House Bill 223

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A GRANT TO THE SCOTT FORD HOUSE, INC., TO DEVELOP TWO HISTORIC PROPERTIES ON EAST COHEA STREET IN THE CITY OF JACKSON FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024.

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

SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much of it as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, to the Department of Archives and History for the purpose of providing a grant to the Scott Ford House, Inc., to be expended as provided in Section 2 of this act,

for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024 $ 500,000.00.

SECTION 2. The money provided to the Scott Ford House, Inc., by the Department of Archives and History under Section 1 of this act shall be expended as follows:

(a) To develop the property located at 136 East Cohea Street in the City of Jackson, the home of the former slave Mary Scott Green, to tell her story and that of other Mississippi midwives; and

(b) To develop the property located at 138 East Cohea Street in the City of Jackson as a house museum to tell the family story of the midwife Virginia Scott Ford.

SECTION 3. The money appropriated by this act 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 proper person, officer or officers in the manner provided by law.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.