NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 926

HOUSE BILL 1120

 

 

AN ACT MAKING THE PRACTICE OF PHRENOLOGY, PALMISTRY, FORTUNE TELLING OR CLAIRVOYANCE UNLAWFUL IN PITT COUNTY EXCEPT AS SPECIFIED.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person to practice the arts of phrenology, palmistry, fortune telling, clairvoyance or other crafts of similar kind in the County of Pitt. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Provided, that the provisions of this Act shall not apply to any person who has been a bona fide resident of said County of Pitt for fifteen or more years prior to the ratification of this Act and is a freeholder in said county.

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. 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, 1959.