Art. 45. - Authorizing offer and payment of rewards.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The Board of Aldermen of the City of Sanford is authorized to offer and pay rewards in an amount not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons who willfully deface, damage, or destroy property either personal or real or take personal property belonging to or under the control of the City of Sanford and to further offer and pay like rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons who willfully injure or take the life of any employee or officer of the City of Sanford while such employee or officer is engaged in the performance of his official duties. The Board of Aldermen shall fix the terms, conditions, and amounts of such rewards and shall be the sole judge as to those persons entitled to receive any reward offered. Such reward shall be paid only by order of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Sanford out of non-tax revenue.

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 27th day of May, 1969.

(Session Laws of 1969, chapter 607)