1923_public local laws_299_2
CHAPTER 298 AN ACT TO PERMIT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF McDOWELL COUNTY TO CALL AN ELECTION TO ISSUE BONDS TO BUILD A HOSPITAL. Whereas there is no hospital of any description whatsoever located in the county of McDowell; and Whereas there is no provision in said county for the taking care of the sick and those needing surgical attention in said county ; and Whereas the need for a hospital is great indeed, large numbers of our citizens having to be taken to Rutherfordton, Statesville and Asheville; and Whereas it is the desire of the public generally of McDowell County that a hospital be erected in said county for the care of the sick and those needing surgical attention in said county: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That the board of county commissioners of McDowell County, on the application of the board of health of McDowell County, shall order an election to be held in the county of McDowell, said election to be held under the law governing general elections held in said county, said election to be held to permit the people to vote on the question of a hospital, to vote a ballot on which shall be written the word Hospital or a ballot on which shall be written the words No Hospital, and if a majority of the qualified voters of McDowell County shall cast their ballots in favor of a hospital, then it shall be the duty of the board of commissioners of McDowell County, North Carolina, to issue bonds in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars.to build and equip a hospital in the county of McDowell on some suitable lot to be selected by the board of commissioners of McDowell County, North Carolina.