NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 380

HOUSE BILL 472

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN WILSON COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The board of county commissioners of Wilson County shall consist of seven members, all of whom shall be nominated and elected by the qualified voters of the entire county in 1966 and every two years thereafter, and each of whom shall represent the entire county. Each commissioner shall serve a term of two years and until his successor is elected and qualifies.

Sec. 2. Wilson County shall be divided into five commissioner residence districts, as follows:

District One shall consist of Wilson Township.

District Two shall consist of Black Creek and Cross Roads Townships.

District Three shall consist of Spring Hill and Oldfields Townships.

District Four shall consist of Taylor's and Toisnot Townships.

District Five shall consist of Gardner's, Saratoga, and Stantonsburg Townships.

Sec. 3. Three commissioners shall be residents of District One, one commissioner shall be a resident of District Two, one commissioner shall be a resident of District Three, one commissioner shall be a resident of District Four, and one commissioner shall be a resident of District Five.

Sec. 4. When filing for nomination and election to the board of county commissioners, each candidate shall state the commissioner residence in which he resides, and he shall be eligible for nomination and election only to the commissionership or one of the commissionerships assigned by this Act to that commissioner residence district. In counting the votes cast for candidates in the primary and general elections, the candidates residing in District One shall be treated as candidates for a separate group of three offices, and the candidates residing in Districts Two, Three, Four, and Five respectively shall be treated as candidates for four separate offices. The number of candidates declared nominated in the primary by each political party shall not exceed for each commissioner residence district the number of commissionerships assigned by this Act to that district, and the number of candidates declared elected in the general election shall not exceed for each commissioner residence district the number of commissionerships assigned by this Act to that district.

Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6. This Act shall be in full force and effect upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of April, 1965.