GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION
RATIFIED BILL

RESOLUTION 11
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 1047

A JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING THE LIFE AND MEMORY OF WILLIAM RICHARDSON DAVIE FOR HIS ACTIONS IN ESTABLISHING THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA.

Whereas, the General Assembly met in Fayetteville for its annual session from November 2 through December 22 of 1789; and
Whereas, during this session of the General Assembly, William Richardson Davie introduced a bill to establish The University of North Carolina; and
Whereas, on December 11, 1789, The University of North Carolina, the first state university in the United States, was chartered;

Now, therefore, be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

Section 1.  The General Assembly wishes to honor the life and memory of William Richardson Davie and to congratulate the General Assembly that met in Fayetteville during 1789, and chartered The University of North Carolina.
Sec. 2.  This resolution is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17th day of April, 1989.

	 
	James C. Gardner
	President of the Senate

	 
	J. L. Mavretic
	Speaker of the House of Representatives