NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1967 SESSION

CHAPTER 438

HOUSE BILL 858

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF LINCOLN COUNTY TO EXPEND FUNDS FOR POLICE PROTECTION ALONG THE SHORES OF LAKE NORMAN AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

WHEREAS, Catawba Springs Township in Lincoln County has approximately 25 miles of shore on Lake Norman; and

WHEREAS, there are numerous homes in said Township fronting on Lake Norman which are often unoccupied and unprotected, especially during the winter months; and

WHEREAS, the County Commissioners of Lincoln County desire to increase the police protection afforded the owners of property in Catawba Springs Township fronting on Lake Norman and the other property owners of said Township; and

WHEREAS, the Constable of Catawba Springs Township has heretofore cooperated with the officials of Lincoln County in patroling the shores of Lake Norman and in traffic control at the Rock Springs School in Catawba Springs Township, for which services said constable has heretofore received no compensation; and

WHEREAS, the Commissioners of Lincoln County wish to insure the providing of additional police protection for property owners in Catawba Springs Township and the proper control of traffic at Rock Springs School: Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The Board of Commissioners of Lincoln County are hereby authorized to appropriate out of the General Fund of the County, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1967, and for each fiscal year thereafter, a sum, not to exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) in any fiscal year, to be used to provide police protection and traffic control in Catawba Springs Township. Said Commissioners are authorized to use said sums in providing compensation and uniforms for the constable of Catawba Springs Township.

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of May, 1967.