NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 952

SENATE BILL 538

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 152-1 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE COUNTY OF BURKE TO APPOINT AN ASSISTANT CORONER FOR BURKE COUNTY, AND TO AMEND G. S. 152-5 WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPENSATION OF THE BURKE COUNTY CORONER.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. G. S. 152-1 is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph at the end thereof to read as follows:

"The Board of County Commissioners for the County of Burke upon nomination and recommendation of the County Coroner, is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to appoint some fit and suitable person to act as Assistant Coroner for Burke County. The person so appointed shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of County Commissioners and shall take and subscribe to the oaths prescribed for public officers. He shall also execute an undertaking as required of Coroners conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of his office with good and sufficient surety in the penal sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), payable to the State of North Carolina and approved by the said Board of County Commissioners. The Assistant Coroner so appointed shall be invested with all the powers and duties conferred upon the regular Coroner in respect to holding inquests over deceased bodies and shall be subject to the penalties and liabilities imposed on said Coroner. He shall receive such compensation for his services as the Board of County Commissioners may determine."

Sec. 2. G. S. 152-5 is hereby amended by striking out the words "five dollars ($5.00)" where same appears in the second paragraph thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the words "ten dollars ($10.00)".

Sec. 3. The provisions of Sections 152-1 and 152-5 of the General Statutes of North Carolina not in conflict with this Act shall continue to apply to Burke County.

Sec. 4. This Act shall apply only to Burke County.

Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6. 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 18th day of June, 1963.