Lenoir County, NC – Nathan G. Blount - Act For Spiral Wheel, 1829

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An Act to authorise Nathan G. Blount to erect a spiral wheel in
Neuse river

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 Nathan G.
Blount, of the town of Kinston, in the county of Lenoir, be, and he
is hereby authorised and empowered to erect a spiral wheel, to be
worked by the waters of said river, and to be placed in said river 
adjoining his own lands near the town of Kinston, to be located at
the junction of the high and low lands next below where said Blount
resides: Provided, however, that nothing in this act shall be construed
to authorise said Nathan G. Blount to obstruct a larger portion of 
said river than twenty four feet from the bank of the river at low
water.

Be it further enacted, That the priviledges hereby granted, and the 
use of the waters for the purposes herein set forth, are hereby vested
in the said Nathan G. Blount and his assigns for the term of twenty
years, and no longer: Provided always, and be it further enacted,
that after the expiration of ten years, it shall be lawful for the
General Assembly to repeal this act and vacate the grant hereby made,
if, in their judgement, the same should be productive of public
inconvenience.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1829
Chapter CXLIII
Page 86

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