1901 N.C. Sess. Laws 160, Pub. Laws, An Act to Prohibit Shooting Guns and Pistols in the Town of Roper in Washington County, §§ 1, 2.

§ 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person wantonly, or in sport to shoot or discharge any gun or pistol in, or within two hundred yards or any street in, or any public road leading out of the town of Roper, in the county of Washington, for a distance of one-half mile form the place where the post-office in said town was located on the first day of January, 1901. § 2. That any person violating section one of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not to exceed fifty dollars, or imprisoned not to exceed thirty days.