54-49. Land Conservation and Development Bureau; land mortgage associations.
Recognizing that agriculture is the most fundamental wealth-producing occupation of the State and that land is the basis of agriculture, the General Assembly of North Carolina does hereby authorize and direct the State Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to establish as a major division of its organization a Land Conservation and Land Development Bureau. The function of this Bureau shall be to promote conservation, rural home ownership, and the development of the land resources of the State through land mortgage associations under the following provisions. (1925, c. 223, s. 1; 1997-261, s. 109.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 54 - Cooperative Organizations
Article 8 - Organization and Powers.
§ 54-45 - Application of term.
§ 54-46 - Incorporation and powers.
§ 54-48 - Reserve associations.
§ 54-49 - Land Conservation and Development Bureau; land mortgage associations.
§ 54-50 - Number of incorporators; capital stock.
§ 54-55 - Mortgage forms; approval.
§ 54-56 - Repayment of loan and interest.
§ 54-58 - Transfer of mortgaged lands.
§ 54-59 - Calling in loans before due.
§ 54-60 - Partial recall of debt.
§ 54-63 - Preference prohibited; association borrowing money.
§ 54-66 - Collaterals deposited with State Treasurer.
§ 54-67 - Redemption of bonds.
§ 54-68 - Validity of bonds after maturity.
§ 54-70 - Bonds as investments.
§ 54-71 - Application of earnings; reserve fund.