NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 454

HOUSE BILL 759

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CABARRUS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO CONVEY THE BOY SCOUT CAMP TO CAMP CABARRUS, INC.

Whereas, in 1935, John J. Barnhardt and other citizens interested in scouting in Cabarrus County purchased 63 acres of land on the waters of Irish Buffalo Creek for a Boy Scout Camp; and

Whereas, title to said 63 acres was conveyed to the Board of County Commissioners for Cabarrus County for the purpose of securing work to be done under the Works Progress Administration; and

Whereas, this fact is stated in the minutes of the Board of County Commissioners for March 2, 1936; and

Whereas, the county has had no financial participation in the purchase or development of said property and has never exercised any degree of control over said property; and

Whereas, it is the desire of the Board of County Commissioners to consider conveying said property to Camp Cabarrus, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, after public notice and hearing; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners is hereby authorized to convey by good and sufficient deed all its right, title and interest in and to the Boy Scout Camp located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, to Camp Cabarrus, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, at a private sale with or without monetary consideration.

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of April, 1979.