NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 57

SENATE BILL 8

 

 

AN ACT RELATING TO THE LETTING OF PUBLIC CONTRACTS FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PURPOSES IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY.

 

WHEREAS, the Lincoln High School located at Leland, and the Union High School located at Shallotte, both in Brunswick County, are not accredited high schools for the reason that these schools do not have a gymnasium or any facilities for physical education and recreational purposes; and

WHEREAS, the financial condition of Brunswick County is such that the Board of Education of said County cannot employ the services of a registered architect or engineer to prepare plans and specifications for the construction of such facilities; and

WHEREAS, such facilities may be constructed more economically by employees of the County Board of Education of said County who are well qualified to plan and supervise said construction and to utilize qualified employees of said Board for this work: Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. G. S. 143-135, 1958 Replacement Volume 3B, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

"The provisions of this Article shall not apply to the County Board of Education of Brunswick County in the expenditure of public funds by said Board for the construction of physical education and recreational facilities at the following high schools: Brunswick County Training School, Southport; Lincoln High School, Leland; Union High School, Shallotte when the total costs of such construction shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) each, if the completed projects or structures are performed by or through duly elected officers, employees or agents of the County Board of Education of said County."

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 11th day of March, 1959.