NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 759

HOUSE BILL 866

AN ACT TO FIX AND REGULATE THE SALARIES OF CERTAIN OFFICIALS IN PERSON COUNTY AND TO PROVIDE FOR SALARY INCREASES OF THE PERSONNEL IN THEIR OFFICES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The Sheriff of Person County shall receive as his only compensation, and in lieu of all fees, a salary of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) per annum payable in twelve (12) equal monthly installments out of the general fund of the county.

Sec. 2. The Clerk of the Superior Court of Person County shall receive as his only compensation, and in lieu of any fees, a salary of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) per annum payable in twelve (12) equal monthly installments out of the general fund of the county, which salary shall be in full payment of all services rendered by said clerk, including his services as juvenile judge and clerk of the county criminal court, and all other services which are now or may hereafter be imposed upon him by statute or by virtue of his office as Clerk of the Superior Court.

Sec. 3. The Register of Deeds of Person County shall receive as his sole compensation, and in lieu of all fees, the salary of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) per annum payable in twelve (12) equal monthly installments out of the general fund of the county, which salary shall be in full payment of all services rendered as register of deeds, clerk to the board of county commissioners, and all other services which are now or may hereafter be imposed upon him by statute by virtue of his office as register of deeds.

Sec. 4. On or before July 1, 1961, and annually thereafter, the Person County Board of Commissioners is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate and set aside from the general fund of the county a sum not to exceed fifteen hundred dollars ($1500.00) per year, or so much thereof as may be requested on or before July 1, of each year, for each of the following offices: the Sheriff, the Clerk of the Superior Court, and the Register of Deeds, and pay said sums at request of the designated officers to provide pay increases for the personnel employed in their respective offices. The Sheriff, the Clerk of the Superior Court, and the Register of Deeds shall each respectively determine, in their discretion, which of their personnel shall receive such pay increases and the amount of such increase. The appropriation provided by this Section shall be in addition to any allowances now made for the compensation of personnel in the offices of the Sheriff, the Clerk of the Superior Court, and the Register of Deeds of Person County.

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

Sec. 6. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 1961.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of June, 1961.