NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 417

SENATE BILL 227

 

 

AN ACT TO FIX THE FEES OF THE SHERIFF AND OTHER OFFICERS OF MOORE COUNTY, TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTIES AND THEIR COMPENSATION, AND THE DISPOSITION OF FEES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. G. S. 162-7 is amended by adding the following provisions at the end thereof:

"The fees and expenses to be charged and collected by the Sheriff of Moore County for services rendered by him and his deputies shall be as hereinafter set out:

Arrest, warrant and capias and civil, each defendant ................................... $ 2.50

Subpoena, criminal and civil, each witness .................................................. ... 1.00

Summons, each defendant ............................................................................. ... 2.00

Claim and delivery .......................................................................................... ... 3.50

Each additional defendant .............................................................................. ... 1.00

Attachments .................................................................................................... ... 3.00

Each additional defendant .............................................................................. ... 1.00

Execution, each defendant ............................................................................. ... 2.00

Homestead and personal property allotment, fees, sheriff

     and three commissioners ......................................................................... . 15.00

Serving notice, each copy .............................................................................. ... 2.00

Summary of ejectment, service of summons, each defendant.................... ... 1.50

Summary of ejectment, execution by removal ............................................ ... 5.00

Commission on collections on executions, 5% on first $500.00

Commission on collections on executions 2½% all above $500.00

Seizure fee, confiscated autos ...................................................................... ... 3.00

Posting notices of sale, each copy ............................................................... ... 1.00"

Sec. 2. In all cases where the constable of any township, alcoholic beverage control officer and all town and city police and peace officers in Moore County are vested with authority of law to serve any process, subpoena, writs or papers or perform any of the duties or official functions as listed and shown above in Section 1 of this Act relating to the Sheriff of Moore County, each constable, alcoholic beverage control officer, all town and city police and peace officers shall in all cases receive the same fee as fixed in Section 1 of this Act for the Sheriff of Moore County and his deputies for serving the same process or performing the same duties.

Sec. 3. All fees and commissions required or allowed by law payable to the sheriff and his deputies in criminal matters only shall be collected by the Clerk of the Superior Court and turned over by him monthly to the county auditor for deposit in the general fund of Moore County and the sheriff and his deputies shall not be entitled to receive any part thereof.

Sec. 4. The board of commissioners shall determine the number of deputies needed by the sheriff and shall also be authorized to expend such an amount for salaries and expenses for necessary deputies for the Sheriff of Moore County as the said board shall determine in its sole discretion.

Sec. 5. This Act shall apply only to Moore County.

Sec. 6. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 7. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after May 1, 1959.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of May, 1959.