Title: S.L. 1959-738

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 738
SENATE BILL 385

AN ACT TO FIX THE SALARIES OF THE CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT, SHERIFF, AND REGISTER OF DEEDS OF FORSYTH COUNTY, AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE SPECIAL TRUST FUND CREATED BY CHAPTER 147, SESSION LAWS OF 1943, FOR SAID CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT'S OFFICE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The annual salaries of the present incumbents of the offices of Clerk of the Superior Court, Sheriff, and Register of Deeds of Forsyth County shall be as follows, effective as of July 1, 1959:
Clerk of the Superior Court 		$12,000.00
Sheriff 		9,900.00
Register of Deeds 		8,000.00
In addition thereto the present incumbent of the office of Sheriff shall continue to receive one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) per year for expenses. Such salaries and expense payments shall be payable in monthly or semimonthly installments, in the discretion of the Board of Commissioners of Forsyth County.
Sec. 2. The annual salary of any successor to the present incumbent of the office of Clerk of the Superior Court, Sheriff and Register of Deeds of Forsyth County shall be as follows:
Clerk of the Superior Court 		$8,000.00
Sheriff 		8,000.00
Register of Deeds 		6,000.00
Further, the payment to the Sheriff of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) per year for expenses shall terminate upon the qualification of a successor to the present incumbent of the office of Sheriff.
Sec. 3. All funds now held by Forsyth County in a Special Trust Fund for the Clerk of the Superior Court of Forsyth County, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 147, Session Laws of 1943, shall continue to be held by Forsyth County in said Special Trust Fund as hereinafter provided. All interest and dividends earned and collected from the investment of unallocated funds and paid to Forsyth County until July 1, 1959, must be held in said Special Trust Fund and be invested by Forsyth County as provided by law for the investment of funds by guardians and other fiduciaries, and on sufficient proof shown shall be applied to the making of settlement with the creditors of the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Forsyth County to cover any losses that might occur in the Clerk's office not due to the willful misconduct of the Clerk, but said Forsyth County shall not be liable for the losses beyond the amount in said Special Trust Fund. The Special Trust Fund hereinbefore provided for shall terminate upon the qualification of a Clerk of the Superior Court other than W. E. Church, the present incumbent, and the balance on deposit in said Special Trust Fund, upon the retirement of said Clerk, shall belong to Forsyth County and shall be transferred to the general fund discharged of the trust. All interest and dividends received from investments of unallocated funds and collected after June 30, 1959, by the Clerk of the Superior Court, shall be paid over by said Clerk to the General Fund of Forsyth County.
Sec. 4. Chapter 934 of the Session Laws of 1957 and all other laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. This Act shall be in full force and effect on and after July 1, 1959.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of June, 1959.

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