A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to annex certain described territory to the corporate limits of the city of roanoke rapids.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The corporate limits of the City of Roanoke Rapids are extended to include the following described area:
"That certain tract or parcel of land lying and being situate in Weldon Township, Halifax County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:  Beginning at a point on the eastern edge of the right‑of‑way for N. C. Highway 125 and at the southwest corner of Lot No.4 Chockoyotte Professional Park Subdivision, (See Plat Cabinet 5, Slide 129, Halifax Public Registry); thence from said point of beginning and along the lines of Lot No.4, N. 56‑02‑10 E. 244.73 feet and N. 28‑33‑40 W. 266.56 feet to a point at the southeast corner of Lot No.3, the same being the southwest corner of Lot No.2, Chockoyotte Professional Park Subdivision; thence along the south line of Lot No.3, N. 62‑56‑55 E. 241.51 feet to a point on the west side of a 50 foot right‑of‑way for Gregory Drive; thence crossing the right‑of‑way for Gregory Drive, N. 61‑35‑23 E. 50.00 feet; thence, along the eastern right‑of‑way line for Gregory Drive, N. 28‑14‑41 W. 17.30 feet and N. 28‑05‑32 W. 19.22 feet to a point in the eastern right‑of‑way line and at the southwest corner of Lot No.1, Chockoyotte Professional Park Subdivision; thence with the south line of Lot No.1, N. 56‑02‑14 E. 457.96 feet to a point in the centerline run of Chockoyotte Creek, at a point in the western boundary line of lands belonging to Halifax Regional Medical Center; thence with and along the centerline run of Chockoyotte Creek and the western line of Halifax Regional Medical Center the following courses and distances:  S. 00‑20‑37 E. 237.36 feet, S. 49‑24‑11 E. 60.74 feet, S. 00‑19‑41 E. 164.22 feet, S. 62‑29‑49 E. 238.91 feet, S. 21‑23‑44 E. 325.11 feet, S. 39‑05‑52 E. 269.31 feet, S. 57‑59‑24 E. 225.40 feet, S. 33‑00‑24 E. 228.39 feet, S. 42‑50‑33 E. 147.61 feet, S. 24‑27‑36 E. 135.61 feet, S. 22‑48‑10 E. 113.15 feet, S. 52‑24‑35 E. 126.25 feet, S. 32‑27‑16 E. 431.17 feet, S. 43‑05‑55 E. 361.65 feet to the northwestern side of the right‑of‑way for Old Farm Road Extension, thence continuing across the right‑of‑way for Old Farm Road Extension, S. 43‑05‑55 E. 164.56 feet, and S. 25‑53‑13 E. 42.90 feet to a point in the southeastern side of the right‑of‑way for Old Farm Road Extension, thence continuing and along the centerline run of Chockoyotte Creek, which is also the western boundary lines of properties standing in the name of Roanoke Valley Rentals and Roanoke Meadowbrook LLC, the following courses and distances: S. 25‑53‑13 E. 351.36 feet, S. 46‑01‑36 E. 145.57 feet, S. 52‑28‑32 E. 404.56 feet, S. 26‑47‑11 E. 220.22 feet, S. 08‑53‑56 W. 161.79 feet, and S. 22‑19‑21 E. 157.68 feet to the northeastern corner of lands standing in the name of Blackwell B. Pierce, a point in the centerline run of Chockoyotte Creek and in the western line of lands standing in the name of Roanoke Meadowbrook LLC; thence leaving Chockoyotte Creek with and along the northern boundary of lands of Blackwell B. Pierce, S. 83‑25‑53 W. 1553.94 feet to a point in the southeastern right‑of‑way line of Old Farm Road Extension; thence turning in a southerly direction along the southeastern right‑of‑way of Old Farm Road Extension and along the line of Blackwell B. Pierce, S. 21‑57‑39 W. 668.90 feet, and S. 20‑36‑16 W. 319.77 feet to a point in the southeastern right‑of‑way line of N. C. Highway 125 (where it merges with Old Farm Road Extension), thence turning across the right‑of‑way for N. C. Highway 125, N. 71‑44‑18 W. 60.00 feet to a point on the northwestern edge of the right‑of‑way for N. C. Highway 125, thence turning along the northwestern edge of the right‑of‑way for N. C. Highway 125 the following courses and distances:  N. 18‑15‑42 E. 207.03 feet, N. 