NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1124

SENATE BILL 1262

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 127-37.1 RELATIVE TO THE NORTH CAROLINA DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 127-37.1, as the same appears in Volume 3B of the 1964 Replacement to the General Statutes of North Carolina, is rewritten as follows:

"§ 127-37.1.  Distinguished Service Medal; ribbon; presentation by Governor. — There is hereby created the 'North Carolina Distinguished Service Medal' which shall be of appropriate design, and a ribbon, together with a rosette or other device to be worn in lieu thereof. This medal and appurtenances thereto shall be of a design approved by the Governor. The Governor is authorized to present such medal, upon the recommendation of the Adjutant General of North Carolina and a board consisting of all general officers and officers assigned to authorized general officer grade vacancies, North Carolina National Guard, to any member or former member of the armed forces who has distinguished, or who shall distinguish himself by exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service to the North Carolina National Guard."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of April, 1974.