NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

CHAPTER 27

HOUSE BILL 219

AN ACT TO SET THE SALARY OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS AND ASSISTANT REGISTER OF DEEDS IN SWAIN COUNTY AND TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SPACE, AND EQUIPMENT FOR SAID OFFICE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR FEES TO BE CHARGED BY THE REGISTER OF DEEDS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Swain County shall pay the Register of Deeds of Swain County an annual salary of at least eight thousand four hundred dollars ($8,400), to be paid in equal monthly installments.  The Board of County Commissioners shall not reduce the salary of the register of deeds as provided in G.S. 153A-92.

Sec. 2. The Register of Deeds of Swain County is authorized to appoint and employ an assistant register of deeds. The Board of County Commissioners shall pay the assistant register of deeds an annual salary of not less than six thousand dollars ($6,000), to be paid in equal monthly installments.

Sec. 3. The Board of County Commissioners shall furnish the register of deeds adequate office space, materials, supplies and equipment for the proper and efficient performance of the functions and duties of the register of deeds and his staff.

Sec. 4. In the performance of his duties, the Register of Deeds of Swain County shall collect the fees set forth in G.S. 161-10. Such fees shall be collected prior to filing, registration, recordation, certification or other service rendered by the register of deeds unless by law it is provided that the service shall be rendered without charge. All fees collected by the register of deeds shall be paid to the county treasurer for deposit in the General Fund of the County.

Sec. 5. This act shall become effective March 1, 1975.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of February, 1975.