NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 723

SENATE BILL 344

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 1043, SESSION LAWS OF 1963, RELATING TO THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CARTERET COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Section 1 of Chapter 1043, Session Laws of 1963, is hereby amended by inserting the words "Mill Creek" immediately after the words "Precincts of" in line 2 of paragraph 3 thereof.

Section 1 is further amended by deleting the word "Betty" in line 2 of paragraph 4 and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Harlowe, Merrimon,".

Section 1 is further amended by deleting the words "Harlowe, Merrimon," in line 2 of paragraph 5, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "Bettie,".

Sec. 2. Section 6 of Chapter 1043, Session Laws of 1963, is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Sec. 6. Beginning with the general election for county officers in 1968, and quadrennially thereafter, the members of the board of county commissioners shall be elected for a term of four years and shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified.

"The commissioners shall take office on the first Monday in December after their election. The commissioners shall elect from their membership a chairman who shall serve for one year."

Sec. 3. Section 7 of Chapter 1043, Session Laws of 1963, is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Sec. 7. The terms of the present members of the board of county commissioners shall continue until the first Monday in December, 1968, and expire upon the qualification of their successors in office."

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of May, 1965.