§ 77-11. Public landings. - North Carolina Statutes

§77‑11.  Public landings.

The board of countycommissioners may establish public landings on any navigable stream orwatercourse in the county upon petition in writing. Unless it shall appear tothe board that the person owning the lands sought to be used for a publiclanding shall have had 20 days' notice of the intention to file such petition,the same shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the board until the succeeding meeting of the board, and notice thereof shall be posted during thesame period at the courthouse door. At said meeting of the board, theallegations of the petition shall be heard, and if sufficient reason be shown,the board shall order the establishment of the public landing. The board shallat that time initiate proceedings  under the Chapter entitled Eminent Domain. (1784,c. 206, s. 4; 1789, c. 303; 1790, c. 331, s. 3; 1793, c. 386; 1813, c. 862, s.1; 1822, c. 1139, s. 2; R.C., c. 60, s. 1; c. 101, ss. 2, 4; 1869, c. 20, s. 8,subsec. 29; 1872‑3, c. 189, s. 3; 1879, c. 82, s. 9; Code, ss. 2038,2040, 2982; Rev., ss. 2684, 2685, 5308; 1917, c. 284, s. 33; 1919, c. 68; C.S.,ss. 3667, 3762, 3763, 7375; 1981, c. 919, s. 10.)