NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1004

HOUSE BILL 1131

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR A GRANT-IN-AID FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE MOUNT PLEASANT COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE BUILDING IN CABARRUS COUNTY.

 

Whereas, the Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society was incorporated in 1973 for the purpose of preserving certain historic buildings, documents, records, and artifacts; and

Whereas, the Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute Building is a historic three-story building erected in 1852, contains thirty-three rooms, and is particularly adaptable for use as a Museum and Cultural Art Center; and

Whereas, the Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute Building is located at Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, is readily accessible to the populations of Cabarrus, Rowan, Union, Stanly, and Mecklenburg Counties, is eight miles from Reed's Gold Mine, and is approximately 18 miles from the developing Railroad Site at Spencer, North Carolina; and

Whereas, the Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society has purchased the Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute Building, has raised more than seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for its rehabilitation, and has received volunteer labor and services valued at more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000); all of which has resulted in extensive interior renovation of the building, and the opening of four rooms for museum purposes; and

Whereas, there is a critical need for roof repair, a heating system, painting, and landscaping; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Cultural Resources, in addition to all other appropriations, for fiscal year 1979-80 the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to be made available by the department as a grant-in-aid to the Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society, Incorporated, for repair and rehabilitation of the Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute Building, including landscaping of its grounds.

The money herein appropriated shall be made available to the Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society, Incorporated, on a dollar-for-dollar matching basis, for making capital improvements at the Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute Building.

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.