The corporate boundaries of the Town of Rutherford College, until changed in accordance with law, are as follows:
Lying and being in Burke County, North Carolina and as set out on a map entitled ‘Boundary nap of the Town of Rutherford College’ which will be maintained in the Office of the Town Clerk as required by G.S. 160A-22 and more particularly as follows:
This description of the Town of Rutherford College will begin on the north side of Highway 64-70 and the southwest corner of Lot 1, Section 10, Map L13. This point borders on Highway 64-70. The line would then progress in a northerly direction with the property on the right being within the town. The line will progress along the west side of Lot 1 and 10, Section 10. It would then cross a small lane and then proceed northerly along the west side of Lot 1, Section 1, Map L13, crossing the terminus of a small lane and then along the east side of Lot 1, Section 8 and Lot 1, Section 9. Approximately two-thirds the distance along the west side of Lot 1, Section 9 the line will then progress in a westerly direction along the south border of Lot 27B to its southeast corner and will then progress northerly along the west side of Lots 27B, 27A, 10, 11 and 12, Section 9, Map L13, junctioning with SR 1554. The line will then cross SR 1554 progressing northerly along the eastern side of Lot 1, Section 1, Map L14, with the land to the right being within the town limits. The line will then progress successively in a westward direction, southerly direction, northerly direction along the western half of Lot 37J, Section 1, Map L14. It progresses further along the western side of Lots 4A and 4, Section 2, Map L19. The line then junctions with SR 1558. The boundary then progresses in a northwesterly direction along the southwest right-of-way of SR 1558 and a small access road functioning with the south side of Lot 5, Section 1 near its southwest corner. The line will then progress westwardly along the south boundaries of Lot 6, 7 and 8, Section 1, Map L19 to the southwest corner of Lot 8. The line then progresses in a northerly direction along the west boundaries of Lot 8, 9, 13G, and 13A, Section 1, with the property to the right being within the town. The line then junctions with the southwest corner of Lot 9, Section 1, Map L18. It then progresses in an easterly direction to the southwest corner of the same lot and then northerly along the east boundary of Lot 9, junctioning with SB 1546, along its south right-of-way. The line then crosses SR 1546 to the southeast corner of Lot 8, Section 2, Map L18 and then progresses along the northern right-of-way of SR 1546 to the southeast corner of the same lot. It then progresses along the east border of Lot 8 in a northerly direction to the south boundary of Lot 7, Section 2 approximately midway between its southeast and southwest corner. The line then progresses along the south border of Lot 7, Section 2, Map L18 to its southeast corner and then in a northerly direction along the west boundaries of Lots 13, 12 and 14 of Section 2, Map L18. The line will then follow the western boundary of Lot 14 to its northwest corner at a point where it joins the northeast corner of Lot 1A. The line will then progress easterly along the north side of Lots 14 and 15, Section 2, Map L18, with the property to the right being within the town. The line then progresses in an eastward direction across the north boundary of Lot 1, Section l, Map L16 to the southeast corner of Lot 1, Map L17. From this point the line progresses north ward along the west boundary of Lot 4 to its northwest corner. It then progresses a short way eastward and thence southeastward along the east border of Lots 4, 10, 5 and 6 to the southeastern corner of Lot 6. The line then progresses in a northwesterly direction along the west side of Lot 20, Section 1, Map L16 to its northwest corner. From this point the line progresses eastward along the north borders of Lots 20 and 16 functioning with SR 1001.
Proceeding east, the line crosses Highway SR 1001 coinciding with the northern border of Lots No. 1 and 2 (Section 2 on L-16) and then in a southerly direction, with all property on the right being within the town. The line will coincide with the east boundaries of Lots No. 2 (Section 2) and Lots 1, 5, 4 (Section 3) to Abernethy Heirs line.
The line then proceeds east along Abernethy Heirs line (Lot 4-21) to it’s northeast corner and then south to its junction with the east line of Lot 2 (map L-8). The line then follows in a southerly direction the east line of Lot 2 to its junction with SR 1602, with property to the right being within the town.
The line then proceeds east along the north boundary of a 6.9 acre lot (not numbered), and south along its east boundary, joining the northwest corner of Lot No. 32 (map L-9, Section 4). The line then goes east along the north boundary of Lot 32, junctioning with the waters of Island Creek.
The boundary then follows Island Creek southward to a tributary known as Lail’s Creek, then up Lail’s Creek to a point where it crosses under the Southern Railroad tracks. The boundary then proceeds west along Southern’s Line to the east boundary of Lot No. 9 (Section 7) Map L-12 (1963), proceeding north along said boundary to the South boundary of Lot 8 and then west along south boundary of Lot 8 to an unnumbered road and then north to Highway 64-70, crossing to north side. The line coincides with the east boundaries of Lots No. 11, 11A, and a portion of 10.
The boundary then proceeds west along right-of-way of Highway 64-70 to the starting point.
There is excluded from the above-described corporate limits of Rutherford College the following described property belonging to Valdese General Hospital, Inc.:
BEGINNING on an iron pipe located in the intersection of State Road 1001 and State Road 1604 and runs thence with State Road 1001, South 7 degrees 47 feet East 159.00 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 0 degrees 53 feet East 634.00 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 7 degrees 36 feet West 524.73 feet to an iron pipe, Lynn Corner; thence South 73 degrees 33 feet East 1190.56 feet to an iron pipe, Stroupe corner; thence North 0 degrees 33 feet East 688.60 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 77 degrees 41 feet East 379.00 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 2 degrees 02 feet West 557.27 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 89 degrees 22 feet West 234.96 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 8 degrees 03 feet West 569.00 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 85 degrees 55 feet West 349.57 feet to an iron pipe; thence the same course, South 85 degrees 55 feet West 800.00 feet (total distance 1149.57 feet) to an iron pipe, the point of BEGINNING, the same containing a total of 43.75 acres, more or less.
Provided that the property of Valdese General Hospital, Inc., or any part thereof, may not hereafter be annexed to any municipality unless petitioned by the Board of Trustees of Valdese General Hospital, Inc. requesting such annexation, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes of North Carolina or any other statutes providing for the extension of corporate limits of municipalities in the State of North Carolina.