NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 160

HOUSE BILL 509

 

AN ACT CREATING A WILDLIFE PRESERVE AND BIRD SANCTUARY IN SNUG HARBOR IN PERQUIMANS COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. There is hereby created a wildlife preserve and bird sanctuary in Snug Harbor, Bethel Township, Perquimans County. Said wildlife preserve and bird sanctuary shall embrace all of the lands described in plats recorded in the Public Registry of Perquimans County and more particularly set out as follows:

"Section 'A' of Snug Harbor, Plat Book 4, Page 1.

"Section 'B' of Snug Harbor, Plat Book 4, Page 3.

"Section 'C' of Snug Harbor, Plat Book 4, Page 11.

"Section 'D' of Snug Harbor, Plat Book 4, Page 33.

"Section 'E' of Snug Harbor, Plat Book 4, Page 51.

"Section 'F' of Snug Harbor, Plat Book 4, Page 53.

"Amended Map of Lots 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, in

Section 'D' of Snug Harbor, Plat Book 4, Page 73.

"Section 'G' of Snug Harbor, Plat Book 4, Page 109.

"Section 'H' of Snug Harbor, Plat Book 4, Page 115.

"Section 'L' of Snug Harbor, Plat Book 4, Page 123.

"Section 'M' of Snug Harbor, Plat Book 4, Page 125.

"Amended Lots in Section 'B' and 'C' of Snug Harbor

Plat Book 4, Page 127.

"Section 'J' of Snug Harbor, Plat Book 4, Page 135.

"Section 'K' of Snug Harbor, Plat Book 4, Page 137.

"Section 'N' of Snug Harbor, Plat Book 4, Page 163.

"Section 'P' of Snug Harbor, Plat Book 4, Page 169.

"Revised Map of Section 'N' of Snug Harbor, Plat

Book 4, Page 173."

Sec. 2. It is the intent and purpose of this act to establish a wildlife preserve and bird sanctuary for the preservation and protection of all birds and animals which are or may be found on or in Snug Harbor.

Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful to trap, hunt, shoot, or otherwise kill or attempt to trap, hunt, shoot, or otherwise kill within the sanctuary herein established all birds and animals. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 30 days or by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00), or both fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of the court.

Sec. 4. This act shall become effective 30 days after ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of April, 1973.