NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 944

HOUSE BILL 770

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE ROY HAMPTON MUSEUM IN THE CITY OF BEAUFORT INTO A MARINER'S MUSEUM AND TO PROVIDE FOR ITS PRESERVATION AND DISPLAY.

 

Whereas, the Roy Hampton Museum in the City of Beaufort is without trained personnel who are qualified to properly develop, preserve, and display said Museum; and

Whereas, without a professional staff, the Roy Hampton Museum cannot adequately serve the schools and the people of the coastal area properly, or serve a valuable public relations function in displaying North Carolina's maritime heritage to out-of-state visitors; and

Whereas, with the proper staff, the Roy Hampton Museum could function properly as a branch of the North Carolina State Museum allowing the North Carolina State Museum to expand its educational and exhibits program to the coastal region; and

Whereas, the resources needed for the development of such a Museum exceed presently available resources in terms of manpower, equipment and operating funds of the North Carolina State Museum; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the North Carolina Department of Agriculture the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the 1975-76 fiscal year and the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the 1976-77 fiscal year for the staffing and operation of the Roy Hampton Museum.

Sec. 2.  The Department of Agriculture shall handle and coordinate the administration and expenditure of all funds appropriated by this act.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

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