NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 424

HOUSE BILL 585

AN ACT CREATING A BIRD SANCTUARY AND PROHIBITING THE DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS IN THE TOWN OF WHITE LAKE IN BLADEN COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That from and after the ratification of this Act, all that territory embraced within the territorial limits of the Town of White Lake in Bladen County shall be a Bird Sanctuary.

Sec. 2. From and after the ratification of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person, except law enforcement officers in the conduct of their duties, to discharge a firearm of any type within the corporate limits of the Town of White Lake. Any person violating the provisions of this Act 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. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. 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 16th day of May, 1961.