NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1205

SENATE BILL 516

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO ASSIST IN THE REHABILITATION OF THE WASHINGTON TRAIN STATION AND FREIGHT WAREHOUSE IN WASHINGTON, BEAUFORT COUNTY.

 

Whereas, the City of Washington served North Carolina as a port and trade center of strategic importance during the American Revolution and the Civil War; and

Whereas, after the Civil War, Washington developed as a major railroad trade center, connecting the river trade and the eastern counties to inland North Carolina; and

Whereas, the Washington Train Station and Freight Warehouse were constructed in 1904 at the height of Washington's railroad era; and

Whereas, the City of Washington has recognized the historical and architectural significance of the Washington Train Station and Freight Warehouse; and

Whereas, the City of Washington is now undertaking the restoration and rehabilitation of the train station and warehouse for adaptive use as the Washington Arts and Civic Center; and

Whereas, additional funds are needed to complete the rehabilitation work on the Washington Train Station and Warehouse; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Division of Archives and History, Department of Cultural Resources, for the 1980-81 fiscal year the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for the purpose of continuing the rehabilitation of the Washington Train Station and Freight Warehouse, provided an amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) is raised by the City of Washington for that purpose.

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 shall become effective July 1, 1980.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of June, 1980.