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Budget Amendments - SB700 (Conference Report)

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Conveyance of Civil War Cannon (language only)

Item 484 #1c

Item 484 #1c

Transportation
Transportation, Department of

Language
Page 437, after line 58, insert:
"J. As provided in § 2.2-1127, Code of Virginia, the Virginia Department of Transportation is authorized to donate and transfer permanent ownership of a circa 1861 Civil War cannon, described as a "caliber 3.3 muzzle, Model 1861
bronze Clarke rifle," to the Confederate Memorial Literary Society (The Museum of the Confederacy)."


Explanation
(This amendment authorizes VDOT to convey ownership of an 1861 cannon to the Museum of the Confederacy. The Museum has maintained the cannon since 1980 when it was moved from Appomattox Wayside for its protection.)