NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 1204
HOUSE BILL 1168

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A CURATOR TO WORK IN THE STATE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND THE WADE HAMPTON MUSEUM.

WHEREAS, by Chapter 1280 of the Session Laws of 1959 the Wade Hampton Museum located at the Base Section at Morehead City was made a subsidiary operation of the State Museum which was directed to restore and preserve said Wade Hampton Museum and to provide for exhibition and display of it at appropriate places in the State for the benefit of the public; and
WHEREAS, the State Museum of Natural History has long needed and, with the addition of the Wade Hampton Museum needs even more, a museum curator to care for, preserve, repair, and provide technical management for museum items, exhibits, and displays: Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  There is hereby appropriated out of the General Fund of the State the sum of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) for the fiscal year 1961‑1962 and the same sum for the fiscal year 1962‑1963 to increase the contribution from the General Fund to the Agriculture Fund for the purpose of providing for employment of a curator for the State Museum of Natural History and the Wade Hampton Museum, and the said sums are hereby appropriated and authorized to be used for the aforementioned purpose as a part of operations under the Agriculture Fund.
Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3.  This Act shall become effective on and after July 1, 1961.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of June, 1961.