NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1155

HOUSE BILL 811

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE HISTORIC TOWN OF HILLSBOROUGH.

WHEREAS, the Town of Hillsborough, dating back to the middle of the eighteenth century, is one of the oldest in the entire State of North Carolina, having for many years served as the commercial, political, and cultural center of a large portion of the "back country;" and

WHEREAS, the town figured prominently in the Regulator Movement, 1768-1771, and several Regulators were actually tried, convicted, executed and buried there, and immediately before the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, General Charles Cornwallis made the Town his headquarters; and

WHEREAS, many other significant historical events and developments occurred in Hillsborough, including the meeting of the State Convention of 1788, which declined to ratify the United States Constitution; and

WHEREAS, many fine old buildings, both public and private, remain standing in the Town and need to be preserved; and

WHEREAS, the Historic Hillsborough Commission has been established by the General Assembly for the purpose of preserving and maintaining historic sites in the Town and that Commission is in need of financial assistance to continue its program;

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 the acquisition of real estate and for historic restoration and development in the Town of Hillsborough the sum often thousand dollars ($10,000.00).

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  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 30th day of June, 1969.