NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 1353

HOUSE BILL 1454

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO ASSIST THE RESTORATION OF HARMONY HALL IN THE CITY OF KINSTON.

Whereas, Harmony Hall in the City of Kinston in Lenoir County is the only surviving eighteenth century building in the City of Kinston, the original portion thereof having been constructed in the last quarter of the eighteenth century; and

Whereas, the house served as the residence of James Glasgow, Secretary of State during the Richard Caswell administration, and was owned by Governor Caswell; and

Whereas, the City of Kinston and Lenoir County can greatly benefit from the restoration of the house as a museum and community and visitor's center; and

Whereas, the Lenoir County Historical Association, Inc., has raised over one hundred ninety-five thousand dollars ($195,000) in State, county, city, and local funds for the purpose of restoring and preserving Harmony Hall; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Lenoir County Historical Association, Inc., the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for fiscal year 1982-83 to continue the restoration of Harmony Hall in Kinston.

Sec. 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Black Artists' Guild, Inc., the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for fiscal year 1982-83 for operating expenses and program funds.

Sec. 3. Funds appropriated in this act 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. 4. This act shall become effective July 1, 1982.

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