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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  The 
  General 
  Assembly 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina 
  do 
  enact 
  : 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  That 
  a 
  couuty 
  by 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Darharn 
  be 
  and 
  

   the 
  same 
  is 
  hereby 
  created 
  and 
  established 
  out 
  of 
  and 
  em- 
  

   bracing 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  Orange 
  and 
  Wake, 
  the 
  whole 
  

   to 
  lie 
  within 
  and 
  iiave 
  the 
  following 
  specified 
  bounds, 
  that 
  

   is 
  to 
  say 
  : 
  Beginning 
  at 
  the 
  north-east 
  corner 
  of 
  Orange 
  coun- 
  

   ty, 
  tlunce 
  with 
  the 
  Orange 
  and 
  Person 
  line 
  north 
  eighty- 
  

   seven 
  degrees, 
  west, 
  eight 
  miles, 
  to 
  the 
  corner 
  of 
  Mangum 
  

   and 
  Little 
  River 
  townships 
  of 
  Orange 
  county; 
  thence 
  south 
  

   ten 
  degrees 
  west, 
  twenty 
  five 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  

   Chatham 
  county 
  line, 
  at 
  the 
  corner 
  of 
  Patterson 
  and 
  Chapel 
  

   Hill 
  townships; 
  thence 
  with 
  the 
  Chatham 
  county 
  line 
  south 
  

   eight3^-seven 
  degrees 
  east, 
  seven 
  miles, 
  to 
  the 
  Wake 
  county 
  

   line 
  ; 
  thence 
  the 
  same 
  course 
  four 
  miles, 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  in 
  Wake 
  

   County; 
  Cedar 
  Fork 
  township; 
  thence 
  a 
  line 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  

   Wake 
  and 
  Oiange 
  line 
  north 
  fifteen 
  degreese 
  ast, 
  thirteen 
  and 
  

   one 
  half 
  miles, 
  to 
  the 
  corner 
  of 
  New 
  Light 
  and 
  Oak 
  Grove 
  

   townships 
  ; 
  thence 
  continuing 
  the 
  satne 
  course 
  two 
  and 
  one- 
  

   quarter 
  miles, 
  and 
  following 
  tlie 
  dividing 
  line 
  between 
  said 
  

   townships 
  to 
  the 
  Granville 
  county 
  line, 
  at 
  the 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  

   aforesaid 
  townships 
  ; 
  thence 
  with 
  the 
  Wake 
  and 
  Granville 
  

   line 
  to 
  their 
  corner 
  on 
  Neuse 
  river, 
  in 
  the 
  Orange 
  county 
  

   line; 
  thence 
  with 
  the 
  Granville 
  line 
  about 
  north 
  nine 
  and 
  

   three-quarter 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  beginning. 
  

  

  Skc. 
  2. 
  That 
  the 
  said 
  county 
  of 
  Durham, 
  hereby 
  created, 
  be 
  

   and 
  the 
  same 
  is 
  hereby 
  invested 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  rights, 
  powers, 
  

   privileges, 
  advantages 
  and 
  immunities 
  that 
  belong 
  and 
  ap- 
  

   [lertain 
  to 
  other 
  counties 
  in 
  this 
  state. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  o. 
  That 
  Isaac 
  N. 
  Linke, 
  of 
  said 
  county 
  of 
  Durham, 
  

   be 
  and 
  is 
  hereby 
  a[)pointed 
  a 
  commissioner 
  to 
  survey 
  and 
  

   mark 
  the 
  line 
  between 
  the 
  said 
  couuty 
  of 
  Durham 
  and 
  the 
  

   said 
  counties 
  of 
  Orange, 
  Chatham, 
  Wake, 
  Granville 
  and 
  

   Person, 
  as 
  designated 
  and 
  specified 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  section 
  of 
  this 
  

   act, 
  and 
  he 
  shall 
  within 
  thirty 
  days 
  next 
  after 
  the 
  ratifica- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  make 
  a 
  report 
  of 
  such 
  survey 
  under 
  his 
  hand 
  

   and 
  seal 
  to 
  the 
  commissioners 
  respectively 
  of 
  said 
  counties, 
  

   which 
  report 
  shall 
  form 
  and 
  be 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  

   proceedings 
  of 
  said 
  commissioners 
  of 
  said 
  counties 
  ; 
  and 
  said 
  

   commissionersshall 
  furnish 
  the 
  commissioners 
  of 
  said 
  county 
  

   of 
  Durham 
  with 
  a 
  ma[) 
  thereof. 
  Said 
  commissioner 
  to 
  sur- 
  

   vey 
  said 
  line 
  shall 
  have 
  power 
  to 
  employ 
  such 
  persons 
  as 
  

   ma}' 
  be 
  necessary 
  for 
  making 
  such 
  survey, 
  and 
  he 
  and 
  such 
  

   other 
  persons 
  shall 
  be 
  allowed 
  a 
  reasonable 
  compensation 
  

  

  