Virginia-North Carolina Boundary Agreement of 1791
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| Virginia-North Carolina Boundary Agreement of 1791 | |
| Formation date: | 1791 |
| Member jurisdictions: | 2 |
| Issue(s): | Boundaries |
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The Virginia-North Carolina Boundary Agreement of 1791 is an interstate compact between North Carolina and Virginia. The compact helped to affirm the exact geographic location of the boundary between the two states.[1]
Text of the compact
The legislature of each member state passes the laws with certain modifications, but the core of the legislation remains the same.
§ 1-304. Boundary with North Carolina The boundary line between the Commonwealth and North Carolina shall be and remain the same as the line run by Fry and Jefferson, and afterwards extended by Walker and Smith and approved on December 7, 1791, by an act of the General Assembly. Code 1950, § 7-3; 1966, c. 102, § 7.1-4; 2005, c. 839. Virginia-North Carolina Boundary Agreement of 1791 ACTS OF ASSEMBLY 1791 CHAPTER 14 An act concerning the southern boundary of this state. Passed December 7th, 1791 Sect. 1. WHEREAS official information hath been received by the General Assembly, that the legislature of the state of North Carolina have resolved to establish the line commonly called Walker's line, as the boundary between North-Carolina and this Commonwealth, and it is judged expedient to confirm and establish the said line on the part of this state: Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, That the line commonly called and known by the name of Walker's line, shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be the boundary line of this state. Sect. 2 And be it further enacted, That in all courts of law and equity within this Commonwealth, the claims for lands lying between the line commonly called Walker's line, and the line commonly called Henderson's line, shall be decided in favour of the oldest title, whether derived from this Commonwealth of from the state of North-Carolina. |
See also
External links
- The Council of State Governments - National Center for Interstate Compacts
- Virginia-North Carolina Boundary Agreement of 1791
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