1911_public local laws_483_21
CHAPTER 482 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONERS OF CUMBER- LAND COUNTY TO SUBMIT TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF SAID COUNTY THE QUESTION OF ISSUING BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING, IMPROVING AND MAINTAIN- ING THE PUBLIC ROADS OF SAID COUNTY, AND TO PRO- VIDE FOR A HIGHWAY COMMISSION. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That said highway commission shall have the authority to employ a physician at any time to assist the county physician in attending the convict working force, and shall also have the power to provide for the care and keep of said convicts, and to provide all things necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act, and, in addition to employing convicts upon the highways, herein provided for, the said highway commission, in its discretion, may employ such free labor and make such contracts for the building, repairing and maintaining of the highways of the county as it shall deem to the best interests of the county: Provided, that no free labor shall be employed to work on the same section of road on which convicts are employed: and Provided, further, that the employment of free labor shall be as hereinbefore specified.