NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1977 SESSION
CHAPTER 1052
HOUSE BILL 545
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR COMPLETION OF THE RESTORATION OF FORT DEFIANCE AND ITS DEPENDENCIES IN CALDWELL COUNTY.
Whereas, William Lenoir came as a young man to the Yadkin Valley of North Carolina in 1775, became an officer in the American Revolution, served as a leader in State government for many years, and was president of the Board of Trustees of The University of North Carolina; and
Whereas, Fort Defiance, the home of General Lenoir in Caldwell County, has been acquired by Fort Defiance, Incorporated; and
Whereas, this nonprofit corporation, with the assistance of the State, federal, county and municipal governments, private foundations, and citizens of the area, has expended approximately two hundred eighty thousand dollars ($280,000) in the acquisition and restoration of this historic place for the education and enjoyment of our people; and
Whereas, restoration of the smokehouse and dairy adjacent to Fort Defiance are important to the preservation and interpretation of Fort Defiance; and
Whereas, additional funds are required to complete the interior restoration of Fort Defiance; 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 1977-78 fiscal year the sum of sixteen thousand two hundred dollars ($16,200), fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) of which will be available to Fort Defiance, Inc., for the purpose of completing the restoration of Fort Defiance, and for archaeological research on the smokehouse, dairy, kitchen, and formal garden sites, the remainder of which will be used by the Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History, to provide technical services to Fort Defiance, Inc., for the project provided an amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) is raised by Fort Defiance, Inc.; and for the 1978-79 fiscal year, the sum of sixteen thousand two hundred dollars ($16,200), fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) of which will be available to Fort Defiance, Inc., for the purpose of restoring the smokehouse and dairy, the remainder of which will be used by the Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History, to provide technical services to Fort Defiance, Inc., provided an amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) is raised by Fort Defiance, Inc. Funds appropriated in this act shall be expended only in accordance with G.S. 121-11 and G.S. 143-31.2.
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective on July 1, 1977.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1977.