NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 870

HOUSE BILL 1043

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 14 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO THE BURNING OF SCHOOLHOUSES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 14-60 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Sec. 14-60.  Burning of Schoolhouses or Buildings. If any person shall willfully set fire or attempt to set fire to any schoolhouse or building owned, leased or used by any public or private school, college or educational institution, or procure the same to be done, he shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the State's prison or the county jail, and may also be fined, in 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  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 8th day of June, 1965.