NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 829

SENATE BILL 424

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 206, PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS, 1937 SESSION, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 577, 1949 SESSION LAWS, RELATING TO THE GRAND JURY OF FORSYTH COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That Section 2, Chapter 206, 1937 Public-Local Laws, as amended by Chapter 577, 1949 Session Laws, be amended by inserting at the end of said Section 2 the following sentence:

"The Grand Jury may hold sessions at any time during the weeks that the Superior Court is scheduled to be held in Forsyth County for the trial of criminal cases. It shall not be necessary for the Superior Court to be in session at the time the Grand Jury holds its sessions."

Sec. 2. The power conferred by this Act shall be regarded as supplemental and in addition to powers conferred upon grand juries by other laws and shall not supplant or repeal any existing powers or any provisions of law relating to the responsibilities and duties of grand juries.

Sec. 3. That this Act shall apply only to Forsyth County.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after the first day of July, 1961.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 15th day of June, 1961.