NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 381

HOUSE BILL 481

 

 

AN ACT TO ABOLISH THE OFFICE OF CONSTABLE IN AVERY COUNTY, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SHERIFF TO APPOINT SPECIAL TOWNSHIP DEPUTIES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The office of Township Constable as provided by Chapter 151 of the General Statutes is hereby abolished in Avery County. The authority of all Constables in Avery County shall terminate upon the ratification of this Act.

Sec. 2. The Sheriff of Avery County is hereby authorized to appoint a Township Deputy for each township in Avery County with the approval of the Board of County Commissioners. The Township Deputy shall be allowed a travel allowance of from one dollar ($1.00) to fifty dollars ($50.00) at the discretion of the Board of County Commissioners and shall be allowed to collect the same fees as the Sheriff. Such a Township Deputy appointed by the Sheriff shall reside within the township for which he is appointed.

Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This Act shall be in full force and effect upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of April, 1965.