NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1284

HOUSE BILL 1580

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE OCTAGON‑SHAPED HOUSE IN HYDE COUNTY.

 

Whereas, the Octagon‑Shaped House in Hyde County was built in 1850; and

Whereas, the house is an example of unique architecture and is one of only three of its kind in eastern North Carolina; and

Whereas, the citizens of Hyde County wish to preserve this unusual example of history; and

Whereas, the house will be used as an area cultural center for the Hyde County Historical Society and will also be used as a library; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Division of Archives and History, Department of Cultural Resources, for the fiscal year 1978-79 the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) which will be available to the Hyde County Historical Society for the purpose of (1) research, (2) planning, and (3) restoration of the Inkwell (Octagon) House, provided a like amount is raised by the Hyde County Historical Society. Funds appropriated in this act shall be expended only in accordance with G.S. 121‑11 and G.S. 143‑31.2.

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1978.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1978.