1897 public laws – Ch.386 Sec.2

That the said Ramseur and Moore, and associates, shall, on the payment of the money herein appropriated, convey to the commissioner of agriculture, in trust for the state of North Carolina, one-third -4 interest in the North Carolina rolling exposition ; and should the saine be abandoned, or not kept on exhibition for five -5 years, the car shall be sold at public auction and the proceeds of the sale be paid into the state treasury at Raleigh, North Carolina, and such of the exhibits as may be suitable shall be selected by the commissioner of agriculture and the state geologist for permanent exhibition in the state museum, the remainder to be sold with the car; and any surplus over the five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars, after deducting all the expense to the state in securing the car and sale thereot, shall revert to the said Ramseur and Moore and associates. But should said car and contents be kept on exhibition for five -5 years, at different points, then and after the five years the state, or the said trustees for the state, shall have no claim on the said car exhibits, except such as have been furnished by the agricultural department, which shall be returned, but the same shall revert to and vest absolutely in the Ramseur, Moore and associates, their heirs, administrators, executors or assigns.