NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1061

HOUSE BILL 714

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE SHERIFF OF MITCHELL COUNTY TO APPOINT ADDITIONAL DEPUTIES SHERIFF.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The Sheriff of Mitchell County is authorized to appoint two deputies sheriff for Mitchell County. The deputies so appointed shall receive as compensation for their services the sum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per month, payable by the Board of County Commissioners out of the General Fund of Mitchell County.

Sec. 2. In addition to all other compensation allowed him by law, the Sheriff of Mitchell County shall be paid out of the general fund of said county the sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) for each term of Superior Court held in said county. This sum shall be due and payable upon the adjournment of each such term of court.

Sec. 2½. That the Board of County Commissioners of Mitchell County be and it is hereby required to place, at county expense, in the automobiles used by the Sheriff of Mitchell County and his salaried deputies in the performance of their official duties two-way radio sets connected with the radios of the Spruce Pine Police and Fire Departments. Said board of county commissioners is further required to place, at county expense, in the Mitchell County jail a sending and a receiving radio set for use in connection with such radio system. If the purpose can be accomplished more economically in cooperation with the Civil Defense Administration, said board of commissioners is authorized to install such equipment in cooperation with the Civil Defense Administration. When such radio system is installed, the sheriff shall be paid an additional one hundred dollars ($100.00) per month for the operation of his automobile upon official business.

Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This Act shall be in full force and effect on and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of June, 1959.