NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 532

HOUSE BILL 576

 

 

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A LAW LIBRARY IN ALAMANCE COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. There is hereby established in Alamance County a public law library to be known as the Alamance County Public Law Library, which shall be kept and maintained as provided by this Act, for the County of Alamance and the use of the public and the officials of said county and officers of the courts held therein.

Sec. 2. All books, equipment, supplies and furniture of the said library shall be the property of the County of Alamance, and shall be maintained by the County of Alamance; and the said county shall hold said property and shall add to the same from time to time such books, records, equipment and furniture as may be deemed reasonably necessary for the use of said officials and courts. All of the books, furniture, equipment and fixtures in said library are to be provided and maintained in the Alamance County Courthouse or other building which may be used by Alamance County for court purposes.

Sec. 3. The Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, the Clerk of the Superior Court, and the President of the Bar Association of Alamance County and their successors in office, are hereby constituted the custodian of all books, supplies, equipment and furniture of the said law library. The custodian shall fix the hours during which the library is to be kept open and shall make such other rules and regulations as may be necessary or appropriate for the government and management of said library.

Sec. 4. The Clerk of the Superior Court of Alamance County shall be the librarian of said library. It shall be his duty to keep said library open during such hours as may be fixed by the custodian and to see to the enforcement of all rules and regulations which may be prescribed for the government and management of said library.

Sec. 5. In order to provide for the establishment, extension, maintenance and support of the said library, the sum of two dollars ($2.00) shall be taxed as costs and collected by the Clerk of the Superior Court in each and every case disposed of in the Superior Courts of Alamance County after the effective date of this Act, except in cases in which said county is adjudged to pay all costs, and shall be set apart in a fund to be known and designated as the Law Library Fund, and said fund shall be deposited by the Clerk of the Superior Court in a separate bank account, and shall be used solely for the purpose of the establishment, extension, maintenance and operation of the said library.

Sec. 6. It shall also be the duty of the clerks of all other courts in Alamance County, except Justice of the Peace Courts, after the effective date of this Act, to tax as costs and collect in each and every case finally disposed of in such courts, except in cases in which Alamance County is adjudged to pay all costs, the sum of two dollars ($2.00) which amount shall be immediately paid to the Clerk of the Superior Court of Alamance County to supplement the aforesaid library fund and which shall be expended in the way and manner provided in this Act.

Sec. 7. From the funds so collected as provided in Section 5 and Section 6 of this Act, it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Alamance County to purchase, subject to the approval of the custodian provided for in Section 3 of this Act, and pay for such volumes and sets of books, furnishings, supplies, equipment, furniture and records therefor as shall be recommended by a committee of three members of the Alamance County Bar Association to be appointed annually by the President of the Alamance County Bar Association, and to make such provisions as are recommended by said committee and approved by the custodian provided for in Section 3 of this Act, for the care, protection, custody and use of said books, furnishings, supplies, equipment, furniture and records. In order to immediately provide for said library and to carry out the intent and purpose of this Act, the Clerk of the Superior Court of Alamance County shall, with the approval and consent of the custodian, enter into such contracts and agreements and make such purchases as may be necessary to equip and furnish said library, to be paid for out of funds to be collected or collected pursuant to Section 5 and Section 6 of this Act. All checks on the account of said Law Library Fund shall be drawn and signed by the Clerk of the Superior Court of Alamance County, and it shall be the duty of the said clerk to keep a correct account of all receipts and disbursements in connection with said Law Library Fund and make an annual report thereof to the Board of County Commissioners of Alamance County, which said account shall be subject to the regular and annual audit provided by law or otherwise for other county funds.

Sec. 8. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act regarding the disposition of the specified herein provided costs received by the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Alamance County are hereby repealed.

Sec. 9. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of May, 1965.