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Sec. 3. Repeal of conflicting laws.
   All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
(Sess. Laws 1973, ch. 258, § 3.)
Sec. 4. Effective date; ratification.
   This act shall become effective upon ratification.
   In the general assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of April, 1973.
(Sess. Laws 1973, ch. 258, § 4.)
   ARTICLE XXI. AN ACT PROHIBITING THE RUNNING AND CHASING OF DEER WITH DOGS BETWEEN MARCH 1 AND JUNE 30 IN DARE COUNTY.
Editor’s Note:
   The preamble to Sess. Laws 1973, ch. 259, from which this article is derived, read as follows:
   “Whereas, the wildlife resources commission indicates that the peak of the fawn drop in eastern North Carolina is from March 1 through June 30 and that does and fawns are highly vulnerable during this period; and
   Whereas, one of the primary causes for the decrease in the deer population in eastern North Carolina is the unnecessary killing of doe deer by dogs when the deer are heavy with fawn and unable to escape the dogs;
   Now, therefore, “The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts”:
Sec. 1. Running or chasing deer with dogs prohibited between March 1 and June 30.
   It shall be unlawful for any person, by or with the use of dogs, to run or chase deer between March 1 and June 30.
(Sess. Laws 1973, ch. 259, § 1.)
Sec. 2. Allowing dogs to run or chase deer prohibited between March 1 and June 30.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to allow dogs to run or chase deer between March 1 and June 30. (Sess. Laws 1973, ch. 259, § 2.)
Sec. 3. Penalties.
   Violation of this act shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, or both, at the discretion of the court.
(Sess. Laws 1973, ch. 259, § 3.)
Sec. 4. Applicability of act.
   This act shall apply to all of Dare County except the mainland and Durants Island.
(Sess. Laws 1973, ch. 259, § 4; Sess. Laws. 1979, ch. 961, § 4.)
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