Title: S.L. 1963-1082
Category: Introduced Bill
Keywords: Bill ?

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1963 SESSION

CHAPTER 1082
SENATE BILL 381

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE GEORGE WASHINGTON STATUE COMMISSION.

WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina in the early nineteenth century commissioned the famous Italian sculptor, Antonio Canova, to design and sculpt a marble statue of the Father of his Country, George Washington, and Canova did thereafter design and sculpt the aforesaid statue, and it was duly delivered in Raleigh and placed in the old State House; and
WHEREAS, the aforesaid statue won wide acclaim and was considered by contemporaries to be a great work of art; and
WHEREAS, the aforesaid statue was destroyed when the old State House burned in 1831; and
WHEREAS, in the year 1909 the government of Italy had made from then existing models a new plaster model designed as nearly similar to the original statue as possible, and presented this plaster model to the State of North Carolina; and
WHEREAS, the aforesaid plaster model now is preserved in the Hall of History of the Department of Archives and History; and
WHEREAS, it will be fitting and proper for a new marble reproduction of the original statue to be made: Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  There is hereby established the George Washington Statue Commission, to consist ex officio of the Superintendent of Public Instruction; the Director, Department of Conservation and Development; the Director, Department of Archives and History; and 15 members to be appointed by the Governor for terms of four (4) years each.
Sec. 2.  The aforesaid Commission is authorized to solicit funds from non-State sources, and such funds shall be deposited in a special account by the State Treasurer. The Commission is authorized to expend funds received by it for the purpose set forth in this Act.
Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4.  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 21st day of June, 1963.