A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide that the western boundary of the town of EMERALD isle extends to the bogue inlet channel as it FLUCTUATES over time to allow all upland areas connected to bogue banks on the western end of the island to be in the town limits.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 2.1 of the Charter of the Town of Emerald Isle, being Chapter 526 of the 1973 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2.1. Existing Corporate Boundaries. The corporate boundaries of the Town of Emerald Isle shall be as follows until changed in accordance with law: Beginning at a concrete marker at the high water mark of the Atlantic Ocean, this being the southwest corner of Wica Chemical Company property (formerly being the Roosevelt Estate southwest corner), this point also being located South 71 degrees 35 minutes West 7255.0 feet from the church spire at Salter Path Village, located North of the Salter Path Road; thence running with the Wica Chemical Company West property line North 03 degrees 35 minutes West 452.80 feet to a concrete monument marked 'A.H. (Alice Hoffman) Lane'; thence continuing same course 203.7 feet to a concrete monument at the high water mark of Bogue Sound (Wica Chemical Company northwest corner); thence continuing North 03 degrees 35 minutes West 1350 feet to a point in Bogue Sound; then in a westerly direction parallel to and 1320 feet from the water line of Bogue Sound to a point in Bogue Sound formed by the intersection of this call and a line perpendicular thereto passing through the westernmost projection of Bogue banks at the mean high water mark; thence southerly along said line as extended to a point where said line meets the high water line of the Atlantic Ocean; thence due South 2640 feet to a point in the Atlantic Ocean; thence in an easterly direction parallel to and 2640 feet from the high water line of the Atlantic Ocean to a point which is 2640 feet South 03 degrees 35 minutes East from the concrete monument which is heretofore described as the point of the beginning; thence continuing North 03 degrees 35 minutes West 2640 feet to the point of beginning. All the above courses are based on true meridian. To allow all upland areas connected to Bogue Banks on the western end of the island to be in the corporate limits, the western boundary of the town shall extend to the Bogue Inlet channel as it exists from time to time, whether by natural forces, acts of God, accretion, dredging, or human causes."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.