Bladen & Columbus County, NC – Act to Mark Dividing Line, 1827

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An Act appointing commissioners to run and establish the boundary
line between the counties of Bladen and Columbus

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, 
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Isaac
Powell and John White, of the county of Columbus, and John Lloyd and
William Jones, of Bladen, be, and they are hereby appointed
commissioners, with power to employ such artist, chair carriers
and attendants as they may deem necessary, to enable them to run,
ascertain and mark the boundary line between the counties of Bladen
and Columbus, agreeably to the several acts of Assembly establishing
the boundary line between said counties; and the line, after being
so run and marked, shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be
the dividing line between the said counties; and the said commissioners,
within six months after running the said line, shall make out two plats
thereof, and return one to each of the County Courts of Bladen and
Columbus.

And be it further enacted, That the commissioners hereby appointed,
for their trouble in superintending and running said line, shall be
entitled to the sum of two dollars for each day they are employed in
running said line; and the artist, chain carriers, and such other persons
as they may necessarily employ, shall be entitled to receive for their
services such sum per day as the commissioners aforesaid shall agree
to give them, which shall be certified under the hands and seals of the
commissioners; and upon their producing such certificates, the county
trustee of each county shall pay one half the expenses.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1827
Chapter LXXXVIII
Page 65

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