North Carolina Jim Crow Laws

The Board of Commissioners of the City of Albemarle is authorized and empowered, annually, in its discretion, to set apart and appropriate from parking meter revenue of the City of Albemarle or from surplus funds of the city not raised by taxation, and not otherwise appropriated, an amount not exceeding $10,000.00 for the purpose of aiding and encouraging the location of manufacturing, industrial and commercial plants in said city, to provide for a community recreation program, the development of white and colored high school bands, the development of a program for city planning, for advertising the advantages and resources of the city, and for such other purposes as will, in the opinion of the board of commissioners, increase the taxable wealth within the city and promote the general welfare of the city and its people, all of which purposes are hereby declared to be public purposes of the city.

That supplemental appropriations out of the General Fund of the State for the States departments, bureaus, institutions, and agencies, and for the specific purpose of providing additional salaries for public school teachers and other State employees, are hereby made for the fiscal year ending dune 30, 1949, according to the following schedule: II. JUDICIAL 1948-49 1 Supreme Court yt} ; Departmental Expense ___…..-..——————- $ 5,659 Ii]. EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE 1 Governors Office: : -1 Governors Office _.2 3,898 (Z) The Budget Bureau… Be AN a eae es ee 10,148 -3 Division of Purchase and Contract… 6.924 2… pecretary of State. ee 5,144 3 State Auditor perros _velgaret 12,358, 4.oState MU reastrier. .0o 2 sen vo pots sg oto) 5 tat wee 9,225, 5 Department of Justice: . -1 Attorney General wee 8,764 (2). Bureau of Investigation 0 ed 10, a 6 Department of Revenue___…___–_-_—————- 148, ag 7 Department of Tax Researeh___….–.–ee 8 Department of Public Instruction_._—– 9 Department of Archives and History .__-.– 10:00 Sate chibedry tae) ont ed zeoehlaare giaie, S98 hal 11 Library Commission _ Feb-00 12 Board of Public Welfare: ques -1 Beard of Public Welfare… ——- (2). For use of Eugenics Board__..—-eee oF Lore State Board: of ecshues + Ree Bye t gas ; -8 State College of Agriculture and Engineering 22 = 2 = te een) doh NAb: s Experiment StationState College. Cooperative Agricultural ExtensionState Colle gic ieee eee ee roe eee) a ene East Carolina Teachers College… Negro Agricultural and Technical College____ Western Carolina Teachers College Appalachian State Teachers College… Pembroke State College for Indians___ ery Winston-Salem Teachers College (Colored) Elizabeth City State Teachers College (Colored) Fayetteville State Teachers College (Colored) North Carolina College at Durham… North Carolina School for the Deaf… State School for the Blind and the Deaf_..__-__ V. CHARITABLE AND CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS State Hospitals: -1 General Administration -2 State Hospital at Raleigh… -3 State Hospital at Morganton… -4 State Hospital at Goldsboro… -5 Caswell Training School. -6 State Hospital at Camp Butner__….___ North Carolina Orthopedic Hospital_…______ North Carolina Sanatoria: -1 North Carolina Sanatorium… -2 Extension Bureau _ -3 Western North Carolina Sanatorium_____. -4 Eastern North Carolina Sanatorium. Sorrectional Institutions: -1 General Administration .2) Stonewall Jackson Training School. 8) State Home and industrial School for Girls 4) Morrison Training Schooi (Colcred) 459,630 193,016 115,026 268,234 86,681 97,577 40,646 66,836 9,450 29,430 17,488 22,731 62,393 34,040 32,684 3,077 134,094 125,100 61,110 37,254 86,507 16,858 44,207 5,198 22,911 17,376 1,727 17,246 7,920 7,419 -5 Eastern Carolina Training School 5,327 -6 State Training School for Negro Girls 3,285 5 Confederate Womens Home 2,492 VI. STATE AID AND OBLIGATIONS State Aid to Public Libraries 1,693 N. C. Park, Parkway and Forest Development Commission 298 Department of Agriculture: -1 Credit Unions 1,367 -2 State Museum 2,436 -3 Hog Cholera Work 1,361 Teachers and State Employees Retirement System-State’s Contribution 619,537 IX. PUBLIC SCHOOLS Support of Nine-Months Term Public Schools 8,560,227 Vocational Education 445,780 State Board of Education 12,994 Vocational Textile Training School 5,029 AGRICULTURE FUND

