NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 224
HOUSE BILL 243

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OF CRIMINAL CASES FROM THE BESSEMER CITY RECORDER'S COURT TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OF GASTON COUNTY WHEN TRIAL BY JURY IS DEMANDED.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. G. S. 7‑204 shall not apply to the Recorder's Court of the Town of Bessemer City.
Sec. 2. In the trial of any criminal case in the Recorder's Court of the Town of Bessemer City, upon demand for a jury by the defendant, the Recorder shall transfer said case to the Superior Court of Gaston County for trial, and the defendant shall execute a new bond in an amount fixed by the Recorder for his appearance at the next term of the Superior Court of Gaston County.
Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. This Act shall be in full force from and after its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of April, 1959.