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Exchange not
mandatory.
Powers
additional.
notes up to the time of such exehan.::;e may l)e paid out of any
available funds of the county.
Sec. 2. The powers conferred by this act shall be exercised by
the board or body authorized by law to sell the bonds herein re-ferred
to. Nothing herein shall be construed as requiring any
bonds to l)e exchanged for nute.s. rather than to be sold. The
powers granted by this act are granted in addition to and not in
substitution for existing powers of counties, and are not sul).1ect
to any limitation or restriction contained in any other law.
Sec o. This act shall be in force from and after its ratification.
Ratified this lltli day of March. A.D. 1919.
CHAPTER 298
AX ACT RELATING TO THE PURCHASING COMMITTEE.
Presidents of
four educational
institutions
added to
committee.
Hk' General Asse»)hl!/ of Xorth CaroUnu do enact:
Section 1. That section two of chapter one hundred and fifty
of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, providing
for the creation of a cooperative purchasing committee, be amended
by adding to line six the following : "and the presidents of the
University of North Carolina, the North Carolina State College of
Agriculture and Engineering, the State Normal and Industrial
College for Women at Greensboro, and the East Carolina Training
School at Greenville."
Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act
are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratifi-cation.
Ratified this 11th day of March, A.D. 1919.
CHAPTER 299
AN ACT TO RESTORE THE JURISDICTION OF SUPERIOR
COURTS.
Inferior courts
to have no
exclusive
original juris-diction
in
criminal cases.
The General Assemhly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That in all cases whereby in any statute original
jurisdiction of criminal actions has been taken from the Superior
Courts and vested exclusively in courts of inferior jurisdiction,
such exclusive jurisdiction is hereby divested, and jurisdiction of
such actions shall be concurrent and exercised by the court first
taking cognizance thereof.