NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 690

HOUSE BILL 661

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 510 OF THE 1965 SESSION LAWS AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 901 OF THE 1967 SESSION LAWS FIXING THE SALARIES AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF CERTAIN OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Section 5 of Chapter 510 of the 1965 Session Laws as amended by Section 1(d) of the 1967 Session Laws is hereby rewritten in its entirety to read as follows:

"Sec. 5. The Sheriff of Brunswick County shall receive an annual salary of sixty-eight hundred dollars ($6,800.00), payable in twelve (12) equal monthly installments. In addition to the salary fixed herein for the Sheriff, he shall be paid one hundred thirty-five dollars ($135.00) per month as travel expenses incurred in the performance of his official duties in the County of Brunswick, and in addition thereto shall receive the sum of seven cents (7¢) per mile for travel expense incurred for travel outside of the county while in the performance of his official duties."

Sec. 2. Section 6 of Chapter 510 of the 1965 Session Laws as amended by Section 1(e) of Chapter 901 of the 1967 Session Laws is hereby rewritten in its entirety to read as follows:

"Sec. 6. The Sheriff of Brunswick County is authorized and empowered to employ four field deputies at a monthly salary of four hundred dollars ($400.00) each, and in addition thereto, each such field deputy shall be paid one hundred thirty-five dollars ($135.00) per month as travel expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. The Sheriff is also authorized to employ one office deputy at a monthly salary of three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00). The Sheriff is also authorized to employ a Jailer who shall be responsible for the prisoners who shall be paid a monthly salary of four hundred dollars ($400.00), and in addition thereto, he shall receive a fee of sixty cents (60¢) for each prisoner incarcerated in the County Jail and an additional sixty cents (60¢) fee upon the release of each prisoner from the County Jail. The Jailer shall also receive a fee of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) each day for each prisoner fed in the County Jail. The Sheriff is authorized to employ an Assistant Jailer who shall receive a monthly salary of three hundred dollars ($300.00). The jailer and assistant jailer shall have the same power of arrest and authority to serve criminal and civil process throughout the County as regular deputy sheriffs."

Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 1969.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of June, 1969.