NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 782

HOUSE BILL 674

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REMOVAL OF CATTLE REMAINING ON CORE BANKS IN CARTERET COUNTY.

 

WHEREAS, under the provisions of Chapter 1057 of the Session Laws of 1957, it is unlawful to permit cattle, sheep, goats, or swine to run at large on the Outer Banks of this State from and after July 1, 1958; and

WHEREAS, there are numbers of such livestock remaining on the Outer Banks in Carteret County; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for the removal of such cattle: Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. All cattle, sheep, goats and swine remaining on the Outer Bank, between Beaufort Inlet and Ocracoke Inlet in Carteret County on or after July 1, 1959, shall become the property of Carteret County and the sheriff of said county is authorized and directed to remove said cattle, sheep, goats and swine from said Banks by whatever method he may deem necessary and turn the same over to such charitable or educational institutions in Carteret County as may be designated by the Board of County Commissioners of said county.

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of June, 1959.