NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 591

HOUSE BILL 650

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF WATAUGA COUNTY TO FIX THE SALARIES OF THE SHERIFF AND DEPUTY SHERIFFS OF SAID COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Watauga County is hereby authorized to adjust upward, in its discretion, the salary of the Sheriff of Watauga County, provided that the maximum amount so fixed by said board shall not exceed the sum of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) per annum. Said salary so fixed shall be payable in twelve equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. This salary shall be in addition to fees and commissions which are now or may hereafter be allowed by law.

Sec. 2. The Board of County Commissioners of Watauga County is hereby authorized, in the discretion of said board, not to exceed the sums herein set out, to appropriate annually from the general fund of the county, a sum not in excess of three thousand six hundred dollars ($3,600.00) for the employment of a chief deputy sheriff, and a sum not in excess of three thousand six hundred dollars ($3,600.00) for the employment of an additional deputy sheriff to be selected and commissioned by the Sheriff of Watauga County.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. 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 28th day of May, 1963.