NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 498

HOUSE BILL 401

 

 

AN ACT TO GIVE THE SHERIFF OF RICHMOND COUNTY THE CARE, CUSTODY AND CONTROL OF THE JAIL OF SAID COUNTY; TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN DEPUTY SHERIFFS AND FIX THEIR COMPENSATION, AND TO PROVIDE CERTAIN ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE OFFICE OF SHERIFF OF RICHMOND COUNTY, AND TO FIX THE COMPENSATION OF THE CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR HIS SERVICES AS JUVENILE JUDGE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The Sheriff of Richmond County shall have the care, control and custody of the jail of Richmond County, and said sheriff is hereby invested with the administration, supervision, maintenance and operation of said jail of Richmond County. The Sheriff of Richmond County is hereby authorized and directed to appoint a jailer for said jail and such other assistants and employees as the said sheriff shall determine to be necessary for the proper and competent operation of said jail of Richmond County, including the right on the part of said sheriff to require said jailer so appointed by him to furnish a proper and valid bond for the faithful performance of his duties and of the other employees and assistants connected with the operation of said jail. The jailer appointed by the Sheriff of Richmond County shall be paid such salary or compensation as may be fixed by the said sheriff within a salary range of a minimum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) per month up to a maximum of three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) per month as shall be determined by said sheriff, All compensation, salaries and expenses for the operation of said jail of Richmond County, including food and medical expenses, shall be paid out of the general fund of the county, including the premium on any bond which may be required by the sheriff on the part of said jailer. In addition to any other compensation received or paid to the Sheriff of Richmond County the said sheriff shall receive and be paid the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per month for his services in connection with the care, custody and operation of said jail, and it shall be the duty of the Board of Commissioners of Richmond County to pay this allowance monthly out of the general fund of Richmond County. All jail fees which are collected shall be paid into the general fund of the county.

Sec. 2. In addition to all other allowances and compensation, the Sheriff of Richmond County shall be allowed and paid from the general fund of the county the sum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per month for the purchase, use, repair and maintenance of his automobile, including transportation costs, gasoline, oil and adequate insurance on said automobile.

Sec. 3. In addition to any special deputy sheriffs, part-time deputy sheriffs, and in addition to the jailer performing the duties of a deputy sheriff, if so appointed, the Sheriff of Richmond County is hereby authorized to appoint and hire seven (7) additional deputy sheriffs who shall be paid or compensated within a salary range of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per month as a minimum and up to and not to exceed three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) per month as a maximum, the exact amount of such compensation or salary to be fixed by the Sheriff of Richmond County, and said salaries or compensation shall be paid out of the general fund of the county.

Sec. 4. In addition to any special deputy sheriffs and part-time deputy sheriffs, the Sheriff of Richmond County now has six (6) deputy sheriffs; and the intent and purpose of this bill is to allow him to employ one additional full-time deputy, so that he will then have seven (7) full-time deputy sheriffs.

Sec. 5. Upon the written request of the Sheriff of Richmond County, filed in the office of the Board of Commissioners, it shall be the duty of the board to purchase and furnish an automobile for each full-time deputy not exceeding seven (7) in all, which shall be turned over to the Sheriff of Richmond County for use by his deputies. The deputies now employed by the sheriff are furnished with automobiles owned by the county; and it is not the intent and purpose of this Act to require the purchase of seven (7) new automobiles. The purpose of this Act is to require that all full-time deputies of the sheriff, not to exceed seven (7) in number, shall be furnished by the county with an automobile for their official use.

Sec. 6. The county commissioners shall provide, out of the general county fund, for the upkeep, repairs, insurance, gasoline, and oil for each of the automobiles allowed the Sheriff's Department under this Act; and, in order that said automobiles may be promptly repaired and always ready for service, the county commissioners shall designate three (3) repair garages, at any one of which such repairs may be made.

Sec. 7. If the Sheriff of Richmond County elects not to use his own automobile for official business, he shall so notify the Board of Commissioners in writing; and it shall be the duty of the board to provide for him, out of county funds, an automobile for his official use and to pay for the necessary upkeep, repairs, insurance, gasoline, and oil. If the sheriff shall exercise his option to be furnished with a county-owned car under this Section, he shall not be entitled to the allowance of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) provided for in Section 2 of this Act; but his car shall be maintained and repaired by the county under the provisions of this Section.

Sec. 8. In addition to the clerical assistant now employed in the office of the Sheriff of Richmond County, the said sheriff is authorized and empowered to employ one (1) additional clerical assistant to be utilized in rendering clerical services in the office of the Sheriff of Richmond County, and the compensation of each assistant shall be fixed by the Sheriff of Richmond County within a salary range of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175.00) per month as a minimum up to two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per month as a maximum.

Sec. 9. The Clerk of the Superior Court for Richmond County shall have the right to employ two (2) assistant clerks and two (2) deputy clerks with salaries to be determined by him at a minimum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) per month and a maximum of three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) per month, the salaries to be paid out of the general fund of the county. The Clerk of the Superior Court of Richmond County shall receive twelve hundred dollars ($1200.00) per annum, payable one hundred dollars ($100.00) per month, as Judge of the Juvenile Court.

Sec. 10. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 11. 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 25th day of May, 1961.