1911 public laws – Ch.83 Sec.9
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CHAPTER 83 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
If there exists in any incorporated city or town a secular or nonsectarian library owned and controlled by a society or corporation, the board of aldermen or town commissioners, when deemed best for the interest of the city or town, may levy and collect the tax herein provided for, and, in lieu of supporting and maintaining a public library, enter into a contract with such society or corporation for the purpose of providing the inhabitants of such city or town with the free use of such library upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the board of aldermen or town commissioners and the society or corporation: Provided, always, that all money paid to such society or corporation under said contract shall be expended solely for the maintenance of such library, and for no other purpose.