NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1014

SENATE BILL 700

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE MATCHING FUNDS TO ASSIST IN THE RESTORATION OF THALIAN HALL IN WILMINGTON.

 

Whereas, Thalian Hall in Wilmington is believed to be the oldest theater in continuous use in the United States, having been completed in 1858; and

Whereas, the Thalian Association, which has occupied the hall since its erection, was organized in the eighteenth century and is one of the oldest dramatic societies in the country; and

Whereas, the City of Wilmington, its Thalian Hall Commission, and the Thalian Association, in cooperation with the State Department of Archives and History, have proposed a two-year program of restoration to cost $100,000; and

Whereas, the City of Wilmington, its Thalian Hall Commission, and the Thalian Association have developed plans for the operation and maintenance of this historic structure without additional state funds once its repair and restoration have been completed; and

Whereas, the city, the commission, and the association have pledged to raise funds from local sources to match dollar-for-dollar any state grant-in-aid; 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 143-31.2, the sum of $25,000 for the purpose of assisting in the restoration of Thalian Hall in Wilmington, subject to the raising of a like amount by the Thalian Hall Commission on or after July 1, 1971.

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective on July 1, 1971.

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