GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1987 SESSION
CHAPTER 255
AN ACT TO EXTEND THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF MURPHY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. The corporate limits of the Town of Murphy are extended to include the area within the following description:
BEGINNING AT A POINT on the North bank of Valley River, said point being the Southern most corner of Valley Village Shopping Center, said point having a Tennessee Valley Authority (T.V.A.) Grid Coordinate X=500, 895.11; Y=530, 064.83. The origin of this coordinate is T.V.A. concrete monument designated as HR 371.3. Thence with the existing corporate limits the following 22 courses and running with the East line of Valley Village Shopping Center the following seven courses: North 25 degrees 33 minutes East 97.70 feet; North 88 degrees 42 minutes East 45.0 feet; North 32 21 minutes East 200.10 feet; North 09 degrees 06 minutes West 62.50 feet; North 39 degrees 14 minutes East 353.0 feet; North 09 degrees 23 minutes West 280.01 feet; and North 11 degrees 35 minutes West 275.40 feet to the Northeast corner of Valley Village Shopping Center on the Southern right of way 30 feet from the centerline of Valley River Avenue; thence North 13 degrees 36 minutes West 19.81 feet to a point on the South margin of Valley River Avenue, thence crossing Valley River Avenue North 35 degrees 04 minutes West 25.0 feet to the North margin of Valley River Avenue, thence North 35 degrees 04 minutes West 300.0 feet to a point, thence with a line parallel to the centerline of Valley River Avenue South 54 degrees 56 minutes West 600.0 feet to a point, thence North 35 degrees 04 minutes West 325.0 feet to a point, thence in a Southwesterly direction paralleling the centerline of Valley River Avenue and U.S. 19 and 129 Business the following eight courses: South 54 degrees 56 minutes West 1449.45 feet; South 53 degrees 26 minutes West 118.36 feet South 50 degrees 32 minutes West 136.04 feet; South 45 degrees 50 minutes West 159.31 feet; South 40 degrees 35 minutes West 159.43 feet; South 35 degrees 33 minutes West 156.01 feet; South 32 degrees 12 minutes West 146.81 feet; and South 30 degrees 34 minutes West 560.72 feet to a point in the West property line of the Saint Williams Catholic Church; thence with the West property line of Saint Williams Catholic church and the East line of Ramsey North 55 degrees 56 minutes West 477.12 feet to a point, a common corner of Payne, Ramsey, and Saint Williams Catholic Church: thence with the line of Payne the following course: North 56 degrees 06 minutes West 113.75 feet; thence with the line of Witherspoon and the Saint Williams Catholic Church one course: South 82 degrees 16 minutes East 116.59 feet to a point on the approximate centerline of the Ridge separating Pleasant Valley and Valley River thence with the centerline of said Ridge in a Northeasterly direction approximately 4,500 feet to a point in the centerline of said Ridge, said point being the Northern most corner of the Smith Property, said point having (TVA) Grid Coordinate X=501,177.08; Y=532,867.95. The origin of this coordinate is (TVA) monument "HR 370-1". Thence leaving said Ridge with a line common to Smith and Swaim South 44 degrees 46 minutes East 580.46 feet to a point in the centerline of a gravel Access road said point having TVA Grid coordinate X=501,585.85; Y=532,455.83. The origin of this coordinate is TVA monument "HR 370-1", thence with the centerline of said Access road in a Northeasterly direction approximately 200 feet to a point in the centerline of Secondary Road 1368 at its intersection with the aforementioned Access road said point having a North Carolina Geodetic Survey (N.C.G.S.) coordinate X=501,641.41; Y=532,651.42. The origin of this coordinate is N.C.G.S. monument "Harmony" (1985). Thence with the centerline of Secondary Road 1368 approximately 940 feet to a point in the centerline of Secondary road 1368 at its intersection with Business 19 and 129 and the Access Road to By-Pass 19 and 129. Thence with the centerline of Business 19 and 129 in a Northeasterly direction approximately 725 feet to a point in the approximate centerline of Business 19 and 129. Said point having N.C.G.S. Grid Coordinate X=503,068.72; Y=533,176.77 thence leaving said centerline and running with a straight line South 79 degrees 48 minutes East approximately 563 feet to a point in the centerline of Valley River, thence Southward, in the centerline and with the flow of Valley River, an approximate distance of 6,000 feet to a point in the centerline of said Valley River thence leaving said centerline of said River North 25 degrees 33 minutes East approximately 50 feet to the point of beginning, containing plus or minus 220 acres.
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective June 30, 1987.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 2nd day of June, 1987.