NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1963 SESSION

CHAPTER 379
HOUSE BILL 665

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE AND EMPOWER THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF SELMA TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RESOURCES OF SAID TOWN.

WHEREAS, the Town of Selma operates for profit its own electric distribution system; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Selma has an ample supply of water; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Selma is located in an expanding industrial area of Eastern North Carolina at the point where the Southern Railway System connects with the Atlantic Coastline Railroad; and
WHEREAS, the resources of the Town of Selma can be further developed by advertising the same and the proper education of its citizens in respect to the proper development of such resources, which further development will be for the benefit of the citizens and the taxpayers of said town: Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The City Council of the Town of Selma is hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate annually, in the discretion of the city council, not exceeding two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400.00), from revenues received by said town from sources other than ad valorem and other taxes and not required by law to be used for designated purposes, to be used for advertising and developing the resources of said town, particularly its undeveloped industrial resources, and for the proper education of its citizens in respect to the development of such resources, which undertaking is hereby declared to be for a public purpose. The money so appropriated may be expended either directly by the City Council of the Town of Selma or through the facilities of such agency as the said council may select, and shall be used in such manner as will, in the opinion of the said council, best serve the purposes herein set forth.
Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. 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 6th day of May, 1963.