Section 130-102 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding after the first sentence in said Section and before the second sentence in said Section the following: Such certified copy of the birth record shall be issued in the torm of a birth registration card which shall include only the full name, birth date, state of birth, race, sex, date of filing, and birth certificate number: Provided, that a full and complete copy of the birth certificate shall be supplied upon request to the registrant, if of legal age; or to the parent or parents; or to public welfare or public health agencies; or to duly licensed private welfare agencies upon the approval of the State Registrar; or to any other person, for good cause shown, upon the order of a Judge of the Superior Court. Such birth registration card, properly certified by the State Registrar or his duly authorized agent, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

That the Northampton County Board of Education be and it is hereby authorized and empowered, in the exercise of its discretion, to sell, publicly or privately, the following real estate for $100.00 to Pine Grove, Inc., a non stock corporation which is to be formed to operate a boarding home for aged persons: A lot or parce! of land, with ail improvements thereon, containing 2 acres, more or less, situated in Roanoke Township of Northampton County, North Carolina, known as the Potecasi White School Property, which is described as follows: Beginning at a stake on the public road from Potecasi to Conway. thence N 75 degrees E 489 feet to stake; thence N 46 degrees W 246% feet to stake; thence S 75 degrees W 345 feet to stake at road; thence along the road S 10 degrees E 209 feet to point of beginning.:

That appropriations made to the Oxford Colored Orphanage under Title V-nine, Section one, of this Act shall be available only if and when the expenditure shall be recommended by the trustees of the institution appointed by the Governor of the State, and the expenditures shall be under the supervision of said trustees.

That appropriations out of the GENERAL FUND of the State for the maintenance of the States departments, bureaus, institutions, and agencies, and for other purposes as enumerated are hereby made for the two fiscal years ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-four and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-five respectively, according to the following schedule: I, LEGISLATIVE 7 1953-54 1954-55 1 General Aswombig~. OSes eis erect eee $ $- 500,000 Il. JUDICIAL . 1 Supreme CourtJustices ……….-0.. 112,500 112,500 2 Supreme CourtDepartmental Expense . 70,686 72,003 3 Supreme CourtPrinting Bemerts: and, ; Reprints… occ ccc ck Gaol Ghali Ese). 25,000 25,000 4 Superior CourtsJudges …………05. 411,034 411,034 6. Superior CourtsSolicitors …………0% 181,650 ~ 181,650 > Ill. EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE 1 Governors Office: a -1 Governors Office …………0..04. $ 74,502 $ 75,006 -2 The Budget Bureau ………….. 154,232 168,248 -3 Division of Purchase and Contract 107,312 109,568 -4 Salary Lieutenant Governor …… 3,100 3,100 -5 Department of Personnel …….. . 108,770 103,362 2:00 Secretary of Statet. 0% 0625.66. vicle ces 62,815.00 65,095 8 State: Auditer FRis oe Meter. Seis. Siinie olchiidele 145,455.00 147,788 4, Staite. Treas rec eke cee is a chon cous 117,905 120,870 1953-54 5 Department of Justice: (iy Attorney General 2.2… 0 cccccnsase 113,917 -2 Bureau of Investigation ………. 200,956 6 Department of Revenue ………….+.- 2,171,009 7 Department of Tax Research ……….. 49,434 8 Department of Public Instruction ……. 363,491 9 Department of Archives and History … 148,718 ROperemte LADTETY) oes… c’c’c’s che c’c’e’c’elele’cle’a’ae 30,450 Ti. brary Commission 2 foc foros. ott eens 39,311 12 Board of Public Welfare ………….. 269,698 19 1 g7’g9 IV. