GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

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HOUSE BILL 207

Short Title:  Walter Reed House Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative H. Hunter.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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March 5, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO ASSIST IN THE RESTORATION OF THE WALTER REED HOUSE IN MURFREESBORO.
Whereas, the Walter Reed House in Murfreesboro was the boyhood home of Dr. Walter Reed, a physician famous for his discovery of the cause and cure for yellow fever in 1895-1900; and
Whereas, the Walter Reed House was built between 1830-1840 and is one of the ten most significant historic structures still standing in the Murfreesboro National Register Historic District; and
Whereas, the Walter Reed House was purchased in 1978 by the Hertford County Commissioners, who have to date expended more than one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($175,000) to restore the exterior of the house; and
Whereas, the Hertford County Commissioners are now planning to complete the interior restoration of the Walter Reed House and have appointed a special board to serve as the Friends of the Walter Reed Committee to carry out this work; and
Whereas, it is the goal of Hertford County and the Friends of the Walter Reed Committee to restore this historically significant house for use as a Human Services Center for all age and socioeconomic groups in the Roanoke-Chowan area; and
Whereas, the complete restoration of the interior of the Walter Reed House will cost an estimated ninety-five thousand dollars ($95,000);  Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to Hertford County the sum of $35,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year for the restoration of the interior of the Walter Reed House in Murfreesboro.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1991.