NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 159

HOUSE BILL 285

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 152-1 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF IREDELL COUNTY TO APPOINT ONE OR MORE ASSISTANT CORONERS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. G. S. 152-1 is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph at the end thereof to read as follows:

"The Board of County Commissioners of Iredell County is hereby authorized in its discretion to appoint some one or more fit and suitable person or persons to act as Assistant Coroners for Iredell County. The person or persons so appointed shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of County Commissioners and shall take and subscribe to the oaths for public officers. He or they shall also execute an undertaking conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of his or their office with good and sufficient sureties in the penal sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), payable to the State of North Carolina and approved by the Board of County Commissioners. The Assistant Coroner or Coroners so appointed shall be vested with all of the powers and duties conferred upon the regular Coroner with respect to holding inquests over deceased bodies and shall be subject to the penalties and liabilities imposed on the Coroner. He or they shall serve in the absence of the Coroner of Iredell County and as necessary at such times as required by the Board of County Commissioners and shall receive such compensation for his or their services as the Board of County Commissioners shall determine."

Sec. 2. This Act shall apply only to Iredell 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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 2nd day of April, 1965.