S.L. 1973-1257

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 1257

SENATE BILL 1332

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE AND EMPOWER THE COUNTY OF HALIFAX TO USE COUNTY FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT A WATER LINE WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF HALIFAX TO ENABLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES IN SAID TOWN.

Whereas, the Colonial Town of Halifax is an important historic site; and

Whereas, the 1965 Session of the General Assembly of North Carolina established "Historic Halifax State Historic Site" in and adjacent to said Town and appropriated monies to be used for the acquisition and development of historic sites there; and

Whereas, the Department of Archives and History has found it necessary to acquire certain properties for the proper development of the historic sites and to require the persons residing on the properties to vacate the said premises; and

Whereas, the new locations to which these persons will move are not served by the Town Water System and in order to acquire the historic properties and require the people living thereon to move to the new locations, a water line completely located within said Town serving said new locations must be installed; and

Whereas, the Town of Halifax does not have sufficient funds to install said water line and has requested that Halifax County install the line at its expense; and

Whereas, the installation of said water line would enable the further development of Historic Halifax and in doing so would be beneficial to all of the citizens of Halifax County, and for this reason the Board of Commissioners for Halifax County is willing to expend the funds for installing said water line, which funds are available; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. The County of Halifax is hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate and expend County funds for the installation and construction of a water line totally within the boundaries of the Town of Halifax to serve new locations to be occupied by persons vacating historic sites being acquired by the State of North Carolina for the development of Historic Halifax.

Sec. 2. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of April, 1974.