NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 971
SENATE BILL 319

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE BENNETT PLACE STATE HISTORIC SITE.

WHEREAS, the Bennett Place near Durham, site of the surrender of General Joseph E. Johnston's Confederate Army on April 26, 1865, which event, occurring 17 days after General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, effectually ended the American Civil War; and
WHEREAS, the Bennett Place has been restored by the Bennett Place Memorial Commission with funds privately contributed; and
WHEREAS, the Bennett Place shrine is one of the most important Civil War historic sites in North Carolina and is attracting and will attract large numbers of visitors; and
WHEREAS, funds for the proper maintenance and operation of the Bennett Place, which already is owned by the State of North Carolina, are not available from other sources: Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Archives and History the sum of seven thousand five hundred fifty dollars ($7,550.00) for the fiscal year 1961‑62 and seven thousand two hundred seventy‑five dollars ($7,275.00) for the fiscal year 1962‑63 to be used for the following purposes:

	1961‑62	1962‑63
Salaries and Wages		$5,000.00	$5,000.00
Salaries and Wages ‑ Temporary		1,000.00	1,000.00
Supplies and Materials		200.00	200.00
Postage, Telegram, Telegraph, Express		25.00	25.00
Travel Expense		200.00	200.00
Motor Vehicle Operation		300.00	300.00
Light, Power, Water		25.00	50.00
Equipment		800.00	500.00
				
	$7,550.00	$7,275.00
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  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 17th day of June, 1961.