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f <br /> (Corporate Water Easement Without Mortgage) <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br /> ORANGE COUNTY DEED OF EASEMENT <br /> THIS DEED OF EASEMENT, made and entered into this the day of <br /> Is 1998, by and between County of Orange, hereinafter referred <br /> to as"COUNTY"and ORANGE WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY, a public body and <br /> body politic and corporate created and existing under Article 1, Chapter 162A of the <br /> General Statues,with its principal office at 406 Jones Ferry Road, Carrboro, North <br /> Carolina, hereinafter referred to as OWASA; <br /> WITNESSETH: <br /> THAT WHEREAS, OWASA has constructed and proposes to construct a water <br /> distribution system for the use of its citizens and for that purpose has constructed and <br /> proposes to construct lines of pipe and mains necessary for the proper transmission and <br /> distribution of waters. <br /> NOW,THEREFORE, in consideration of the sum of One and No/100($1,00) <br /> Dollar and other good and valuable considerations paid to the COUNTY,the receipt of <br /> all of which is hereby fully acknowledged, the said COUNTY dies hereby give,grant, <br /> quit-claim, and convey unto OWASA, its successors and assigns, the right, privilege, <br /> and perpetual easement to go in and upon a strip of land thirty feet(30')in width being <br /> more particularly described on the plat as record with the Orange County Register of <br /> Deeds, Plat Book 78, page 51. <br /> And, OWASA,Grantee, shall have the right to construct and maintain in, under, <br /> and/or above, along and through said strip of land thirty feet(30')in width such mains <br /> and fines of pipe as shall be necessary for the proper construction and operation of said <br /> water distribution system;OWASA shall also have the right of ingress and regress <br /> through,over,and across the land of the COUNTY to and from said strip at such times <br /> as OWASA deems it necessary for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and <br /> inspecting said lines and of making all necessary alternations and repairs thereto;the <br /> lines of pipe shall be located at such point or points,elevation or elevations below or <br /> above the surface of the earth as shall be necessary,for proper operation of the system, <br /> and shall be established at the proper grade for running said lines and for conveying <br /> water as aforesaid; and OWASA shall have the right, privilege and easement to tap the <br /> line or liens and construct water laterals from the main to the outside boundary of the <br /> right-of-way over which this easement and privilege extends; and OWASA shall have <br /> the privilege,easement, and right to clear and keep cleared the full width of the <br /> easement of and from brush, plants,trees, and any and all other materials, obstructions, <br /> structures, and encroachments of any kind; <br /> The COUNTY shall retain the right to cultivate the ground lying within the <br /> boundaries of the easement, provided that such cultivation shall not interfere with the <br /> right of OWASA herein named of ingress and egress to said easement for the purpose <br /> of maintenance and repair of said water main or mains or the construction and repair of <br /> water laterals and connections, and such cultivation shall not interfere with O's <br /> maintenance operation or installation of the lines,and provided further that in all cases <br />