NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 830
SENATE BILL 435

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 7‑70 RELATING TO THE TERMS OF SUPERIOR COURT TO BE HELD IN LEE COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  That portion of G.S. 7‑70 which sets forth the terms of Superior Court to be held in Lee County is hereby amended by rewriting the first paragraph thereof to read as follows:
"The fifth Monday before the first Monday in March to continue one week for the trial of criminal and civil cases, with priority given to criminal cases; the fourth Monday before the first Monday in March to continue one week for the trial of civil cases only; the third Monday after the first Monday in March to continue one week for the trial of criminal cases only; the fifth Monday before the first Monday in September to continue one week for the trial of criminal cases only; the fourth Monday before the first Monday in September to continue one week for the trial of civil cases only; the first Monday after the first Monday in September to continue one week for the trial of criminal and civil cases, with priority given to criminal cases; the second Monday after the first Monday in September to continue one week for the trial of civil cases only; the eighth Monday after the first Monday in September to continue one week for the trial of criminal cases only; the twelfth Monday after the first Monday in September to continue one week for the trial of civil cases only."
Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3.  This Act shall become effective July 1, 1961.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 15th day of June, 1961.