NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1156

SENATE BILL 479

 

 

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN BUSINESS ACTIVITIES ON SUNDAY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Article 44 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Section immediately following G.S. 14‑346.1, to be designated as G.S. 14‑346.2, and to read as follows:

"G.S. 14‑346.2.  Any person, firm or corporation who engages on Sunday in the business of selling, or sells or offers for sale, on such day, at retail, clothing and wearing apparel, clothing accessories, furniture, housewares, home, business or office furnishings, household, business or office appliances, hardware, tools, paints, building and lumber supply materials, jewelry, silverware, watches, clocks, luggage, musical instruments and recordings, excluding novelties, toys, souvenirs, and articles necessary for making repairs and performing services, shall, upon conviction thereof be fined or imprisoned in the discretion of the court.

"Each separate sale or offer to sell shall constitute a separate offense."

Sec. 1.5.  The governing board of any incorporated city or town may, by resolution, exempt said city or town from the operation of this Act. The county commissioners in any county by resolution may exempt all or any portions of the unincorporated area of the county from the operation of this Act.

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  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall become effective October 1, 1961.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of June, 1961.