NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1242

SENATE BILL 1001

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO IMPROVE THE SERVICES FURNISHED THE PUBLIC BY THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE ARCHIVES.

 

Whereas, the number of citizens and visitors to the State utilizing the facilities of the North Carolina State Archives has increased from an average of 1,112 per month to an average of 1,417 per month in the past two years; and

Whereas, assistance is required in the Archives Search Room during the summer months and on Saturday, which are heavy demand days; and

Whereas, the move of the State Records Center from 120 West Lane Street to 211 North Blount Street has not been completed because of the curtailment of funds appropriated for the move in fiscal year 1975-76, which funds reverted to the General Fund on June 30, 1976; and

Whereas, reference demands in the Archives Search Room for microfilm and for photographic negatives requires additional specialized equipment for the storage of such photographic and microphotographic records; 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 the fiscal year 1978-79, the sum of ten thousand two hundred ninety-one dollars ($10,291) to provide additional services in the Archives Search Room on heavy demand days, to complete the move of the State Records Center, and to provide specialized equipment for the storage of microphotographic and photographic records.

Sec. 2.  Five thousand dollars ($5,000) of the amount appropriated shall be appropriated for one year only and shall not be recurring.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1978.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1978.