GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1987 SESSION
CHAPTER 256
AN ACT TO EXTEND THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF RANLO TO INCLUDE TOWN-OWNED PROPERTY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. In addition to the corporate limits of the Town of Ranlo, in Gaston County, as now constituted, the corporate limits of the said town are hereby extended and enlarged to include the following:
Tract 1. Beginning at an existing fence corner, said fence corner being the Southwest corner of property of James Widner described in that certain deed recorded in Deed Book 1288 at Page 348 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Gaston County and runs thence from said point 0 - beginning North 51 degrees 47 minutes 19 seconds West 777.85 feet along the eastern margin of property of George Hardy (Deed Book 980 - page 397) to a new iron pin, northeast corner of George Hardy; thence a new line North 64 degrees 14 minutes 37 seconds East 682.21 feet to a new iron pin; thence South 83 degrees 34 minutes 27 seconds East 865.45 feet to a new iron pin in the western margin of the South Fork Catawba River; thence South 33 degrees 13 minutes east 710 feet along the western edge of the South Fork Catawba River to an existing iron pin, southeast corner of property of James Widner (Deed Book 1288 at Page 344); thence North 83 degrees 34 minutes 27 seconds west 874.94 feet along the northern margin of property of M. Phillip Petty (Deed Book 930 at Page 242) to a Poplar tree; thence continuing along the northern margin of the property M. Phillip Petty south 64 degrees 14 minutes west 424.98 feet to the point of BEGINNING, containing 19.805 acres.
Sec. 2. Immediately upon ratification of this act, the Town of Ranlo Town Clerk shall cause the appropriate changes to be made to the official map of the Town, which G.S. 160A-22 requires to be retained permanently in the office of the Town Clerk. A copy of the revised map, or an accurate map of the annexed territory, shall be filed in the offices of the Secretary of State, the Gaston County Register of Deeds and the appropriate Board of Elections.
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 2nd day of June, 1987.