GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION
CHAPTER 345
AN ACT TO ANNEX A CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND TO THE TOWN OF MURPHY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. The corporate limits of the Town of Murphy are extended to include the area within the following description:
Beginning at a point at the center and the mouth of Britton Branch where it intersects Valley River on the West side, having North Carolina Grid Coordinate of X = 498,759.7 feet and Y = 528,155.2 feet, and runs thence up and with the West bank of Valley River the following ten courses: North 10 degrees 42 minutes West 56.37 feet; North 04 degrees 24 minutes East 137.00 feet; North 18 degrees 37 minutes East 148.91 feet; North 19 degrees 45 minutes East 132.97 feet; North 21 degrees 55 minutes East 100.56 feet; North 27 degrees 16 minutes East 232.63 feet; North 26 degrees 47 minutes East 241.34 feet; North 28 degrees 55 minutes East 108.01 feet; North 09 degrees 52 minutes East 97.85 feet; and North 27 degrees 18 minutes East 74.94 feet to a point in the Northwest margin of High School Road (13 feet from the centerline) off the Northwest corner of the bridge across Valley River; thence with the Northwest margin of said road North 59 degrees 51 minutes West 149.00 feet to a point in the East margin of Valley River Avenue (13 feet from the centerline), thence with the East margin of Valley River Avenue the following eight courses: North 30 degrees 06 minutes East 158.56 feet; North 32 degrees 00 minutes East 100.28 feet; North 34 degrees 40 minutes East 99.95 feet; North 39 degrees 37 minutes East 100.08 feet; North 44 degrees 51 minutes East 99.84 feet; North 50 degrees 06 minutes East 99.56 feet; North 53 degrees 19 minutes East 99.90 feet; and North 54 degrees 56 minutes East 547.61 feet to a point in the East margin of Valley River opposite its approximate intersection with centerline of State Road Number 1367; thence leaving the Southeastern margin of Valley River Avenue one course: South 35 degrees 04 minutes East 80.60 feet to a point on the North bank of Valley River; thence up and with the North bank of Valley River the following four courses: North 71 degrees 53 minutes East 105.13 feet; South 80 degrees 45 minutes East 115.42 feet; South 74 degrees 27 minutes East 299.76 feet; and South 54 degrees 54 minutes East 53.08 feet to a TVA concrete monument designated as HR 371-3 the Southwest corner of Valley Village Shopping Center; thence two courses with Valley Village Shopping Center and the North bank of Valley River: South 23 degrees 50 minutes East 10.0 feet and South 69 degrees 21 minutes East 351.67 feet; thence leaving Valley River and running with the East line of Valley Village Shopping Center the following seven courses: North 25 degrees 33 minutes East 97.70 feet; North 88 degrees 42 minutes East 45.0 feet; North 32 degrees 21 minutes East 200.10 feet; North 09 degrees 06 minutes West 62.50 feet; North 39 degrees 14 minutes East 353.0 feet; North 09 degrees 23 minutes West 280.01 feet; and North 11 degrees 35 minutes West 275.40 feet to the Northeast corner of Valley Village Shopping Center on the Southern right of way 30 feet from the centerline of Valley River Avenue; thence North 13 degrees 36 minutes West 19.81 feet to a point on the South margin of Valley River Avenue, thence crossing Valley River Avenue North 35 degrees 04 minutes West 25.0 feet to the North margin of Valley River Avenue, thence North 35 degrees 04 minutes West 300.0 feet to a point, thence with a line parallel to the centerline of Valley River Avenue South 54 degrees 56 minutes West 600.0 feet to a point, thence North 35 degrees 04 minutes West 325.0 feet to a point, thence in a Southwesterly direction paralleling the centerline of Valley River Avenue and U.S. 19 & 129 Business the following eight courses: South 54 degrees 56 minutes West 1449.45 feet; South 53 degrees 26 minutes West 118.36 feet South 50 degrees 32 minutes West 136.04 feet; South 45 degrees 50 minutes West 159.31 feet; South 40 degrees 35 minutes West 159.43 feet; South 35 degrees 33 minutes West 156.01 feet; South 32 degrees 12 minutes West 146.81 feet; and South 30 degrees 34 minutes West 560.72 feet to a point in the West property line of the Saint Williams Catholic Church; thence with the West property line of Saint Williams Catholic Church and the East line of Ramsey North 55 degrees 56 minutes West 477.12 feet to a point, a common corner of Payne, Ramsey, and Saint Williams Catholic Church; thence with the line of Payne the following two courses:
North 56 degrees 06 minutes West 113.75 feet; and North 82 degrees 16 minutes West 231.46 feet to a point in the centerline of Pleasant Valley Road at its intersection with Regal Street; thence with Regal Street North 82 degrees 16 minutes West 103.74 feet to a point in the centerline of Britton Branch; thence down Britton Branch in a Southeasterly direction and with the existing corporate limits the following twenty-three courses: South 21 degrees 10 minutes East 275.77 feet; South 33 degrees 35 minutes East 268.30 feet; South 65 degrees 25 minutes East 97.50 feet; South 23 degrees 18 minutes East 60.90 feet; South 39 degrees 43 minutes West 90.70 feet; South 72 degrees 02 minutes East 136.60 feet; South 03 degrees 18 minutes West 194.60 feet; South 34 degrees 10 minutes East 274.20 feet; South 40 degrees 58 minutes East 230.20 feet; South 43 degrees 52 minutes East 172.80 feet; North 31 degrees 17 minutes East 33.60 feet; South 44 degrees 43 minutes East 58.50 feet; South 57 degrees 49 minutes East 129.60 feet; South 00 degrees 16 minutes East 21.60 feet; South 88 degrees 33 minutes West 50.50 feet; South 23 degrees 14 minutes East 27.80 feet; South 00 degrees 24 minutes West 62.0 feet; South 84 degrees 18 minutes East 49.60 feet; South 87 degrees 16 minutes East 69.00 feet; North 77 degrees 34 minutes East 107.60 feet; North 58 degrees 50 minutes East 37.60 feet; South 11 degrees 15 minutes East 88.10 feet; and South 56 degrees 08 minutes East 24.26 feet to the center of the mouth of Britton Branch, the point of beginning, containing 88.5 acres more or less.
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective on the last day of the month it is ratified and property taxes shall be prorated as provided in G.S. 160A-58.10.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of May, 1983.