AN ACT to deannex TWO DESCRIBED parcelS from the corporate limits of the town of bakersville.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The corporate limits of the Town of Bakersville are reduced by excluding the following described parcel:
In Bakersville Township, Mitchell County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING on a small chestnut, Bowman's corner and runs with said line 78 poles to a White Oak corner, to Fortner or Arthur Wilson's line; thence north 50 poles to a White Oak in the edge of the Laurels; thence south 50 east 20 poles to a large Spanish Oak on top of the ridge; thence north 64 east 70 poles to a stake, on the Bowman line; thence south with said line 70 poles to the BEGINNING, containing 26 acres, more or less. For title reference see Book 128 at page 133, Book 151 at page 396. Mitchell County Registry.
In Bakersfield Township, Mitchell County, described as follows: BEGINNING on a stake in the J.C. McBee line and runs S 5 degrees W 140.6 feet to a stake; thence S 36 degrees E 142.5 feet to a large oak, Jim Slagle's corner; leaving the McBee line, runs S 82 degrees E 290 feet to a locust stake on the West side of Honeycutt Creek Road, James Yelton's corner; thence N 25 degrees 30 minutes W 124.6 feet to a stake; thence N 41 degrees W 75.4 feet to a pear tree; thence N 25 degrees 30 minutes E 109.5 feet to a locust fence stake; thence S 62 degrees E 57 feet to a stake, Jim McKinney's corner; thence with the McKinney line N 5 degrees 40 minutes E 205 feet to a locust stump, Junior Carver's corner; thence N 50 degrees 25 minutes W 147.2 feet to a stake near the private road; thence N 42 degrees 20 minutes E 103.4 feet to a stake; thence S 48 degrees 10 minutes E 196 feet to a stake; thence S 76 degrees 25 minutes E 57.7 feet to a stake; thence N 85 degrees 50 minutes E 85.9 feet to a stake; thence N 72 degrees 25 minutes E 93.2 feet to a stake at intersection of private road and Junior Carver drive; leaving intersection, S 27 degrees 25 minutes E 67.1 feet to a point on West margin of Honeycutt Road pavement; thence N 13 degrees E 198 feet to an iron; thence running with the road as follows: S 27 degrees W 120 feet; S 61 degrees W 75 feet; S 79 degrees 30 minutes W 120 feet; N 72 degrees W 73 feet; N 50 degrees W 170 feet; N 89 degrees 30 minutes W 56 feet; S 39 degrees W 175 feet; S 11 degrees W 167 feet; S 27 degrees W 73 feet; N 89 degrees 30 minutes W 88 feet; N 15 degrees 30 minutes W 58 feet to the BEGINNING, containing 3.8 acres, more or less.
SECTION 2.  This act does not affect the duty to pay taxes for any prior year and does not eliminate any liens for taxes for prior years.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective June 30, 2004.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of June, 2004.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 Richard T. Morgan
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives