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§ 141-1 – Governor to cause boundaries to be established and protected.

141-1. Governor to cause boundaries to be established and protected. The Governor of North Carolina is hereby authorized to appoint two competent commissioners and a surveyor and a sufficient number of chainbearers, on the part of the State of North Carolina, to act with the commissioners or surveyors appointed or to be appointed by any […]

§ 141-2 – Payment of expenses of establishing boundaries.

141-2. Payment of expenses of establishing boundaries. When the line has been rerun and remarked as above provided between this State and any of the contiguous states, or such portion of said lines as shall be mutually agreed by the commissioners, the Governor is authorized to issue his warrant upon the State Treasurer for such […]

§ 141-3 – Appointment of arbitrators.

141-3. Appointment of arbitrators. If any disagreement shall arise between the commissioners, the Governor of this State is hereby authorized to appoint arbitrators to act with similar officers to be appointed by the other states in the settlement of the exact boundary. (1881, c. 347, s. 3; Code, s. 2291; 1889, c. 475, s. 3; […]

§ 141-4 – Disagreement of arbitrators reported to General Assembly.

141-4. Disagreement of arbitrators reported to General Assembly. In case of any serious disagreement and inability on the part of the said arbitrators to agree upon said boundary, such fact shall be reported by the Governor to the next General Assembly for their action. (1881, c. 347, s. 4; Code, s. 2292; 1889, c. 475, […]

§ 141-5 – Approval of survey.

141-5. Approval of survey. When the commissioners shall have completed the survey, or so much as shall be necessary, they shall report the same to the Governor, who shall lay the same before the Council of State; and when the Governor and the Council of State shall have approved the same the Governor shall issue […]

§ 141-7.1 – Southern lateral seaward boundary.

141-7.1. Southern lateral seaward boundary. The lateral seaward boundary between North Carolina and South Carolina from the low-water mark of the Atlantic Ocean shall be and is hereby designated as a continuation of the North Carolina-South Carolina boundary line as described by monuments located at Latitude 33 51′ 50.7214" North, Longitude 78 33′ 22.9448" West, […]

§ 141-8 – Northern lateral seaward boundary.

141-8. Northern lateral seaward boundary. The lateral seaward boundary between North Carolina and Virginia eastward from the low-water mark of the Atlantic Ocean shall be and is hereby designated as a line beginning at the intersection of the low-water mark of the Atlantic Ocean and the existing North Carolina-Virginia boundary line; thence due east on […]

§ 141-9 – Reestablishment of North Carolina-South Carolina boundary.

141-9. Reestablishment of North Carolina-South Carolina boundary. (a) Findings. – The General Assembly finds that: (1) North Carolina and South Carolina were created as separate British colonies. (2) Surveys to determine the boundary between North Carolina and South Carolina began in 1735 and concluded in 1815. (3) Resurveys of three sections of the boundary between […]