Cauble v. City of Asheville

BRANCH, Chief Justice.

The sole issue presented for decision is whether article IX, section 7, of our Constitution requires that the clear proceeds of the monies paid to defendant for violations of its overtime parking ordinance be appropriated to Buncombe County for the maintenance of its public schools. The pertinent provision of the North Carolina Constitution provides as follows:

All moneys, stocks, bonds, and other property belonging to a county school fund, and the clear proceeds of all penalties and forfeitures and of all fines collected in the several counties for any breach of the…