NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1174

SENATE BILL 313

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE HOME OF HEZEKIAH ALEXANDER, KNOWN AS "THE OLD ROCK HOUSE".

WHEREAS, Hezekiah Alexander was an ardent champion in the movement for independence from the British Crown; and

WHEREAS, in August, 1775, Hezekiah Alexander was appointed to a Committee of Safety for the Salisbury District which included Mecklenburg within its bounds; and

WHEREAS, on May 11, 1776 Hezekiah Alexander was again appointed with William Sharpe on the Council of Safety which covered the State of North Carolina and afterwards held the position in April 1776 of Paymaster to the Fourth Regiment of North Carolina Continentals; and

WHEREAS, in 1776 Hezekiah Alexander was elected to the Provincial Congress of North Carolina and was instrumental in drafting the first Constitution of the State; and

WHEREAS, Hezekiah Alexander's home, built in 1774 and still standing in Charlotte, is one of North Carolina's most notable historical landmarks and is the oldest home in Mecklenburg County;

NOW, THEREFORE,

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  There is appropriated out of the General Fund of the State of North Carolina to the Department of Archives and History, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) to be used for the restoration of the home of Hazekiah Alexander in Charlotte, North Carolina, known as "The Old Rock House", subject to the availability of an equal amount of non-state matching funds.

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of July, 1969.