GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1290

Short Title:  Butner Cemetery Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Gulley, East; and Lucas.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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May 23, 1996

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE GRANVILLE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW CEMETERY IN BUTNER.
Whereas, in the 1940s when Camp Butner was located in Granville county, families and churches were required to leave 27 cemeteries containing the remains of more than 1,400 people behind; and
Whereas, following World War II the State of North Carolina purchased Camp Butner and did not provide maintenance for the cemeteries located there; and
Whereas, in 1992, Butner celebrated its fiftieth anniversary by beginning the reclamation of these cemeteries, some with graves from the Revolutionary War period, and determined the need for a new cemetery at Butner; and
Whereas, the State granted to Granville County 11.3 acres of land that the Department of Agriculture had set aside for a current cemetery for persons now living in the Butner area; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Granville County Board of County Commissioners the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for the 1996-97 fiscal year for the grading, landscaping, and construction of two drives for a new cemetery in Butner.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1996.