Action by other states. SEC. 6. That this act shall not take effect unless and until the legislatures of at least six of the cotton producing states shall have enacted a statute in substantially the terms of this act, and providing for representation on said commission, and making appropriations for the expenses and maintenance of the same on the basis as herein provided. Appointment of commissioners. Notice to commissioners to meet for organization. Temporary organization determined. Proviso: temporary organization effective until final organization. Plan of organization. Appropriation. Proviso: action by other states. Reports to be made to Governor. Recommenda tions. SEC. 7. That whenever six of said states shall have adopted this act or an act substantially in the terms hereof, and that fact is made to appear to the satisfaction of the temporary chairman of the "Cotton States Commission" appointed pursuant to the said conference held at Memphis, he shall request the governors of the states that have adopted said act to appoint the commissioners to represent their states. Within thirty days after said commissioners have been appointed said chairman shall notify the said commissioners to meet at a time and place to be designated in said notice for the election of officers and for the permanent organization of said commission as herein provided. SEC. 8. That upon the organization of said commission pursuant to the uniform act to be adopted by said states, as herein provided, the temporary organization of said "Cotton States Commission" heretofore effected shall thereupon cease and determine: Provided, however, that until said "Cotton States Commission" is permanently organized under and pursuant to said uniform acts to be enacted by six of the said cotton growing states as herein provided, the said temporary organization now existing shall continue in effect. The plan of organization adopted at the conference held at New Orleans and Memphis in one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two shall govern the acts of said commission in the meantime. SEC. 9. That for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act there is hereby appropriated annually out of any funds in the treasury of the State of North Carolina not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) to be expended by said commission in carrying on the work as herein provided: Provided, that all the states represented on said commission shall appropriate and pay a like sum for the work of said commission. SEC. 10. The commissioners appointed to represent the said State of North Carolina on said commission shall report to the Governor of said State the work which has been done by said commission and the expenditures made on account of said work, giving in detail the amount and purpose of said expenditures; and shall also report to the Governor of said State any measure, by way of uniform laws or otherwise, which said commission may recommend for adoption by said states to carry into effect the purposes for which said "Cotton States Commission" was created. SEC. 11. That neither the said "Cotton States Commission" Limitation of power to incur nor the commissioners representing the State of North Carolina obligations. here shall in any manner contract any obligation or pledge the faith or credit of said State, except for necessary expenses within the limits of the appropriations hereinbefore provided. SEC. 12. That this act shall continue in force and effect for Limit of effect of act. Legislature a term of six years: Provided, however, that the Legislature of SEC. 12a. Wherever the words "cotton producing states" or Construction of "cotton growing states" or words of similar import are used in terms. this act, they shall be construed to mean the following states: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas. SEC. 13. That this act shall continue in force and effect from When act effective. and after its ratification, subject, however, to the action to be taken by the other states as provided in section five hereof. Ratified this the 12th day of February, A. D. 1923. CHAPTER 27 AN ACT TO VALIDATE THE NOTARIAL ACTS OF W. H. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That all notarial acts of W. H. Lewis, Jr., a notary public of Pender County, from the eighteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, to the eighteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, are hereby validated. Acts of W. H. SEC. 2. That all notarial acts of E. H. Page, a notary public Acts of E. H. Page. of Pender County, from the nineteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, to the nineteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, are hereby validated. SEC. 3. That all notarial acts of P. S. Carr, notary public of Acts of P. S. Pender County, from December tenth, one thousand nine hundred Carr. and thirteen, to January fourth, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, are hereby validated. SEC. 4. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified this the 21st day of February, A. D. 1923. Law extended. Repealing clause. CHAPTER 28 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 113 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That section two of chapter one hundred and thirteen of the Public Laws of one thousand nine hundred and twentyone be and the same is hereby amended by adding after the word "Robeson" and before the period thereafter, in the last line of said section, the words "Granville and Person." SEC. 2. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. That this act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification. Ratified this the 21st day of February, A. D. 1923. Power to acquire real property. CHAPTER 29 AN ACT TO ENABLE THE CULLOWHEE NORMAL AND IN- The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That for its further development and expansion, the Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School be and the same is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by gift, purchase or condemnation any adjacent real property of any character or kind whatsoever, whenever its board of directors, with the approval of the State Board of Education, shall determine that said real estate is needed for building sites, athletic or recreation grounds, pastures, or other needful purposes. Land subject to condemnation. Procedure. SEC. 2. That if said board of directors, exercising the authority conferred upon it by section one of this act, shall decide that any adjacent land now having a church or cemetery located upon it is needed for the proper expansion of such school, and its value cannot be fixed by agreement between said board and its present owners, then the said Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School shall proceed to condemn the same under chapter thirty-three of the Consolidated Statutes of one thousand nine hundred and nineteen. SEC. 3. In the event that a cemetery is taken over for conbodies if cemetery demnation under the authority contained in section two of this act, the board of directors shall procure some other suitable site, Removal of condemned. and remove or cause to be removed the remains of bodies therein Carolina to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are Repealing clause. hereby repealed. SEC. 5. This act shall take effect from and after its ratification. CHAPTER 30 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 6054 OF THE CONSOLIDATED The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: out. SECTION 1. That section six thousand and fifty-four of the Con- Caldwell stricken solidated Statutes be and the same is hereby amended by striking from line five of said section the word "Caldwell." SEC. 2. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified this the 23d day of February, A. D. 1923. CHAPTER 31 AN ACT RELATING TO THE SUPERIOR COURTS OF The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That the Consolidated Statutes, section fourteen hundred and forty-three, be amended by striking out that part of said section relating to the courts of Buncombe County, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: terms. Buncombe-The second Monday in January, the first Monday Schedule of in February, the first Monday in March, the first Monday in April, the first Monday in May, the first Monday in June, the second Monday in July, the first Monday in August, the first Monday in September, the first Monday in October, the first Monday in November, and the first Monday in December, each to continue for two weeks, for the trial of civil cases exclusively; the fourth Monday in January, the third Monday in February, the third Monday in March, the third Monday in April, the third Monday in Repealing clause. When act effective. May, the fourth Monday in July, the third Monday in August, the third Monday in September, the third Monday in October, the third Monday in November, and the third Monday in December, each to continue for one week, for the trial of both criminal and civil cases; the third Monday in June, to continue for two weeks, for the trial of both criminal and civil cases. SEC. 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. That this act shall be in force and effect from and after the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three. Ratified this the 22d day of February, A. D. 1923. Law extended. CHAPTER 32 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 4481 OF CONSOLIDATED The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That section forty-four hundred and eighty-one of the Consolidated Statutes of North Carolina be and the same is hereby amended by adding after the word "Halifax" and before the period following said word in the last line of said section the words "Granville and Person." SEC. 2. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified this the 23d day of February, A. D. 1923. Law amended. Salary. CHAPTER 33 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 155, PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That section one, chapter one hundred and fifty-five of the Public-Local Laws of Extra Session one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words and figures "three hundred dollars" in lines eight and nine, and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "three hundred and sixty dollars." SEC. 2. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified this the 23d day of February, A. D. 1923. |