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q , <br />3~5 NORTH CAROLINA, LEE COUNTY <br />Presented for registration on the~:...~~...day <br />of.....In!<<,..-o-.C.~....19 <br />recorded in Book page . <br />Pattie W. McGIhory, Register of Deeds <br />WHEREAS, the office of Sheriff is established by <br />Article VII, Section 2 of the Constitution of the State of <br />North Carolina; and <br />WHEREAS, the General Assembly of North Carolina has <br />given each sheriff the exclusive right to hire, supervise and <br />discharge the employees of his office under North Carolina <br />General Statute 153A-103; and. <br />WHEREAS, the General Assembly of North Carolina has <br />provided for the grounds and procedure for removal of sheriffs <br />by the enactment of Article 2, Chapter 128, General Statutes of <br />North Carolina; and <br />WHEREAS, written affidavits concerning the conduct of <br />Sheriff H.R. Thomas were presented to the Board of Commissioners <br />for Lee County on the erroneous assumption that said Board had <br />disciplinary authority over the Sheriff; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board responded to said affidavits and <br />referred said affidavits to The Honorable John Twisdale, District <br />Attorney, Eleventh Prosecutorial District, and <br />WHEREAS, The Honorable John Twisdale, District Attorney, <br />has responded to the Board by his letter dated February 2, 1982, a <br />copy of which is attached hereto; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners <br />for Lee County that the District Attorney of the Eleventh <br />Prosecutorial District take such action or actions as he deems <br />appropriate and justified based upon the facts as ascertained by <br />the investigation conducted by his office relative to the conduct <br />of Sheriff H. R. Thomas. <br />