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS University of North Carolina (Consolidated) : -1 General Administration ………. -2 University of North Carolina ….. -1 Division of Health Affairs …. -2 Hospital -8 Institute of Fisheries Research -3 State College of Agriculture and Engineering -4 The Womans College ………… Experiment StationState College …… Cooperative Agricultura] Extension State Collegeyn secs .sivic cijee aperspdcets chin dias East Carolina College Negro Agricultural and Technical College Western Carolina Teachers College ee eee eee eee eee ee eee eee eee eee eee eeee . Appalachian State Teachers College …. . Pembroke State College . Winston-Salem Teachers College . Elizabeth City State Teachers College . . Fayetteville State Teachers College …. . North Carolina College at Durham . North Carolina School for the Deaf . State School for the Blind and the Deaf: ee ee eeee ee eee -1 State School for the Blind and the Diet a ae 5 5 ss sons hinis bs alc -2 Blind Student Aid ee eee eee ee eee 1953-54 78,182 3,399,350 1,516,978 746,736 82,569 2,588,488 1,385,541 1,332,148 1,737,531 726,945 748,138 483,758 497,339 113,331 198,192 224,807 228,451 918,018 782,610 526,546 2,400 V. CHARITABLE AND CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS State Hospitals: -1 General Administration -2 State Hospital at Raleigh -3 State Hospital at Morganton -4 State Hospital at Goldsboro -5 Caswell Training School -6 State Hospital at Butner -7 Mental Health Fund …………. -8 Alcoholic Rehabilitation Fund .. ee ee eee ee eee eee eeewe ove ee eeee . North Carolina Orthopedic Hospital … . North Carolina Sanatoria: -1 General Administration -2 North Carolina Sanatorium ……. -3 Western North Carolina Sanatorium -4 Eastern North Carolina Sanatorium -5 Gravely Sanatorium eee een wee eee eee ee eeeee 118,032 3,102,253 2,753,222 1,739,570 1,654,339 2,334,077 38,655 172,038 350,264 29,950 1,417,564 917,372 1,264,253 255,496 $ 1954-55 78,010 3,459,800 1,541,158: 790,219 65,769 2,653,635 1,400,041 1,362,538 1,801,691 727,278 777,034 383,840 519,339 114,871 195,392 191,227 198,388 929,468 581,151 518,282 2,400 126,024 3,023,769 2,762,322 1,621,417 1,528,290 2,367,312 38,765 173,413 321,264 29,450 1,299,051 929,203 1,484,455 331,284 Correctional Institutions: 4 sx] > -1 General Administration ………. .. 21,196 -2 Stonewall Jackson Training School 335,021 } -3 State Home and Industrial School _. er ORIEN. oc cons adp eraipasee saiphe oe 176,518 -4 Morrison Training School …….. 253,207 -5 Eastern Carolina Training School .. 126,954 -6 State Training School for Negro Girls ………..05 ae sd 94,728 . 6 North Carolina Hospital for Spastic Children ……….. ite diutats ota mtaea 165,120 6 Confederate Womens Home ………… 47,692 7 Oxford Orphanage ….. AOIZABY. ALY… 47,500 8 Junior Order Orphanage ……….-hes 50,000 9 Oxford Colored Orphanage …………. 62,500 BG Pythian Orphanage .. 02.02.0060 cccceccccpos 10,000 11 Odd Fellows Home …………..0+a 10,000 12 Alexander Schools, Inc. ……..+.++++++ 10,000 VI. STATE AID AND OBLIGATIONS 1 Board of Public Welfare: -1 Care of Dependent Children …….. $ 55,000 -2 Old Age Assistance ………++00.- 3,160,000 -3 Aid to Dependent Children …….. 1,900,000 -4 Aid to County Welfare Administration 300,000 -5 Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled …….. toads kbps 430,000 -6 Hospitalization of the Medically Indigent ……….+.0.++ 125,000 -7 State Boarding Home for the Aged and Infirm ………. 10,000 2 Board of Health for Orthopedic Clinics ..:….. 32 ek TLRS og 6,500 8 Industrial Rehabilitation …………… 25,000 4 Fugitives from Justice ……………. 6,000 De UMIBCTAD TIME. gn 3 00s slic o’s oe cccield w nlein ais 7,500 6 Firemens Relief ……. eutidinctecealnmiaee a 1,750 CRAORIOEL. DIGINOTIRE: cis: Saclore wining Yin can ole 50 8 Cenfederate Museum ……………+5- 200 9 Confederate Cemetery …………….. 350 10 Retirement Teachers and PC SOIDTNOGMOS 0-3/5 Secale sleieteaes ccs ch 10,747,201 11 State Aid to Public Libraries ………. 414,673 aS rete Art Soclety. cc cnisc.< citsciccegcccee 10,000 18 North Carolina Symphony Orchestra .... 20,000 14 State Soil Conservation Committee ..... 