Title: S.L. 1981-1043

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NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 1043
HOUSE BILL 1057

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO CONTINUE THE RESTORATION OF THE HISTORIC SPENCER RAILROAD SHOPS.

Whereas, the State of North Carolina has accepted 58 acres of land and the buildings thereon from Southern Railway Company at Spencer for the purpose of establishing a transportation museum; and
Whereas, the State spent one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,250,000) during the period 1979‑81 to restore the steel super‑structure, install a new roof and make certain masonry repairs to the parapet walls of the Back Shop, the principal building located on this land; and
Whereas, a safe and secure place to store and display the priceless artifacts that have been accumulated at the site is greatly needed; and
Whereas, the State recognizes that the Back Shop should be completed so that it can fill this need; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Cultural Resources the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for fiscal year 1981‑82 to be used only for a fence around the shops and other repairs.
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of October, 1981.

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