1899_public laws_427_2
CHAPTER 426 An act for the protection of poultry and birds in Davidson county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: 
That on and after the fifteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the superior court of Davidson county to pay to the bearer the sum of twenty-five cents for each and every hawk scalp taken in Davidson county: Provided, that sparrow and broad-winged or mouse hawks are exempted.