NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 901

SENATE BILL 641

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR COMPLETION OF THE RESTORATION OF FORT DEFIANCE AND ITS DEPENDENCIES IN CALDWELL COUNTY.

 

Whereas, William Lenoir came as a young man to the Yadkin Valley of North Carolina in 1775, became an officer in the American Revolution, served as a leader in State government for many years, and was president of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina; and

Whereas, Fort Defiance, the home of General Lenoir in Caldwell County, has been acquired by Fort Defiance, Incorporated; and

Whereas, this nonprofit corporation, with the assistance of the State, federal, county, and municipal governments, private foundations, and citizens of the area, has expended approximately two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) in the acquisition and restoration of this historic place for the education and enjoyment of our people; and

Whereas, the restoration can be completed and the building opened to the public in 1977 provided additional funds are made available; 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 assistance in completing the restoration of Fort Defiance and its dependencies in Caldwell County for the 1975-76 fiscal year the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars ($12,500), provided a like amount is raised by Fort Defiance, Incorporated; and for the 1976-77 fiscal year for assistance in completing the restoration of Fort Defiance and its dependencies in Caldwell County the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars ($12,500), provided a like amount is raised by Fort Defiance, Incorporated.

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, 1975.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of June, 1975.