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CHAPTER 669 An act to establish stock law in certain portions of McDowell County. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That from and after the first day of April, nineteen hundred and one, no person shall allow his or her live stock to run at large in that portion of McDowell County embraced in the following territory or boundary, viz.: Beginning at a stake in the stock law line on the south side of Catawba River, McDowell County, at or near the corner of line between Silas Proctor, Austin Conley and Mrs. M. A. Corpenings and, crossing the said river running with the line fence of Mrs. M. A. Corpening and Austin Conley to the end of the said Mrs. M. A. Corpenings fence, thence with the said M. A. Corpenings outside fence to Maj. J. W. Wilsons outside fence, thence with said Wilsons outside fence to the outside fence of T. B. Young, thence with or near his outside fence to the Pyatt Hollow, thence through the said hollow to the Pyatt old house, thence with the cross fence between H. A. Gibbs and M. F. Tates to Buck Creek, thence up said creek to the cross fence between Mrs. D. E. Butts and H. A. Gibbs on the west side of said creek, thence with said fence to Mrs. D. HE. Butts outside fence, thence west across the ridge to W. H. Pattents outside fence and with said Pattents fence crossing Clear Creek to a point near the White Oak Springs, thence the nearest course to the Hoover field, thence across the ridge to the Brooks place,  thence to J. B. Biddexes outside fence and with said fence striking the upper fence to the old parsonage place, thence to the most direct route or course to the stock law boundary fence of Old Fort Township, near John Godfreys residence,
CHAPTER 172 An act to establish two new townships in Surry county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
Section 2. That the boundary of said township shall be as follows: Beginning at M. D. Armfields corner, north bank of Lovels creek, thence down the said creek as it meanders to the bridge west of depot in Mount Airy, thence northeast with Pine street, and then a degree line to the Renfro spring, then still going northeast with the branch to J. E. Spaughs foundry race, and with the race to Ararat river, and thence up the river to the mouth of Sandy Branch, and following the said branch to the Willis gaps public road, and with the said road and the Wards gap road going south and southwest to to the northern limits of incorporation, and with said line to the said Lovels ereek going west, and south following the creek to the beginning point.
CHAPTER 396 An act to create a township in Haywood county to be known as White Oak township. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the boundary lines of said White Oak township shall be as follows: beginning at the mouth Cattaloochee greek; thence up the White Oak mountain with Fines Creek and Cattaloochee township line at Halls Top near Hanah; thence down a ridge to a knob on said ridge near C. L. Jenkins place and Halls place; thence down a ridge the lead to the Fox Pen gap near Wesley Yarboroughs; thence to Jonathans creek in bend below Tom Slays; thence to the Iron Duff township line at the nearest point; thence with said line to the mouth of Jonathans creek to Pigeon river; thence down said river to the beginning.
CHAPTER 504 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A HOSPITAL FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHILDREN AF- FECTED WITH SPASTIC AILMENTS. WHEREAS, in compliance with a request of the Governor of North Carolina, a commission composed of Dr. Lenox D. Baker, Dr. J. S. Gaul, Dr. W. M. Roberts, Dr. Ellen Winston, Honor- able Thomas OBerry, and Honorable George Ross Pou investi- gated the need of an institution for the treatment of children af- fected with cerebral palsy (spastic) ailments and has made their report to the Governor, recommending the establishment of such a hospital to be operated separate and distinct from any institution for the treatment of the feeble-minded or insane; and WHEREAS, it appears from said report that there are over one thousand children in the State suffering from spastic ail- ments and that the interest of the State would be best served by a hospital being established for the treatment of such cases: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. The board of directors, with the approval of the Governor and the Council of State, is authorized to secure by gift or purchase, suitable real estate within the State at such place as the board may deem best for the purpose, and to erect or improve buildings thereon, for carrying out the purposes of the institution; but no real estate shall be purchased or any commitments made for the erection or permanent improvements of any buildings involving the use of State funds unless and until an appropriation for permanent improvements of the institution is expressly authorized by the General Assembly.
