NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 823
HOUSE BILL 1010

AN ACT REWRITING NUMBERED PARAGRAPH 15 OF G. S. 14‑335 RELATING TO THE PUNISHMENT FOR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS IN AVERY COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That numbered paragraph 15 of G. S. 14‑335 be and the same is hereby rewritten to read as follows:
"15. If any person shall be found drunk or intoxicated on the public highway, or at any public place or meeting in Avery County, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days. If any person shall be found drunk and disorderly in any public place or on any public road or street in said county, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) or be imprisoned for not exceeding thirty (30) days, in the discretion of the court."
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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.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 9th day of June, 1959.