NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1959 SESSION
CHAPTER 279
SENATE BILL 173
AN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 161-6, RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES OF ASSISTANT REGISTERS OF DEEDS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. The second paragraph of G. S. 161-6 is rewritten to read as follows:
"Each register of deeds is authorized and empowered, in his discretion, to designate one or more assistant registers of deeds. Each assistant register of deeds so designated, in addition to his other powers and duties, shall be authorized to register and sign instruments and documents in the name and under the title of the register of deeds, by himself as assistant. Such signing shall be substantially as follows:
John Doe-Register of Deeds
by Richard Roe-Assistant."
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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 14th day of April, 1959.