1891_private laws_41_69
CHAPTER 40 An act to consolidate and revise the charter of the town of Salem. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
That if any person shall attempt by force or by threat of violence to prevent the removal to the hospital or place selected by the mayor as aforesaid of any person ordered to be conveyed thither, the person so offending shall forfeit and pay to the town one hundred dollars, and moreover be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.