NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1218

HOUSE BILL 1207

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LAW LIBRARY FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF HIGH POINT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of High Point, and the President of the Bar Association of High Point, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby, constituted the custodians of all books, supplies, equipment and furniture of the law library which shall be kept and maintained for the Municipal Court of the City of High Point and the use of the officials of High Point and all courts held therein.

Sec. 2. All books, equipment, supplies and furniture of said library shall be the property of the City of High Point and the said city is authorized and empowered to hold said property and to add thereto from time to time by gift, donation, purchase or otherwise, such books, records, equipment and furniture as may be deemed reasonably necessary and proper for the use of said officials and courts.

Sec. 3. The Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of High Point shall be, and he is hereby, directed to act as librarian of said library, without compensation. It shall be the duty of said librarian to keep said library room open during such hours as may be fixed by the custodians hereinbefore provided for, and shall obey all rules and regulations which may be prescribed for the government and management of the said library.

Sec. 4. In order to provide a fund for the extension, maintenance and support of the said library, the sum of fifty cents (50¢) shall be taxed as cost and collected by the Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of High Point in each and every civil and criminal case tried and disposed of in said court after the effective date of this Act, and said funds shall be deposited by the Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of High Point in a bank designated for that purpose, and shall be used solely for the purpose of the extension, maintenance and operation of said library.

Sec. 5. From the funds so collected from time to time, as provided in Section 4 of this Act, it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of High Point to purchase and pay for such volumes and sets of books as shall be recommended and agreed upon from time to time by the judge of the municipal court, the President of the High Point Bar Association, and a committee to be appointed every third year by the High Point City Council. All checks on said account shall be drawn and signed by the Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of High Point, and it shall be the duty of the said clerk to keep a correct account of all receipts and disbursements in connection with said library fund.

Sec. 6. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 7. 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 19th day of June, 1959.