NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 651

HOUSE BILL 688

 

 

AN ACT TO PERMIT PROFESSIONAL BONDSMEN WHO ARE OFFICERS OF A DULY AUTHORIZED LIFE SAVING AND RESCUE SQUAD TO SERVE ALSO AS DEPUTY SHERIFFS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Any professional bondsman who is an officer of a duly authorized Life Saving and Rescue Squad may also serve as a deputy sheriff; provided, any such bondsman shall file in the office of the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which he resides an affidavit from the captain or leader of such Life Saving and Rescue Squad stating that he is an officer of said Life Saving and Rescue Squad and that it is necessary for the efficient performance of rescue work that said bondsman be deputized.

Sec. 2. No bondsman shall become bail for any person he arrests.

Sec. 3. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to lessen the present requirements for a deputy sheriff to post a sufficient bond to guarantee the faithful performance of his duties.

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. This Act shall only apply to Gaston County.

Sec. 6. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 6th day of June, 1961.