NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

FIRST EXTRA SESSION 1982

CHAPTER 6

HOUSE BILL 7

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 160 OF THE PRIVATE LAWS OF 1891 IN REGARD TO THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF HOBGOOD, HALIFAX COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND TO VALIDATE THE ELECTION OF THE BOARDS ELECTED IN 1981 AND PRIOR YEARS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 3 of the Charter of the Town of Hobgood entitled "officers", as amended by Chapter 137, of the Private Laws of 1903, is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Sec. 3.  Beginning with the municipal election to be held in the Town of Hobgood in 1983, there shall be elected a mayor and a board of commissioners consisting of five members, who shall be elected from the town at large and for a term of two years, and until their successors are elected and qualified.  The election shall be nonpartisan and decided by simple plurality as provided in G.S. 163-279, and shall be held and conducted in accordance with the applicable provisions of Articles 23 and 24 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes, and shall be conducted by the county board of elections."

Sec. 2.  The governing board of the Town of Hobgood shall consist of a mayor and a board of commissioners consisting of five members, and the General Assembly does hereby declare valid in all respects the municipal elections held in the Town of Hobgood in 1981 and prior years.

Sec. 3.  Any provisions of the Charter of the Town of Hobgood in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of February, 1982.