NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 258

HOUSE BILL 713

AN ACT TO REDEFINE THE DUTIES OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN TOWN ATTORNEY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Chapter 747 of the 1951 Session Laws is hereby amended by rewriting Section 19 to read as follows:

"Sec. 19. Duties of town attorney. The attorney shall be an attorney at law licensed to practice in the State of North Carolina. There shall be two years' experience required of the town attorney. He shall be the chief legal adviser of and attorney for the town and all departments in matters relating to their official powers and duties. It shall be his duty, either personally or by such assistants as he may designate, to perform all services incident to the department of law; to attend all meetings of the board of aldermen when requested; to give advice in writing, when so requested, to the board of aldermen or the director of any department; to prosecute or defend, as the case may be, all suits or cases to which the town may be a party; to prepare all contracts, bonds and other instruments in writing in which the town is concerned, and to endorse on each his approval of the form and correctness thereof; and to perform such other duties of a legal nature as the board of aldermen may require. In addition to the duties imposed upon the town attorney by this charter or required of him by ordinance or resolution of the board of aldermen he shall perform any duties imposed upon the chief legal officers of municipalities by law."

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of April, 1977.