Sec. 1. Roanoke Island Fire District created; composition and purpose.
   A fire district to be known as the Roanoke Island Fire District is hereby created as a municipal corporation. Said fire district consists of all of Roanoke Island in Dare County, North Carolina, except that part thereof within the corporate limits of Manteo. The said fire district is hereby created for the purpose of providing means to secure fire protection for property within said district.
(Pub.-Loc. Laws 1937, ch. 246, § 1.)