2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 106-519. Commissioners may refuse to license shows within five miles.

§ 106‑519.  Commissioners may refuse to license shows within five miles.

The county commissioners of any county in North Carolina in which there is a regularly organized agricultural fair may refuse to allow any circus, menagerie, wild West show, dog and pony show, or carnival show, to exhibit within five miles of such fair from its beginning to its ending: Provided, that notice is given the sheriff by the commissioners of said county not to issue such license to said entertainments 60 days prior to the date of such exhibition. (1913, c. 163, s. 1; C.S., s. 4957.)