NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1071

HOUSE BILL 579

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR A GRANT-IN-AID FOR THE RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION OF THE OLD UNION COUNTY COURTHOUSE.

 

Whereas, the Old Union County Courthouse, constructed in 1886, is one of North Carolina's finest examples of Victorian civic architecture; and

Whereas, the ninety-five year old courthouse has been listed by the United States Department of the Interior in the National Register of Historic Places; and

Whereas, the County of Union is dedicated to the continued preservation and use of this fine structure and has already raised and expended over forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000) for the stabilization of the exterior of the courthouse; 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 1981-82 fiscal year the sum of one hundred eighteen thousand seven hundred five dollars ($118,705) for the purpose of interior and exterior restoration and rehabilitation of the Old Union County Courthouse, provided a like amount of one hundred eighteen thousand seven hundred five dollars ($118,705) is raised by the County of Union in order to match the grant-in-aid on a dollar-for-dollar basis.

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 is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of October, 1981.