NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 65

SENATE BILL 73

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE APPOINTMENT OF SALARIED DEPUTY SHERIFFS, TO FIX THEIR COMPENSATION, TO ESTABLISH JAIL FEES, AND PRESCRIBE TRAVEL ALLOWANCES FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OF HAYWOOD COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Chapter 795, Session Laws of 1955, and Chapter 163, Session Laws of 1959, are hereby repealed.

Sec. 2. The Sheriff of Haywood County shall receive an annual salary of forty-five hundred dollars ($4500.00), payable in twelve equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. In addition to his salary said sheriff shall receive one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per year for traveling expenses, said amount to be paid monthly from the general fund.

In addition to the foregoing salary and travel allowance, the Sheriff of Haywood County shall be entitled to collect as a part of his compensation for the operation of the jail a fee of one dollar ($1.00) for the imprisonment of any person in a criminal or civil action and a fee of one dollar ($1.00) for the release of such person from prison. The sheriff shall be entitled to collect the sum of one and one-half dollars ($1.50) per diem for each prisoner imprisoned, such compensation to be paid for each day of imprisonment, including the day of commitment and the day of release.

Sec. 3. The Sheriff of Haywood County is hereby authorized to appoint five (5) salaried deputy sheriffs, one of whom shall reside in Waynesville Township and one of whom shall reside in Beaverdam Township. The three (3) remaining deputies shall be selected by the sheriff in his discretion from among the citizens of Haywood County at large. One of the deputies shall be appointed by the sheriff to be chief deputy and the salary for such chief deputy shall be established by the sheriff at not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00) per month and not more than three hundred seventy-five dollars ($375.00) per month. The four (4) remaining deputy sheriffs shall be paid not less than two hundred seventy-five dollars ($275.00) per month each, and not more than three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) per month each. Each of the five (5) deputy sheriffs so appointed shall receive a car allowance of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) per month.

Sec. 4. In addition to the travel allowance for the sheriff hereinabove set forth, the sheriff and his salaried deputies shall be allowed travel expenses in the amount of seven cents (7¢) per mile while traveling on official business outside the limits of Haywood County when such travel is for the purpose of transporting prisoners to prison, mental patients to State hospitals, juvenile offenders to State correctional institutions, or, when such travel is undertaken upon the request of the District Solicitor, Superior Court Judge, Recorders Court Solicitor, or the Recorders Court Judge for the purpose of returning persons charged with crime to Haywood County for trial. Claims for travel expenses under this paragraph must be supported by such evidence as may be required by the board of county commissioners.

Sec. 5. The Sheriff of Haywood County is authorized to employ an office deputy, in addition to the five (5) deputies hereinabove authorized, who shall receive a salary to be established by the sheriff, not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300.00) per month. Each of the deputy sheriffs, including the office deputy, shall be paid a uniform allowance of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per year.

Sec. 6. All fees collected by the sheriff and his salaried deputies shall be paid into the general fund of Haywood County.

Sec. 7. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 8. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 1963.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of March, 1963.