The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-07
LeGrand Receives Bill
On Identification IJn;t

Nv. ,l- Rep. J. @. LeGrand announced
within the next few weeks, he
s.id he would make public the
,,,r,es of the measures he will seek
- lave passed in this legislature
One Of the two new bills present
"a 10 him, which is entitled ar
At 10 Establish a Bureau of Identi.
hcaton for the City of Wilmington
cocks TO make City department
=, the New Hanover Bureau Of
Identification. which now is head.
I'D bv Supt. Harry E. Fales. The
Cjty currently pays one-half of the
bureau's expenses that amounted
IN $500 during the 1894 fiscal
year.
The other is an amendment to
Tho chapter OF the Town of Caro-
lima Beach to make the General
Municipal Election Laws applica-
bic there.
Tie proposed legislation follows:
"A bill to be entitled an act to
establish a Bureau of Identifica-
lion for the City OF Wilmington
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
Section /: That in order to pro-
vide for the performance of the
duties hereinafter designated and
required there is hereby created
and established Bureau Of Identi-
fcstion for the City of Wilmington.
Section 2: That on or before
the first day OF July, 1915, and an
nually thereafter there shall be ap-
pointed by the City Manager of the
CITY of Wilmington an Identifica-
ton Expert, who shall be in charge
Of the Identification Bureau hereby
created, and said Identification Elk
pert shall be under the supervision
Of the City Manager OF the City of
Wilmington, The salary of the
Identification Expert shall be de-
termined by the governing body of
the City Of Wilmington, and the
same shall be paid in equal month
ly installments.
Section 3. 1t shall be the duty OF
the Identification Expert to finger
print and photograph such persons
arrested in the City of Wilmington
for any offense when in his opinion
or in the opinion Of the City Man
ager, the crimes with which such
persons are charged or suspected
of committing warrant the finger
printing or photographing of such
persons. In any event it shall be
the duty Of such Identific alton Elk
pert to fingerprint and photograph
such persons arrested in the City
Of Wilmington who are charged
with committing felony
Section a That it shall be also
the duty of the Identification Ex-
pert to make photographs of the
scene OF all homicides or the scene
Of other crimes when such photo
graphs will aid in solving crime
and when directed by the City Man
ager The Identification Expert
shall assist the police of the City
Of Wilmington in all matters re-
specting the apprehension of Grim
mails, and he shall perform such
duties as may be assigned to him,
from time to time, by the City
Manager, and the Identification
Expert shall be vested with the
authority Of peace officer.
Section 5: That the City of Will
mington shall provide suitable Of
flee space and equipment for the
performance Of the duties required
by this Act, and such space nd
equipment as the City of Whining
ton may determine is necessary to
carry out the purpose and intent of
this Act.
Section S: That the creation of
the aforesaid Bureau of Identi-
tcatlon, the establishment and
setting up OF the same, as herein
suthorlzed and directed, shall be
cone and become effective as of
July l, 1915, and to and including
June 80, 1915, the Identification
bufeau, as established by Chapter
lIO OF the Public-Local Laws of
tS40' snail continue to operate and
JUNCTION as authorized by that Act.
After June 80, 1915, all the func-
IONS and duties of the Identifica-
uoh Expert and Identification
6ufeau established by Chapter ITO
aforesaid shall cease.
Section Z: That all laws and
clauses of laws in conflict with this
Ac( are hereby repealed.
section 8: That this Act shall
0e IN force and effect from and
after its ratification.
"A Dill to be entitled an act to
amend the charter of the Town of
Narollna Beach to make the gen
*fsi municipal election laws ap-
phcable thereto.
mat, WHEREAS, Chapter GA
u me Session laws of 1913 required
mat referendum be conducted in
me Town of Carolina Beach to
ueteffnlne whether or not the
vo'efS OF said Town desired to
cnahge the charter of said Town
80 as to cause the General Num-
oIpaI Election Law to be applicable
~ all municipal elections conduct
ed IN said Town, and
=, WHEREAS, on the 7th day of
"oae, 1913 in accordance with the
p go of said Act, a referen-
aufii was conducted and a major
NY OF the voters cast their ballots