NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 955

HOUSE BILL 1148

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY TO FIX THE FEES AND COMMISSIONS TO BE CHARGED BY THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT, THE SHERIFF AND REGISTER OF DEEDS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Cumberland County is authorized and empowered to fix and determine the fees and commissions to be charged and collected by the Clerk of the Superior Court, the Sheriff and the Register of Deeds of Cumberland County. This authority shall be a continuing one and may be exercised as often as the board may determine. This authority shall also include the right to change any existing fees and commissions and to fix future or additional fees and commissions.

Sec. 2. The authority conferred by Section 1 of this Act shall be in the discretion of the board of county commissioners and may be exercised by a resolution of the board duly adopted and spread upon the minutes thereof and indexed in the index book of the minutes of the board, and a copy of the resolution shall be furnished to the officer affected by the resolution.

Sec. 3. The fees and commissions presently charged in Cumberland County shall remain in force until they are changed by resolution under the provisions of this Act or by some other lawful authority.

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. 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 12th day of June, 1959.