NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1292

HOUSE BILL 560

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE BELHAVEN MEMORIAL MUSEUM.

WHEREAS, the Belhaven Memorial Museum has been incorporated as a nonprofit educational institution for the purpose of preserving and interpreting a comprehensive collection of artifacts donated by the estate of the late Eva Blount Way; and

WHEREAS, it is proposed to preserve this collection of artifacts in order to establish data and focus attention on the historical background of the Matchapungo Basin Area; and

WHEREAS, the City of Belhaven now provides a marina and serves as a recreational area for thousands of visitors who arrive annually via the Inland Waterway and other routes;

NOW, THEREFORE,

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  The sum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per year for the biennium is hereby appropriated to the State Department of Archives and History for cataloging, filing and planning for the Belhaven Memorial Museum.

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  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1969.

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