NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 947

HOUSE BILL 794

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR COMPLETION OF THE RESTORATION OF THE BURWELL SCHOOL AND DEPENDENCIES IN HILLSBOROUGH, ORANGE COUNTY.

 

Whereas, the Burwell School building in Hillsborough was constructed about 1821 and was subsequently enlarged by John Berry, master builder, and used as one of the best known private schools in the State; and

Whereas, the building has played a significant role in the history of Hillsborough, a town rich in colonial and State history; and

Whereas, the restoration of the Burwell School building for public purposes has been undertaken by the Historic Hillsborough Commission; and

Whereas, the Historic Hillsborough Commission, with the assistance of the State, federal, county, and municipal governments, private foundations, and citizens of the area, has expended approximately one hundred ten thousand dollars ($110,000) in the acquisition and restoration of this historic school for the education and enjoyment of our people; and

Whereas, the restoration can be completed and the buildings opened to the public in 1976, provided additional funds be 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 of the Department of Cultural Resources the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the fiscal year 1975-76 and the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the fiscal year 1976-77 for completing the restoration of the Burwell School and dependencies in Hillsborough, provided a like amount is raised each fiscal year by the Historic Hillsborough Commission after July 1, 1975.

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.