NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 399

HOUSE BILL 822

 

AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DURHAM TO AUTHORIZE THE PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR TO SIGN WARRANTS OF APPOINTMENT FOR POLICE OFFICERS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. That Section 39 of the Charter of the City of Durham, the same being Chapter 142, Private Laws of 1921, as amended, be, and the same is hereby, amended by inserting the words "or the Director of Public Safety" immediately after the word "Manager" and immediately before the word "in" in the thirteenth line of said section so that the fifth full sentence of said section shall read "Each member of the police force, both rank and file, shall have issued to him a warrant of appointment signed by the City Manager or the Director of Public Safety in which the date of his appointment shall be stated, and such warrant shall be his commission."

Sec. 2. This act shall apply only to the City of Durham.

Sec. 3. This act shall be in full force and effect upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of May, 1973.