NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 519

SENATE BILL 651

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 1308 OF THE 1959 SESSION LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA, RELATING TO THE JOHN MOTLEY MOREHEAD MEMORIAL COMMISSION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Section 2 of Chapter 1308 of the 1959 Session Laws is hereby amended by rewriting the fourth sentence to read as follows:

"It shall have the power and authority to convey, lease, mortgage and otherwise dispose of, real and personal property and interests therein, as well as to accept deeds, bills of sale, and other instruments conveying and investing title in it for the purposes herein described."

Sec. 2.  Section 6 of Chapter 1308 of the 1959 Session Laws is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"When the property necessary for the memorial herein provided for has been acquired and fully restored as herein provided, title to said property shall be tendered to the State of North Carolina to be administered by the Department of Archives and History. The Department of Archives and History shall be authorized to accept title to said property, in the name of the State of North Carolina, subject to existing covenants and agreements and pursuant to the purposes of the Commission."

Sec. 3.  Section 8 of Chapter 1308 of the 1959 Session Laws is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"If, after the property is so acquired, and has been fully restored, the title thereto is accepted by and conveyed to the State of North Carolina, the John Motley Morehead Commission shall be dissolved. The members of said Commission shall serve without compensation, and shall not be entitled to subsistence and transportation."

Sec. 4.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of June, 1971.