AN ACT TO ANNEX TO THE CITY OF WHITEVILLE THE EXISTING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RIGHT‑OF‑WAY OF US HIGHWAYS 74/76 AND 701 AROUND THE OVERPASS AREA TO HELP accommodate THE MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS OF THE INTERCHANGE LIGHTING PROJECT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The corporate limits of the City of Whiteville are extended to include the following described area:
Beginning at a point marked by an old iron (Number 221) on the Southern Right-of-Way line of U.S. Highway 74-76 By Pass, said Point of Beginning being the Northwestern corner of "Tract D" as shown on survey map entitled "SURVEY OF ANNEXED AREAS FOR CITY OF WHITEVILLE-AREAS C & D", dated July 09, 1991, and last revised March 30, 1993, by Soles & Walker, P.A., R.L.S. and being duly recorded in Plat Book 56 Page 15, at the Columbus County, N.C. Office of The Register of Deeds, running THENCE FROM SAID POINT OF BEGINNING and along the Southern Right-of-Way line of U.S. Highway 74-76 By Pass in a Westwardly direction to a point marked by a concrete Right-of-Way monument near Station 359+00, as shown on N.C.D.O.T. Highway Plans, Project No.6.4310019, as contained in the State Highway Plan Book at the Columbus County, N.C. Office of The Register of Deeds, said point lying 170.0' South of the center line of said U.S. Highway 74-76 By Pass; thence continuing along said Southern Right-of-Way South 69 degrees 53 minutes 04 seconds West, a distance of 100' to a new point in said Right-of-Way line; thence crossing said U.S. Highway 74-76 By Pass North 20 degrees 06 minutes 56 seconds West, a distance of 340.0' to a point in the Northern Right-of-Way line of said Highway; thence along the Northern Right-of-Way line of U.S. Highway 74-76 By Pass in an Eastwardly direction to a point where said Right-of-Way line intersects the Western Right-of-Way line of U.S. Highway 701 By Pass; thence along the Western Right-of-Way line of U.S. Highway 701 By Pass, North 01 degrees 43 minutes 24 seconds West, a distance of 200.0' to a point on said Right-of-Way line; thence perpendicular to said U.S. Highway 701 By Pass in an Eastwardly direction crossing said By Pass to a point on the Eastern Right-of-Way line of said U.S. Highway 701 By Pass; thence along the Eastern Right-of-Way line of U.S. Highway 701 By Pass in a Southerly direction to a point where the Eastern Right-of-Way line intersects the Northern Right-of-Way line of U.S. Highway 74-76 By Pass; thence with Northern Right-of-Way line of U.S. Highway 74-76 By Pass in an Eastwardly direction to a point where said Northern Right-of-Way line intersects with the Western Right-of-Way line of U.S. Highway 701 Business; thence along the Western Right-of-Way line of U.S. Highway 701 Business, Northwardly a distance of 75.0' to a point in said Western Right-of-Way line; thence Eastwardly perpendicular to U.S. Highway 701 Business to a point in the Northern Right-of-Way line of U.S. Highway 74-76 By Pass; thence with the Northern Right-of-Way line of said By Pass in an Eastwardly direction approximately a distance of 6,600' where said Right-of-Way line intersects with the center line of an overhead CP&L power line easement; thence with the center line of said power line easement in a Southerly direction crossing U.S. Highway 74-76 By Pass to a point in the Southern Right-of-Way line of said Highway, said point being shown as an old iron (Number 233), the Northeasternmost corner of "Tract C4" as shown on aforementioned plat for the City of Whiteville, as recorded in Plat Book 56 Page 15; thence in a Westwardly direction along the Southern Right-of-Way line of U.S. Highway 74-76 By Pass, also along lines of the existing Corporate Limits of the City of Whiteville, as shown on aforementioned plat for the City of Whiteville, as recorded in Plat Book 56 Page 15, to the Point of Beginning, and being that certain tract lying within the Right-of-Way of U.S. Highway 74-76 By Pass, adjacent to and North of the existing Corporate Limits of Whiteville, N.C.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of July, 2004.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Richard T. Morgan
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives