NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1045

HOUSE BILL 182

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE STATE FUNDS FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE MARKS HOUSE AND ITS DEPENDENCIES IN STANLY COUNTY.

 

Whereas, in June of 1975, the Stanly County Albemarle Historic Properties Commission, organized pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 160A-399.1 et seq. of the North Carolina General Statutes, acquired by gift The Marks House; and

Whereas, The Marks House is considered to be the oldest dwelling still standing in the City of Albemarle and one of the most important pre-Civil War dwellings still standing in Stanly County; and

Whereas, the North Carolina Department of Archives and History recognizes The Marks House as one of the best examples of the Piedmont Federal Style of architecture still in existence; and

Whereas, the Stanly County Albemarle Historic Properties Commission wishes to expand its preservation efforts by restoring and opening to the people of North Carolina this important structure; and

Whereas, with funds raised from private sources, supplemented and matched by funds from the State, federal, county and city governments, it will be possible to proceed with and complete the restoration work for The Marks House; 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 The Marks House and its dependencies in Stanly County for the fiscal year 1977‑78, the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars ($12,500), provided a like amount is raised by the Stanly County Albemarle Historic Properties Commission; and for the fiscal year 1978-79 for assistance in completing the restoration of The Marks House and its dependencies in Stanly County the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars ($12,500), provided a like amount is raised by the Stanly County Albemarle Historic Properties Commission.

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, 1977.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1977.