NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1963 SESSION

CHAPTER 765
HOUSE BILL 1025

AN ACT RELATING TO COMPENSATION IN THE OFFICE OF THE TAX COLLECTOR OF WILSON COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Wilson County is authorized, in its discretion, to fix the salary of the Tax Collector at not less than four thousand eight hundred dollars ($4,800.00), nor more than six thousand five hundred dollars ($6,500.00) per year.
Sec. 2. The Board of County Commissioners of Wilson County is authorized, in its discretion, to appoint not more than two Deputy Tax Collectors, and to fix the salaries of each at not less than two thousand seven hundred dollars ($2,700.00) per year, nor more than four thousand five hundred dollars ($4,500.00) per year.
Sec. 3. The Board of County Commissioners of Wilson County is authorized, in its discretion, to fix the maximum compensation for clerical and stenographic assistants in the office of the Tax Collector in such amounts that the total compensation so paid therefor shall not exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) per year and to authorize travel expenses for the Tax Collector and his Deputies in such amount that the total allowance therefor shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) per year.
Sec. 4. The Board of County Commissioners of Wilson County is authorized, in its discretion, to employ part‑time Collectors and other temporary assistants in the office of the Tax Collector, provided that the total compensation and travel expenses for such part‑time Collectors and other part‑time assistants shall not exceed the total of five thousand two hundred dollars ($5,200,00) per year.
Sec. 5. The Tax Collector shall be responsible for the collection of all current and delinquent taxes levied.
Sec. 6. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provision of this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 7. 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 7th day of June, 1963.