1938/1939 public local laws – Ch.617 Sec.1
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CHAPTER 617 AN ACT TO DEFINE THE BOUNDARIES OF BEAUFORT HARBOR, TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A HARBOR MASTER AND PILOTS, AND TO REGU- LATE PILOTAGE FEES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Beaufort harbor or port is hereby defined as follows: Beginning at the beacon at the mouth of the dredged channel leading to the Town of Beaufort; thence with the western boundaries of said channel to the beacon opposite the point locally known as Town Marsh; thence in a northwesterly direction to the marsh on Shark Shoal; thence in an easterly direction to the junction on Hederick Street with the limits of the Town of Beaufort; thence along Hederick Street and the Town limits in a southerly direction across Taylor Creek to Shackleford Banks; thence along Shackleford Banks in a westerly direction to Shackleford Point and thence in a northwesterly direction to the beacon at the point of beginning.