NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 367

HOUSE BILL 494

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 51‑3 RELATING TO CAPACITY FOR MARRIAGE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 51‑3, as the same presently appears in the 1959 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 2A of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by striking out the words "or Indian" as the same appear immediately after the word "Negro" and immediately before the comma in line 2, immediately after the word "Negro" and immediately before the word "descent" in line 3, immediately after the word "Negro" and immediately before the comma in line 15, and immediately before the word "descent" in line 16 thereof.

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be effective from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of May, 1961.