A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS to purchase a site and construct a replica of the historic davidson's fort near the rutherford trace historic park.
Whereas, General Rutherfordton constructed Davidson's Fort beginning in 1776 as part of one of the largest militia actions in the Revolutionary War; and
Whereas, 2,700 members of the militia gathered at Davidson's Fort in September of 1776 to stage the Rutherfordton Expedition; and
Whereas, the Rutherfordton Expedition was key to forming the frontier patriot militia of the Revolutionary War; and
Whereas, this part of North Carolina's history is intrinsically intertwined with the birth of the United States of America; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Davidson's Fort Historic Park, Inc., a nonprofit organization, the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year in their efforts to purchase a site and construct a replica of the historic Davidson's Fort near the Rutherford Trace Historic Park.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.