A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to install historical portraits of state senate leaders in the senate chamber.
Whereas, Abraham Galloway, a former slave and well‑respected abolitionist, was elected to represent the people of New Hanover County as a member of the Senate in 1868 and 1870; and
Whereas, Gertrude Dills McKee served as the State's first female senator representing Jackson County during the 1931, 1937, and 1943 sessions of the General Assembly; and
Whereas, portraits commemorating the contributions of these former senators should be hung in the Senate chamber; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the General Assembly the sum of twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year to install historical portraits of former senators, Abraham Galloway and Gertrude Dills McKee, in the Senate chamber. These funds may be used for the procurement of the portraits, matting, framing, and installation.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.