CHAPTER 21 AN ACT PROVIDING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS HELD IN THE CITY OF GASTONIA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: That all elections held in the City of Gastonia shall be held under the following rules and regulations:
Section 33. Ballots; Printing, Delivery, Accounting For, ete. The City Clerk shall cause to be printed by at least six days prior to the election the official ballots for the election, which shall contain the names of all candidates for election to each coffice who have filed as hereinbefore provided, or the questions or propositions to be voted on, which shall be printed on white paper with black ink and in a number at least equal to the registered voters of the City. Sample ballots of the official ballots shall be printed 24 in black ink on colored paper and with the words, sample ballot printed conspicuously thereon, and shall be printed in such number as the City Clerk determines necessary to distribute for instructing voters. The City Clerk shall cause to be delivered to the registrar for each election precinct at least one day before the election ballots equal at least in number to the voters registered in that election precinct, which shall be packaged and each package shall have written or stamped thereon the number of ballots contained in each package, and the registrar shall not open or unpackage said ballots until the date of the election and except at the polling place, and the registrars shall be responsible to safeguard the same until the election. Upon delivery of the ballots, the City Clerk shall cause to be obtained a receipt therefor from each registrar. Upon completion of the election each registrar shall return to the City Clerk all used ballots, as well as all unused and spoiled ballots, and shall render a full accounting of all ballots over his signature showing the number of ballots received, number used, number spoiled, etc. Upon the close of the counting of ballots as herein provided, the registrar shall replace the said ballots in the official ballot box, lock the same, and deliver it to the City Clerk.
CHAPTER 955 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER LXXV, PUBLIC LAWS OF 1808, DESIGNATING SUCCESSOR TRUSTEES OF THE WASHINGTON ACADEMY AND AUTHORIZING SUCH TRUSTEES TO EXECUTE UNCONDITIONAL DEED FOR SCHOOL PROPERTY TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE WASHINGTON CITY ADMINIS- TRATIVE UNIT. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. L. H. Swindell, J. W. Oden and Harry S. Gurganus are named and designated as trustees of the Washington Academy, a body politic and corporate created and established by Chapter LXXV of the Laws of North Carolina of 1808, all of the successor trustees named in accordance with said Act being now dead; and the said L. H. Swindell, J. W. Oden and Harry S. Gurganus are hereby continued as a body politic and corporate, to be known and designated by the name of Trustees of the Washington Academy, and by that name shall have perpetual succession. The said Board of Trustees of Washington Academy are hereby authorized and empowered to convey to the Board of School Trustees of the Washington City Administrative Unit any real estate now owned by the said Board of Trustees of Washington Academy, and they are likewise authorized and empowered to quitclaim and release to the Board of School Trustees of the Washington City Administrative Unit any reversionary interest which they now have or may have at any time in the future in and to the tracts of land conveyed by the Trustees of Washington Academy to the Board of School Trustees of the Town of Washington by deed dated the 4th day of August, 1904, which is recorded in the Registers office of Beaufort County in Book 127 at page 581, and they are likewise fully authorized and empowered to withdraw and cancel any and all conditions contained in said deed as to the use of said property for school purposes for the white race or for the purpose of education of the white race, so that the said Board of School Trustees of the Washington City Administrative Unit may sell and convey an indefeasible and unconditional title in fee simple to the said property in the event the same is abandoned for use as school property. Provided, however, that in the event of such sale, the proceeds from the sale thereof shall be used for the purpose of purchasing another school site or for such other educational purpose as may be determined by the said Board of School Trustees of the Washington City Administrative Unit, and the said proceeds shall be used for no other purpose.
CHAPTER 238 AN ACT TO TRANSFER ADMINISTRATIVE AND EXECUTIVE POWERS AND DUTIES RESPECTING THE STATE PRISON SYS- TEM FROM THE STATE HIGHWAY AND PUBLIC WORKS COM- MISSION TO THE DIRECTOR OF PRISONS; TO CHANGE THE METHOD OF APPOINTING AND REMOVING THE DIRECTOR OF PRISONS AND OTHER PRISON PERSONNEL; AND TO PROHIBIT PRISON SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL FROM ENGAGING IN CER- TAIN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. G. S. 148-36 is hereby rewritten to read as follows: G. S. 148-36. Director of Prisons to control prison camps.All prison camps established or acquired by the State Highway and Public Works Commission shall be under the administrative control and direction of the Director of Prisons, and operated under rules and regulations adopted and approved as provided in G. S. 148-11. Subject to such rules and regulations, the Director shall establish grades for prisoners according to conduct, and so far as possible introduce the honor system, and may transfer honor prisoners to honor camps. Prisoners may be transferred from one district camp to another, and the Director of Prisons may where it is deemed practical to do so establish separate camps.for white prisoners and colored prisoners. In each district camp, quarters shall be provided for the care and maintenance of such prisoners as may be sick or in need of special care. For each camp, a physician may be employed for such portion of his time as may be necessary, and prisoners may be used as attendants or nurses, Prisoners classified as having special qualifications to perform labor other than labor upon the public roads may be assigned to such special duties as the Director may determine. Personnel for such camps shall be empolyed by the Director of Prisons as provided in G. S. 148-1.
