19-702.   Duties; representation of county hospital not required.(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, it shall be the dutyof the county attorney to appear in any court having jurisdiction withinthe county and prosecuteor defend on behalf of the people allactions and proceedings, civil or criminal, in which the state or thecounty is a partyor interested.

      (b)   No county attorney shall be required to appear in any civil actionor proceeding which relates to the operation of the county hospital. Thecounty attorney may appear in any such civil action or proceeding at thecounty attorney's discretion, when requested by the board of county commissionersor the board of the county hospital.

      History:   G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 136; R.S. 1923, 19-702; L. 1984, ch. 100, § 1; July 1.