NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1143

HOUSE BILL 1231

 

 

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT ANY PERSON FROM HUNTING DEER WITH A RIFLE HAVING A BORE LARGER THAN TWENTY-TWO (.22) CALIBER.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt deer with a rifle of a larger bore than twenty-two (.22) caliber.

Sec. 2. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined a sum not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisonment not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both, in the discretion of the court.

Sec. 3. This Act shall apply to Scotland County only.

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. 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 18th day of June, 1959.