Jurisdiction: The Port Authority Police has jurisdiction in any of said harbors or
seaports within the State and shall extend to all properties owned by or under control of the Authority
and shall also extend over the waters and shores of such harbors or seaports and over that part of all
tributary streams flowing into such harbors or seaports in which the tide ebbs and flows, and shall
extend to the outer edge of the outer bar at such harbors or seaports, from the state border of South Carolina
to the state border of Virgina.
The police department has the arrest and investigational powers as any municipal agnency in North Carolina,
as well as all the provisions of Chapter 20 of the General Statutes relating to the use of the highways of
the State and the operation of motor vehicles thereon are hereby made applicable to the streets,
alleys and driveways on the properties owned by or under the control of the North Carolina State Ports Authority.
Any person violating any of the provisions of said Chapter in or on such streets, alleys or driveways
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as therein prescribed. Nothing herein contained shall be construed
as in any way interfering with the ownership and control of such streets, alleys and driveways on the
properties of said Authority as is now vested by law in the said Authority
