NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1971 SESSION
CHAPTER 1117
HOUSE BILL 373
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE REPAIR AND RESTORATION OF HISTORIC HOPE.
Whereas, with funds raised from private sources and supplemented by appropriations of the General Assembly, Historic Hope, the home of Governor David Stone (1808-1810), in Bertie County has been purchased and is now being restored as an historic shrine; and
Whereas, the Historic Hope Foundation, in cooperation with the State Department of Archives and History, has planned and outlined a two-year restoration program, and
Whereas, the Historic Hope Foundation has developed plans for the operation and maintenance of this historic house without additional State funds once its repair and restoration have been completed; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated to the State Department of Archives and History the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to complete the repair and restoration of Historic Hope, including landscaping and ground improvements and other necessary repairs and construction; provided a like amount is raised by local sources from non-State funds 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.