GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

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HOUSE BILL 1307
Committee Substitute Favorable 6/18/96

Short Title:  Spruce Pine Annexation.	(Local)

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May 23, 1996

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ADD CERTAIN DESCRIBED PROPERTY TO THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF SPRUCE PINE, AND TO EXEMPT THE PROPERTY FROM THE CEILING ON SATELLITE ANNEXATIONS BY THE TOWN.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The following described property is added to the corporate limits of the Town of Spruce Pine:
Being that parcel of real estate lying south of the present southern boundary of The Town of Spruce Pine in Grassy Creek township, Mitchell County, North Carolina and being a former water supply, is presently owned by The Town of Spruce Pine and was acquired by the following instruments:
1.  Judgment in Eminent Domain Proceedings brought by The Town of Spruce Pine against H. F. Lawrence and wife Carrie Lawrence wherein The Town of Spruce Pine acquired fee simple title to a parcel of real estate containing 187 acres, more or less. Said judgment was entered in the Superior Court of Mitchell County, North Carolina at the April 1924 term of said court.
2.  Warranty deed from Stokes T. Henry and wife Agnes M. Henry to The Town of Spruce Pine wherein there was conveyed to The Town of Spruce Pine a parcel of real estate containing 229.2 acres, more or less.  Said warranty deed was executed by Stokes T. Henry and wife Agnes M. Henry on the 12th day of July, 1923 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Mitchell County, North Carolina, in book 80 at page 27.
Said parcel of real estate is shown on the official tax maps of Mitchell County prepared by Transworld Services, Inc. and is thereon identified as Parcel 0789.32-5117 and according to said map contains 360.14 acres.  Said parcel of real estate is bounded on the east by Swiss Pine Lake Subdivision; on the north by Swiss Pine Lake Subdivision and lands owned by John H. Boone described in deed of record in Book 228 at page 116 in the office of the Register of Deeds of Mitchell County, North Carolina; on the west by lands now or formerly owned by Robert Swanson, Ruth Carpenter and Margaret Gris, and lands of John D. Shepherd, Jr.; on the south by lands now or formerly owned by Donald McIntosh, Trustee; Eisaman Wentzell, Terry Elferdink and Kenneth Pitman.
Sec. 2.  The property described in Section 1 shall not be included in any calculations made under G.S. 160A-58.1(b)(5).
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.