Joint resolution granting the consent of Congress to an agreement between the States of North Carolina and Virginia establishing their lateral seaward boundary
PL 92-588 (H.J.Res.912), enacted 10/27/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-588-OCT. 27, 1972 
[86 STAT. 
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(3) The term "pre-Columbian monumental or architectural 
sculpture or mural" means— 
(A) any stone carving or wall art which— 
(i) is the product of a pre-Columbian Indian culture 
of Mexico, Central America, South America, or the 
Caribbean Islands; 
(ii) was an immobile monument or architectural 
structure or was a part of, or affixed to, any such monu-
ment or structure; and 
(iii) is subject to export control by the country of 
origin; or 
(B) any fragment or part of any stone carving or wall 
art described iii subparagraph (A) of this paragraph. 
(4) The term "country of origin', as applied to any pre-
Columbian monumental or architectural sculpture or mural, 
means the country where such sculpture or mural was first 
discovered. 
Approved October 27, 1972. 
Public Law 92-588 
October 27, 1972 
[H. J. Res. 912] 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
N.C.-Va. sea-
ward boundary 
agreement. 
"True ninety-
degree bearing." 
Boundary mark-
er, appropriation. 
Granting the consent of Congress to an agreement between the States of North 
Carolina and Virginia establishing their lateral seaward boundary. 
Whereas, by virtue of the provisions of chapter 452 of the Acts of 
Assembly of 1971 of the General Assembly of North Carolina, 
amending chapter 141 of the General Statutes of North Carolina 
by adding thereto a new section designated as G.S. 141-8, and by 
virtue of the provisions of chapter 343 of the Acts of Assembly 
of 1970 of the General Assembly of Virginia, amending title 7.1 
of the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section designated 
as 7.1-4.1, the States of North Carolina and Virginia have agreed 
to their mutual lateral seaward boundary; and 
Whereas, by the aforesaid Acts, the Legislatures of North Carolina 
and Virginia both established and described said boundary in sub-
stance as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the low water 
mark of the Atlantic Ocean and the existing North Carolina-
Virginia boundary line; thence due east on a true ninety-degree 
bearing to the seaward j\irisdictional limits of North Carolina and 
Virginia, respectively; such boundary line to be extended on the 
true ninety-degree bearing as far as a need for further delimitation 
may arise: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the /Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of the Con-
gress is hereby granted to said boundary agreement, and to each 
and every part thereof, and the aforesaid Acts of the States of North 
Carolina and Virginia are hereby approved, subject to the under-
standing that within the agreement the phrase "true ninety-degree 
bearing" means "line of constant latitude." 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized, empow-
ered, and instructed to survey and properly mark by suitable monu-
ments the seaward boundary between the States of North Carolina 
and Virginia, and so much of the interior boundary as is considered 
necessary for this purpose by the Secretary, and the necessary appro-
priations for this work are hereby authorized. 
SEC. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly 
reserved. 
Approved October 27, 1972.