Burke & Lincoln County, NC – Act to Establish Dividing Line, 1826

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An Act to appoint commissioners to run and establish the dividing line 
between the counties of Burke and Lincoln

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 Matthew 
Baird, of the county of Burke, and John Yoder, of the county of 
Lincoln, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners for the 
purpose of running and establishing the dividing line between the 
counties aforesaid, in conformity with the boundary described in the 
act of one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four; the said 
commissioners shall cause to be filed in the clerk’s office of their 
respective County Courts, a plat or survey of the said line; which 
line, when thus run and marked, shall be established as the boundary 
line between said counties.

And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall be allowed 
a reasonable compensation for the same, which shall be paid by the 
counties of Burke and Lincoln in equal proportions.


Source:
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1826
Chapter LXX
Page 43

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