NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 298

HOUSE BILL 202

AN ACT TO PREVENT THE TAKING OF DEER ON THE CHOWAN RIVER WITH THE AID OF BOATS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to take or kill any deer in or within one hundred (100) yards of the Chowan River lying in the area commencing on the Virginia State line on the East or Gates County side of the river and following the river to the Gates and Chowan County line, and in the area commencing on the Virginia State line on the West or Hertford County side of the river and following the river to the Hertford and Bertie County line, with the aid of any boat or other floating device.

Sec. 2. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) and not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisoned for not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days.

Sec. 3. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this Act.

Sec. 4. This Act shall not prohibit the transportation of hunters or their legally taken game up or down the Chowan River.

Sec. 5. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to any of the tributaries or creeks which lie within the specified area set forth in this Act.

Sec. 6. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 7. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 15th day of April, 1959.