NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

CHAPTER 35

SENATE BILL 48

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE COUNTY LINE BETWEEN DUPLIN AND SAMPSON COUNTIES AS THAT SHOWN ON THE OFFICIAL MAPS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1961.

WHEREAS, there has been dispute as to the location of the boundary line between Duplin and Sampson Counties, and confusion as to the exact location of said boundary has resulted in difficulty in determining matters of jurisdiction, venue, and in other governmental affairs; and

WHEREAS, the County Commissioners of the Counties of Duplin and Sampson have agreed upon the location of the boundary line separating the two counties, and the agreed location has met with the general approval of the residents of the areas of each county affected: Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That the county line between Duplin and Sampson Counties is hereby established upon the location shown on maps of the State Highway Commission issued prior to January 1, 1961.

Sec. 2. That the location of the county line dividing the two said counties on the county road maps issued since January 1, 1961, be disregarded, and that the true location be as the same is shown upon maps issued prior to the January 1, 1961, issue of the said county road maps.

Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of March, 1963.