NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 309

HOUSE BILL 343

AN ACT TO DIRECT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY TO INVEST THE CARE, CUSTODY AND CONTROL OF THE COUNTY JAIL IN THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, local or special act authorizing the Board of County Commissioners of Rutherford County to operate the County Jail and to appoint the jailer thereof, the Board of County Commissioners is hereby directed, effective July 1, 1969, to place the exclusive care, custody and control of the County Jail in the Sheriff of the County, and authorize the Sheriff to appoint the jailer or keeper thereof.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 28th day of April, 1969.