North Carolina Statutes
§ 156-80 — Name of districts
North Carolina § 156-80
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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 156-80 (2026).
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The name of such drainage district shall constitute a part of its corporate name; for illustration, the board of drainage commissioners of Mecklenburg Drainage District, No.
1.In the naming of a drainage district the clerk of the court, notwithstanding the name given in the petition, shall so change the name as to make it conform to the county within which the district, or the main portion of the district, is located, and such district shall also be designated by number, the number to indicate the number of districts petitioned for in the county. For illustration, the first district organized in Mecklenburg County would be Mecklenburg County Drainage District, No. 1; the name of the second would be Mecklenburg County Drainage District, No. 2; the fifth one organized would be Mecklenburg C
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§ 156-1
Supplemental proceeding§ 156-10
Right to drain into canal§ 156-100
Sale of bonds§ 156-100.1
Sale of assessment anticipation notes§ 156-100.3
Sinking fund§ 156-101
Refunding bonds issued§ 156-102
Drainage bonds received as deposits§ 156-103
Assessment rolls prepared§ 156-104
Application of amendatory provisions of certain sections; amendment or reformation of proceedings§ 156-108
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