NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1963 SESSION

CHAPTER 973
HOUSE BILL 1265

AN ACT TO REDEFINE THE TOWN LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF BETHEL IN PITT COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Section 1 of Chapter 450 of the Session Laws of 1961 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:
"Section 1. Section 1 of Chapter 171, Private Laws of 1911; Section 1 of Chapter 228, Private Laws of 1921; Section 1 of Chapter 97, Private Laws of 1927; Section 1 of Chapter 754, Session Laws of 1953, and Section 1 of Chapter 771, Session Laws of 1957, are hereby amended to the end that the corporate limits of the Town of Bethel in Pitt County are redefined, relocated and extended so as to include and embrace the following described territory:
'Beginning at a concrete monument on the western side of the Bethel‑Greenville road; said monument being located 177 feet North of the northern boundary of the South View Cemetery; thence North 65 degrees West 2000 feet to a concrete monument, a corner; thence North 25 degrees 30 minutes West 1634 feet to a concrete monument, a corner; thence North 24 degrees 10 minutes West 629 feet crossing U. S. Highway No. 64 and South Railroad Street to a point in the center of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad leading to Tarboro; thence along and with the eastern side of a ditch North 7 degrees 30 minutes West 495 feet to an iron stake, a corner; thence North 72 degrees East 1075 feet to a concrete monument, a corner; thence North 6 degrees 30 minutes East 1425.7 feet to a concrete monument on the North side of Carson Street, a corner; thence North 41 degrees East 700 feet; thence North 2 degrees East 550 feet to a corner on the western side of West Lane; thence South 84 degrees East 550 feet to a corner; thence North 2 degrees East 400 feet to a corner; thence South 87 degrees 45 minutes East 1108 feet to an iron stake in the western property line of Main Street or N. C. Highway No. 11; thence South 2 degrees West 300 feet to an iron stake in the western property line of Main Street or N. C. Highway No. 11; thence crossing said highway North 81 degrees 30 minutes East 210 feet to an iron stake by a fence, a corner; thence South 3 degrees West 1172 feet to an iron stake; thence South 87 degrees East 432 feet to an iron stake, a corner; thence South 3 degrees West 967 feet to an iron stake, a corner; thence South 12 degrees East 235 feet to an iron stake; a corner; thence South 20 degrees 15 minutes East 453 feet to a point in the center line of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad track, a corner; thence South 7 degrees West 700 feet to a point in the center of the Bethel‑Robersonville road; thence continuing the same course South 7 degrees West 1736 feet to an iron stake; a corner; thence South 8 degrees 30 minutes West 296 feet to an iron stake on the South side of the Flat Swamp road; thence continuing same course South 8 degrees 30 minutes West 558.6 feet to an iron stake, a corner; thence South 6 degrees 30 minutes West 176.5 feet to an iron stake, a corner; thence North 80 degrees West 460 feet to an iron stake, a corner; thence South 4 degrees 30 minutes West 140 feet to an iron stake, a corner; thence North 80 degrees West 390 feet to a stake on the West side of the Bethel‑Greenville road, a corner; thence with the West side of said road North 4 degrees 30 minutes East 140 feet to the point of beginning.' "
Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. 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, 1963.