NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1179

SENATE BILL 517

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO REPAIR AND RESTORE THE HISTORIC JOEL LANE HOUSE IN THE CITY OF RALEIGH.

 

WHEREAS, the Joel Lane House m the City of Raleigh has unique historical significance, having been the home of the man who sold to the State the land on which the City of Raleigh was laid off in 1792, and

WHEREAS, this historic house has been maintained for many years by the Colonial Dames of America, and

WHEREAS, the Joel Lane House is badly in need of repair and restoration, both exterior and interior, estimated to cost twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00), and

WHEREAS, the Colonial Dames have agreed to raise twelve thousand, five hundred dollars ($12,500.00), provided an equal amount will be provided by the State of North Carolina;

NOW, THEREFORE,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of Archives and History, for repair and restoration of the Joel Lane House in the City of Raleigh, the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), provided the Colonial Dames of America shall have provided an equal amount for this purpose.

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 1st day of July, 1969.