NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 570

HOUSE BILL 773

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 14-135, RELATING TO CUTTING OR REMOVING ANOTHER'S TIMBER IN GRANVILLE COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. G. S. 14-135 as the same appears in the 1963 Cumulative Supplement to the General Statutes, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

"In Granville County before any person, firm or corporation shall begin cutting timber on his own land, or upon another's land, under contract, he shall give written notice, by registered mail, to all adjacent landowners of his intention to cut such timber at least fifteen (15) days prior to the time such cutting is to commence. After such notice is given to adjacent landowners, and if such landowners have caused their property lines to be clearly marked, any person, firm or corporation who shall cut or remove any timber from the lands of any adjacent property owner, or shall fail to give the notice of his intention to cut such timber, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined or imprisoned in the discretion of the court, and shall also be liable to the adjacent landowners in an amount equal to double the value of the timber so cut or removed."

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 1965.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of May, 1965.