10,000 1113 1954-55 21,496 275,056 151,608 205,088 109,036 93,892 167,510 47,500 50,000 62,500 10,000 10,000 10,000 $ 55,000 3,160,000 1,900,000 300,000 430,000 125,000 10,000 6,500 25,000 6,000 200 350 11,060,803 414,967 10,000 20,000 10,000 1953-54 15 State Property Fire Insurance Fund ..... acdccSe ccs MeeeN 300,000 16 Medical Care Commission: -1 Indigent Care ........ 2 iakiseut aud 375,000 -2 Student Loan Fund.........cccccess 200,000 17 North Carolina National Park, Parkway and Forests Development Commission .. 7,610 18, Contribution to Law Enforcement Officers Benefit and Retirement Fund .......... 6,984 19 North Carolina Council of Civil Defense . 38,742 S0.'Old Salem, (Enel. ..<..0.5,4 60,3. wie viviecel staan 35,000 VII. PENSIONS 1 Confederate Veterans and Widows ...... $ 143,872 2 .Anme Burgin Cralg: ososciie tosses 3,000 Bo Te. We'W, CUTER Coe weet see eee 3,000 4 Teachers Who Had Attained Age 65 at March 10, 1943 [sic] ........ 72,000 VIII. CONTINGENCY AND EMERGENCY . To provide for contingency and emergency expenditures for any purpose authorized by law for which no specific appropriation is made hereunder, or for which inadvertently an insufficient appropriation has been made under this Section. Allotments to be made from this appropriation under the provisions of Section twelve of Article 1 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, or of such other statute as may be applicable .$ 1,000,000 IX. PUBLIC SCHOOLS 1 Support of Nine Months Term ......... $114,958,174 2 State Board of Education ............. 203,956 8... Vocational Education ............cescaces 8,427,488 4 Purchase of Free Textbooks ........... 2,413,522 5 Vocational Textile Training School ..... 42,856 6 Purchase of School Buses ............. 717,591 7 Administration of State School Plant Construction, Improvement, and Repair Fund 58,292 X. DEBT SERVICE iL. Interest (onGBenage Gejs. oss tes ceded wae $ 1,660,425 2 Redemption X-A. SALARY INCREASES 1953-54 1954-55 HOMEEIMT'Y. INCKOMMEN o'cc%e'cc'cccccuies cele wae $ 3,825,000 $ 3,825,000 (or such amounts as may be required under the provisions of Section 19 of this Act.) AGRICULTURE FUND

That the State Treasurer is hereby authorized, by and with the consent of the Governor and Council of State, to issue and sell, at one time or from time to time, bonds of the State, to be designated State of 1077 North Carolina Permanent Improvement Bonds, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding fourteen million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($14,250,000.00) for the purpose of providing urgently needed permanent improvements for State educational institutions and agencies, as follows: Educational Institutions University of North Carolina: Institute of Government Buildings and Equipment …….. Renovation of Dormitories P52. 22 5 2 See 28S. Renovation Bingham Hall: Building & Equipment ……. Excavation Basement Peabody Hall ……………-.e00. Division of Health Affairs: Equipment for Cancer Research ………..e.ceseeeeseces To complete 4th floor of Dental School Building ………. Equipment South Wing Medical School ……………… To renovate 3rd floor of Medical School ……………… Sub-Totahs.( + sists. we Satine. Sebo eee ae. a: State College of Agriculture & Engineering: Addition to Brooks Hall (Old Library for School zof> Design) visa. sek See ee ches ide Sx het Renovate Dairy Manufacturing Building & Equipment … Renovate Syme, Gold, and Welch Dormitories ………… To complete Nuclear Reactor Building ……………… Pulp Laboratory Building & Equipment …………….. Agricultural Engineering Building & Equipment ……… Fencing and screening railroad and pedestrian grade crossings with seeing-eye gates …………seeeeeessens Bab-COGal Convert Existing Library into Classroom Building & Equipment eee eee eevee eer errr errr ee ve e @ 65,000 Extension of Roads and Walks ……….0esceeeeeeees ‘ 25,000 Rewiring Austin Building ………. Seviirais.e, 5 evry sks 25,000 Total East Carolina College ……….. Haaser here …$ 1,880,000 Agricultural and Technical College: UE TIES oe aii gin. clocisie visicie’cise ne ce 38 pba Te anche $ 700,000 Classroom Building & Equipment ……………2..00. 