NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1039

HOUSE BILL 1346

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 175 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1945, RELATING TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LEAKSVILLE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Section 17 of Chapter 175 of the Session Laws of 1945 is hereby amended by rewriting said Section to read as follows:

"Sec. 17. Appointment of Officers and Employees. The Board of Commissioners may appoint a City Clerk, a Treasurer, a Tax Collector, an Accountant, a City Attorney, a Chief of Police, a Fire Chief, and such other officers and employees as may be necessary; provided, that the Board of Commissioners may appoint one person to fill any two or more such positions. Such employees or officers shall serve as long as their services are satisfactory, or until they voluntarily sever their connection with the City of Leaksville, and shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Commissioners. No salaried employee of the City shall be dismissed until he or she shall be given an opportunity to be heard in his or her behalf in an executive meeting, at which time, a quorum of the Board of Commissioners must be present. The Board of Commissioners shall fix all salaries, prescribe bonds and require such oaths as they may deem necessary."

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 19th day of June, 1963.