NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 691

HOUSE BILL 836

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 7-134 TO FIX THE FEES TO BE CHARGED BY JUSTICES OF THE PEACE OF CALDWELL COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. G. S. 7-134, as the same appears in the 1957 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1B of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by striking from line 2 thereof the word "Caldwell" as the same appears between the words "Cabarrus" and "Chatham".

Sec. 2. G. S. 7-134 is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

"In Caldwell County the justices of the peace shall charge the following fees:

Issuing warrant .............................................................................................   $2.50

Issuing warrant and trial of case .................................................................     4.00

Civil Summons .............................................................................................     2.50

Claim and Delivery ......................................................................................     3.50

Ejectment .....................................................................................................     2.50

Attachment proceedings ..............................................................................     3.50"

Sec. 3. From and after the ratification of this Act the fees charged by justices of the peace of Caldwell County shall be as set out in Section 2 of this Act. Provided, that when a fee is not fixed herein, such fee shall be as provided by G. S. 7-134.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of June, 1959.