NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 267

HOUSE BILL 228

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 197 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS OF 1935, AS AMENDED, SO AS TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR CORRECTION AND RELOCATION OF HISTORICAL MARKERS PREPARED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  That Chapter 197 of the Public Laws of 1935 as amended by Chapter 237 of the Session Laws of 1943, Chapter 766 of the Session Laws of 1951, Chapter 543 of the Session Laws of 1955, and Chapter 65 of the Session Laws of 1957, be and the same is hereby amended by adding a new Section immediately after Section 1 thereof, the same to be designated Section 1.1 and to read as follows:

"Section 1.1.  Any person, firm or corporation who has knowledge or information, supported by historical data, books, records, writings, or other evidence, that any historical marker has been erected at an erroneous or mistaken site, or that the inscription appearing on any historical marker contains erroneous or mistaken information, shall have the privilege of presenting such knowledge or information and supporting evidence to the advisory committee described in the preamble of this Act for its consideration. Upon being informed that any person desires to present such information, the Director of the Department of Archives and History shall notify such person of the date, place and time of the next meeting of the advisory committee. Any person, firm or corporation desiring to present such information to the advisory committee shall be allowed to appear before the committee for that purpose.

"If, after considering the information and evidence presented, the advisory committee should find that any historical marker has been erected on an erroneous or mistaken site, or that erroneous or mistaken information is contained in the inscription appearing on any historical marker, it shall so inform the Department of Archives and History and the Department of Archives and History shall cause such marker to be relocated at the correct site, or shall cause the erroneous or mistaken inscription to be corrected, or both as the case may be."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.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 25th day of April, 1961.