NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1961 SESSION
CHAPTER 46
SENATE BILL 69
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE AN ALLOTMENT FROM THE CONTINGENCY AND EMERGENCY FUND TO THE ROANOKE ISLAND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED, FOR REBUILDING "THE LOST COLONY" AMPHITHEATER ON ROANOKE ISLAND.
WHEREAS, the Roanoke Island Historical Association, Incorporated, was by Act of the 1945 General Assembly placed under the patronage and control of the State; and
WHEREAS, said association each year plans and produces on Roanoke Island the outdoor historical drama known as "The Lost Colony;" and
WHEREAS, the amphitheater in which "The Lost Colony" is produced was severely damaged by hurricane winds after the 1960 season had concluded; and
WHEREAS, the said association has obtained from private sources all but ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) of the funds necessary to rebuild the amphitheater for the 1961 season; and
WHEREAS, said association has requested that the State assist in the rebuilding of said amphitheater: Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. The Governor and Council of State are authorized and empowered to allot to the Roanoke Island Historical Association, Incorporated, a sum not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) from the 1960‑61 Contingency and Emergency appropriation to aid in the rebuilding of "The Lost Colony" amphitheater on Roanoke Island.
Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This Act shall be effective from and after the date of its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 15th day of March, 1961.