NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 33

HOUSE BILL 43

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE SHERIFF OF GRAHAM COUNTY TO APPOINT A DEPUTY, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF GRAHAM COUNTY TO SET THE SALARY AND TO ALLOW EXPENSES AND FEES FOR THE DEPUTY APPOINTED BY THE SHERIFF.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The High Sheriff of Graham County is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to employ a deputy sheriff for Graham County.

Sec. 2. The said deputy sheriff shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the High Sheriff of Graham County, and the said deputy sheriff, when appointed, shall be clothed with all the powers of a peace officer which are now or may hereinafter be prescribed by law for a deputy sheriff, and shall have authority to serve all civil or criminal processes as is now or may hereinafter be prescribed for service of such processes by sheriffs and their deputies.

Sec. 3. The salary of such deputy sheriff appointed under the provisions of this Act shall be fixed by the board of county commissioners in an amount of not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) nor more than two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225.00), and said salary shall be paid by said board out of the general fund of Graham County.

Sec. 4. The Board of County Commissioners of Graham County is hereby authorized and empowered to allow such fees and expenses for the deputy sheriff appointed under the provisions of this Act in whatever sums and amounts the said board in its discretion may deem fit and proper, and said fees and expenses shall be paid by the board out of the general fund of Graham County.

Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of March, 1959.