NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 569

HOUSE BILL 771

 

 

AN ACT CREATING A BIRD SANCTUARY WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF ATKINSON IN PENDER COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. From and after the ratification of this Act, all that territory embraced within the territorial limits of the Town of Atkinson in Pender County shall be a bird sanctuary.

Sec. 2. From and after the ratification of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, kill or trap any birds within the territorial limits referred to in Section 1 of this Act. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisoned for not more than 30 days.

Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. 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 14th day of May, 1965.