An Act to Amend Chapter 107, Section 66, of the Revised Code, Relating to Free Negroes Having Arms, ch. 34, § 1, 1860 N.C. Sess. Laws, Pub. Laws 68, 68 (John Spelman 1861).
“Chap. 34. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 107, SECTION 66, OF THE REVISED CODE, RELATING TO FREE NEGROES HAVING ARMS.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That chapter 107, section 66, of the Revised Code, be amended to read as follows: If any free negro shall wear or carry about his person or keep in his house any shot gun, musket, rifle, pistol, sword, sword cane, dagger, bowie knife, powder or shot, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction fined not less than fifty dollars.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws empowering the several county courts of the State to grant licenses to free negroes to carry fire arms, be and the same are hereby repealed. [Ratified the 23rd day of February, 1861.]”
Public Laws of the State of North Carolina Passed by the General Assembly at the Session of 1860-1861: Together with the Comptroller's Statement of Public Revenue and Expenditure (Raleigh, NC: John Spelman, 1861), 68. Chapter 34—An Act to Amend Chapter 107, Section 66, of the Revised Code, Relating to Free Negroes Having Arms, § 1. Ratified February 23, 1861.