1941 public laws – Ch.378 Sec.18

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CHAPTER 378 AN ACT TO CREATE A MERIT SYSTEM COUNCIL FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES OF THE * STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. WHEREAS, the Unemployment Compensation Commission, the State Board of Health, the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare, and the State Commission for the Blind are agencies of the State which are operated from funds derived both from State and Federal sources; and WHEREAS, before any Federal funds will be allotted to the State by the Federal Social Security Board or other Federal agency or agencies charged with the administration of the Fed- eral Social Security Act, the said State agencies and departments shall codperate and comply with the rules and regulations duly promulgated by the Federal Social Security Board; and WHEREAS, it is a further requirement of the Federal Social Security Board that a system of merit rating be established for the selection of all employees administering or helping admin- ister the Federal Social Security Laws as they apply to the State of North Carolina; and WHEREAS, it is desirable to provide for a uniform examina- tion of all the employees of the State agencies or departments named above, or any other agencies or departments of the State which may hereafter be charged with the administration of the Social Security Laws in this State and required by the Fed- eral Social Security Act, as amended, to establish a merit rating system for employees; and WHEREAS, this requirement of the Federal Social Security Board can be met more economically and satisfactorily by the establishment of one system of merit rating to serve all the agencies of the State affected thereby: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: