NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1969 SESSION
CHAPTER 1177
SENATE BILL 483
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND PROTECTION OF "BLANDWOOD," THE FORMER HOME OF GOVERNOR JOHN MOTLEY MOREHEAD IN GREENSBORO.
WHEREAS, Chapter 1308, Session Laws of 1959, established the John Motley Morehead Memorial Commission to acquire, restore, and preserve "Blandwood," the former home of Governor John Motley Morehead; and
WHEREAS, the aforesaid Commission, in cooperation with the Greensboro Preservation Society, has acquired this house and the land on which it stands for two hundred twelve thousand dollars ($212,000.00) and in addition has secured pledges for nearly two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) additional for the restoration of this house; and
WHEREAS, the aforesaid Commission has a portion of the original furnishings from said house, but does not have the funds to complete its furnishing, or to landscape the grounds of the property; and
WHEREAS, at the present time there is danger to the house from fire, vandals, and other causes, and protection must be furnished to the house; and
WHEREAS, the Act referred to above provides that the State, when it is ready to accept title to this property, shall take it over and maintain it through the State Department of Archives and History;
NOW, THEREFORE,
The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of Archives and History the sum of twelve thousand, five hundred dollars ($12,500.00) for the first year and twelve thousand, five hundred dollars ($12,500.00) for the second year of the 1969-1971 biennium for the employment of one or more caretakers, the provision of household furnishings and landscaping, fire insurance, and other steps necessary for the preservation and protection of "Blandwood," subject to the availability of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00) of non-state funds to match said appropriation.
Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1969.