NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 1259
HOUSE BILL 865

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR MALCOLM BLUE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Whereas, the Malcolm Blue Historical Society was formed in the fall of 1972 to preserve the Malcolm Blue Farm on Route 5 in Aberdeen; and
Whereas, Mr. A. P. Johnson, a local building contractor, in 1974 was starting a residential development on this farm when he gave the old farmhouse to the group of interested citizens. He made the stipulation that the necessary repairs be made and that it be put to community use; and
Whereas, the society raised funds and with a bicentennial grant the necessary repairs were made to the house and a master plan was drawn up showing the need of additional property. The site has been opened for several community activities; 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 fiscal year 1980-81 a sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for and in connection with the Malcolm Blue Historical Society for the further development of the Malcolm Blue Farm, provided a like amount is raised by the Malcolm Blue Historical Society for this purpose.
Sec. 2.  Funds appropriated by 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, 1980.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of June, 1980.