NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 565

HOUSE BILL 652

 

 

AN ACT RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN OFFICIALS IN GATES COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Gates County shall fix the compensation of the Clerk of Superior Court at a salary of not less than four thousand dollars ($4,000.00) and not more than six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) per year, and the compensation of the sheriff at a salary of not less than three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500.00) and not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per year, and the compensation of the register of deeds at a salary of not less than three thousand six hundred dollars ($3,600.00) and not more than four thousand eight hundred dollars ($4,800.00) per year, all payable in equal monthly installments out of the general fund of the county. Such officers shall continue to collect the fees prescribed by law and the fees so collected shall be turned in to the general fund of the county. The sheriff shall be allowed mileage at the rate of seven cents (7¢) per mile for necessary travel on official business outside the county. The register of deeds shall be allowed not more than ten dollars ($10.00) per month for travel on official business. The provisions of this Act shall not be construed to affect any compensation the sheriff is allowed for the collection of any ad valorem property taxes he is required to collect.

Sec. 2. The Board of County Commissioners of Gates County is hereby authorized, in its discretion, but is not required to place on a salary basis one or more deputy sheriffs appointed by the sheriff. The salary of any such deputy sheriff shall be fixed at not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) per year, payable in equal monthly installments out of the general fund of the county, and each such salaried deputy sheriff shall not retain for his personal use any fees collected, but the same shall be turned in to the general fund of the county. Each salaried deputy sheriff shall be allowed mileage at the rate of seven cents (7¢) per mile for necessary travel on official business outside the county. It is the intent and purpose of this Section that the Board of County Commissioners of Gates County shall have authority to place, at its option, either no deputy sheriff on a salary basis, one deputy sheriff on a salary basis or more than one deputy sheriff on a salary basis.

Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This Act shall become effective July 1, 1961.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 31st day of May, 1961.