NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 546

HOUSE BILL 765

AN ACT RELATING TO THE PUNISHMENT FOR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS IN BUNCOMBE 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 18, as it appears in the 1959 Cumulative Supplement to the General Statutes, to be numbered Subsection 19, and to read as follows:

"19. In Buncombe County, by a fine, on the first offense, of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00), 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 one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisonment for not more than sixty (60) days; and for a third or subsequent conviction of the same offense within any twelve (12) months period, such is to be declared a misdemeanor, punishable as a misdemeanor, 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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of May, 1961.