NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 237

HOUSE BILL 795

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO COMPENSATE MARGARET HERNDON FOR INJURIES SHE SUSTAINED IN A FALL.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners is authorized to compensate Mrs. Margaret Herndon for hospital and medical expenses incurred from injuries she received from a fall inside the Cumberland County Courthouse on October 29, 1976.  The amount of that compensation shall be determined by the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners upon presentation by Mrs. Herndon of hospital and medical bills relating to the accident described in this section, but under no circumstances shall the compensation exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000).  Any sum paid to Mrs. Herndon shall be appropriated from the general fund of the County of Cumberland.

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of April, 1979.