1965/66/67 session laws – Ch.355 Sec.3
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CHAPTER 355 AN ACT AMENDING G. S. 14-129 (RELATING TO THE TAKING OF CERTAIN WILD PLANTS FROM THE LAND OF ANOTHER) AS THE SAME APPLIES TO AVERY, MITCHELL AND WATAUGA COUNTIES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
G. S. 14-129 is further amended by adding at the end thereof anew paragraph as follows: In addition to the plants, shrubs and trees named in the preceding paragraph, it shall be unlawful in Avery, Mitchell and Watauga Counties for any person, firm, or corporation to dig, pull up, or take or attempt to dig, pull up or take from the land of another or from any public domain, the whole or any part of any plant, shrub, tree or seedling grown as, or intended as nursery stock, without having in his possession a permit to dig up, pull up or take such plants, signed by the owner of such land, or by his duly authorized agent. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this Section shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) or by confinement in jail for 30 days, or by both fine and confinement in jail, in the discretion of the court.