1939_public laws_359_2
CHAPTER 358 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION OF A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE STATE FOR THE TERM OF EIGHT MONTHS WITHOUT THE LEVY OF AN AD VALOREM TAX THEREFOR. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
(a) Purpose of the Act. The purpose of this Act is to provide for the administration and operation of a uniform system of public schools of the State for the term of eight months without the levy of an ad valorem tax therefor, and it is the purpose of this General Assembly to change the policy heretofore followed by previous General Assemblies of reenacting biennially the School Machinery Act, and this Act shall remain in force until repealed or amended by subsequent Acts of the General Assembly. (b) Appropriation. That the appropriation made under Title nine (IX - 1) Support of Eight Months Term Public Schools, of An Act to Make Appropriations for the Maintenance of the States Departments, Bureaus, Institutions, and Agencies, and for Other Purposes, and such funds as may be made available by Acts of the Congress of the United States for public schools, and such other funds as may be made available from all other sources for the support of the eight months term public schools, for the year ending June thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred forty, and annually thereafter, shall be apportioned for the operation of an eight months school term as hereinafter provided.