\nThere is hereby recreated the Historic Hillsborough Commission. The Historic Hillsborough Commission shall have the following powers:\n(1) In cooperation with the Hillsborough Historical Society, the elected officials of Hillsborough and Orange County, and appropriate public agencies, to use every legal aid and method to preserve and restore the Town of Hillsborough, and its immediately adjacent area, as a living, functioning, educational, and historical exhibit of North Carolina's early life and times;\n(2) To acquire and to dispose of property, real and personal; to repair, restore, or otherwise improve such properties; to have prepared a history of the town and area; and to write, compile, publish, or sponsor such historical works as may pertain to the town and area; and\n(3) To carry on other programs reasonably related to these purposes. (1973, c. 476, s. 100.)
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