NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1971 SESSION

CHAPTER 236
SENATE BILL 340

AN ACT TO PROVIDE DEPUTY SHERIFFS AND JAILER FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Notwithstanding provisions of Article 6A of Chapter 153 to the contrary, the Sheriff of Cherokee County is hereby authorized to hire four deputy sheriffs to serve at his discretion, to be paid a salary of four hundred dollars ($400.00) per month and expenses of two hundred dollars ($200.00) per month, said salaries and expenses to be paid by the Cherokee County Commissioners.
Sec. 2.  Notwithstanding provisions of Article 6A of Chapter 153 to the contrary, in addition to the deputy sheriffs as provided in Section 1, the Cherokee County Commissioners shall continue to pay one hundred dollars ($100.00) per week for the services of a jailer who shall be hired by the Sheriff of Cherokee County and serve under his supervision and at his discretion.
Sec. 3.  The Sheriff of Cherokee County is hereby authorized and may in his discretion assign deputy sheriffs to serve as jailer of the Cherokee County jail during such times and hours of the day as he may designate.
Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective upon its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 27th day of April, 1971.