NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1312

SENATE BILL 338

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE STABILIZATION OF THE RUINS OF THE OLD ROCK HOUSE IN STOKES COUNTY.

 

Whereas, Col. John Martin of Stokes County fought in the Revolutionary War, was active in local politics, and served in the North Carolina House of Commons in 1798 and 1799; and

Whereas, Col. Martin accumulated a large estate and on his land built a grand stone house unique for its day in North Carolina; and

Whereas, the ruins of "the Rock House" have been a local landmark for years and have helped to keep alive the memory of one of early Stokes County's most celebrated citizens; and

Whereas, the Rock House property is now owned by Stokes County which is developing it as a county park; 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, for the 1982-83 fiscal year the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the purpose of hiring a consultant to plan for the stabilization of the Rock House ruins and for applying stabilization measures to the ruins, provided that a like amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) is raised by the Stokes County Commissioners in order to match the grant-in-aid on a dollar-for-dollar basis. These funds shall not become part of the continuation budget. Any unexpended funds at the end of the 1982-83 fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund.

Sec. 2. Funds appropriated in this act shall be expended only in accordance with G.S. 121-11 and G.S. 143-31.2.

Sec. 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 1982.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of June, 1982.