CHAPTER 818 AN ACT ESTABLISHING A DIVISION OF SPECIAL IN- STRUCTION IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUB- LIC INSTRUCTION TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL CLASSES OF IN- STRUCTION FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS; TO CONDUCT CLASSES OF SPE- CIAL INSTRUCTION FOR ADULT HANDICAPPED IN- DIVIDUALS; TO AUTHORIZE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS FOR INSTRUCTORS OF HANDI- CAPPED PERSONS AND TO FIX THEIR SALARIES; TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL GRANTS TO THE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARDS FOR THE ADDED COSTS OF CONDUCTING SUCH SPECIAL CLASSES AND COURSES OF INSTRUCTION FOR HANDICAPPED . CHILDREN AND OTHER CHILDREN REQUIRING SPE- CIAL COURSES OF INSTRUCTION; TO REPEAL LAWS OR PARTS OF LAWS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. The Board of Education of any school district which has one or more handicapped individual, with the approval of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education, may establish and organize suitable special classes or instruction in regular classes or in the homes and may provide special instruction as part of the school system for such handicapped individuals as are entitled to attend schools therein. In case of the deaf or the hard of hearing and speech defective children, if it is more economical to do so, the Director of Special Education, under the direction of the State Superintendent and with the approval of the State Board of Education, may set up facilities for a county-wide plan to provide itinerate lip reading or speech teachers. In the event there are not enough children of any special class, such children may be transferred to a school in a school district where such special classes have been established. Such transfers may be made by mutual agreement of the school authorities, subject to the approval of the Director of Special Education.
CHAPTER 537 AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF CHAPTERS 122, 35 AND 130 RELATING TO HOSPITALS FOR THE MENTALLY DISORDERED, GUARDIANSHIP OF THE MENTALLY DISORDERED AND FEEBLE-MINDED, AND TO SURGICAL OPERATIONS ON INMATES IN STATE INSTITUTIONS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. Section 122-3 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, as amended by Chapter 952 of the Session Laws of 1945, is hereby rewritten to read as follows: SECTION 122-3. Division of patients among the several institutions under the North Carolina Hospitals Board of Control. The State Hospital at Raleigh and the State Hospital at Morganton shall be exclusively for the accommodation, maintenance, care and treatment of white mentally disordered persons of the State, and the State Hospital at Goldsboro shall be exclusively for the accommodation, maintenance, care and treatment for the colored mentally disordered, epileptic, feeble-minded, and inebriate of the State. White epileptics shall be admitted to the State Hospital at Raleigh as now provided by law, and may by action of the North Carolina Hospitals Board of Control be transferred to another institution under the North Carolina Hospitals Board of Control when in the opinion of the. Board such is in the best interests of the epileptic patients and the institutions. The North Carolina Hospitals Board of Control shall have the authority to establish rules and regulations not contrary to law governing the admission of persons to any State Hospital or other institution under its control which is now or may be established: Clerks of Superior Court of the several counties of the State may make commitments to such institutions in the Same manner now provided by law for the several State Hospitals and Caswell Training School. The North Carolina Hospitals Board of Control is hereby given authority to admit certain classes of patients to any one of the institutions under its control and shall notify the Clerks of Superior Court of its action. Sections 116-129 through 116- 137 shall apply to any colonies for feeble-minded persons and to feeble-minded persons held in any colonies providing that Section 116-135 shall apply only to Caswell Training School.
