1913_public local laws_684_6
CHAPTER 683 AN ACT TO PROMOTE RAISING QUAIL IN STANLY AND DAVIDSON COUNTIES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That if the citizens of Stanly and Davidson counties, or any township in said counties, desire that any section or all of said act shall be put in force in said counties, they shall first file with the board of commissioners of said counties a petition signed by a majority of the qualified voters in said counties or in any township thereof, as the case may be, setting out fully and concisely what provisions of this act they desire to be put in force; then it shall be the duty of the board of commissioners of said counties at said meeting to make an order setting forth what section or sections of this act shall be put in force in said counties or any township therein, and a copy of said order shall be entered upon the records in which the records of their meetings are kept and a copy thereof filed and recorded in the office of register of deeds for the county, and posted at the courthouse door for thirty days and published in some newspaper published at the countyseat for four successive weeks, and from and after the expiration of the time set out in said order any section or sections therein included shall be in force in the counties or township, as the case may be, and all provisions of any other section herein which is necessary to enforce the same shall be in force from and after said date, and any person violating either of said sections shall be guilty of a misdemeanor as heretofore provided.