NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 1256
SENATE BILL 514

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MARTIN COUNTY AND THE GOVERNING BODIES OF THE VARIOUS MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN SAID COUNTY TO ENACT ORDINANCES REGULATING THE OPERATION OF JUKE BOXES IN SAID COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That the Board of County Commissioners of Martin County be and it is hereby authorized to enact ordinances providing that it shall be unlawful to operate automatic coin‑operated phonographs, commonly known as jukeboxes, from midnight on Saturday of each week until 9:00 a. m. on the following Monday, and during the hours between 1:00 a. m. and 9:00 a. m. on each of the other days of the week, Tuesdays through Saturdays, inclusive, in any cafe, restaurant, or other place of business in Martin County outside the territorial limits of any incorporated town except in cafes and restaurants rated as Grade A by the State Board of Health.
That the governing body of any municipality within Martin County be and it is hereby authorized to enact ordinances providing that it shall be unlawful to operate such automatic coin‑operated phonographs or jukeboxes from midnight on Saturday of each week until 9:00 a. m. on the following Monday, and during the hours between 1:00 a. m. and 9:00 a. m. on each of the other days of the week, Tuesdays through Saturdays, inclusive, in any cafe, restaurant, or other place of business located within the territorial limits of such municipality except in cafes and restaurants rated as Grade A by the State Board of Health.
Sec. 2. That the Board of County Commissioners of Martin County be and it is hereby further authorized to pass ordinances making it unlawful to operate such automatic coin‑operated phonographs or jukeboxes for commercial purposes in any private home in said county outside the territorial limits of any incorporated town; and the governing body of any municipality within said county be and it is hereby authorized to pass ordinances making it unlawful to operate such automatic coin‑operated phonographs or jukeboxes for commercial purposes in any private home within the territorial limits of such municipality.
Sec. 3. That the Board of County Commissioners and the other governing bodies of each of the municipalities within Martin County be and they are further authorized to provide in said ordinances that a violation of the same shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by fine or imprisonment or both, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of 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 20th day of June, 1959.