CHAPTER 122 An act to prevent the adulteration, misbranding and sale of foods. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That for the purpose of this act an article shall be deemed to be adulterated in case of food or drink, first: If any substance, or substances, has or have been mixed and packed with it so as to reduce, or lower, or injuriously affect, its quality or strength, so that such product, when offered for sale, shall be calculated and shall tend to deceive the purchaser; second, if any inferior substance or substances, has or have been substituted, wholly or in part, for the article, so that the product, when sold, shall tend to deceive the purchaser; third, if any valuable constituent of the article has been, wholly or in part, abstracted, so that the product, when sold, shall tend to deceive the purchaser ; fourth, if it be an imitation of, or sold under, the specific name, brand or trade-mark of another article; fifth, if it be mixed, colored, powdered or stained in a manner, whereby damage is concealed, so that such product, when sold, shall tend to deceive the purchaser; sixth, if it contain any added poisonous ingredient, or any ingredient which may render such article injurious to the health of the person consuming it; seventh, if it consists, of the whole or any part, of a discarded, filthy, decomposed or putrid animai or vegetable substance, or any portion of an animal unfit for food, whether manufactured or not, or if itis the product of a diseased animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter: Provided, that an article of food which does not contain any added poisonous ingredient shall not be deemed adulterated or misbranded, in the following eases: First, in the case of mixtures or compounds which may be now, or from time to time hereafter, known as articles of food under their own distinctive names, and not included in definition fourth of this section ; second, in the ease of articles labeled, branded or tagged so as to plainly indicate that they are mixtures, compounds, combinations or blends; third, when any matter or ingredient has been added to the food because the same is required for the production or preparation thereof as an article of commerce ina state fitter for carriage or consumption and not fraudulently increase the bulk, weight or measure of the food or conceal the inferior quality thereof: Provided, that the same shall be labeled, branded or tagged so as to show them to be compounds: And provided, further, that nothing in this act shall be construed as requiring or compelling manufacturers of articles of food to disclose their trade formulas ; fourth, when the food is unavoidably mixed with some extraneous matter in the process of collection or preparation. ;
CHAPTER 99 AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAWS RELATING TO THE SCHOOL AT HOPE MILLS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That all the territory described in section one of chapter one hundred and sixty-eight of the Private Laws of North Carolina of one thousand nine: hundred and three, embracing what is now known as The Hope Mills Graded School District, be and it is hereby declared a public school district for white and colored children, which shall be under the jurisdiction and subject to the control of the State Board of Education and the board of education of Cumberland County, and subject to the laws and regulations of said boards, and shall be known as one of the public school districts of Cumberland County.
CHAPTER 98 AN ACT TO CREATE THE CROSS CREEK CEMETERY COM- MISSION, TO PROVIDE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF A CEMETERY IN THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, AND TO AMEND CHAPTER 30, PRIVATE LAWS 1873-74. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the objects of said corporation shall be to provide for, maintain, and control suitable burial grounds for the white race of the city of Fayetteville; and to this end it is authorized and empowered to take by deed, will, or otherwise, any real and personal property, and to hold and use the same for such purpose; and to pass and enforce reasonable rules, regulations, and by-laws as from time to time may be deemed necessary and proper to maintain such property in good and improved condition, and to protect and preserve the same from injury and trespass.
CHAPTER 254 AN ACT TO ENLARGE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM OF NEW HANOVER COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the board of education of said New Hanover County is authorized and empowered to maintain and support out of the public school funds of said county an industrial school for the colored race, which shall be open to all the colored children of said county, under such restrictions as the board of education may fix as to grades of work and other qualifications; and the said board of education may elect three school committeemen as other school committeemen are elected, for the management of said school.
CHAPTER 267 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 4221 OF THE REVISAL OF 1905 OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHANGING THE NAME OF THE AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE FOR THE COLORED RACH TO THE NEGRO AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section four thousand two hundred and twenty-one of the Revisal of one thousand nine hundred and five of North Carolina be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words in line four thereof The Agricultural and Mechanical College for the Colored Race and inserting in lieu thereof the words The Negro Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina.
CHAPTER 98 AN ACT TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR STATE INSTITU- TIONS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 17. That the sum of six thousand ($6,000) dollars is hereby appropriated annually for the support and maintenance of the Oxford Orphanage for the colored race located at Oxford, and the further sum of two thousand five hundred dollars is appropriated for the year one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, for the purpose of paying off the debts of said institution.
CHAPTER 62 AN ACT TO PROMOTE ECONOMY IN THE PUBLIC PRINTING, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. That the following institutions, and all others sustained by appropriations from the state treasury be and they are required to furnish to the Commissioner of Labor and Printing not later than December fifteenth of each biennial period a duplicate of the report required to be furnished to the governor for his use and for the records of his office, for: inclusion in the public documents. Not to exceed two hundred copies of such report may be furnished to the executive head of such institutions; The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; The North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Raleigh; The North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, Raleigh; The Agricultural and Mechanical College for the Colored Race, Greensboro; The North Carolina Institution for the Blind and the Deaf, Raleigh; The Normal Department of Cullowhee High School, Painter; The Appalachian Training School, Boone; The North Carolina School for the Deaf and Dumb, Morganton; The Central Hospital, Raleigh; The State Hospital, Morganton; The State Hospital (colored), Goldsboro; The State Prison, Raleigh; the Eastern Carolina Teachers Training School, Greenville; The State Board of Health, including the Bureau of Vital Statistics, the State Laboratory of Hygiene and the State Sanatorium for the Treatment of Tuberculosis, Montrose: Provided, that these reports shall carry only such matters as are essential to a proper understanding of the work and purposes of the institution, together with a financial statement covering the previous biennial period ending December first.
