NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 6

SENATE BILL 13

 

 

AN ACT RELATING TO THE OPERATION, SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF A COUNTY LAW LIBRARY IN EDGECOMBE COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The operation and maintenance of a county law library in Edgecombe County is hereby authorized.

Sec. 2. The library shall be operated by and be under the supervision of the Edgecombe County Law Library Committee, which Committee shall be appointed by the resident judge of the Judicial District in which Edgecombe County is located, subject to the approval of the Edgecombe Board of County Commissioners, and shall serve at the pleasure of said judge. The Committee shall consist of such number as the judge shall direct.

Sec. 3. In addition to all court costs now provided by law, an additional court cost in the amount of seventy-five cents (75¢) shall be taxed and collected in all criminal cases in all courts, including courts of justices of the peace, where the offense occurred in Edgecombe County and where the costs are in fact paid by the defendant. Such costs shall be taxed in all criminal cases in the Rocky Mount Recorder's Court which meet the above description.

Sec. 4. All justices of the peace and clerks of all courts shall remit on the first day of each month to the Edgecombe County Auditor all funds collected pursuant to this Act and shall report the collections on forms furnished by the auditor. The auditor shall keep all funds in a special bank account designated "Edgecombe Law Library Account" and shall report upon request to the resident judge and/or the Edgecombe Board of County Commissioners.

Sec. 5. The Library Committee shall maintain, equip, and authorize purchases for all necessary equipment, books and supplies for the Edgecombe County Law Library and may authorize the purchase of any equipment or supplies it considers reasonable and necessary for use in either courtroom. It may, also, employ necessary personnel and authorize such expenditures as may be necessary therefor.

The Committee may accept gifts, bequests of books, materials and equipment. The law library shall be maintained in the Court House of Edgecombe County. The Committee shall make rules and regulations for the use of the law library.

Sec. 6. The Committee shall, also, authorize and direct a refund to Edgecombe County of all monies heretofore spent by the county for the purchase of books in the law library and it shall make such refund in such amounts and at such times as shall be requested by the Board of County Commissioners.

Sec. 7. The auditor shall pay from the funds remitted to him under this Act all charges and costs as authorized in writing by the Committee chairman and all supplies, equipment, and books purchased shall be the property of Edgecombe County.

Sec. 8. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 9. This Act shall become effective March 1, 1965.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of February, 1965.