1901 public laws – Ch.323 Sec.1
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CHAPTER 323 An act for the relief of certain citizens. WHEREAS, The Supreme Court of North Carolina decided in the case of State ex rel. Boonhill vs. V. G. Thompson at Febru- ary Term, 1898, that the same person can not hold the office of County Commissioner, and also be a member of the Board of Education; and, WHEREAS, Certain persons honestly believing that they had the right to hold both positions, did hold the same, till the rendition of said decision, and thereby incurred the penalty pre- scribed in section 1870 of The Code, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That all persons who held the office of County Commissioner and the office of member of the Board of Education at the same time prior to and up to the first day of July, 1898, be and they are hereby relieved and shall not be held liable tor the penalty prescribed in section 1870 of The Code, or for any other penalty by reason of the holding of the said two offices.