CHAPTER 106 = AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR STATE INSTITU- TIONS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. That the sum of three thousand ($3,000.00) dollars is hereby appropriated for the year one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, for the benefit of the State School for the colored race, located at Winston-Salem, one-half of said sum to be used in making improvements at said school, and the other half for the purchase of real property adjoining the real estate now owned by said school.
Section 16. That the sum of ninety thousand ($90,000.00) dollars is hereby annually appropriated for the support and maintenance of the State Hospital for the Colored Race at Goldsboro; and the sum of twenty-five thousand ($25,000.00) dollars is hereby appropriated for the year one thousand nine hundred and thirteen for the purpose of making permanent improvements at said institution.
Section 17. That the sum of six thousand ($6,000.00) dollars is hereby appropriated annually for the support and maintenance of the Oxford Orphanage for the Colored Race, located at Oxford; and the further sum of four thousand ($4,000.00) dollars is appropriated for the year one.thousand nine hundred and thirteen for the purpose of making permanent improvements at said institution. 7
Section 21. That the sum of twelve thousand five hundred ($12,- 500.00) dollars is hereby annually appropriated for the years one thousand nine hundred and thirteen and one thousand nine hundred and fourteen for the support and maintenance of the A. & M. College for the Colored Race, located at Greensboro; and the further sum of seventeen thousand five hundred ($17,500.00) dollars is hereby appropriated for the year one thousand nine hundred and thirteen for the purpose of making permanent improvements at said institution.
Section 22. That of the foregoing appropriations, the following amounts appropriated in this act for permanent improvements are to be provided for by the issuance and sale of bonds in the way designated by an act of the General Assembly ratified at this session of the Legislature, to wit: State Hospital at Morganton.................. $50,000.00  Goldsboro Hospital for Colored Race.......... 25,000.00 Agricultural College at Raleigh.............. 25,000.00 University of North Carolina................. 100,000.00 Normal and Industrial School, Greensboro.... 50,000.00 A. & M. College, Greensboro, for Colored Race. 17,500.00 Appalachian Training School................. 15,000.00 Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School...... 15,000.00 East Carolina Teachers Training School...... 40,000.00 Tuberculosis Hospital, Montrose.............. 20,000.00 Land for Blind School...............c0cceeees 30,000.00
CHAPTER 35 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 18, VOLUME II, OF THE REVISAL OF 1905, IN RELATION TO STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND THE DEAF. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That the board of directors of. the said School for the Blind and the Deaf may term the head teacher of the white department principal, and the chief officer at the colored department principal of the colored department.
CHAPTER 121 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR STATE INSTITUTIONS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. The sum of six thousand dollars ($6,000) is hereby appropriated annually for the support and maintenance of the Orphan Asylum for the Colored Race, located at Oxford.
Section 17. That the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars ($12,500) is hereby appropriated annually for the support and maintenance of the North Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical College for the Colored Race, located at Greensboro; and the further sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) is hereby annually appropriated for buildings and other necessary permanent improvements.
CHAPTER 84 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF COUNTY FARM-LIFE SCHOOLS AND FOR THE PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE AND HOME- MAKING.  The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 12. No person shall be employed as principal in charge of any county farm-life school who does not hold a_ high-school teachers certificate on all required subjects except Latin, Greek, and modern languages, including an additional certificate from the State Board of Examiners and the president of the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, stating that he has furnished satisfactory evidence to them of his qualifications by special training and practical experience for said position. And no person shall be employed in the department of said county farm-life school for the special training of girls for home-making and housekeeping on the farm who does not hold a_ high-school teachers certificate on all required subjects except Latin, Greek, and modern languages, including an additional certificate from the State Board of Examiners and the president of the State Normal and Industrial College, stating that such person has furnished to them satisfactory evidence of qualifications by special training and practical experience for said position.
CHAPTER 747 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ERECTION OF A DORMI- TORY AT THE COLORED ORPHAN ASYLUM AT OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA. Whereas the Colored Orphan Asylum at Oxford is overcrowded and the buildings are in very bad condition, and it is necessary to have more room to accommodate the orphans, who should be properly taken care of: now, therefore, ; The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That whenever the superintendent and board of trustees of the said Colored Orphan Asylum shall raise the sum of five thousand dollars in cash, the Treasurer of the State is hereby authorized and directed to pay out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated a sum of five thousand dollars, which, together with the sum raised by said superintendent and board of trustees, shall be used for the erection and equipment of a brick building to be used as a dormitory for said orphan children.
