NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1084

HOUSE BILL 672

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO ASSIST IN THE CONTINUED RESTORATION OF PERSON'S ORDINARY IN WARREN COUNTY.

 

Whereas, Person's Ordinary in Littleton was long owned and operated by Thomas Person, Regulator, officer of the Continental Line, prominent State legislator, and member of the original Board of Trustees of The University of North Carolina; and

Whereas, it was subsequently owned and operated by William P. Little, delegate to the constitutional convention of 1788, State legislator, and member of the Council of State; and

Whereas, the historic building is one of the last surviving inns in North Carolina constructed prior to the American Revolution, and should be preserved as an example of the numerous wayside inns which once provided travelers with lodging and hospitality; and

Whereas, Person's Ordinary was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973; and

Whereas, Person's Ordinary is owned, operated, maintained, and kept open to the public by the Littleton Women's Club, a nonprofit organization; 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, the sum of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) for fiscal year 1981-82 for further restoration of the roof and other exterior portions of Person's Ordinary, provided that a like amount is raised by the Littleton Women's Club to match the grant-in-aid on a dollar-for-dollar basis. The club may apply to the division, from time to time, for the funds appropriated under this act, as it raises the matching funds. Any appropriated money not used or not matched shall revert to the General Fund.

Sec. 2. It is the intent of the North Carolina General Assembly that this total of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) in the 1981-83 biennium shall be the final appropriation for the rehabilitation program for the Person's Ordinary.

Sec. 3. Funds appropriated in this act shall be expended only in accordance with G.S. 121-11 and G.S. 143-31.2.

Sec. 4. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of October, 1981.