NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1963 SESSION

CHAPTER 7
HOUSE BILL 91

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE COUNTY OF McDOWELL TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT OR CONTRACTS RELATING TO THE REWIRING AND MODERNIZATION OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN THE COURTHOUSE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of G. S. 143‑129, the Board of Commissioners of McDowell County is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase and acquire all such electrical wiring, cables, switches, panels and fixtures as may be required, together with such auxiliary and supplemental supplies and materials as may be necessary, to completely revise, replace and modernize the electrical system in the County Courthouse of McDowell County in such a way and manner as to meet the present and foreseeable future anticipated demands upon said electrical system, without the letting of a contract or contracts for the same upon competitive bids; and to further contract for such work and labor as may be required to remove existing wiring, panels, switches, cables and fixtures, and install such new wiring, cables, switches, panels, and fixtures, and such auxiliary and supplemental supplies and materials as may be necessary, upon a cost basis plus a commission not to exceed six per cent (6%), without the letting of a contract or contracts for such work and labor upon competitive bids. Provided, however, that the total cost of such materials and labor, including commissions, shall not exceed the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00).
Sec. 2. Any contractor performing any work pursuant to the authority of this Act shall furnish bond with some surety company regularly engaged in business in the State of North Carolina and approved by said Board of Commissioners for the County of McDowell, to guarantee the faithful performance of such contract, and the payment of all bills for labor furnished pursuant to such contract.
Sec. 3. Any contract entered into pursuant to the authority contained in this Act shall be in writing, and shall be executed by the Board of Commissioners for the County of McDowell and by the contractor or contractors involved.
Sec. 4. The provisions of this Act shall terminate thirty (30) days after the convening of the next regular Session of the General Assembly of North Carolina.
Sec. 5. The provisions of this Act shall apply only to the County of McDowell.
Sec. 6. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 7. This Act shall be effective upon its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of February, 1963.