Title: S.L. 1961-767

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 767
HOUSE BILL 923

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 702 OF THE 1949 SESSION LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA RELATING TO THE SALARIES OF THE JUDGE AND SOLICITOR OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF HIGH POINT, AND THE TERM OF OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That Section 1 of Chapter 702 of the 1949 Session Laws be and the same is hereby rewritten to read as follows:
"Section 1. Minimum salaries of Judge, Solicitor, Clerk and Assistant Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of High Point shall be:
a. Judge 	$13,500.00 per annum
b. Solicitor 	$ 7,500‑00 per annum
c. Clerk 	$ 4,500.00 per annum
d. Assistant Clerk 	$ 3,000.00 per annum
"Provided, that as to the assistant clerk's minimum salary, should there be a resignation, then this minimum salary shall be reduced to two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400.00)	per annum. Provided, further, that the increases in salaries provided by this Act shall become effective as of July 1, 1961. Such salaries of such court officials shall be paid in equal semimonthly payments."
Sec. 2. The Council of the City of High Point shall have authority to increase the salaries of such court officials in such amount or amounts as it shall determine, not to exceed ten per cent (10"lo)	in any one fiscal year.
Sec. 3. If at any time the City Council of High Point reduces the salaries of all employees of the City of High Point, it may at the same time reduce the salaries of said court officials by a like percentage but in no event shall the salaries of said court officials be reduced by more than a total of fifteen per cent (1511c)	of the respective salaries above provided for in any one fiscal year.
Sec. 4. At the general election to be held for Solicitor of the Municipal Court of the City of High Point in 1962, such election will be for a solicitor to serve for four years; from and after the election in 1962, the Solicitor of the Municipal Court of the City of High Point shall serve for a term of four years and until his successor is elected and qualified.
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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 13th day of June, 1961.