CHAPTER 449 AN ACT TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR STATE INSTITUTIONS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 5. That the sum of eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) is hereby annually appropriated for the support and maintenance of the State Hospital at Goldsboro for the colored race.
Section 10. That the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) is hereby annually appropriated for the support and maintenance of the Agricultural and Mechanical College for the Colored Race at Greensboro, and the further sum of four thousand three hundred and fifty dollars ($4,350) is hereby annually appropriated for the years one thousand nine hundred and nine and one thousand nine hundred and ten for repairs, improvements and sewerage of said institution.
CHAPTER 395 AN ACT TO GRANT A NEW CHARTER TO THE CITY OF HIGH POINT, GUILFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, REPEALING ALL LAWS OR PARTS OF LAWS IN CON- FLICT HEREWITH The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 22. Public Free Schools.tThe city of High Point shall constitute an independent public-school district, for both white and colored, to be known and designated as the High Point Gradedschool District, subject to the general laws of the State, except where in conflict with this act, and the city shall have authority to levy and collect taxes and appropriate funds for the support and maintenance of the public schools within its limits. School CommissionersThe commissioners to constitute the school board of said city, as constituted and established under the Public Laws of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, chapter three hundred and ninety-two, shall be appointed by the city council and shail have entire and exclusive control of the said school property, and shall employ and fix compensation of officers and teachers, and shall do all other acts that may be necessary, just ahd lawful for the successful management of the said graded schools: Provided, that the school commissioners now in office shall continue to serve till the expiration of their respective terms; and all vacancies caused by death, resignation or in any other manner shall be filled by appointment in the same  manner for the unexpired term. The regular terms of members of the school board shall be three years, and the regular appointment of members shall be made at the first meeting of the council in June of each year or as soon thereafter as practicable, and the necessary number of school commissioners shall be appointed to take the places of those whose terms have expired. ae ae ee See pee 8 er ee How Funds are to be Paid Out.No school funds shall be paid out except upon pay rolls or warrants signed by the chairman of the school board. No member of the school board shall receive any compensation for his services in any capacity whatever nor be interested directly or indirectly in any contract with or claim or demand of any character against the school board of the city of High Point. Any such contract, claim or demand shall be void, and any member of said board who shall become interested in any such contract, claim or demand, or shall buy or sell any school warrants or obligations of said school board, shall be subject to removal by the city council. Financial Statement of School Board.It shall be the duty of the school board to make a financial statement to the mayor of the city, on or before first day of June of each year, giving a full and complete report of their operations for the previous year. The provisions of chapter three hundred and ninety-two of the Public Laws of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, as amended by chapter two hundred and seventy-nine, Public Laws of one thousand nine hundred and one, shall be considered a part of this act.
CHAPTER 337 AN ACT TO VALIDATE A CERTAIN SPECIAL SCHOOL-TAX ELECTION AND TO APPROPRIATE CERTAIN MONEYS TO THE SCHOOL FUND IN SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 1, MADI- SON COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That-a certain special school-tax election held in Marshall School District, Number One, Madison County, for the white race, on the twentieth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seven, wherein a majority of the qualified voters of said school district voted for special tax, be and the same is hereby validated, ratified and confirmed in all respects, and is declared to be of full force and effect.
CHAPTER 856  AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS ; FOR THE COLORED RACE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section four thousand one hundred and eightytwo of the Revisal of one thousand nine hundred and five of North Carolina be and the same is hereby amended as follows: In line two thereof, after the words a board of and before the word directors, strike out the word five and insert the word six. In line eight, after the word education, strike out the words and in the State Board of Examiners. Add at the end of section four thousand one hundred And eighty-two the following: Two members of these boards of directors shall serve two years, and two six years; and they shall be appointed in May, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and thereafter as vacancies occur by the expiration of the term of office of each, his successor shall be appointed by the State Board of Education for a term of six years, and vacancies occurring by resignation or death, or otherwise, of any member of said Board of Directors before the expiration of his term of office, shall be filled by the State Board of Education for the unexpired term. The Boards of Directors of each school shall elect one of their number chairman, one secretary and one treasurer. All accounts or bills must be approved by the chairman and secretary before being paid by the treasurer. The State Board of Education may elect a Superintendent of these colored normal schools and of the Croatan Normal School, and shall fix his salary; his duties shall beoutlined by the State Board of Education, and he shall perform such other duties in the educational department of the State as the State Superintendent of Public Instruction may direct; his salary and expenses shall be paid out of the annual appropriations for the State normal schools for the colored race upon the requisition of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
CHAPTER 820 AN ACT TO STIMULATE HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUCTION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE STATE AND TEACHER TRAINING. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 11. That there shall be established and maintained at some suitable point in eastern North Carolina a teachers training school for the training of young white men and women under the corporate name of the East Carolina Teachers Training School.
