The corporate limits of such town shall be as follows:
Beginning at a point one-half mile due south of the intersection of Main Street with the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad: thence due east one-half (1/2) mile; thence due north one (1) mile; thence due west to eastern margin of Sycamore Street, produced; thence with the eastern margin of said street to Island Creek Canal; thence up said canal a straight line to the edge of the right of way on the west side of said railroad, sixty-five (65) feet from the center of the track; thence with the western margin of said right of way to line of third (3rd) call of this boundary, which runs due west; thence with line of said third (3rd) call, produced, one (1) mile from its eastern extremity; thence due south one (1) mile; thence due east one-half mile, to the beginning.
(Pr. Laws 1901, C. 67, Sec. 1; Pr. Laws 1909, C. 81, Sec. 1)