NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 1145

HOUSE BILL 1283

AN ACT TO ANNEX TO BUNCOMBE COUNTY THAT PART OF THE ASHEVILLE PROPERTY LOCATED IN HENDERSON COUNTY.

WHEREAS, the City of Asheville, in Buncombe County, has recently purchased property located partly in Buncombe County and partly in Henderson County and is developing thereon a modern airport to serve all of Western North Carolina; and

WHEREAS, in consideration of a conveyance to it by the City of Asheville of a part of the old Asheville-Hendersonville Airport property, Henderson County is willing to cede to Buncombe County that part of the Asheville Airport property now located within the bounds of Henderson County; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That the boundary line between Henderson County and Buncombe County be and the same is hereby changed and relocated so as to divest Henderson County of all the territory included within the boundaries hereinafter described and vest and include all of said territory in Buncombe County and the said territory shall become and be a part of Buncombe County. Said lands to be included within the new boundaries of Buncombe County are bounded and more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at a concrete monument located at a point where the Buncombe-Henderson County line intersects the western boundary line of the W. L. Pearson 23-acre tract, and said concrete monument also located North 89 degrees 22 minutes East 2908.0 feet from the mouth of county line branch at the left bank of French Broad River, and runs thence with said county line, as established by an Act of the Legislature of North Carolina in 1851, recorded in Laws of North Carolina, 1850-1851, Chapter XLV, Page 113-114, ratified 23rd January 1851 that defines the line between Henderson and Buncombe Counties as running on a true line between the mouth of Burn's Branch and the point of Burney Mountain, North 89 degrees 22 minutes East 3675.9 feet to a concrete monument in a line of the Pinner tract. Thence with the said Pinner line South 85 degrees 03 minutes East 463.0 feet to an iron pin, said Pinner corner. Thence South 5 degrees 18 minutes West 749.17 feet to a concrete monument, Pinner's corner. Thence South 85 degrees 20 minutes East 98.9 feet to the center of the Buck Shoal's Road, also Pinner's corner. Thence with the center of said road South 18 degrees 18 minutes West 331.0 feet to a point where the center line of Buck Shoal's Road intersects the center line of the Boiling Springs Road, Coleen Lance and Pinner corner. Thence down and with the center of the Boiling Springs Road, South 17 degrees 44 minutes West 413.0 feet; South 7 degrees 29 minutes West 354.5 feet; South 34 degrees 08 minutes West 455.0 feet and South 28 degrees 48 minutes West 154.0 feet to a point in the center of said road, the common corner of the Coleen Lance tract and the Case tract. Thence still with the center of said road, South 20 degrees 35 minutes West 100.0 feet; South 9 degrees 58 minutes West 100.0 feet; and South 2 degrees 47 minutes East 120.18 feet to the common corner of the Case, Rogers and Francis tracts. Thence with the North boundary line of said Rogers tract, South 89 degrees 31 minutes East 419.97 feet to an 18-inch white oak. Thence with the Rogers East boundary line, South 3 degrees 50 minutes West 188.27 feet to a pine stump, common corner of the Rogers and Lucille Sales tracts. Thence with the lines of the said Sales tract, South 86 degrees 24 minutes East 1268.4 feet to an 18-inch post oak, Sam Lance's corner. Thence still with the Sales lines, South 89 degrees 30 minutes East 638.0 feet to the center of a public road. Thence with the center of said road, South 4 degrees 08 minutes West 477.9 feet. Thence still with the center of said road as follows: South 8 degrees 00 minutes East 100.0 feet; North 71 degrees 00 minutes East 21.0 feet, to an iron pin, in the H. M. Lance, Jr. line. Thence with said line, South 3 degrees 20 minutes West 764.4 feet to the center of the Fanning Bridge Road, Sales and City Loans, Inc. tract corner. Thence with the East boundary line of the City Loans, Inc. tract, South 3 degrees 07 minutes West 1418.53 feet to a 2½-inch pipe filled with concrete. Thence still with the East boundary line of the City Loans, Inc. tract, South 4 degrees 14 minutes West 2094.34 feet to an iron pipe set in concrete, said iron pipe located in the old Sales (now Geo. Westfeldt) line. Thence with said line, North 86 degrees 16 minutes West 1140.0 feet to the most easterly corner of an 11.41-acre tract conveyed to the City of Asheville by Geo. Westfeldt. Thence with the South boundary line of said 11.41-acre tract, South 70 degrees West 515.6 feet to a stake in the East boundary line of a strip (light lane) of land, 150 feet wide, said strip having been leased to the City of Asheville by Geo. Westfeldt, under a perpetual lease. Thence with the East line of said strip, South 19 degrees 42 minutes East 2250.0 feet to the southeast corner of same. Thence South 70 degrees 18 minutes West 150.0 feet to the southwest corner of same. Thence with the West line of said strip (light lane) North 19 degrees 42 minutes West 2250.0 feet to a stake in the South boundary line of the aforesaid 11.41-acre tract. Thence with said line, South 70 degrees 18 minutes West 802.0 feet to the southwest corner of said 11.41-acre tract. Thence with the northwest boundary line of said tract, North 32 degrees 26 minutes West 694.4 feet to a stake in the old Sales (now Geo. Westfeldt) line. Thence with said line, North 86 degrees 02 minutes West 1196.17 feet to a pipe in concrete (formerly a hickory) on the right bank of French Broad River. Thence down and with the right bank of said river, North 52 degrees 24 minutes West 668.6 feet to a monument (formerly a hickory) the southeast corner of the Roy Ward tract. Thence still down and with the right bank of said river, North 50 degrees 52 minutes West 230.0 feet and North 47 degrees 14 minutes West 249.62 feet to a stake, the southwest corner of the Roy Ward tract. Thence with the northwest line of said tract, North 40 degrees 49 minutes East 1326.18 feet to a stone in said line, corner of the E. J. W. Bunting tract. Thence with the southwest line of the Bunting tract, and the Claude Lance line, North 49 degrees 13 minutes West 347.13 feet to a large post oak, Bunting and Lance corner. Thence, North 22 degrees 33 minutes East 70.0 feet to the center of the Fanning Bridge Road. Thence up and with the center of said road, North 33 degrees 27 minutes East 900.0 feet, North 55 degrees 59 minutes East 61.6 feet, North 77 degrees 51 minutes East 124.1 feet, and South 84 degrees 08 minutes East 100.0 feet to a point in the center of said Fanning Bridge Road said point located 750.0 feet West of the airport runway center line. Thence with a new line, parallel with, and 750.0 feet West of the center line of the airport runway, North 19 degrees 42 minutes West 3558.0 feet to an iron pin in the South boundary line of the W. L. Pearson 43.6-acre tract. Thence with said line, North 87 degrees 52 minutes West 829.33 feet to a stone, the southwest corner of said 43.6-acre tract. Thence with the West boundary line of said tract, North 4 degrees 28 minutes East 315.63 feet to a 10-inch white oak. Thence still with said line, North 3 degrees 42 minutes East 699.6 feet to a stone, the northwest corner of said 43.6-acre tract. Thence with the West boundary line of the W. L. Pearson 23-acre tract, North 3 degrees 41 minutes East 357.82 feet to the point of BEGINNING.

Sec. 2. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. That this Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of June, 1959.