NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 283

HOUSE BILL 504

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE AVERY COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO PRESCRIBE UNIFORMS FOR DEPUTY SHERIFFS AND TOWNSHIP CONSTABLES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Avery County is hereby authorized to prescribe a uniform for the deputy sheriffs of Avery County relating to cap or hat, jacket, tie and shirt, to prescribe a shirtsleeve emblem indicating the officer's official title or position, and to prescribe appropriate badge and a name plate bearing the officer's name.

Sec. 2. The Board of County Commissioners of Avery County is also authorized to adopt regulations as to constables with respect to all the matters set forth in Section 1.

Sec. 3. Every deputy sheriff in Avery County shall wear the uniform, badge and name plate prescribed for deputy sheriffs and every constable shall wear the uniform, badge and name plate prescribed for constables at all times while engaged in the performance of their official duties.

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 23rd day of April, 1963.