1923_public laws_95_5
CHAPTER 94 AN ACT TO CREATE THE STATE SHIP AND WATER TRANS- PORTATION COMMISSION. Whereas, in order to further promote the public welfare, to provide cheaper transportation to the markets within and with- out the State of the products of the farms, the forests, mines, and factories of the State, and to effect cheaper transportation for commodities purchased by the people of the State, both within and without the State, it is deemed advisable to use more fully the navigable rivers, sounds and other bodies of water within the boundaries of the State: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That for the purpose of making the investigation required by section two of this act, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) is hereby appropriated out of the general funds of the State Treasury, to be paid by the State Treasurer upon vouchers approved by the chairman and secretary of said commission and by the Governor of the State.