1909_private laws_16_3
CHAPTER 15 AN ACT TO DRAIN WHITE OAK SWAMP, IN BLADEN COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That the objects for which said corporation is formed are to secure the drainage of White Oak Swamp, in Bladen County. North Carolina, to dig such canals, enlarge existing canals, erect and maintain dams to keep out of the said swamp the high water of Cape Fear River, and in all other ways and manners to render the lands of White Oak Swamp and the lands adjacent thereto suitable for tillage for agricultural and other purposes.