NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 841

SENATE BILL 608

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 141 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LATERAL SEAWARD BOUNDARY BETWEEN THIS STATE AND THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.

THAT, WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the State of North Carolina that the lateral seaward boundaries of the State be fixed and determined; and

WHEREAS, the State of Virginia desires that a lateral seaward boundary between the two States be so established; and

WHEREAS, the seaward limit of North Carolina shall be and remain as it now is or as it may hereafter be fixed by the Congress of the United States; and

WHEREAS, such boundary is to be considered to extend beyond the seaward limit of the sovereign jurisdiction of this State should any need for further delimitation arise;

NOW, THEREFORE,

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  That Chapter 141 of the General Statutes be and is hereby amended by adding thereto a new Section to be designated as G.S. 141-8 to read as follows:

"The northern lateral seaward boundary of this State shall be an extension of the present North Carolina-Virginia boundary beginning at its intersection with the low water mark of the Atlantic Ocean thence due east to the seaward limit of North Carolina as now or hereafter fixed by the Congress of the United States; such boundary to be extended on the same true 90 degree bearing as far as a need for further delimitation may arise; provided, however, that this Act shall stand repealed should the Congress of the United States not ratify, confirm, adopt or otherwise consent to the effect of the same by November 1, 1970.

"Provided further, that this Act shall stand repealed should the State of Virginia not ratify, confirm, adopt or otherwise consent to the effect of the Act establishing the lateral seaward boundary between the States of North Carolina and Virginia."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1969.