NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1154

HOUSE BILL 801

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR HISTORIC FORT DOBBS IN IREDELL COUNTY.

WHEREAS, Fort Dobbs, in what is now Iredell County, was constructed about the beginning of the French and Indian War, 1754-1763, to protect the North Carolina frontier against the French and Indians, and was named for the governor at that time, Arthur Dobbs; and

WHEREAS, by means of historical and archaelogical research the exact site of Fort Dobbs has been determined; and

WHEREAS, it seems appropriate for this site to be further developed as a significant site in North Carolina 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, for land purchase, development, and research at Fort Dobbs, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00), provided an equal amount shall have been raised from non-state sources.

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  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 on and after July 1, 1969.

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