19-803.   Appointment of undersheriff.The sheriff of each county shall, as soon as may be after entering uponthe duties of his office, appoint some proper person undersheriff of saidcounty, who shall also be a general deputy, to hold during the pleasure ofthe sheriff; and as often as a vacancy shall occur in the office of suchundersheriff, or he become incapable of executing the same, another shall,in like manner, be appointed in his place.

      History:   G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 101; Oct. 31; R.S. 1923, 19-803.