NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 48

HOUSE BILL 113

 

 

AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CORNELIUS AS CONTAINED IN CHAPTER 367, PRIVATE LAWS OF 1905, RELATIVE TO THE DUTIES OF THE TOWN CONSTABLE, THE CLERK AND TREASURER, AND THE COMPENSATION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. That Section 9 of Chapter 367, Private Laws of 1905, relative to the Charter of the Town of Cornelius, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence of said Section and inserting in lieu thereof the following sentences:

"That the town constable shall collect and pay over to the treasurer all taxes imposed by the town commissioners, except when this authority is exercised by the town clerk and treasurer. The constable shall collect and pay over to the treasurer all fines and costs, when execution is issued to him for that purpose, and return the same in due time to the treasurer."

Sec. 2. That Section 10 of Chapter 367, Private Laws of 1905, be and the same is hereby amended by adding a new sentence to be inserted between the first and second sentences thereof, and reading as follows:

"When the board of commissioners shall so direct, the clerk and treasurer, in lieu of the town constable, shall collect all taxes imposed by the board of commissioners."

Sec. 3. That Section 16 of Chapter 367, Private Laws of 1905, be and the same is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a sentence to read as follows:

"For their services, each member of the board of commissioners of said town shall receive the sum of four dollars ($4.00) for each regular or called meeting attended by him during his tenure in office; provided, however, that no pay shall be received by any member for more than two meetings in any calendar month."

Sec. 4. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. That this Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 6th day of March, 1959.