NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 274

HOUSE BILL 144

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF STANLY COUNTY TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY PURPOSES IN STANLY COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of North Carolina General Statutes 105-213 relating to the purposes for which intangibles tax allocations may be expended by a county, the Board of County Commissioners of Stanly County is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to expend such portion of intangibles tax funds as are distributed to it pursuant to General Statutes 105-213, and also any surplus on hand in the General Fund on June 30th of each year and not needed to finance regular appropriations in the General Fund in the ensuing year, as it may deem expedient and wise for the purpose of supporting a free public library in Stanly County. The word "support" as used herein shall include, but is not limited to, the maintenance of buildings for library purposes, the purchase of library books, materials and equipment, compensation for library personnel, maintenance expenses for library property and equipment, and extending the service of such library to the rural communities of the county. The appropriations and expenditures hereby authorized are hereby declared to be for a public purpose and the expenditure of amounts for the purposes aforesaid are hereby declared to be in the public interest and promotive of the public welfare.

Sec. 2. All appropriations and expenditures heretofore made by the County Commissioners of Stanly County for library purposes are hereby validated and are hereby declared to have been made for a public purpose and in the public interest and promotive of the public welfare.

Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of April, 1961.