GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 361
SENATE BILL 413

AN ACT TO MODIFY THE STATUTORY DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE FLAG.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 144-1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 144-1.  State flag.
The flag of North Carolina shall consist of a blue union, containing in the center thereof a white star with the letter 'N' in gilt on the left and the letter 'C' in gilt on the right of said star, the circle containing the same to be one third the width of said union. The fly of the flag shall consist of two equally proportioned bars, the upper bar to be red, the lower bar to be white; the length of the bars horizontally shall be equal to the perpendicular length of the union, and the total length of the flag shall be one half more than its width. Above the star in the center of the union there shall be a gilt scroll in semicircular form, containing in black letters this inscription: 'May 20th 1775' and below the star there shall be a similar scroll containing in black letters the inscription: 'April 12th 1776'."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of June, 1991.

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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives