1907_public laws_471_4
CHAPTER 470 AN ACT TO GIVE RAILWAY CONDUCTORS AUTHORITY TO ARREST CERTAIN PERSONS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That all passenger conductors of railroad trains and station or depot agents are hereby declared to be special police of the State of North Carolina, with full power and authority to make arrests for offenses committed in their presence or view, or for felony, or on sworn complaint for misdemeanor, except that the conductors shall only have such power on board of their respective trains or their railroad right-of-way, and the agents at their respective stations; and said conductors and agents may cause any person or persons so arrested by them to be detained and delivered to the proper authority for trial as soon as possible.