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FILED SENATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA Mar 15, 2021 S.B.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2021 S 1 SENATE BILL 295 Short Title:
295 SESSION 2021 PRINCIPAL CLERK S D SENATE BILL DRS35111-MHay-54 Short Title:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO COMMEMORATE THE SESTERCENTENNIAL OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BY PROVIDING FOR THE ACQUISITION AND PROTECTION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES IN ORDER TO PRESERVE NORTH CAROLINA'S HISTORY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
Rules and Operations of the Senate March 16, 2021 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO COMMEMORATE THE SESTERCENTENNIAL OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BY PROVIDING FOR THE ACQUISITION AND PROTECTION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES IN ORDER TO PRESERVE NORTH CAROLINA'S HISTORY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
and Whereas, Watauga Town and Nikwasi Town in Macon County are the sites of two of the so-called Middle Towns of the Cherokee burned by a Patriot militia in an early Revolutionary War campaign and now form part of an emerging cultural corridor along the Little Tennessee and Tuckaseegee Rivers that tells the story of Cherokee civilization in Western North Carolina at the time of the American Revolution;
and Whereas, Watauga Town and Nikwasi Town in Macon County are the sites of two of the so-called Middle Towns of the Cherokee burned bya Patriot militia in an earlyRevolutionary War campaign and now form part of an emerging cultural corridor along the Little Tennessee and Tuckaseegee Rivers that tells the story of Cherokee civilization in Western North Carolina at the time of the American Revolution;
and Whereas, all these historic sites are the focus of preservation efforts by nonprofit organizations who are racing to keep these sites from sale to private parties that could result in *DRS35111-MHay-54* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 development and loss of public access to future generations of the State's citizens;
and Whereas, all these historic sites are the focus of preservation efforts by nonprofit organizations who are racing to keep these sites from sale to private parties that could result in *S295-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 development and loss of public access to future generations of the State's citizens;
SECTION 1.(a) The sum of nine million eight hundred seventy-five thousand four hundreddollars($9,875,400)is appropriatedfrom theGeneral Fund to theDepartment ofNatural and Cultural Resources, to be allocated for the following properties or property interests:
SECTION 1.(a) The sum of nine million eight hundred seventy-five thousand four hundreddollars($9,875,400)is appropriatedfrom theGeneral Fundto theDepartment ofNatural and Cultural Resources, to be allocated for the following properties or property interests:
(1) Purchase of approximately 194 acres containing Hayes Manor and the Samuel Johnston Historic Farm in Chowan County, to be added to Edenton State Historic Site.
(1) Purchase of approximately194 acres containingHayes Manor and the Samuel Johnston Historic Farm in Chowan County, to be added to Edenton State Historic Site.
(5) Purchase of approximately 245 acres at the Shallow Ford of the Yadkin in Forsyth County, to be managedin conjunction withothernearby historicsites.
(5) Purchase of approximately 245 acres at the Shallow Ford of the Yadkin in Forsyth County, to be managedin conjunction withothernearbyhistoricsites.
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