NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 940

SENATE BILL 393

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR CONTINUED LEVEL OF SERVICES AT TRYON PALACE.

 

Whereas, Tryon Palace in New Bern served as the seat of government from 1770 until the outbreak of the American Revolution; and

Whereas, several revolutionary governors of North Carolina including Richard Caswell and Abner Nash conducted their duties from the Palace; and

Whereas, the Tryon Palace Complex including the John Wright Stanly and Stevenson houses and adjacent gardens have received national recognition for their excellence, including the Award of Merit of the American Association for State and Local History and the Judges' Award of the American Association of Nurserymen; and

Whereas, the Tryon Palace Complex annually draws nearly 50,000 visitors to North Carolina from every state and several foreign countries including England, France, Germany, and Japan; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Division of Archives and History, Department of Cultural Resources, the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1979, and the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1980, to provide for a high level of service at Tryon Palace.

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective on July 1, 1979.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of June, 1979.