NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 15

SENATE BILL 48

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF THOMASVILLE, RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE MUNICIPAL BOARD OF ELECTIONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. That Section 5 of Chapter 196 of the 1929 Private Laws of North Carolina as amended by Chapter 248 of the 1949 Session Laws of North Carolina be amended by striking out all of subsection (c) in said Section and inserting in lieu thereof the following new subsection:

"(c)      Municipal Board of Elections. There shall be a Municipal Board of Elections which shall consist of three persons of good moral character who are electors in the City of Thomasville, who shall be appointed by the City Council on the Monday preceding the eighth Tuesday preceding each general municipal election, and whose terms of office shall continue for two years from the date of their appointment and until their successors are appointed and qualified.

"The Municipal Board of Elections shall meet on the eighth Saturday before each general municipal election, and a majority being present, they shall each take the oath of office and shall organize by electing one of its members chairman and another secretary and it may meet at such other times and places as the chairman of said board or any two members thereof may elect, for the performance of such duties as required by law.

"Whenever a vacancy occurs in the membership of the Municipal Board of Elections the same shall be filled by the City Council."

Sec. 2. That all remaining portions and Sections of said Section 5 of Chapter 196 of the Private Laws of North Carolina for 1929 as amended by Chapter 248 of the 1949 Session Laws of North Carolina shall remain in full force and effect.

Sec. 3. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. That 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 7th day of March, 1961.