NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION
CHAPTER 1256
HOUSE BILL 537
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE TOWN OF MURFREESBORO.
Whereas, the General Assembly of 1967 enacted a bill establishing the Historic Murfreesboro Commission; and
Whereas, in order to preserve adequately the heritage of this historic community, the aforesaid Historic Murfreesboro Commission through the Murfreesboro Historical Association, Inc., will need an appropriation from the State of North Carolina; and
Whereas, there now exist within the aforesaid Town of Murfreesboro many buildings, dating back to an earlier, bygone period, that are now in need of restoration and preservation; and
Whereas, many individual citizens and groups of citizens of this historic community have donated generously of their own money, real property, personal property, and various historic relics for the purpose of historic preservation in the town; and
Whereas, the Murfreesboro Historical Association, Inc., has accepted by donation title to the John Wheeler House; and
Whereas, this nonprofit corporation with the assistance of the Historic Murfreesboro Commission, private foundations, and citizens of the area, has undertaken the restoration of this historic building for the use, education, and enjoyment of the citizens of North Carolina as a historic house museum; 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 of the Department of Cultural Resources for the 1980-81 fiscal year the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for the purpose of continuing the restoration of the John Wheeler House, provided an amount of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is raised by the Murfreesboro Historical Association, Inc., for that purpose.
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, 1980.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of June, 1980.