The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person to sell, or otherwise dispose of with a view to remuneration, any spirituous liquors, or substances that produce or may produce intoxication, within two miles of Lenoir College, in Hickory Township, Catawba County, North Carolina.

Sec. 2. That any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, at the discretion of the court.

Sec. 3. That none of the provisions or requirements of sections three thousand one hundred and eleven (3111) and three thousand one hundred and twelve (3112), of The Code, that may not have been complied with in this Act, shall be so construed as to invalidate any of the provisions herein contained, and that the provisions of said sections shall not apply to this Act.

Sec. 4. That the provisions of this Act shall not be construed so as to interfere with, or in any way invalidate, the rights and privileges already acquired by the city of Hickory under its existing charter.

Sec. 5. That this Act shall be in force from and after its ratification.

Ratified the 13th day of March, A.D. 1895.

Elias Carr, Governor
Rufus A. Doughton, Lt. Governor and President of the Senate
Zebulon Vance Walser, Speaker of the House of Representatives

State of North Carolina,
Office of Secretary of State,
Raleigh, May 23rd, 1895.

I, Octavius Coke, Secretary of State, hereby certify that the
foregoing (manuscript) are true copies of the original acts and
resolutions on file in this office.

Octavius Coke,
Secretary of State.