NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1066

HOUSE BILL 265

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE TOWN OF MURFREESBORO.

 

Whereas, the General Assembly of 1967 has enacted a bill establishing the Historic Murfreesboro Commission; and

Whereas, in order to preserve adequately the heritage of this historic community, the aforesaid Historic Murfreesboro Commission will need an appropriation from the State of North Carolina; and

Whereas, there now exist within the aforesaid Town of Murfreesboro many buildings, dating back to an earlier, bygone period, that are now in need of restoration and preservation; and

Whereas, many individual citizens and groups of citizens of this historic community have donated generously of their own money, real property, personal property, and various historic relics for the purpose of historic preservation in the town; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  There is hereby appropriated for the biennium 1971-1973 to the Department of Archives and History the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the purchase, restoration, repair, and preservation of historic buildings and sites under the jurisdiction of the Historic Murfreesboro Commission; provided that a like amount in non-State funds is raised from local sources for the same purpose.

Sec. 2.  This act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of July, 1971.