NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 124

HOUSE BILL 313

 

 

AN ACT PLACING THE SHERIFF AND DEPUTY SHERIFFS OF JONES COUNTY ON A SALARY BASIS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The Sheriff of Jones County shall be paid an annual salary in lieu of all other compensation, fees and emoluments of said office. The amount of said salary shall be fixed by the Board of Commissioners of Jones County, in its discretion, and said salary shall be paid out of the general fund of Jones County in twelve (12) equal monthly installments.

Sec. 2. All fees allowed by law for the service of process and other papers directed to the Sheriff of Jones County for such services, as well as all other fees which he is legally entitled to by virtue of his office shall be collected by him and paid into the general fund of said county.

Sec. 3. The Sheriff of Jones County shall be paid an additional amount to be fixed by the Board of Commissioners of Jones County, in its discretion, to be used by him for law enforcement in Jones County. Said sum shall be paid out of the general fund of Jones County.

Sec. 4. In addition to the above, the Sheriff of Jones County shall be paid travel and mileage expenses incident to his office to be fixed by the Board of Commissioners of Jones County, in its discretion. The amount so fixed shall be payable in twelve (12) equal monthly installments out of the general fund of Jones County.

Sec. 5. The Sheriff of Jones County shall be allowed to hire such deputies, to be selected by him, as are authorized by the Board of County Commissioners of Jones County, the salary and travel expenses of said deputies to be fixed by the Board of County Commissioners of Jones County, in its discretion, and to be paid to said deputies in twelve (12) monthly installments out of the general fund of Jones County.

Sec. 6. Sections 4, 5 and 6 of Chapter 690 of the Session Laws of 1945, and all other laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 7. This Act shall become effective April 1, 1963.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 29th day of March, 1963.