NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 437

HOUSE BILL 559

 

 

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DEPUTY SHERIFFS IN WILKES COUNTY, TO FIX THEIR SALARIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Chapter 657 of the Session Laws of 1957 is hereby amended by:

(1)       Striking out all the Section following the word "Court", in line 3 of Section 4 thereof, and substituting therefor the words and figures: "the sum of not less than eighteen hundred dollars ($1800.00) nor more than twenty-four hundred dollars ($2400.00) to be fixed by the board of county commissioners, to be used by the Clerk of Superior Court for the employment of clerical assistance in his office, retroactive to January 1, 1959."; and

(2)       Inserting following Section 8 thereof two new Sections to be numbered Section 8.1 and Section 8.2 and to read as follows:

"Sec. 8.1. The Chief Deputy Sheriff of Wilkes County shall receive an annual salary of four thousand dollars ($4,000.00), payable in equal monthly installments.

"Sec. 8.2. The Sheriff of Wilkes County may in addition to chief deputy employ three additional paid deputies at an annual salary of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) each, payable in equal monthly installments, retroactive to January 1, 1959."

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. 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 5th day of May, 1959.