NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

CHAPTER 107

HOUSE BILL 278

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE AND EMPOWER THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF DURHAM TO OFFER AND PAY REWARDS FROM PUBLIC FUNDS FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF OFFENDERS IN CERTAIN CASES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The governing body of the City of Durham is hereby fully authorized and empowered, in its sound discretion, to offer to pay and to pay rewards to any person or persons who furnish information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person who turns in a false fire alarm, or who wilfully injures or damages any property or facility owned, operated, or maintained by the City of Durham, or who commits within said City of Durham any criminal act in violation of the laws of the State of North Carolina.

Sec. 2. Any available public funds may be used for the purposes herein specified, it being the legislative determination and declaration that the offering and payment of such reward for said purpose is in promotion of the public safety and general welfare and is a necessary governmental function.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 its ratification, but the authority hereby granted shall be retroactive to January 1, 1963.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of March, 1963.