Northampton County Drainage District Number One v. Bailey

PHILLIPS, Judge.

All the foregoing rulings by the court are challenged by plaintiffs appeal and we will discuss them in the order stated.

I

We see no constitutional infirmity in G.S. 156-81(a) and (1) permitting the Clerk of Superior Court of Northampton County to either appoint the commissioners of this two-county drainage district or provide for their election by the landowners as he sees fit, and the court’s ruling to the contrary is reversed and the injunction against plaintiff levying assessments in the future is dissolved. The General Assembly has inherent authority to delegate a portion…