NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 834

HOUSE BILL 1370

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE A SPECIAL ELECTION IN THE TOWN OF ENOCHVILLE TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER THE TOWN CHARTER SHOULD BE REPEALED.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The Rowan County Board of Elections shall hold and conduct a special election on May 7, 1974, in the Town of Enochville on the question of whether the Town Charter shall be repealed.  All qualified voters residing within the corporate limits of the Town shall be eligible to vote.  No absentee ballots shall be permitted.  The election shall be conducted in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations governing elections as provided in Chapter 163 of the General Statutes.

The issue on the ballot shall be "For Repeal of the Town Charter"; "Against Repeal of the Town Charter".

If a majority of those voting favor repeal of the Town Charter, then upon the certification of the results, Chapter 185, Public Laws of 1876-77; Chapter 81, Private Laws of 1883; and all laws constituting the Charter of the Town of Enochville shall be repealed. Provided, that if the Town of Enochville owns any real or personal property such property shall be sold at public auction and the proceeds paid into the public school fund of Rowan County. Said property shall be sold within 90 days of the certification of the results of the special election.

Sec. 2.  This act shall be effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of February, 1974.