NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1963 SESSION

CHAPTER 330
SENATE BILL 238

AN ACT TO AMEND GENERAL STATUTES 152‑1 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PITT COUNTY TO APPOINT AN ASSISTANT 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 of Pitt County is hereby authorized in its discretion to appoint some fit and suitable person to act as Assistant Coroner for Pitt 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 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 board of county commissioners. The assistant coroner so appoined shall be vested with all of the powers and duties conferred upon the regular coroner with respect to holding inquests over deceased bodies and shall be subject to the penalties and liabilities imposed on the coroner. He shall serve in the absence of the Coroner of Pitt County and as necessary at such times as required by the board of county commissioners and shall receive such compensation for his services as the board of county commissioners shall determine."
Sec. 2. This Act shall apply only to Pitt County.
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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 from and after its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of May, 1963.