NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 148

HOUSE BILL 229

 

 

AN ACT REWRITING SECTIONS ONE AND TWO OF CHAPTER 575, SESSION LAWS OF 1957, FIXING THE COMPENSATION OF THE SHERIFF OF WASHINGTON COUNTY AND HIS DEPUTIES, AND PROVIDING THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF SAID COUNTY SHALL DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF DEPUTIES TO BE APPOINTED BY THE SHERIFF.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. That Section 1 of Chapter 575, Session Laws of 1957, be and the same is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Washington County shall fix from time to time in its discretion the salary and other compensation to be paid to the sheriff of said county."

Sec. 2. That Section 2 of Chapter 575, Session Laws of 1957, be and the same is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Sec. 2. The Board of Commissioners of Washington County is hereby authorized to determine in its discretion the number of deputies whom the sheriff of said county shall appoint. The salaries and other compensation of said deputies shall be fixed from time to time by the board of commissioners of said county."

Sec. 3. This Act shall apply to Washington County only.

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.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 26th day of March, 1959.