1937_public laws_408_8
CHAPTER 407 AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES, TRAILERS AND SEMI-TRAILERS, AND TO REQUIRE THE PAYMENT OF FEES THEREON; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF TITLE THEREFOR, AND TO PREVENT THE TAKING, TRANSFER OF OR INJURY TO ANY MOTOR VEHICLE WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER; TO PROVIDE FOR THE OFFICE OF VEHICLE COMMISSIONER AND MOTOR VEHICLE BUREAU, AND DEFINE THE POWERS AND DUTIES THEREOF; TO REGULATE THE OPERA- TION OF VEHICLES ON HIGHWAYS; TO PROVIDE PEN- ALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ACT, AND TO MAKE UNIFORM THE SUBJECT MATTER THEREOF. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: ARTICLE I
Authority to Administer Oaths and Certify Copies of Records. (a) Officers and employees of the department designated by the commissioner are, for the purpose of administering the motor vehicle laws, authorized to administer oaths and acknowledge signatures, and shall do so without fee. (b) The commissioner and such officers of the department as he may designate are hereby authorized to prepare and under the seal of the department and deliver upon request a certified copy of any record of the department, charging a fee of fifty cents (50c) for each document so authenticated, and every such certified copy shall be admissible in any proceeding in any court in like manner as the original thereof.