NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 712

HOUSE BILL 1227

 

 

AN ACT TO APPOINT THE HONORABLE JOHN W. UMSTEAD, JR., AS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS BOARD OF CONTROL AND TO PROVIDE THAT HE SERVE AS CHAIRMAN OF SAID BOARD AT HIS PLEASURE AS LONG AS HIS HEALTH PERMITS AND TO APPOINT HIM AS CHAIRMAN EMERITUS OF SAID BOARD FOR LIFE UPON HIS RESIGNATION AS CHAIRMAN.

 

WHEREAS, The Honorable John W. Umstead, Jr., has been a member of the North Carolina Hospitals Board of Control since April of 1945 and has served as chairman of said board since May of 1953; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Umstead has rendered long, faithful, unselfish, and invaluable service to the State of North Carolina in general and to the State mental institutions in particular: Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  In recognition of the unselfish and patriotic services of The Honorable John W. Umstead, Jr., over a long period of years as a member and as Chairman of the North Carolina Hospitals Board of Control, the said Mr. Umstead is hereby made a life member of this board, and it is hereby provided that he remain chairman of this board at his pleasure as long as his health permits.

Sec. 2.  Should The Honorable John W. Umstead, Jr., resign as Chairman of the North Carolina Hospitals Board of Control, he is hereby named to the position of Chairman Emeritus of the North Carolina Hospitals Board of Control to serve in said capacity for as long as he may live following such resignation as chairman of the board.

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  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 5th day of June, 1963.