <br />(c) Redefined electoral districts shall be so drawn that the quotients <br />obtained by di~ridirg the population of each district 6,y the number of commis- <br />sioners apportioned to the district are as nearly equal as practicable, and each <br />district shall be composed of territory within a continuous boundary. <br />(d> No change in the boundaries of an electoral district may affect the <br />unexpired term of office of a commissioner residing in the district and serving <br />on the board on the effective date of the resolution. If the terms of office of <br />~' members of the board do not all expire at the same time, the resolution shall <br />state which seats are to be filled at the initial election held under the <br />resolution. <br />(e) A resolution adopted pursuant to this section shall be the basis of <br />electing persons to the board of commissioners at the first general election for <br />members of the board of commissioners occurring after the resolution's <br />effective date, and thereafter. ~ resolution becomes effective upon its adoption, <br />unless it is adopted during the period beginning 150 days before the day of a <br />primary and ending on the day of the next succeeding general election for <br />membership on the board of commissioners, in which case it becomes e$ective <br />on the first day after the end of the period. <br />(f) Not later than 10 days afoot the day on which a resolution becomes <br />effective, the clerk shall file in the Secretary of State's office, in the ofce of the <br />register of deeds of the count; and with the chairman of the county board of <br />elections, a certified copy of the resolution. <br />(g) This section shall not apply to counties whore under G.S. 153:x-58(3)d, or <br />under public or local act, districts are for residence purposes pall; and the <br />912 <br />