1905 public laws – Ch.563 Sec.3
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CHAPTER 568 AN ACT TO DRAIN THE LOWLANDS OF FRENCH BROAD RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IN HENDERSON COUNTY. WHEREAS, there are many thousand acres of land on the French Broad River and its tributaries that have been, are being and are liable to be greatly damaged and the value thereof greatly dimin- ished by reason of the fact that the outlet and fall of the French Broad River at Buck Shoals and other places on said river are too limited to afford the proper drainage for said lands; and whereas, a very small and conservative assessment upon the acre- age to be benefited would make a fund sufficient, if wisely and judiciously expended, to remove the shoals and other obstructions and thereby increase the value of said lands; and whereas, it is impracticable for the land-owners to do this much-needed work without legislative aid, whereby there can be concentrated effort equally distributed and mutually beneficial to all the owners: therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
The said commission shall have the power to employ a competent engineer and do such surveying as is necessary to make a just estimate of all the lands on French Broad River and its tributaries that will in their judgment be benefited, either generally or specially, by the work to be done, and make a list of the owners of said lands, with the number of acres to be benefited by each owner.