Section 13. That the object in establishing and maintaining said school shall be to give to young white men and women such education and training as shall fit and qualify them for teaching in the public schools of North Carolina. And the Board of Trustees hereinafter provided for in prescribing the course of study of said school shall lay special emphasis on those subjects taught in the public schools of the State, and in the art and science of teaching. And in no event shall they prescribe a curriculum beyond that which would fit and prepare astudent for unconditional entrance into the freshman class of the University of North Carolina.
CHAPTER 121 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR STATE INSTITUTIONS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 7. That the sum of eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000) is hereby appropriated annually for the support and maintenance of the State Hospital for the Colored Race, located at Goldsboro; and the further sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) is hereby appropriated annually for years one thousand nine hundred and eleven and one thousand nine hundred and twelve, for fire-escapes and other necessary improvements. :
CHAPTER 102 AN ACT TO PROVIDE A SIX MONTHS SCHOOL TERM IN EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE STATH IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 3, ARTICLE 9, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6. On or before the first Monday in May of each year the county board of education shall submit an itemized county school budget to the county commissioners, setting forth the amount of money heeded to maintain the public schools of the county six: months for the succeeding school year. Said budget shall also set forth the number of teachers (white and colored) employed in xach district and the sulary fixed for each teacher, and such other information as may be required by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction in the blanks to be furnished by him to each county board of education. Said budget shall be sworn to and subscribed by the chairman of the county board of education and the county superintendent of schools. A copy thereof shall also be filed in the office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. It shall then be the duty of the board of county commissioners, after deducting the amount to be received from the State Public School Fund, to levy annually a special tax on all property, real and personal, and on all taxable polls, subject to the constitutional limitation of the poll tax, in said county, sufficient to supply the deficiency shown by said budget to be needed for the support and maintenance of the public schools of said county for six months in each school district. The said tax shall be annually levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner as other county taxes are levied and collected. and the funds derived therefrom, together with other school funds in their hands, shall be apportioned and expended by the county board of education for maintaining one or more public schools in each school district for a term of six months in each year: Provided, that no county shall be compelled to levy a special county tax of more than thirty-five cents on every one hundred dollars valuation of property, real and personal, and a corresponding tax on every taxable poll for said purpose, except as provided in section seven of this act: and after every county shall have levied and collected the special county tax to the limit stated above, if the funds derived therefrom may be insufficient therefor, said county shall receive from the State Public School Fund an apportionment sufficient to bring the school term in every school district to six months.
CHAPTER 106 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUING OF BONDS BY THE TABOR SUPPLEMENTAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, No. 11, FOR THE WHITE AND COLORED RACES OF COLUMBUS COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the board of commissioners of Columbus County, upon a written application of a majority of the board of trustees of the Tabor Supplemental School District, Number Eleven, for the white and colored races, hereinafter called the Tabor District, is authorized and directed to submit, on the first Tuesday in January, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, to the qualified voters of said Tabor District, under such rules and regulations as now exist or may be hereafter established for the election of members of the General Assembly, the question of issuing bonds for the erection of a suitable school building in said district, to take the place of the present building, which is inadequate for present needs, and at such election each voter shall be entitled to vote a written or printed ballot with the words For Building Bonds or Against Building Bonds thereon.
CHAPTER 29 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 2 OF PRIVATE LAWS OF 1911, RELATIVE TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES OF GREENSBORO. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 3. That the said library for the colored race shall have a separate board of managers, to be appointed in the manner hereinbefore provided.
