NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1008

SENATE BILL 421

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO ASSIST IN THE RESTORATION OF THE JOEL LANE HOUSE ("WAKEFIELD") IN THE CITY OF RALEIGH.

 

Whereas, the Joel Lane House ("Wakefield") in Raleigh has unique historical significance, having been the home of the man who sold to the State the land on which the Capital City was laid off in 1792; and

Whereas, Joel Lane was a member of the Committee of Safety in Hillsborough District, Justice of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Lieutenant Colonel in the Colonial Militia, delegate to the Provincial Congresses of 1775 and 1776, and a State Senator; and

Whereas, this historic house, built in the 1760's and believed to be one of the oldest surviving houses in Wake County, was acquired by the Colonial Dames in the 1920's and has been preserved since that time; and

Whereas, the Colonial Dames spent more than $25,000 for the preservation of the house from 1926 through June 30, 1969, and have raised an additional amount of $15,300 since that time ($5,000 of which matched the $5,000 State grant-in-aid of 1969), $8,600 is being used for separation of the 1840 wing for use as a caretaker's apartment in order to provide security and maintenance revenue, and $1,700 has been used for research and emergency repairs; and

Whereas, the Colonial Dames have embarked upon a program to restore the Joel Lane House for public education and enjoyment, the sum raised is insufficient to complete the restoration; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  There is hereby appropriated from the general fund to the State Department of Archives and History for the 1971-73 biennium, subject to provisions of G.S. 121-8.2 and G.S. 143-31.2, the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for the purpose of assisting in the restoration of the Joel Lane House in Raleigh, provided that a like amount is raised by the Colonial Dames from non-State sources for the same purpose.

Sec. 2.  This Act shall become effective on and after July 1, 1971.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 20th day of July, 1971.