NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1296

HOUSE BILL 1755

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES FOR A PUBLICATION COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF VANCE COUNTY.

 

Whereas, the County of Vance was formed by act of the General Assembly adopted May 5, 1881, and whereas the year 1981 shall mark the centennial of the formation of Vance County; and

Whereas, the said Vance County was so named to honor the service and achievements of Zebulon B. Vance, Governor and United States Senator; and

Whereas, the area comprising the said Vance County is an area of primary historical significance in North Carolina including Williamsborough, a center of Royal and Colonial political and social life and birthplace of the Regulator movement; Kittrell Springs, site of a major confederate hospital and cemetery; and Henderson, an early center for tobacco and cotton industrial development; and

Whereas, it is fitting that the centennial year of the formation of the said Vance County be made the occasion for commemorative publications and public ceremonies renewing among the citizenry knowledge and respect for regional history; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  There is appropriated the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for the 1980-81 fiscal year from the General Fund to the Division of Archives and History of the Department of Cultural Resources for use in the publication of a centennial historical publication commemorating the history of the area comprising Vance County.

Sec. 2.  These funds shall be in addition to all other sums appropriated.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1980.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of June, 1980.