NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 1106

HOUSE BILL 1280

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BIRD SANCTUARIES IN THE TOWNS OF ARCHDALE AND TRINITY IN RANDOLPH COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The non-functioning incorporated municipalities of Archdale and Trinity in Randolph County are hereby declared bird sanctuaries.

Sec. 2. The protection of this Act shall not extend to any birds classed predatory by the Wildlife Resources Commission in the General Statutes of North Carolina.

Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, kill or trap any birds within the territorial limits of the non-functioning incorporated municipalities of Archdale and Trinity in Randolph County. Any person violating the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisoned not more than thirty (30) days.

Sec. 4. This Act shall apply only to the non-functioning incorporated municipalities of Archdale and Trinity in Randolph County.

Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 1959.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of June, 1959.