NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

CHAPTER 819

HOUSE BILL 1001

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF TOOTHED JAWED SPRING TRAPS ON THE LANDS OF OTHERS IN NEW HANOVER, BRUNSWICK AND PENDER COUNTIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to set any spring trap, commonly known as a "steel trap", greater in size and spring tension than those commonly known as Number Two (#2) traps, on any lands not owned by such person. Provided, that such traps may be set on the lands of another when prior written consent for the setting of such traps has been obtained from the owner of the lands.

Sec. 2. Any person violating this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) or by confinement in jail for not more than thirty (30) days.

Sec. 3. This Act shall apply to New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender Counties only.

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. 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 11th day of June, 1963.