NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 1032

HOUSE BILL 467

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE REED GOLD MINE STATE HISTORIC SITE.

Whereas, Reed Gold Mine located in Cabarrus County is the site of the first authenticated gold find in the United States; and

Whereas, the Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site in Cabarrus County is owned by the State of North Carolina and is maintained and operated by the Department of Cultural Resources, the Division of Archives and History; and

Whereas, there is a great need at the historic site for (a) additional personnel for maintenance and guide service (b) improved educational programs, and (c) the completion of the stamp mill for use as an educational facility by visitors, especially for school children to see how ore is crushed to remove the gold; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History for the 1979-1980 fiscal year the sum of twenty-four thousand one hundred fifty dollars ($24,150) for the completion of the stamp mill and putting it into working order.

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1979.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of June, 1979.