NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 956

HOUSE BILL 1155

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CURRITUCK COUNTY TO APPOINT SPECIAL COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Currituck County is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to appoint one or more law enforcement officers from time to time to serve at the will of the board. Such law enforcement officers shall have within Currituck County the same powers of a peace officer as the sheriff, shall be authorized to execute criminal process, and shall have the same powers as the sheriff to make arrests with or without a warrant. In addition to arrest fees and fees for execution of criminal process, such special officers shall also be paid out of the general fund of the county such compensation, if any, as the board of county commissioners, in its discretion, may fix.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 on and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of June, 1959.