NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 467

SENATE BILL 158

 

 

AN ACT RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BLADEN COUNTY TO FIX THE SALARIES OF COUNTY OFFICIALS OF SAID COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The second paragraph of G. S. 153-48.5, as the same appears in the 1959 Supplement to the General Statutes, is amended by striking out in line 3 of said paragraph the word "Bladen,".

Sec. 2. The provisions of the first paragraph of G. S. 153-48.5 are applicable to Bladen County; provided, however, the minimum annual salaries and expense allowances of the following officers of Bladen County shall be as indicated:

(1)       Clerk of the Superior Court for all duties as clerk and as ex officio officer, a salary of five thousand two hundred dollars ($5,200.00), plus an expense allowance of three hundred dollars ($300.00) per annum;

(2)       Judge of the Recorder's Court, a salary of two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400.00), plus an expense allowance of three hundred dollars ($300.00) per annum;

(3)       Solicitor of the Recorder's Court, a salary of two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400.00), plus an expense allowance of three hundred dollars ($300.00) per annum;

(4)       Sheriff, a salary of four thousand nine hundred dollars ($4,900.00), plus an expense allowance of six hundred dollars ($600.00) per annum;

(5)       Register of Deeds, a salary of four thousand four hundred dollars ($4,400.00), plus an expense allowance of three hundred dollars ($300.00) per annum;

(6)       Coroner, a salary of four hundred dollars ($400.00), plus an expense allowance of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per annum.

Sec. 3. The Board of Commissioners of Bladen County is authorized to increase the wages and salaries of any and all county employees and elective officials and to provide for expense and travel allowances.

Sec. 4. The tax collector and auditor of Bladen County shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners for terms of two years, said terms to begin on July 1st of each odd-numbered year. During the sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the terms of the incumbent tax collector and auditor, the board of county commissioners shall receive applications for the position of tax collector and auditor and consider all applications for said positions. The board of county commissioners shall on or before the last day of the terms of office of the incumbent tax collector and auditor name and appoint a tax collector and auditor for the following two-year term.

Sec. 5. The salaries and allowances herein provided for shall become effective as of the first day of July, 1961.

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 the first day of July, 1961.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of May, 1961.