NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 901

HOUSE BILL 1000

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF NEW HANOVER COUNTY TO CONVEY CERTAIN LANDS AT FORT FISHER TO THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners of New Hanover County is hereby authorized to convey by deed to the State of North Carolina, upon such conditions as it deems appropriate, the real property known as "Battle Acre" at Fort Fisher, New Hanover County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows:

That certain piece of land situate in Federal Point Township near the New Inlet of the Cape Fear River, whereon the beacon erected by the United States of America now stands, to contain one square acre of land, the beacon being the center of said square acre.

Being the same property conveyed to New Hanover County by the City of Wilmington by deed dated May 24, 1950 and recorded June 3, 1950 in Book 424 at page 597 of the New Hanover County Registry.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall be effective from and after the date of its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1961.