1949_session laws_940_4
1014 CHAPTER 939 AN ACT CREATING AN AGRICULTURAL AND BREED- ERS ASSOCIATION FOR THE COUNTY OF PASQUO- TANK ON APPROVAL BY THE VOTERS OF SAID COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That when the commission shall have granted a franchise or privilege as aforesaid to any corporation as aforesaid, the said corporation is hereby fully authorized and empowered to legally construct, build, carry on, maintain and operate a park, driving ground or race course outside the corporate limits of the City of Elizabeth City, but inside the corporate limits of Pasquotank County and to conduct and to maintain therein horse races: Provided, however, that no race or racing shall be conducted on Sunday and no race or racing shall begin or commence before the hour of one P. M. Eastern Standard Time, and that no person under the age of twenty-one years shall be admitted as a patron within the grounds of said park, driving ground or race course unless such person is accompanied by his or her parent or guardian, and such corporation is hereby expressly granted full power and authority to operate and maintain what is generally known as Pari Mutuel Machines or Appliances of the kind employed and in use at recognized racing courses in America: Provided, however, that said pari mutuel machines and appliances shall only be maintained and operated within the enclosure of said park, driving ground or race course and only on days or parts of days when races or racing is being therein conducted, and it shall be legal for any and all persons legally within the enclosure of said park, driving ground or race course while said park, driving ground or race course is open for racing, to participate in the operation, or become a patron of said pari machines and appliances. Subsec. (a). Any franchise or privilege granted by the commission to any corporation under the provisions of this Act shall be and remain irrevocable so long as said corporation complies with the terms and provisions of said franchise and complies with the rules and regulations of the said commission: Provided, however, that no franchise granted to any corporation by said Agricultural and Breeders Association Commission shall be transferred or assigned to any other corporation except by and with the written consent of the commission first obtained.