Title: S.L. 1961-338

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 338
HOUSE BILL 522 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE SYSTEMATIC ADVERTISING OF THE RESOURCES AND ADVANTAGES OF ROWAN COUNTY AND TO AUTHORIZE EXPENDITURES THEREFOR.

WHEREAS, Rowan County offers unlimited advantages and resources to industry, to agriculture, to the tourist and to the home seeker; and
WHEREAS, these advantages are inadequately known throughout the Nation; and
WHEREAS, it is essential to the continued expansion of county activities that the resources of Rowan County be made known to the people of this State and Nation, to the end that visitors may be invited to come to Rowan County and the establishment of new enterprises may be encouraged; and
WHEREAS, the public interests and general welfare of the county should be promoted: Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That it is hereby declared to be a proper function of the Board of Aldermen of the Town of Spencer to map out and to carry into effect, in such manner as it may deem proper, a systematic plan for the advertising of Rowan County, properly presenting, by the use of any available media, the true facts concerning Rowan County and all of its resources.
Sec. 2. That for the purpose of carrying out this Act, the Board of Aldermen of the Town of Spencer shall have the power to appropriate annually, in the discretion of the board of aldermen, not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) to any association in Rowan County organized for the purpose of advertising the county or promoting the public interest and general welfare of the county; provided, however, that any such appropriation, which is hereby declared to be for a public purpose, shall be paid out of available surplus funds not derived from taxes or a pledge of the Town of Spencer's credit.
Sec. 3. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. That 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 2nd day of May, 1961.