NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 25

HOUSE BILL 50

 

AN ACT TO ABOLISH THE OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER IN BERTIE COUNTY AND TO IMPOSE THE DUTIES OF COUNTY TREASURER UPON THE COUNTY ACCOUNTANT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Effective the first day of April, 1971, the office of County Treasurer in Bertie County is hereby abolished and all the power, authority and duties of the office of County Treasurer as provided by law are hereby imposed, ex officio, upon the office of County Accountant in Bertie County.

The incumbent County Treasurer shall deliver to the County Accountant, on April 1, 1971, all books, papers, documents, materials and all money and accounts which he holds by virtue of his office. The County Commissioners shall cause an audit of the County Treasurer to be made prior to April 1, 1971.

The County Commissioners shall require the County Accountant to give additional bond to include his liabilities and duties as County Treasurer, and in such amount as the Commissioners deem necessary to cover all funds coming into his hands.

Sec. 2.  All Local, Private and General Laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of February, 1971.