Perdue, Bev. Executive Order No. 074: To Declare by Proclamation the True Boundary Line Between the State of North Carolina and the State of South Carolina fromTransylvania County to Polk County

BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE GOVERNOR EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 74 TO DECLARE BY PROCLAMATION THE TRUE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA FROM TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY TO POLK COUNTY WHEREAS, the Joint North Carolina/South Carolina Boundary Commission determined at its meeting on September 27. 2006, to establish the true boundary line between the states along the North Carolina counties of Henderson and Polk, and a portion of the county of Transylvania: and WHEREAS, both states have undertaken the necessary steps to locate, survey, and resolve ambiguities in the "ridge line” survey and the boundary lines of North Carolina and South Carolina in the 181 5 survey and the U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps, using the 1815 survey as a guide for the resurvey: and WHEREAS, pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 141-5. the completion of the survey of the above- described boundary has been reported to the undersigned Governor Beverly Eaves Perdue and placed before and approved by the Council of State on November 2. 2010; and WHEREAS, N.C.G.S. § 141-5 further requires that the Governor issue a Proclamation declaring the reported and approved survey line to be the true boundary of the State of North Carolina. NOW, THERFORE, by the power vested in me as Governor by the Constitution and laws of the State of North Carolina. IT IS ORDERED: Section 1. Pursuant to the provisions of N.C.G.S. § 14 1 -5. the true boundary line between the State of North Carolina and the State of South Carolina along the counties of Henderson and Polk and a portion of the county of Transylvania is hereby declared, by Proclamation, to be the surveyed line represented by the 39 plats of the completed survey captioned as the North Carolina/South Carolina Boundary, and described as follows: From a point at latitude 35° 1 Г 46.41502" N. and longitude 082° 12' 57.37020" W., North American Datum 1983-86 (NAD 83-86) marked by a brass screw in a stone inscribed 'S.C. 1815' on one side and 'N.C., Sept 15' on the other: thence westward as