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8 .ORANGE COUNTY HILLSBOROUGH NORTH CAROLINA EitabfiAzd 7752 March 21, 1995 Mr. Jeremiah Jefferies, Chair Caswell County Board of Commissioners Post Office Box 98 Yanceyville, North Carolina 27379 RE: Boundary with Orange County Dear Mr. Jefferies : The Orange County Board of Commissioners is asking its legislative delegation to introduce and support a local bill which will permit the resolution of boundary uncertainties between Caswell County and Orange County by orthophotographic means . In 1985 Orange County received authorization from the General Assembly to reestablish its boundary with Chatham County by this method. That process proved extremely helpful and efficient. Orange County now has a modern surveyed boundary with Chatham County that was accomplished at relatively low cost. As you know, there is more and more interest in developing land along the boundary between our counties . It has become more and more important to persons purchasing property along the boundary to know now and forevermore in which county their property is located. We know this because we are receiving increasingly more requests for assurance on this point. Real estate contracts are more and more conditioned on this assurance and since Orange County cannot provide it, do not "close. " The uncertainty of the location of the boundary also forces land owners near the border of our county to record their real estate transaction instruments in both counties to insure their titles . I hope that in the future we can resolve boundary questions involving our two counties by this orthophotographic method. In the meantime, all that the local bill that we are submitting to the legislature will do will be to authorize this process. It will in no way require our counties to proceed under this process . In that regard, the local bill will only pertain to North Carolina General