Title: S.L. 1961-171

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 171
HOUSE BILL 256

AN ACT FIXING THE SALARIES AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF CERTAIN OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The County Coroner of Brunswick County shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per day for each day he is engaged in the performance of his duties as coroner. In addition thereto, the coroner shall receive seven cents (7¢) per mile for travel expense necessarily incurred in the performance of his official duties. In addition to any other compensation provided for by law, if the Coroner of Brunswick County shall be investigating two deaths at the same time, he shall be entitled to compensation at the rate of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per day in each case.
Sec. 2. The Register of Deeds of Brunswick County shall receive an annual salary of forty‑five hundred dollars ($4,500.00), payable in 12 equal monthly installments. The register of deeds shall serve as clerk ex officio to the board of county commissioners, in addition to his other duties.
Sec. 3. The Clerk of the Superior Court of Brunswick County shall receive an annual salary of forty‑five hundred dollars ($4,500.00), payable in 12 equal monthly installments. The salary herein provided for the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county shall be in full compensation for the performance of his duties as Clerk of the Superior Court, clerk of the recorder's court and judge of the juvenile court of said county.
Sec. 4. The Judge of the Recorder's Court of Brunswick County shall receive an annual salary of two thousand two hundred twenty dollars ($2,220.00), payable in 12 equal monthly installments.
Sec. 5. The Sheriff of Brunswick County shall receive an annual salary of forty‑five hundred dollars ($4,500.00), payable in 12 equal monthly installments. In addition to the salary fixed herein for the sheriff, he shall be paid the sum of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200.00) per annum as travel expense incurred in the performance of his official duties in the County of Brunswick, and in addition thereto shall receive the sum of seven cents (7¢) per mile for travel expense incurred for travel outside of the county while in the performance of his official duties.
Sec. 6. The Sheriff of Brunswick County is authorized and empowered to employ three field deputies at a monthly salary of two hundred ninety‑five dollars ($295.00) each, and in addition thereto, each such field deputy shall be paid one hundred fifteen dollars ($115.00) per month as travel expense incurred in the performance of official duties. The sheriff is also authorized to employ an office deputy who shall serve as jailer and who shall be paid a salary of two hundred sixty dollars ($260.00) per month plus jail fees, and in addition thereto shall receive the sum of two dollars ($2.00) per day for feeding each prisoner. The sheriff of said county is authorized to employ a night watchman for the jail at a monthly salary of sixty dollars ($60.00). The deputies herein provided for shall, in addition to the salaries herein fixed, be entitled to all fees allowed and collected in civil cases. All arrest, witness, and other fees allowed and collected in criminal cases shall be turned over to the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county for deposit in the general fund.
Sec. 7. Jurors in the Superior Court of Brunswick County shall each be paid six dollars ($6.00) per day for each day required to be in attendance. Superior Court jurors shall receive mileage at the rate of seven cents (7¢) per mile for one round trip to the courthouse and return home when summoned by the sheriff of the county. All other officials of the county shall receive seven cents (7¢) per mile incurred in the performance of their official duties for necessary travel outside of the county.
Sec. 8. Each member of the Board of County Commissioners of Brunswick County and each member of the Board of Education of Brunswick County shall be paid fifteen dollars ($15.00) per day for each day spent in the performance of the duties of his office and in addition thereto shall be paid the sum of seven cents (7¢) per mile for travel expense incurred while engaged in the performance of his official duties.
Sec. 9. The Board of Commissioners of Brunswick County is hereby authorized and empowered to fix in its discretion the compensation of all nonelective county officials and employees, including night watchman, janitor, assistant and deputy register of deeds, Assistant and Deputy Clerks of the Superior Court, tax collector and his deputy, county auditor and his deputy, solicitor of the recorder's court, and county attorney.
Sec. 10. The salaries and fees herein fixed shall be in full compensation for all duties performed by the officials and employees herein named.
Sec. 11. This Act shall apply only to Brunswick County.
Sec. 12. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 13. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 1961.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of April, 1961.

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