NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 836

HOUSE BILL 1196

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CHIEF OF POLICE, THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE, THE POLICE CAPTAINS, THE LIEUTENANTS IN CHARGE OF EACH WORK SHIFT AND DESK SERGEANTS, WHEN ON DUTY, OF THE CITIES OF LEXINGTON, THOMASVILLE AND DENTON, IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TO ISSUE WARRANTS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The Chief of Police, the Assistant Chief of Police, the Police Captains, the Lieutenants in charge of each work shift and Desk Sergeants, when on duty, of the Cities of Lexington, Thomasville and Denton, in Davidson County, shall have the power and authority to issue warrants for the arrest of all persons charged with the commission of offenses. Such warrants shall be issued only upon the affidavit made as now required by law, and when issued shall be served by some peace officer or policeman other than the officer who issued the warrant.

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. 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 11th day of June, 1963.