NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1963 SESSION

CHAPTER 1222
SENATE BILL 701

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS BY CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OF THE CITIES LOCATED IN COLUMBUS COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Officers of the police department of any city located in Columbus County, who are or may be designated as "desk officers" by the Chief of Police of any such city, are hereby authorized to issue warrants in criminal matters in the same manner, to the same extent, and under the same rules of law as are now or hereafter applicable to the issuance of such warrants by justices of the peace; provided, that no warrant so issued may be served by the issuing officer.
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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 from and after its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of June, 1963.