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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ~.`.` <br />A RESOLUTION TO REQUEST THAT <br />THE NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY CONDUCT A RE-SURVEY <br />OF THE ORANGE-ALAMANCE COUNTY BOUNDARY <br />WHEREAS, the boundaries of Orange County were established by act of the Colonial General <br />Assembly in 1752, Orange County being "formed" from portions of Bladen, Granville and <br />Johnston Counties; and <br />WHEREAS, the boundary between Orange and Alamance counties was "formed" by survey <br />commissioned by an Act of the General Assembly of North Carolina, which Act was adopted <br />during the Session of 1848 and 1849 (hereafter "the Act") at the time Alamance County was <br />farmed; and <br />WHEREAS, the boundary established by the Act relies on numerous geographic or landmark <br />references that, while perhaps useful and adequate then, are insufficient now to demarcate <br />where the boundary between Alamance County and Orange County lies; and <br />WHEREAS, the importance of local government officials being able to accurately inform <br />property owners, citizens, and other interested parties of the situs of specific parcels of land has <br />been heightened by ever increasing residential and commercial development in the vicinity of <br />the Orange-Alamance line; and <br />WHEREAS, North Carolina General Statute §§ 153A-18(a) and 153A-18(c) provide a <br />mechanism by which the North Carolina Geodetic Survey Section of the North Carolina <br />