1883_public laws_157_4
CHAPTER 156 An act to incorporate the insane asylums of the state and for other purposes, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
The North Carolina Insane Asylum and The Western North Carolina Insane Asylum shall be exclusively for the accommodation, maintenance, care and treatment of the white insane of the state, and  The Eastern North Carolina Insane Asylum shall be exelusively for the accommodation, maintenance, care and treatment of the colored insane of the state.