500,000 Agricultural Building & Equipment …………….s08- — 800,000 R..0..T. C. Administration Building …………ceeee- 90,000 Total Agricultural and Technical College ……….. $ 2,090,000 Western Carolina Teachers College: Physical Education Building .. …..00000sccceceseoe $ 600,000 Sewage Disposal, Plants poseie a s:0j0’s o:0:0[5 sine jny0, cic 0 d,0 xe, 250,000 Walks, Drives and Ground Improvements …………. 40,000 Total Western Carolina Teachers College ……….. $ 890,000 Appalachian State Teachers College: Supplemental Funds for Elementary Demonstration BCEOOls MOMOING Gre PMIOIDINOMNG onc %0t/00 0 ogacages eyn’e oioc 0 04g7e aie $ 254,100 Library. Building Enlargement oo… csccvcccccccasecccess 100,000 Gymnasium: Supplemental …………….0eeeeceeees 250,000 Renovation and Equipment: Cafeteria ……………. 100,000 Total Appalachian State Teachers College ……… $ 704,100 Winston-Salem Teachers College: Classroom Building and Equipment …………….. $ 500,000 Renovation of Workshop Building ……………0005- 75,000 Total Winston-Salem Teachers College …………. $ 575,000 Elizabeth City State Teachers College: Girls Dormitory & Equipment …………..ceeeeee: $ 250,000 Dormitory for Women Teachers ………….+.-e0005 200,000 Total Elizabeth City State Teachers College ……… $ 450,000 Fayetteville State Teachers College: Renovation Vance Hall ……. MGS ole cele Bide = Wd p Bod $ 105,000 Enlargement Mechanical Arts Building SEE e SS die tae 2 79,400 Infirmary Building & Equipment …………….s0++- 135,000 Total Fayetteville State Teachers College ……….++ $ 319,400 1079 North Carolina College at Durham: ) 0) ) gy fetes a a _ Education Building . eee ee + aye eB! Commerce. Building see eewe ccs e music bine olelbiesBlapieme sie)e siete ure a Biology Building Stee teen etter enter sash neme neds esresed | 60 Total North Carolina College at Durham sis…) .s.

That, subject to a vote of a majority of the qualified voters of the State who shall vote in the election called and held as hereinafter provided, the State Treasurer is hereby authorized, by and with the consent of the Governor and Council of State, to issue and sell, et one time or from time to time, bonds of the State, to be designated State of North Carolina Mental Institutions Bonds, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding twenty-two million dollars ($22,000,000.00) for the purpose of construction of urgently needed permanent improvements at the States mental institutions, as follows: State Hospital at Raleigh: 1 Renovation of Harvey Building for RIONVRIGSCONE WOMEN 55 Sotviscce co Siclc so pinlea oe SBis ocns viate’a te $ 63,000 2 Renovation of Royster Building for CORVEIGECONEAMGH on oe c.cGlr cre eases > ccc cr ce ccc nests 135,500 3 Addition~to Dobbin Infirmary ~~… cs. ccccc ccc css as og 250,000 4 Male Epileptic Building Addition ………………+- 250,000 5 Female Epileptic Building Addition ………….++..++ 250,000 G. Renovation OF MRlO WINE ..ccccsccccccvecscoccesnane 1,500,000 7 Renovation of Erwin Apartments ……….–.eeeee0- 93,000 Bo LORE CUGMEOR 21 Office and Stock Room for Plant Engineer and Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds ..:….. 5,000 22 Incinerator and Garbage Equipment ………….+-++: 25,000 23 Farm Buildings (Barns, Sheds, Silos and Feed House) …….. aes: sabwow Mhasd. ade 57,200 Total. State) Hospital at Raleigh) s:sis:eccsjcidte dane cceeie et oleistels $ 4,398,450 State Hospital at Morganton: 1 Hospital and Admissions Building pert edna Wk Mage ent ityc, . sidhe e’s cle cist-c sielatic te Stalelateata $ 2,000,000 2 Remodel Present Kitchen for Employees and Staff CafeteriaBuilding & Equipment …………seeeee0s 75,000 8 Renovation of N WardBuilding & Equipment …….. 70,000 4 Renovation of T and U Wards Buildings; & Equipment sii, <:c/ ice, o)ss,0, Saad dd Weeeien's 105,000 5 Renovation of V and W Wards Building (& Hequipmamt: sie otis 6% jc acpatelaelasteicle die otelda'dle -- 105,000 6 Reworking Harper Building Bullding -4 Bapipmient a/.,2/e:<:<). sowie! le iol olttey ore b's lagna at 85,000 7 Addition to Male Employees Building Building & Equipment .....cceccocceciccccccccescccce 100,000 8 Additional Warehouse Facilities and Space ........... 