14‑37‑29 E. 124.75 feet, and N. 06‑00‑45 E. 169.13 feet to a point at the northeast corner of properties now or formerly belonging to the June Long Estate, and turning from said point and on a common boundary with those lands now or formerly belonging to the June Long Estate, with and along the main run of a swamp, the following courses and distances:  S. 63‑00‑00 W. 119.58 feet, N. 85‑00‑00 W. 182.00 feet, S. 51‑00‑00 W. 257.00 feet, S. 50‑00‑00 W. 238.00 feet, S. 46‑30‑00 W. 184.00 feet, S. 65‑00‑00 W. 156.00 feet, S. 58‑30‑00 W. 226.00 feet, S. 38‑30‑00 W. 169.00 feet, S. 24‑30‑00 W. 179.00 feet, and S. 39‑15‑00 W. 312.00 feet to the southwest corner of the June Long Estate property the same being the northeast corner of property now or formerly belonging to Eddie Jones on the main run of the swamp and at the southwest corner of the tract herein described; thence, with and along the northeast boundary of the Eddie Jones land, the J. R. Crew Estate lands, and the Alonzo Pierce lands, N. 45‑00‑00 W. 164.00 feet, N. 46‑21‑23 W. 727.63 feet, N. 25‑15‑00 W. 432.00 feet, N. 23‑00‑00 W. 389.00 feet, and N. 25‑15‑00 W. 103.50 feet to the southwest corner of a lot belonging to Howard Owen Andleton and wife, as described in Deed Book 1452, Page 33, Halifax Public Registry, said point also being located at the center of a farm path; thence with and along the Andleton property boundary, N. 50‑19‑49 E. 200.00 feet, N. 25‑15‑00 W. 435.60 feet, and S. 50‑13‑00 W. 200.10 feet to the line of property now or formerly belonging to Benjamin Adams and at the northwest corner of the Andleton lot; thence, continuing with and along the common line with Benjamin Adams and the J. R. Crew Estate lands in a northwesterly direction, N. 25‑15‑00 W. 688.31 feet, N. 25‑15‑00 W. 479.00 feet, and N. 76‑45‑00 W. 56.00 feet to a corner in the line of lands now or formerly belonging to Jesse H. Powell Sutton; thence, with and along the property line of the Sutton land and the lands now or formerly belonging to R. L. Powell, the following courses and distances:  N. 58‑15‑00 E. 664.00 feet, N. 27‑45‑00 E. 250.00 feet, N. 33‑15‑00 E. 100.00 feet, N. 22‑15‑00 E. 82.00 feet, N. 00‑30‑00 W. 240.00 feet, N. 42‑30‑00 W. 241.00 feet, N. 62‑45‑00 W. 341.00 feet, and N. 55‑15‑00 W. 550.92 feet to a point on the south side of a 60 foot right‑of‑way for N. C. State Road 1686 (Smith Church Road), and at the northeast corner of the R. L. Powell lands; thence, in an easterly direction with and along the southern right‑of‑way of N. C. State Road 1686, N. 70‑30‑52 E. 511.34 feet to a point at the centerline of the old road; thence, leaving 
N. C. State Road 1686 and continuing in an easterly direction with the centerline of the old road, N. 76‑30‑00 E. 320.00 feet to the northwestern corner of that certain 25.61 acre tract of land conveyed to Charles M. Edwards by Wiley N. Gregory, et al, under deeds of record at Deed Book 650, Page 3, and Deed Book 650, Page 4, Halifax Public Registry, said corner being at the center of the old road; thence, with and along the lines of the 25.61 acre Edwards tract, S. 07‑55‑01 E. 663.22 feet, S. 62‑34‑00 E. 390.10 feet, N. 63‑54‑00 E. 752.20 feet, and N. 41‑31‑00 E. 359.65 feet to the southwest side of the 60 foot right‑of‑way for N. C. Highway 125 and at the southeast corner of the 25.61 acre Edwards tract; thence, turning along the southwestern edge of N. C. Highway 125, N. 33‑34‑05 W. 133.46 feet and N. 30‑17‑04 W. 69.45 feet, thence turning across the right‑of‑way for N. C. Highway 125, N. 70‑54‑14 E. 61.16 feet to the point of beginning, containing 318.31 acres, more or less, and as shown on that certain plat entitled "Annexation Plat ‑ Lands Along N. C. 125 South ‑ City of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina" done by Burr & Associates, P. A., and dated May 16, 2000, and revised December 13, 2002."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.