NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1073

HOUSE BILL 1048

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 2-42, G. S. 14-269 AND ARTICLE 53 OF CHAPTER 14 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO THE POSSESSION AND SALE OF WEAPONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. G. S. 14-269(b) is amended by striking out the words "clerk of the superior court" wherever they appear in the Section and substituting therefor the word "sheriff", it being the intent and purpose of this Act to transfer to the sheriffs the duties now performed by the Clerks of the Superior Court in disposing of confiscated weapons.

Sec. 2. Article 53 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by striking out the word "clerk" and the words "clerk of the superior court" wherever they appear in said Article and substituting therefor the word "sheriff", it being the intent and purpose of this Act to transfer to the sheriffs the duties now performed by the Clerks of the Superior Court in issuing permits for the purchase of weapons and keeping the records of issuance of such permits and all other duties incident to the purchase, sale, and ownership of weapons.

Sec. 3. G. S. 2-42 is hereby amended by striking out paragraph 35 of the Section.

Sec. 4. This Act shall not apply to the following counties: Ashe, Avery, Bertie, Bladen, Cherokee, Currituck, Davie, Duplin, Franklin, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Hertford, Iredell, Jackson, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Moore, Pamlico, Pender, Perquimans, Person, Polk, Rockingham, Sampson, Stokes, Tyrrell, Union, Vance, Warren, Washington, Watauga, Wilson, and Yancey.

Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6. This Act shall become effective on and after July 1, 1959.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of June, 1959.