NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 657
HOUSE BILL 684

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROPER DISPOSAL OF DEAD ANIMALS IN CHEROKEE COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The improper disposal of dead animals and poultry by allowing same to remain on the surface of the ground or by placing or allowing them to be placed along or into any stream, drainage ditch, or other body of water in Cherokee County, is hereby declared to be against public policy and to be a public nuisance.
Sec. 2. No person, firm, or corporation shall allow any dead cattle, swine, poultry, or any other dead animal to remain on the surface of the ground for more than twenty‑four hours, nor shall any person, firm, or corporation owning or responsible for such animals place or allow the placing of their carcasses into or immediately adjacent to any drainage ditch, stream, or other body of water in Cherokee County.
Sec. 3. Any person, firm, or corporation owning or responsible for dead animals or poultry that shall fail to properly dispose of same or that shall violate any of the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense at the discretion of the court.
Sec. 4. The enforcement of this Act shall be the responsibility of the Health Director of Cherokee County and for the purpose of administering this responsibility he or his duly authorized representative is hereby empowered to enter upon any public or private property for the purpose of making investigations as to the disposal of dead animals or poultry.
Sec. 5. This Act shall apply to Cherokee County only.
Sec. 6. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 7. 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 28th day of May, 1959.