CHAPTER 70 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL OF STATE TO APPLY THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO A REFORMATORY FOR THE NEGRO RACE TO THE COLORED OXFORD ORPHANAGE AT OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA. Whereas the General Assembly of North Carolina at the regular session of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one appropriated the sum of ten thousand dollars annually for the support and maintenance of the Colored Reformatory or the Colored Industrial and Training School; and, Whereas the General Assembly has also appropriated the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars for the erection of a building for such reformatory or training school, the location of the same to be decided upon; and, Whereas the location of the said reformatory has not been decided upon and the said reformatory has not been constructed and cannot be constructed for some time; and, Whereas the Oxford Colored Orphanage at Oxford, North Caro- lina, is now taking care of certain negro boys and girls who can- not properly be disposed of by the court under present conditions : Therefore, eS ee ee The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the Governor and Council of State be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to apply such amount of the sum appropriated for the support and maintenance of the Colored Reformatory or the Colored Industrial and Training School to the Oxford Colored Orphanage, at Oxford, North Carolina, as the Governor and Council of State may deem wise and advisable.
CHAPTER 323 AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE CHEROKEE INDIAN NORMAL SCHOOL OF ROBESON COUNTY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 2. That Section three of Chapter two hundred and seventy-six of the Public Laws of one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out in line four of said section the word principal and inserting in lieu thereof the word president; and that said section be further amended by striking out in line five the words Cherokee Indian State Normal School and inserting in lieu thereof the words, Pembroke State College for Indians.
CHAPTER 241 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY OF THE PUBLIC LAWS OF ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE, AS AMENDED, AND CHAPTER THREE HUNDRED AND SIX OF THE PUBLIC LAWS OF ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE, AS AMENDED, TO INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES - OF THE MORRISON TRAINING SCHOOL FROM EIGHT TO TEN. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That Chapter one hundred and ninety of the Public Laws of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, as amended by Chapter three hundred and six of the Public Laws of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, and Chapter three hundred and six of the Public Laws of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, as amended by Chapter sixty-three of the Public Laws of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, insofar as they relate to the Morrison Training School, be further amended by increasing the membership of the Board of Trustees of the Morrison Training School from eight to ten.
CHAPTER 107 AN ACT TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE MAIN- TENANCE OF THE STATES DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS, INSTITUTIONS, AND AGENCIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: GENERAL FUND
Section 14. The appropriations made to the Oxford Colored Orphanage under Title V-sixteen, Section one, of this Act shall be available only if and when the expenditure shall be recommended by the trustees of the institution appointed by the Governor of the State, and the expenditures shall be under the supervision of said trustees.
CHAPTER 310 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE LISTING AND VALUING OF ALL PROPERTY, REAL, PERSONAL AND MIXED, AT ITS TRUE VALUE IN MONEY, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE TAXATION THEREOF BY COUNTIES, MUNI- CIPALITIES AND OTHER LOCAL TAXING AUTHORI- TIES UPON A UNIFORM AD VALOREM BASIS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: ARTICLE I SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITIONS
Section 1101. Making up the tax records. The list takers for their respective townships, or such other persons as the commissioners may designate, shall make out, on forms approved by the State Board of Assessment, tax records which may consist of a scroll designed primarily to show tax valuations and a tax book designed primarily to show the amount of taxes or may consist of one record designated to show both valuations and taxes. Such records for each township shall be divided into four parts: -1 White individual taxpayers (including lists filed by corporate fiduciaries for white individual beneficiaries) ; -2 colored individual taxpayers (including lists filed by corporate fiduciaries for colored individual beneficiaries) ; -3 Indian individual taxpayers (including lists filed by corporate fiduciaries for Indian individual beneficiaries); and -4 corporations, partnerships, business firms and unincorporated associations. Such records shall show at least the following information: (a) The name of each person whose property is listed and assessed for taxation, entered in alphabetical order. (b) The amount of valuation of real property assessed for county-wide purposes (divided into as many classes as the State Board may prescribe). (c) The amount of valuation of personal property assessed for county-wide purposes (divided into as many classes as the State Board may prescribe). (d) The total amount of real and personal property valuation assessed for county-wide purposes. (e) The amount of ad valorem tax due by each taxpayer for county-wide purposes. (f) The amount of poll tax due by each taxpayer. (zg) The amount of dog tax due by each taxpayer. (h) The amount of valuation of property assessed in any special district or subdivision of the county for taxation. (i) The amount of tax due by each taxpayer to any special district or subdivision of the county. (j) The total amount of tax due by the taxpayer to the county and to any special district, subdivision or subdivisions of the county. All changes in valuations affected between the close of the listing period and the meeting of the Board of Equalization and Review shall be reflected on such records, and so much of such records as may have been prepared shall be submitted to the board at its meetings. Changes made by said board shall also be reflected upon such records, either by correction, rebate or additional charge.