NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 855

HOUSE BILL 340

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR RESEARCH STUDIES ON ORGANIC SOILS OF THE SOUTHERN ALBEMARLE AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA COMPRISING THE COUNTIES OF HYDE, TYRRELL, DARE, AND PARTS OF WASHINGTON AND BEAUFORT.

 

WHEREAS, there are many problems peculiar to action of soils that are high in organic matter and their reaction to many and varied treatments of the same by application of lime, major and minor elements, cultivation, and rotation practices; and

WHEREAS, there is now in process of development a large area (in the several stages of development) in this section of North Carolina in which there is a great need of information which could be supplied through the efforts and studies of a research specialist; and

WHEREAS, information gained through studies and experimentation of a research specialist in this area and in this particular field would be of inestimable value to agriculture here and to other parts of North Carolina where soil and conditions are similar; and WHEREAS, the need for this specialized research extends beyond presently available manpower in terms of time and equipment of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station and also the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service: Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  There is hereby appropriated from the general fund of the State to the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station of North Carolina State College and to the Agricultural Extension Service of North Carolina State College the sum of twenty-two thousand dollars ($22,000.00) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, and twenty-two thousand dollars ($22,000.00) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, for the general purpose set forth in the preamble to this Act and according to the schedule set forth below for each fiscal year as follows:

A.  Research on Organic Soils

1.         Personnel

a.         Professional (one)                       $9,000.00

b.         Sub-professional (one)                  4,500.00

Subtotal                                                                     $13,500.00

2.         Maintenance and Operation                                                       8,500.00

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GRAND TOTAL                                                      $22,000.00

Sec. 2.  The amount of nine thousand dollars ($9,000.00) for professional personnel in the above schedule shall be assigned and made available to the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service of North Carolina State College and the amount of thirteen thousand dollars ($13,000.00) shall be assigned and made available to the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station of North Carolina State College for administration and expenditures. The two above-named divisions of North Carolina State College shall cooperate in the administration and expenditure of the above fund appropriated for each fiscal year as herein set forth, and the professional personnel shall be assigned to the southern Albemarle area which is hereby designated to be the counties of Hyde, Tyrrell, Dare, and parts of Washington and Beaufort. As a part of this research program, a research unit shall be provided for the purpose of conducting field investigations on the farms in this area which are designated herein as the southern Albemarle area.

Sec. 2 ½.  The provisions of this Act shall include all of Pamlico County.

Sec. 3.  All expenditures made from the funds appropriated by this action and for the purposes herein designated shall be accounted for and reported according to the fiscal and financial system of the agencies to whom the appropriations are made as herein set forth.

Sec. 4.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5.  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 12th day of June, 1963.