NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1146

HOUSE BILL 510

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL LAND AT BENTONVILLE STATE HISTORIC SITE.

WHEREAS, the Battle of Bentonville, March 19-21, 1865, where Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston sought unsuccessfully to check the advance of Union General William T. Sherman, was the largest battle ever fought on North Carolina soil; and

WHEREAS, the State through the Department of Archives and History has purchased a tract of 51 acres and has developed this tract as the Bentonville State Historic Site; and

WHEREAS, another tract of 54.7 acres more or less, containing some of the most important trenches and other fortifications on the battlefield, has now become available for purchase and should be added to this State Historic Site;

NOW, THEREFORE,

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the State to the State Department of Archives and History the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to be used for the purchase of a portion of this additional tract of 54.7 acres more or less, which belongs to Mr. John T. Dunn of Route One, Four Oaks, North Carolina.

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  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of June, 1969.