NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 136

HOUSE BILL 258

 

 

AN ACT TO SUBMIT TO THE VOTERS OF CASWELL COUNTY THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CASWELL COUNTY SHALL BE ELECTED FOR STAGGERED FOUR-YEAR TERMS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. At the general election held in Caswell County in 1962 there shall be submitted to the qualified and registered voters of said county the question of whether the members of the Board of Education of Caswell County shall be elected for staggered four-year terms. Separate ballots for this purpose, in the usual form for submitting propositions at county elections, shall be prepared and provided to each qualified and registered voter voting. The proposition shall be submitted in substantially the following language and form:

"Vote by marking an (X) in the square to the left of your choice:

[ ]         For electing members of the Board of Education for alternating four-year terms.

[ ]         Against electing members of the Board of Education for alternating four-year terms."

Sec. 2. Should a majority of the voters voting on the propositions submitted as fourth in Section 1 determine that the members of the Board of Education of Caswell County shall be elected by the voters of the county for alternating terms of four years, the following provisions relating thereto shall be applicable.

(a)       The two members of the Board of Education of Caswell County elected at the general election in 1962 who receive the highest number of votes of those elected to said Board, shall be declared elected for terms of four years each, and the other three members of said Board elected at the general election in 1962 shall be declared elected for terms of two years each.

(b)       At the general election in 1964 and biennially thereafter successors to those members of the Board of Education of Caswell County whose terms have expired shall be elected for terms of four years each.

(c)       Section 6 of Chapter 1067 of the 1949 Session Laws is hereby amended to conform to the staggered terms by deleting the date "1950", in line 2, and inserting in lieu thereof the date "1964", and by deleting the remainder of said paragraph immediately following the comma after the word "nominated", in line 5, and inserting in lieu thereof the words: "One candidate from each of the three districts, whose terms will expire in 1964, and one candidate from each of the two districts, whose terms will expire in 1966."

Section 7 of Chapter 1067 of the 1949 Session Laws is hereby amended by striking out the date "1950", in line 8, and inserting in lieu thereof the date "1964", and by striking out the date "1950", in line 14, and inserting in lieu thereof the date "1964".

Section 8 of Chapter 1067 of the 1949 Session Laws is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Sec. 8. The members of the Board of Education elected in the general elections in the years 1964 and 1966 shall hold office for a period of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified."

Sec. 3. If a majority of the voters voting on the proposition submitted as set forth in Section 1 of this Act shall determine that members of the Board of Education of Caswell County shall not be elected for staggered terms of four years, then Section 2 of this Act shall be null and void.

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 30th day of March, 1961.