NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 942

HOUSE BILL 755

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO ASSIST WITH THE PAYMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS INCURRED IN THE RESTORATION OF THE BOGGAN-HAMMOND HOUSE IN ANSON COUNTY.

 

Whereas, the Boggan-Hammond House was originally constructed in two wings, the older wing, constructed in 1783, constituting the oldest structure remaining in Wadesboro; and the later, Alexander Little wing, constructed in 1820; and

Whereas, the restoration has been completed, the two sections furnished and opened to the public; and

Whereas, the two structures have served for nearly five years as educational centers of great importance for people of this State and Anson County; and

Whereas, in 1969 the General Assembly appropriated the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to assist with the restoration of these structures; and

Whereas, the Anson County Historical Society, Incorporated, borrowed the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to complete the restoration of these structures; and

Whereas, this historic property is now endangered from the inability of the Anson County Historical Society, Incorporated, to raise sufficient funds to terminate their indebtedness; and

Whereas, the Anson County Historical Society, Incorporated, seeks to supplement their locally raised funds with a State appropriation; Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Cultural Resources to be used by the Division of Archives and History for assistance with the payment of indebtedness incurred in the restoration of the Boggan-Hammond House in Anson County the sum of six thousand dollars ($6,000) for fiscal year 1975-76, provided a like amount is raised by the Anson County Historical Society, Incorporated after July 1, 1975; and the sum of six thousand dollars ($6,000) for fiscal year 1976-77, provided a like amount is raised by the Anson County Historical Society, Incorporated, July 1, 1976.

Sec. 2.  Funds appropriated in this act shall be expended only in accordance with Sections 121-11 and 143-31.2 of the General Statutes.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective on July 1, 1975.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of June, 1975.