NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 757

HOUSE BILL 922

 

 

AN ACT RELATING TO THE PUNISHMENT FOR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. G. S. 14-335 is hereby amended by adding a new subsection immediately following subsection 17, as it appears in the 1957 Cumulative Supplement to the General Statutes, to be numbered subsection 18, and to read as follows:

"18. In Beaufort County, for the first offense, by a fine of not more than ten dollars ($10.00), or imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days; for the second offense within a period of twelve (12) months, by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00), or imprisonment for not more than sixty (60) days; for the third offense or greater within a period of twelve (12) months, the offense is declared to be a misdemeanor, punishable within the discretion of the court."

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 on and after July 1, 1959.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of June, 1959.