NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 142

SENATE BILL 120

 

 

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE HENDERSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. G. S. 115-19 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph to read as follows:

"Provided, that in Henderson County the Board of Education shall consist of seven (7) members, elected and appointed for terms of six (6) years each in the same manner as otherwise provided in this Section. The initial membership and initial terms of the members of the Henderson County Board of Education as hereby constituted shall be as follows: J. T. Fain, Harvey Gale, and L. L. Burgin, Sr., are hereby appointed to terms of six (6) years each; L. C. Youngblood and Robert E. Greer are hereby appointed for terms of four (4) years each; and Frank Fitzsimmons, Jr., and Mary Bell are hereby appointed for terms of two (2) years each. Beginning with the 1962 General Election and the 1963 Session of the General Assembly, and biennially thereafter, there shall be nominated, certified, transmitted and elected or appointed, all as provided in this Section, two (2) or three (3) members to the Henderson County Board of Education as may be necessary to fill the vacancies occurring in such years. All such biennial appointments shall be for terms of six (6) years each."

Sec. 2. This Act shall apply only to Henderson County.

Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 31st day of March, 1961.