Language Page 388, after line 37, insert:"Out of the amounts for Financial Assistance for Cultural and Artistic Affairs, $55,000 the first year from the general fund is provided for Mathews Maritime Foundation."
Explanation(This amendment provides a general fund appropriation of $55,000 to the Mathews Maritime Foundation for the purchase of one of the last surviving deck boats built by a local Matthews County shipyard. At one time, Mathews County was the home of a number of small family-owned shipyards. The foundation plans to use this deck boat, named the "Ellen Marie," as a means to educate local citizens about the history of the county and to increase tourism.)