1935 public laws – Ch.493 Sec.24
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CHAPTER 493 AN ACT TO EXEMPT PASQUOTANK COUNTY FROM THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE EIGHT OF CHAPTER SIXTY- SIX, VOLUME THREE, OF THE CONSOLIDATED STAT- UTES, KNOWN AS THE TURLINGTON ACT, AND TO SET UP AN ALCOHOLIC CONTROL BOARD FOR THE COUNTY OF PASQUOTANK. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to permit the manufacture of alcoholic beverages in North Carolina except in such manner as is now prescribed by law. SEc. 24%. Provided, that this act shall not become effective until approved by a majority vote of the qualified voters of Pasquotank, Pitt, Beaufort, Martin, Halifax, Edgecombe, Carteret, Craven, Onslow, Wilson, Greene, Lenoir, Warren, Vance, Franklin and Nash Counties participating in an election to be held in said counties upon the call of the Board of County Commissioners of said respective counties to be held within sixty -60 days from the ratification of this act, the same to be held under the same laws, rules and regulations as govern the election of members of the General Assembly, and at said election those who favor said control act shall vote a ballot on which shall appear the words For Control Act and those opposed shall vote a ballot on which shall appear the words Against Control Act and the County Board of Elections of each of said counties shall provide said ballots and conduct said election, and canvass the returns as provided by law in General Elections: Provided, further, that this act shall become effective in the counties described in Section One if and when ratified by a majority of the qualified voters voting in said election in each of said counties. Provided that the elections herein provided for as to counties shall not be held in any county unless and until called by the Board of County Commissioners of that county and nothing herein contained shall be construed as compelling the Board of County Commissioners to call such an election and the provisions of this act as to the repeal of the Turlington Act shall not apply until such an election shall be held and determined as provided herein. Sec. 2434 Wherever the word board is used in this act, it shall be construed to mean the plural or the singular and to refer to the board or boards in each or all of said counties as the necessity of such construction and interpretation shall demand, in order to effectuate the TRUE intent and purposes of this act. :