Volume 86
Public Law 92–588
Granting the consent of Congress to an agreement between the States of North Carolina and Virginia establishing their lateral seaward boundary.
Approved October 27, 1972
Statutory text
JOINT RESOLUTION
Granting the consent of Congress to an agreement between the States of North Carolina and Virginia establishing their lateral seaward boundary.
Whereas, by virtue of the provisions of chapter 452 of the Acts of Assembly of 1971 of the General Assembly of North Carolina, amending chapter 141 of the General Statutes of North Carolina by adding thereto a new section designated as G.S. 141–8, and by virtue of the provisions of chapter 343 of the Acts of Assembly of 1970 of the General Assembly of Virginia, amending title 7.1 of the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section designated as 7.1–4.1, the States of North Carolina and Virginia have agreed to their mutual lateral seaward boundary; and
Whereas, by the aforesaid Acts, the Legislatures of North Carolina and Virginia both established and described said boundary in substance as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the low water mark of the Atlantic Ocean and the existing North Carolina-Virginia boundary line; thence due east on a true ninety-degree bearing to the seaward jurisdictional limits of North Carolina and Virginia, respectively; such boundary line to be extended on the true ninety-degree bearing as far as a need for further delimitation may arise: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the consent of the Congress is hereby granted to said boundary agreement, and to each and every part thereof, and the aforesaid Acts of the States of North Carolina and Virginia are hereby approved, subject, to the understanding
“True ninety- degree bearing.”
that within the agreement the phrase “true ninety-degree bearing” means “line of constant latitude.”
Sec. 2.
The Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized, empowered, and instructed to survey and properly mark by suitable monuments the seaward boundary between the States of North Carolina and Virginia, and so much of the interior boundary as is considered necessary for this purpose by the Secretary, and the necessary appropriations for this work are hereby authorized.
Sec. 3.
The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly reserved.
Approved October 27, 1972.