GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1176

Short Title:  Granville Cemetery Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Crawford; Fox, Michaux, and Wilkins.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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April 29, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO GRANVILLE COUNTY FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF THE HISTORICAL CEMETERIES.
Whereas, in the early 1940s when Camp Butner was located in Granville County, families and churches were required to leave their church and family cemeteries containing the graves of more than 1400 persons behind; and
Whereas, following World War II, the State of North Carolina purchased Camp Butner but did not provide for the maintenance of the cemeteries; and
Whereas, in 1992, Butner celebrated its fiftieth anniversary by beginning the reclamation of these cemeteries, some with the graves of pioneers and of the Revolutionary War period, and determined the need for a new cemetery in Butner; and
Whereas, the State has granted to Granville County 11.3 acres and $30,000 for the construction of the South Granville Memorial Gardens; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to Granville County the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the 1997-98 fiscal year as a grant-in-aid for the maintenance and care of the historical cemeteries of the Camp Butner Reservation and of the South Granville Memorial Gardens.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1997.