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MS HB1559
Bill
Status
Failed
2/22/2017
Primary Sponsor
Kathy Sykes
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AI Summary
- Appropriates $500,000 from the State General Fund to the Department of Archives and History for fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018).
- Grant funds directed to Scott Ford House, Inc. to develop two historic properties on East Cohea Street in Jackson.
- Property at 136 East Cohea Street will be developed to tell the story of former slave Mary Scott Green and other Mississippi midwives.
- Property at 138 East Cohea Street will be developed as a house museum to tell the family story of midwife Virginia Scott Ford.
- Effective date is July 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
Appropriation; Archives and History for Scott Ford House to develop two historic properties in Jackson.
Last Action
Died In Committee
2/22/2017
Committee Referrals
Appropriations2/15/2017
Full Bill Text
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