NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 236

HOUSE BILL 355

 

 

AN ACT RELATING TO THE AUDITING OF THE BOOKS AND RECORDS OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, AND MAYOR'S COURT OF BRYSON CITY, IN SWAIN COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. G. S. 7-134.3 of Article 17A, as the same appears in the 1957 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1B of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

"Provided, that in Swain County it shall be the duty of the County accountant to audit the books and records of Justices of the Peace of Swain County each month. This audit shall take place on or before the 15th day of each month for the month immediately preceding. The audit shall be thorough and complete as to jail fees, mileage collected for the benefit of the sheriff's department, and all other fees, fines and forfeitures collected by said justices of the peace. The county accountant shall be required to give each justice of the peace of said county a written copy of his report, which shall contain a complete statement of his findings, and he shall file a copy of said report in the permanent records of his office."

Sec. 2. It shall also be the duty of the County Accountant of Swain County to audit the books and records of the Mayor's Court of Bryson City each month. This audit shall take place at the same time and be conducted in the same manner as the audit for the justices of the peace under the provisions of Section 1 of this Act.

Sec. 3. The county accountant, as compensation for such services, shall receive in addition to his present salary the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) per month, to be paid from the General Fund of Swain County.

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. 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 April, 1959.