MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1997 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Representatives Brown, Denny, Flaggs, Henderson (9th), Short

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF BEAUVOIR SHRINE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN DEVELOPING, MAINTAINING AND OPERATING BEAUVOIR SHRINE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1998.  

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, to the Board of Trustees of Beauvoir Shrine for the purpose of developing, maintaining and operating Beauvoir Shrine, the last home of Jefferson Davis, the only President of the Confederate States of America, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, and ending June 30, 1998 $ 12,500.00.

SECTION 2. The money herein appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his warrants upon requisitions signed by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Beauvoir Shrine in the manner provided by law.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1997.