1879 public laws – Ch.298 Sec.3

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CHAPTER 298 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT OF CRAVEN AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES, Wuereas, the counties of Craven and Beaufort would ; be greatly promoted by cutting a canal from the head of navigation on Little Swift creek, in the county of Craven, to the head of navigation on Blounts or Durhams creek, in the county of Beaufort, the distance across only being two and one-half miles, which canal would connect the waters of tle Neuse with those of the Pamlico or Tar rivers, thus reducing the distance of water communica- tion between Newbern and Washington from two hun- dred and thirteen miles to thirty-eight; which said canal would not only be of great benefit to agriculture by drain- ing vast tracts of swamp land, much of which is owned by the state, but would materially advance commerce by giving a cheap transportation to a vast extent of country ; therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: