NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

CHAPTER 920

HOUSE BILL 1182

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL SECURITY OFFICERS OF THE FONTANA VILLAGE OF GRAHAM COUNTY, AND TO PRESCRIBE THEIR DUTIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The Governor shall, on or before July 1, 1963, and upon the recommendation of the resident manager of Government Services, Inc., at Fontana Village, Graham County, appoint not less than two (2) nor more than four (4) qualified citizens of Graham County to serve as special security officers in the Fontana Village area of said County for four (4) years. Such security officers shall be paid or compensated by Government Services, Inc., at Fontana Village, Graham County, North Carolina, and have the duty of enforcing the maintenance of order, safety regulations, and such other rules and regulations as are of general application in the areas owned by the Federal government but leased to corporations and organizations chartered to operate recreational facilities for the general public in the Fontana Village recreational area, and shall be empowered to enforce, upon such areas, all criminal laws of the State to the same extent, and with the same authority as that now vested in sheriffs and their duly authorized deputies.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 13th day of June, 1963.