Sec. 1. Commission to be established; each county to bear one-half of expenses; compensation of commission.
   That the boards of commissioners of Dare and Currituck Counties are hereby authorized and directed to appoint one person from each county to constitute a commission to establish and mark the dividing line between Atlantic Township, Dare County, and Currituck County, and make due report thereof to the board of county commissioners of each county, the same to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of each county; each county bearing one-half of the expenses of said commission. The county commissioners of each county may fix such compensation for the men so appointed as they deem proper.
(Pub.-Loc. Laws 1927, ch. 382, § 1.)