NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 694
HOUSE BILL 873

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 158 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1963, RELATING TO THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF ELIZABETH CITY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Section 3 of Chapter 158 of the Session Laws of 1963 is hereby amended by rewriting same as follows:
"Sec. 3. The corporate limits of the City of Elizabeth City shall be as follows: Beginning at a point on the Pasquotank River in the center line of the southern mouth of Knobbs Creek, thence up the center line of said creek to the intersection of the center line thereof with the northwardly prolongation of the East line of Fourth Street, thence southwardly along the northerly prolongation of the East side of Fourth Street to the North side of the right of way of the Norfolk Southern Railroad, thence westwardly and southwardly along the northward and westward side of said right of way of the Norfolk Southern Railroad to a point 1120 feet South of the South side of Main Street, thence eastwardly parallel with the South side of Main Street to the East side of what was formerly the old North Carolina State Highway, thence southwardly along the East side of what was formerly the old North Carolina State Highway to the North side of Church Street Extended, thence eastwardly along the North side of Church Street Extended to the East side of Hughes Boulevard, thence southwardly along the East side of Hughes Boulevard to the center line of the Norfolk and Southern (formerly Suffolk and Carolina) Railroad spur track, thence eastwardly along the center line of said railroad to a point in the northwardly prolongation of the West line of the Claude Ives property, thence South 27 degrees 10 minutes East along the West line of the Claude Ives property, now the property of the Elizabeth City Public Housing Authority, to the North side of Ehringhaus Street, thence eastwardly along the North side of Ehringhaus Street to the center line of the United States Government Railroad tract, thence southwardly along the center line of said railroad tract to a point 150 feet South of the South side of Walkers Avenue, thence South 81 degrees 30 minutes East to the southwest corner of the P. W. Moore School grounds at the northwest side of Roanoke Avenue, thence southeastwardly at right angles to Roanoke Avenue, crossing same to the southeast side thereof, thence along the South side of Roanoke Avenue South 47 degrees 30 minutes West 380 feet to an iron pipe, thence South 88 degrees 30 minutes East 1100 feet to the northwest corner of the Highland Park Cemetery, thence South 5 degrees West 350 feet to the southwest corner of the Highland Park Cemetery, thence North 87 degrees West 788 feet to the corner of the Catholic Church property, thence South 1 degree East 735.9 feet along said Catholic Church property, thence South 5 degrees West to the North line of the Pasquotank Board of Education property, thence South 82 degrees East along said Board of Education property to an iron pipe on the West side of Peartree Road, thence northwardly along the West side of Peartree Road 200 feet, thence eastwardly along a line at an angle to said road to a point in the center line of a branch known as Herrington Run, thence southwardly along the center line of said run, a distance of 200 feet, more or less, to an iron pipe at the southwest corner of the F. T. Bray‑C. W. Price property, thence eastwardly along the South line of said property to the mouth of a ditch, thence North 80 degrees East along the center line of said ditch, a distance of 450 feet to a point 150 feet West of the Weeksville Road, measured at right angles to the Weeksville Road, thence southwardly parallel to the Weeksville Road and distant 150 feet westwardly therefrom a distance of 1200 feet, thence northeastwardly to the point of intersection of the East side of Weeksville Road with the East side of Poorhouse Road, thence southwardly along the East side of Weeksville Road a distance of 270 feet, thence northeastwardly parallel to Poorhouse Road along a line which is distant 200 feet southeastwardly from Poorhouse Road measured at right angles thereto a distance of 1670 feet to the South side of Southern Avenue, thence eastwardly along the South side of Southern Avenue 1560 feet to the northeast corner of the Elizabeth City State Teachers College property, thence southwardly along the East line of said college property a distance of 1780 feet, thence South 57 degrees 41 minutes East 1040 feet to the West line of lot 27 Block B of the Edgewood subdivision as per map in Map Book 1 at page 159, thence South 5 degrees 55 minutes West 100 feet, thence South 5 degrees 21 minutes West 91 feet, thence South 19 degrees 27 minutes West 926 feet, thence North 62 degrees West 8 feet, thence South 37 degrees 4 minutes West 123 feet, thence South 36 degrees 30 minutes West 180 feet, thence South 53 degrees 30 minutes East 115 feet to West side of Edgewood Drive, thence crossing Edgewood Drive North 70 degrees 22 minutes East 610 feet, thence North 71 degrees 57 minutes East 1079 feet, thence North 9 degrees 6 minutes West 1073 feet, thence South 84 degrees 32 minutes East 458.9 feet, thence North 73 degrees 23 minutes East 153 feet, thence North 30 degrees 42 minutes East 194 feet to the middle of a run, thence northeastwardly along the center of said run to the northeast corner of lot 16 of the Edgewood subdivision as per plat recorded in Map Book 1 at Page 111, thence North 55 degrees East 390 feet to a point on the northeast side of Rivershore Road at the southwest corner of Section B of Winslow Acres, thence eastwardly along the South boundary of Section B of Winslow Acres the following distances: 352.52 feet to an angle, 504.75 feet to an angle, and 863 feet to the southeast corner of said Section, thence northwardly along the East line of said Section and the northwardly prolongation thereof to the shore of Pasquotank River, thence northwardly across Pasquotank River to a point opposite what was formerly the center of the southern mouth of Glovers Cut and 300 feet therefrom, thence westwardly to the southwest point of Machellhe Island (sometimes known as Goat Island), thence westwardly, northwardly and eastwardly following the shore line of said island to a point in said shore line 300 yards from what was formerly the North mouth of Glovers Cut, thence northwestwardly to the point of beginning in the center line of the southern mouth of Knobbs Creek."
Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of May, 1965.