NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 1052
HOUSE BILL 1097

AN ACT TO AUTHOrIZE THE REPAIR, RESTORATION, AND REINSTALLATION OF THE ORIGINAL CHAIRS IN THE LEGISLATIVE CHAMBERS OF THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING.

WHEREAS, Chapter 724 of the Session Laws of 1961 assigns custody of the "Legislative Chambers of the Capitol to the State Department of Archives and History," and provides that these Chambers shall be preserved as historic shrines; and
WHEREAS, the original chairs that were in the aforesaid Legislative Chambers need to be repaired and placed again in these Chambers; and
WHEREAS, the present chairs in the aforesaid Legislative Chambers, which were placed in these Chambers in 1951, can be removed and sold in order to provide funds necessary for the repair and placement of the original chairs: Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  The repair and restoration of the original chairs in the Legislative Chambers of the Capitol Building are hereby authorized, the necessary funds to be made available from the Contingency and Emergency Fund to the State Department of Archives and History.
Sec. 2.  The disposition of the present chairs which replaced the original ones in 1951 is hereby authorized. Proceeds from this disposition shall be paid into the Contingency and Emergency Fund.
Sec. 3.  The provisions of Sections 1 and 2 above shall be accomplished in accordance with rules and regulations specifically adopted for this purpose by the Advisory Budget Commission pursuant to the provisions of General Statutes, Chapter 143, Article 3, provided, however, that in disposing of the present chairs priority consideration shall be given to members of those General Assemblies and Legislative officers who used these chairs in the Sessions between and including the years 1951-1961.
Sec. 4.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 5.  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 14th day of June, 1965.