NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1152

SENATE BILL 459

 

 

AN ACT RELATING TO THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE ART SOCIETY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 140 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new Article at the end thereof, to be designated as Article 3 and to read as follows:

"ARTICLE 3

"State Art Society

"G.S. 140‑11.  The North Carolina State Art Society, Incorporated, shall continue to be under the patronage of the State. The governing body of the North Carolina State Art Society, Incorporated, shall be a board of directors consisting of sixteen members, of whom the Governor of the State, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Treasurer of the State of North Carolina and the Chairman of the Art Committee of the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs shall be ex officio members, and four others shall be named by the Governor of the State. The remaining eight directors shall be chosen by the members of the North Carolina State Art Society, Incorporated, in such manner and for such terms as that body shall determine. The four directors named by the Governor shall serve for terms of four years each.

"G.S. 140‑12.  Subject to the approval of the Governor and the Advisory Budget Commission, the Department of Administration is authorized and empowered to set apart, for the administration of the affairs of the State Art Society, Incorporated, space in any of the public buildings in the City of Raleigh which may be so used without interference with the conduct of the business of the State.

"G.S. 140‑13.  It shall be the duty of the State Auditor to make an annual audit of the accounts of the North Carolina State Art Society, Incorporated, and to make report thereof to the General Assembly at each of its regular Sessions.

"G.S. 140‑14.  The North Carolina State Art Society, Incorporated, is authorized to formulate programs to promote the public appreciation of art and the role that art has played in the development of civilization; to organize State and regional art exhibits, including works by contemporary North Carolina artists; to disseminate information on art through lectures to schools, civic clubs and public audiences; to invite outstanding art scholars to address North Carolina centers of culture; to develop an effective public support of the North Carolina Museum of Art; to provide public schools and libraries with reproductions of masterpieces in the State Art Museum; to encourage the citizens of the State to acquire works of art by North Carolina artists for the embellishment of their homes and public buildings; and to do all other things deemed necessary to advance the objectives of the Society.

"G.S. 140‑15.  All gifts made to the North Carolina State Art Society, Incorporated, shall be exempt from State gift and inheritance taxes, and objects of art held by the Society shall be exempt from ad valorem taxes.

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall become effective July 1, 1961.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of June, 1961.