Title: S.L. 1961-478

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 478
HOUSE BILL 625

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CURRITUCK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO TRANSFER TO AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO POPLAR BRANCH HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB A WOODEN BUILDING NO LONGER NEEDED FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

WHEREAS, the High School of the Poplar Branch School in Currituck County has been consolidated with a high school in Moyock to establish the Joseph P. Knapp High School, and the school at Poplar Branch is now an elementary school; and
WHEREAS, there is now situated on the school property of the Poplar Branch Elementary School a one‑story, wooden building, formerly used for vocational agriculture, consisting of three rooms and which is now of no use and is no longer needed by the Currituck County Board of Education; and said building can be useful for community and public purposes if given to the Poplar Branch Home Demonstration Club: Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The Currituck County Board of Education is hereby authorized and empowered to give and convey to the officers of the Poplar Branch Home Demonstration Club of Currituck County, without any consideration, the one‑story, wooden building or structure now located on the public school property of Poplar Branch Elementary School, known as Dr. W. T. Griggs School in Poplar Branch Township, to be used for community, public and club purposes.
Sec. 2. The said instrument of conveyance of said building shall require that the officers of the Poplar Branch Home Demonstration Club shall hold said building as trustees for the club and for other community purposes, as well as their successors in office. The real property or portion of the school site on which said building is situated shall not be conveyed to said club, but only the building, and if the Board of Education of Currituck County shall in the future need said real estate for school projects and purposes it shall give said club and its officers a reasonable notice to move said building to other foundations or sites, and if not moved according to notice then the Board of Education of Currituck County may remove or tear down and demolish such building.
Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 23rd day of May, 1961.

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