AN ACT to remove certain described property from the corporate limits of the town of dortches.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The following described property is removed from the corporate limits of the Town of Dortches:
Commencing at a point in the centerline of Hunter Hill Road (SR 1604), said point being approximately 0.64 miles west of the intersection of Hunter Hill Road (SR 1604) and Woodruff Road (SR 1613) as shown on the map hereinafter referred to; thence N 06°33'01"E 30.66 feet to an iron pipe on the northern right‑of‑way of Hunter Hill Road, the southwest corner of Belmont N. Woodruff, Deed Book 1178 Page 701; thence along the western line of Woodruff the following three courses and distances: (1) N 06°33'01"E 544.62 feet to an iron pipe; thence (2) N 06°37'51"E 263.63 feet to an iron pipe, and (3) N 06°38'27"E 656.60 feet to a point, the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence continuing along the western line of Woodruff the following four courses and distances: (1) N 06°38'27"E 13.39 feet to an iron pipe; thence (2) N 06°34'29"E 1059.90 feet to an iron pipe; thence (3) N 06°34'52"E 662.80 feet to an iron pipe, and (4) N 06°34'52"E 19.83 feet to a point in the center of Goose Branch; thence along the centerline of Goose Branch the following seventy-nine courses and distances: (1) N 87°14'19"E 38.87 feet to a point; (2) N 33°28'34"E 32.81 feet to a point; (3) N 74°39'06"E 18.43 feet to a point; (4) S 46°47'37"E 18.20 feet to a point; (5) N 54°45'19"E 19.88 feet to a point; (6) S 86°19'12"E 21.51 feet to a point; (7) S 33°16'52"E 16.05 feet to a point; (8) N 72°08'16"E 41.78 feet to a point; (9) N 13°41'19"E 21.24 feet to a point; (10) N 39°26'31"W 16.05 feet to a point; (11) N 46°45'44"W 19.46 feet to a point; (12) N 44°28'36"E 48.64 feet to a point; (13) S 66°11'01"E 32.90 feet to a point; (14) S 81°16'33"E 39.38 feet to a point; (15) N 38°24'32"E 44.68 feet to a point; (16) N 62°37'46"E 16.43 feet to a point; (17) S 47°15'47"E 21.24 feet to a point; (18) N 89°56'55"E 20.61 feet to a point; (19) N 31°35'50"E 39.76 feet to a point; (20) N 61°46'22"E 24.94 feet to a point; (21) S 35°55'59"E 27.77 feet to a point; (22) N 88°26'40"E 50.89 feet to a point; (23) N 46°33'10"E 18.62 feet to a point; (24) N 04°08'24"E 30.38 feet to a point; (25) N 09°57'49"W 21.47 feet to a point; (26) N 27°44'17"E 27.63 feet to a point; (27) N 66°05'32"E 34.06 feet to a point; (28) S 81°56'48"E 12.12 feet to a point; (29) N 62°11'40"E 15.75 feet to a point; (30) S 68°59'05"E 32.18 feet to a point; (31) N 64°55'34"E 1.91 feet to a point; (32) S 42°59'01"E 17.33 feet to a point; (33) S 48°01'00"E 11.80 feet to a point; (34) S 69°50'31"E 27.50 feet to a point; (35) N 65°16'47"E 10.10 feet to a point; (36) N 39°57'09"E 24.45 feet to a point; (37) N 86°51'15"E 27.98 feet to a point; (38) N 45°20'21"E 26.50 feet to a point; (39) S 78°43'02"E 36.19 feet to a point; (40) N 64°12'15"E 17.72 feet to a point; (41) N 31°06'09"E 30.86 feet to a point; (42) N 77°43'15"E 33.45 feet to a point; (43) S 32°11'32"E 58.25 feet to a point; (44) S 62°22'12"E 18.20 feet to a point; (45) N 86°54'18"E 18.49 feet to a point; (46) S 77°46'33"E 58.35 feet to a point; (47) N 45°56'39"E 16.23 feet to a point; (48) N 34°06'59"E 74.53 feet to a point; (49) N 79°31'58"E 22.59 feet to a point; (50) S 61°50'15"E 94.92 feet to a point; (51) S 57°11'52"E 46.55 feet to a point; (52) N 54°50'20"E 53.32 feet to a point; (53) S 53°20'36"E 72.88 feet to a point; (54) S 29°03'53"E 82.40 feet to a point; (55) S 78°44'41"E 53.38 feet to a point; (56) S 65°39'57"E 51.91 feet to a point; (57) N 44°32'31"E 75.98 feet to a point; (58) S 57°18'22"E 43.39 feet to a point; (59) S 19°00'23"W 41.37 feet to a point; (60) S 39°06'27"E 45.69 feet to a point; (61) N 64°53'10"E 182.38 feet to a point; (62) S 47°52'04"E 39.66 feet to a point; (63) S 83°24'18"E 72.61 feet to a point; (64) S 20°04'10"E 76.09 feet to a point; (65) S 59°38'23"E 67.36 feet to a point; (66) S 20°11'24"E 110.52 feet to a point; (67) S 28°59'16"W 53.79 feet to a point; (68) S 68°17'04"W 33.36 feet to a point; (69) N 83°58'11"W 44.01 feet to a point; (70) S 06°34'37"E 62.10 feet to a point; (71) S 15°32'34"E 96.25 feet to a point; (72) S 59°00'23"E 184.89 feet to a point; (73) S 29°36'28"E 68.74 feet to a point; (74) S 31°23'21"E 151.80 feet to a point; (75) S 40°45'24"W 79.33 feet to a point; (76) S 01°10'54"W 53.48 feet to a point; (77) S 25°30'33"E 76.50 feet to a point; (78) S 77°02'09"E 38.59 feet to a point; and (79) N 82°43'48"E 101.89 feet to a point; thence leaving Goose Branch and continuing along the present City Limits the following ten courses and distances: (1) S 57°59'33"W 167.19 feet to a point; (2) S 60°10'38"W 171.65 feet to a point; (3) S 61°38'32"W 280.10 feet to a point; (4) S 63°45'09"W 280.36 feet to a point; (5) S 65°47'08"W 280.04 feet to a point; (6) S 67°52'28"W 279.93 feet to a point; (7) S 69°48'22"W 237.92 feet to a point; (8) S 71°28'31"W 223.48 feet to a point; (9) S 73°38'21"W 336.09 feet to a point; and (10) S 76°00'20"W 307.00 feet to a point, the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 70.18 acres as shown on map by MACK GAY ASSOCIATES, P.A., March 22, 2005.
SECTION 2.  This act has no effect upon the validity of any liens of the Town of Dortches for ad valorem taxes or special assessments outstanding before the effective date of this act. Such liens may be collected or foreclosed upon after the effective date of this act as though the property was still within the corporate limits of the Town of Dortches.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective June 30, 2005.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of May, 2005.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives