NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 509

HOUSE BILL 712

 

 

AN ACT RELATING TO THE OPERATION OR PLAYING OF POOL OR BILLIARDS ON SUNDAY IN THE RURAL AREAS OF LEE COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to operate or play or permit to be operated or played the game of pool or billiards at any place in Lee County on Sunday outside of the corporate limits of the City of Sanford.

Sec. 2. Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this Act shall be punished by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, in the discretion of the court.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 12th day of May, 1959.