1925_public local laws_552_8
CHAPTER 551 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF MARTIN TO PLACE CERTAIN OFFICERS ON SALARIES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That the sheriff of Martin County shall receive a salary of not less than six thousand dollars ($6,000), nor more than seven thousand dollars ($7,000) per annum, as full compensation for his service and the services of such assistants, deputies and clerks as he may appoint and jailer. The sheriff shall receive no other compensation whatever, except such fees as are now or may hereafter be allowed by law to the sheriffs for the seizure and destruction of illicit stills, and for actual necessary expenses for conveying prisoners to jail in counties other than their own, and to the States Prison, and insane persons to the State Hospital. It is expressly provided by the terms of this act to be the duty of the sheriff to furnish the necessary court attendants in the Superior Court and in the recorders court of Martin County, and convey all prisoners to the place of their imprisonment in Martin County without extra compensation, but where it is necessary to bring prisoners on the train to the county jail, the board of commissioners shall pay the actual railroad fare of the deputy and prisoner. The sheriff shall pay over to the county treasurer all fees, mileage, and other allowances paid to him by the State of North Carolina or by any State institution for performing any duty required of him by law.