GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SECOND EXTRA SESSION 1996

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 30

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Sponsors: Senators Horton; Kerr, Hoyle, Ballance, Ledbetter, Blust, Clark, Odom, Rand, and Gulley.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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July 11, 1996

A JOINT RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO MAINTAIN THE GROUNDS AT THE HOME OF NATHANIEL MACON.
Whereas, North Carolina General Statute 136-44 provides, in part:" The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized and directed through the highway supervisor of the Warren County District, to clean off and keep clean the premises and grounds at the old home of Nathaniel Macon, known as 'Buck Springs,' which are owned by the County of Warren,..."; and Whereas, Buck Springs is the site of the grave of the Honorable Nathaniel Macon, perhaps the most important political figure in North Carolina history; and
Whereas, the Department of Transportation has, in spite of the statutory mandate, failed to attend to the maintenance of the grave of this man, called by Thomas Jefferson the "ultimum romanum," so that saplings and briars are growing through the cairn, the plaque thereon is virtually obscured, and the fencing around the plot is rotted and falling to the ground; and
Whereas, numerous former inquiries of the Department of Transportation have failed to produce the slightest concern for its duty; Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
Section 1.  The Secretary of Transportation shall appear before the next meeting of the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee to provide explanation, if any he has, for the Department's refusal to comply with its duty prescribed in G.S. 136-44.
Sec. 2.  Until such time as the Department of Transportation performs its duty with respect to the maintenance of the grave of Nathanial Macon, the provisions of G.S. 20-79.4 shall be null, void, and of no effect.
Sec. 3.  This resolution is effective upon ratification.