NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1967 SESSION

CHAPTER 491
HOUSE BILL 658

AN ACT TO FIX THE SALARY OF THE SHERIFF OF HAYWOOD COUNTY; AUTHORIZE THE APPOINTMENT AND FIX THE COMPENSATION OF SALARIED DEPUTY SHERIFFS; AND PRESCRIBE TRAVEL ALLOWANCES FOR SAID SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The Sheriff of Haywood County shall receive an annual salary of seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200.00), payable in 12 equal monthly installments, from the general fund of the county. In addition to this salary, said sheriff shall receive one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per year for travel expenses, said amount to be paid monthly from the general fund of the county.
Sec. 2. The Sheriff of Haywood County is hereby authorized to appoint seven salaried deputy sheriffs, one of whom shall reside in Waynesville Township and one of whom shall reside in Beaverdam Township. The five remaining deputies shall be selected by the sheriff, in his discretion, from among the citizens of Haywood County at large. One of the deputies shall be appointed by the sheriff to be chief deputy and the salary for such chief deputy shall be established by the sheriff at not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00) per month and not more than four hundred twenty‑five dollars ($425.00) per month. The six remaining deputy sheriffs shall be paid not less than two hundred seventy‑five dollars ($275.00) per month each, and not more than four hundred dollars ($400.00) per month each. Each of the seven deputy sheriffs so appointed shall receive a car allowance of one hundred twenty‑five dollars ($125.00) per month.
Sec. 3. In addition to the travel allowance for the sheriff herein‑above set forth, the sheriff and his salaried deputies shall be allowed travel expenses in the amount of seven cents (7¢) per mile while traveling on official business outside the limits of Haywood County when such travel is for the purpose of transporting prisoners to prison, mental patients to State hospitals, juvenile offenders to State correctional institutions, or, when such travel is undertaken upon the request of a Judge or Solicitor of the Superior Court, or a Judge or Solicitor of a District Court. Claims for travel expenses under this paragraph must be supported by such evidence as may be required by the Board of County Commissioners.
Sec. 4. The Sheriff of Haywood County is authorized to employ an office deputy, in addition to the seven deputies hereinabove authorized, who shall receive a salary, to be established by the sheriff, not to exceed three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) per month. Each of the deputy sheriffs, including the office deputy, shall be paid a uniform allowance of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per year.
Sec. 5. All laws and clauses in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 6. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 1967.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of May, 1967.