State v. . Blake
Supreme Court of North Carolina
' Appeal by defendant from Long, J., at October Term, 1911, Of HENDERSON. Tbe facts are sufficiently stated in tbe opinion of tbe Court by Mr. Chief Justice Ciarle.
1Opinion of the Court
ClaRK, O. J.
Chapter 184, Public-Local Laws 1911, makes it “unlawful for any one to permit bis or ber setter or pointer dog to run at large during tbe closed season for quail” in Henderson County.
• This statute was enacted to protect game birds and is a valid exercise of tbe police power of tbe State. Lawton v. Steel, 152 U. S., 153; Greer v. Conn, 161 U. S., 591; S. v. Gallop, 126 N. C., 979; Daniels v. Homer, 139 N. C., 222.
Public-local acts, passed in tbe exercise of tbe police power, wbicb apply only to certain localities, are valid. Sucb legislation has always been held to be within tbe…
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