NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1170

HOUSE BILL 751

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE CUPOLA HOUSE AND THE PENELOPE BARKER HOUSE IN CHOWAN COUNTY.

 

WHEREAS, the Cupola House and the Penelope Barker House are located at Edenton in Chowan County; and

WHEREAS, the Cupola House and the Penelope Barker House are of historical significance to the State of North Carolina; and

WHEREAS, these two houses have been preserved and maintained to retain the culture, tradition and heritage of the State of North Carolina; and

WHEREAS, the Cupola House and the Penelope Barker House have been operated and equipped to serve as a museum and library for the use and benefit of the people of Chowan County and the State of North Carolina; and

WHEREAS, these two historical houses serve as an attraction for tourists from within and without the State; and

WHEREAS, funds in addition to those now available are needed for the continued operation and maintenance of the Cupola House and the Penelope Barker House: Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  There is hereby appropriated to the Moore’s Creek Battleground Association the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each year of the 1961‑1963 biennium for the celebration of the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge. Said funds shall be paid over by the Treasurer of the State of North Carolina to the bonded Treasurer of the Moore’s Creek Battleground Association and expended by him under the orders of the Directors of said Battleground Association.

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of June, 1961.