North Carolina § 100-9 - County commissioners may protect monuments.
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§ 100-9. County commissioners may protect monuments.
When any monument has been or shall hereafter be erected to the memory of our Confederate dead or to perpetuate the memory and virtues of our distinguished dead, if such monument is erected by the voluntary subscription of the people and is placed on the courthouse square, the board of county commissioners of such county are permitted to expend from the public funds of the county an amount sufficient to erect a substantial iron fence around such monument in order that the same may be protected. History (1905, c. 457; Rev., s. 3928; C.S., s. 6934.) Cross References. - As to criminal liability for defacing or removing monuments, see G.S. 14-148.
Source: official North Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 100-9 ("County commissioners may protect monuments.") is part of the North Carolina General Statutes, the codified statutory law of North Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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