NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 1063

HOUSE BILL 496

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERPRETIVE EXHIBITS AND TO UPGRADE STORAGE FACILITIES AT THE CLEVELAND COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM.

Whereas, the Cleveland County Historical Museum was chartered in 1976 by virtue of the laws of North Carolina; and

Whereas, the purpose of the Cleveland County Historical Museum is to collect, preserve and utilize historically significant artifacts and to develop interpretive museum programs for the promotion and teaching of Cleveland County history; and

Whereas, the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) was appropriated by the North Carolina General Assembly since 1976 for the development of the museum; and

Whereas, the museum, located in a historic courthouse, stresses local history and its relationship to life in the area; and

Whereas, to effectively teach the history of Cleveland County and North Carolina through the use of exhibits containing original artifacts, additional exhibit cases are needed to protect and display those artifacts; and

Whereas, to adequately protect those artifacts when not on display, additional storage facilities are needed; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Cultural Resources for fiscal year 1981-82 the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the purpose of developing interpretive exhibits and upgrading storage facilities in the Cleveland County Historical Museum, provided a like amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for fiscal year 1981-82 is raised by the Cleveland County Historical Association in order to match the grant-in-aid on a dollar for dollar basis.

Sec. 2. Funds appropriated in this act shall be expended in accordance with G.S. 121-11 and G.S. 143.2.

Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.

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