50,000 9 Renovation of R and S Wards Building: & Equipment $145 siviscie of ctor ge sieteatate hs. 6'6 one 105,000 10 Roads, Walks and Parking Areas ............ceeee00- 40,000 11 Seventeen Miles of Access Truck Trails and Wire Breaks on Watershed) qos, .csieivjaiit-. aaie siete wae ts eel 20,000 12 Outside: Lighting System <5. 0). iasele sw ais'sitis nee 05,48 15,000 SB aTOROUSS: :n, 6 sigviaidia oth gable hh thesis Sele hae cldesiy el yayainnsie 5,000 ia hirceen*+immloyeen) CottRgOS ss occccicccclucccscsecscena 75,000 25; Miva Stall. Cottages coats aisicieie,s ajay otgdrdagss otasid 3a bit 65,000 1G ckenovation of Staff. House) si cteisieraicndidic cteleieornisiaje olne 0 vive 10,000 Total State Hospital at Morganton ..........cceseeceeceees $ 2,925,000 State Hospital at Goldsboro: 1 School for Feeble-minded Negro Children ............ $ 4,500,000 2 Completion of the Criminal Insane Building .......... 250,000 8 Nurses Home and Dormitory for Single Attendants ... 150,000 4 Ten 5-Room Cottages for Personnel ............. petteys 60,000 5 Ten 8-Room Duplex Houses for Attendants ............ 90,000 Total State Hospital at Goldsboro, 2 aa'c ots credence om se cece $ 5,050,000 Caswell Training School: as 2 3 Enlargement of Staff Dormitory for Single Women ....$ 180,000 Enlargement of Staff Dormitory for Married Couples .. 180,000 Recreational Building and Equipment ............+++. 168,000 1078 4, Dormitory for Boys eee eee eens eee ee eee eee eee eee 620,000 5 Roads ahd Parking Areas ..............-+.00. beacuse 40,000 6 One Staff House (Doctor) (6-Room) ....... ees eat 15,000 7 One Staff House (Educational Director) (6-Room) .... 12,500 8 Eight Staff Houses (6-Room) ............. O25. OURO 100,000 9 Twenty Houses for Attendants (4-Room) ............ 100,000 10 Fifteen Houses for Maintenance Personnel ........... 90,000 le TMCINGPELOT, 0 6.,05.5 sisinina 6 ojnansouie Siete ait nieieeas icici 8,500 Total Caswell Training School ........ oe BP ONC eu LS TU ee eee $ 1,514,000 State Hospital at Butner: 1 Renovation of Ward Buildings ................0se00. $ 3,000,000 2 Construction of Second Floor Corridor on Barrack Lane 100,000 8 Detention Screens for Windows in Second Floor of Admission :Conter :.:. <:0)

Minutes of Meetings; Adoption of Rules; Provisions of Rules. The Civil Service Commission shall keep minutes of its proceedings and records of its examinations and shall make investigations concerning the enforcement of rules and regulations made by the Commission. The Commission shall have the power to make rules with reference to the classified service of the employees of the City of Raleigh, which rules, among other things, shall provide: (a) For the standardization and classification of all positions and employments in the classified service of the City. Such classification into groups and subdivisions shall be based upon and graded according to the duties and responsibilities and so arranged as to promote the filling of the higher grades, so far as practicable, through promotions. (b) For examinations to ascertain the fitness of all applicants for appointment as employees of the City of Raleigh in such manner and at such time as it may determine. (c) For the creation of eligible lists upon which shall be entered the names of the successful applicants. (ad) For the rejection of applicants or eligibles who do not satisfy reasonable requirements as to age, sex, race, physical condition and moral character or who have attempted deception or fraud in connection with any examination or their application therefor.

The Indians now residing in Robeson and adjoining counties of North Carolina, originally found by the first white settlers on the Lumbee River in Robeson County, and claiming joint descent from remnants of early American Colonists and certain tribes of Indians originally inhabiting the coastal regions of North Carolina, shall, from and after the ratification of this Act, be known and designated as Lumbee Indians of North Carolina and shall continue to enjoy all rights, privileges and immunities enjoyed by them as citizens of the State as now provided by law, and shall continue to be subject to all the obligations and duties of citizens under the law.