North Carolina General Statutes 143-283.3. Celebration of National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 143-283.3
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
The Governor’s Council shall, by proclamation, designate the first full week in October of each year as “National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week.” The committee shall promote and encourage the holding of appropriate ceremonies throughout the State during said week, the purpose of which ceremonies shall be to enlist public support for and interest in the employment of the physically handicapped. The Governor shall, in his proclamation designating National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week, invite the mayors of all cities, heads of other instrumentalities of government, leaders of industry and business, educational and religious groups, labor, veterans, women, farm, scientific and professional, and all other organizations and individuals having an interest to participate in said ceremonies. (1961, c. 981; 1973, c. 476, s. 179.)