Sec. 1. Board of commissioners authorized to investigate need for waterways, etc., upon petition.
   The board of county commissioners of Dare County is hereby authorized, upon written petition of the citizens and residents of any community in Dare County requesting a project for the establishment, maintenance, improvement or development of any canal, ditch, creek, stream, waterway or wharf, to investigate the need within the county for such proposed project.
(Sess. Laws 1959, ch. 825, § 1.)