1945 session laws – Ch.1102 Sec.4
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CHAPTER 1102 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A COUNTY LIBRARY IN SAMP- SON COUNTY. WHEREAS, an adequate court library is necessary and desir- able for the use of the courts and court officials in said county; and WHEREAS, the establishment of a court library in Sampson County will promote the best interests of the litigants and citi- zens of said county; and WHEREAS, it is desired to provide for the proper equipment, books and records, and for the proper support and maintenance of said library: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
In order to provide a fund for the equipment, maintenance and support of the said library, in every civil action or special proceeding instituted in the Superior Court of Sampson County where costs are paid in advance, one dollar ($1.00) shall be taxed and paid to the clerk of the court to be set aside and designated as a Court Library Fund; and all other civil actions or special proceedings tried or disposed of in the superior court of said county shall be taxed one dollar for said Court Library Fund when costs are collected or paid to the said clerk; and, in like manner, there shall be taxed and paid the sum of one dollar ($1.00) for every criminal case in the Superior Court of Sampson County and in the Recorders Court of Sampson County, in which costs are paid by the defendant, and, if any other court shall be established in the County of Sampson exercising jurisdiction above that of a justice of the peace, there shall be collected in such courts the sum of one dollar ($1.00) for the Court Library Fund in each civil and criminal case as prescribed herein. The Court Library Fund shall be paid by the Clerk of the Superior Court to the Auditor of Sampson County monthly, and shall be deposited by said auditor in a bank designated by the custodian for that purpose, and shall be used solely for the purpose of equipping, maintaining, and operating said library. All checks drawn on said account shall be signed by the Chairman of the Library Committee of the Sampson County Bar, and countersigned by the Auditor of Sampson County, and it shall be the duty of the auditor to keep a correct account of all receipts and disbursements in connection with said funds.