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<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
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