NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 598

HOUSE BILL 966

 

AN ACT RELATING TO THE LILESVILLE TOWN CHARTER.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Section 22 of Chapter 130 of the Private Laws of 1897, as amended, is hereby amended by deleting from line 6 thereof the word "constable" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "police department".  Section 22 is hereby further amended by deleting from line 8 thereof the word "constable" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "police department".

Sec. 2.  Section 24 of Chapter 130 of the Private Laws of 1897, as amended, is hereby amended by deleting from line 1 thereof the word "constable" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "police officers", and by deleting from line 2 thereof the word "his" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "their".

Sec. 3.  Section 25 of Chapter 130 of the Private Laws of 1897, as amended, is hereby amended by deleting from line 2 thereof the word "constable" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "police officers"; and by deleting from line 8 the words "town constable" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "police officers".

Sec. 4.  Section 26 of Chapter 130 of the Private Laws of 1897, as amended, is hereby amended by deleting from line 16 and 17 thereof the words "town constable, commanding him" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "police officers, commanding them". Section 26 is hereby further amended by deleting from line 22 thereof the words "town constable" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "police officers", and by deleting from line 27 thereof the word "constable" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "police officers".  Section 26 is also amended by deleting from lines 31 and 32 thereof the words "the constable" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "a police officer".

Sec. 5.  Section 32 of Chapter 130 of the Private Laws of 1897, as amended, is hereby amended by deleting from line 3 thereof the word "constable" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "police officers".

Sec. 5 1/2.  Section 35 of Chapter 130 of the Private Laws of 1897, as amended, is amended by deleting from line 5 thereof the word "constable" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "police officers"; and by deleting from line 7 thereof the words "constable of said town is" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "police officers of said town are".

Sec. 6.  Section 36 of Chapter 130 of the Private Laws of 1897, as amended, is hereby amended by deleting from lines 15 and 16 thereof the words "the constable" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "a police officer"; and by deleting from line 18 thereof the words "town constable" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "police officers".

Sec. 7.  Section 37 of Chapter 130 of the Private Laws of 1897, as amended, is hereby amended by deleting from line 8 thereof the words "town constable" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "police officers".

Sec. 8.  Section 38 of Chapter 130 of the Private Laws of 1897, as amended, is hereby amended by deleting from line 2 thereof the words "town constable" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "police officers", and by deleting from line 10 thereof the word "constable" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "police officers". Section 38 is hereby further amended by deleting from line 17 and from line 24 thereof the word "constable" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "police officers" ".  Section 38 is also amended by deleting from the last sentence thereof the words "constable, the constable" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "police officers, the police officers".

Sec. 9.  Section 41 of Chapter 130 of the Private Laws of 1897, as amended, is hereby amended by deleting from line 2 thereof the words "town constable" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "police officers".

Sec. 10.  Section 42 of Chapter 130 of the Private Laws of 1897, as amended, is hereby amended by deleting from lines 4 and 5 thereof the words "town constable" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "police officers".  Section 42 is hereby further amended by deleting from line 8 and from line 10 thereof the word "constable" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "police officers".

Sec. 10 1/2.  Section 43 of Chapter 130 of the Private Laws of 1897, as amended, is amended by deleting from line 2 thereof the word "constable" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "police officers".

Sec. 11.  Section 18 of Chapter 130 of the Private Laws of 1897, as amended, is hereby repealed.

Sec. 12.  Section 24 of chapter 130 of the Private Laws of 1897, as otherwise amended by this act or previous acts, is hereby further amended by adding a new paragraph at the end of Section 24 to read as follows:

"The police officers of the town of Lilesville shall have full authority when in hot pursuit of any person who is charged with the violation of any criminal offense within the municipality, to pursue such offender beyond the corporate limits of the town and as far as the line of adjoining county and to arrest such offender, and the common law doctrine of hot pursuit shall be applicable to such offense and such officers."

Sec. 13.  This act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of June, 1971.