NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 747

HOUSE BILL 717

AN ACT TO AMEND HOUSE BILL 121, ENACTED BY THE 1961 GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ENTITLED: "AN ACT TO CHANGE THE STYLE OF THE NAME OF THE TOWN OF GRAHAM IN ALAMANCE COUNTY TO THE CITY OF GRAHAM AND TO PROVIDE A CONSOLIDATED AND REVISED CHARTER THEREFOR".

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That House Bill 121 enacted by the 1961 General Assembly entitled: "AN ACT TO CHANGE THE STYLE OF THE NAME OF THE TOWN OF GRAHAM IN ALAMANCE COUNTY TO THE CITY OF GRAHAM AND TO PROVIDE A CONSOLIDATED AND REVISED CHARTER THEREFOR" be and the same is hereby amended in the following particulars:

(a)       That the last sentence of Section 1 of Chapter 1 be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

"The powers, functions, rights, privileges and immunities as enumerated by this Charter shall not be held or deemed to be exclusive but, in addition to the powers enumerated therein or implied thereby, or appropriate to the exercise thereof, it is intended that the City of Graham shall have and may exercise all powers now or hereafter granted to municipalities by the general laws of North Carolina, and all powers which, under the Constitution of North Carolina, it would be competent for this Charter specifically to enumerate."

(b)       That the words "The City Clerk" at the beginning of. the fourth sentence of Section 5 of Chapter II be stricken and the words "The City Clerk and Treasurer (hereinafter sometimes called the 'City Clerk')" be inserted in lieu thereof.

(c)       That Section 1 of Article VII (Miscellaneous Provisions)     of Chapter III be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 1. Application of General Laws to Elections for Municipal Officers and Other Elections. In all other respects elections for municipal officers held in the City of Graham shall be conducted as prescribed by law for the election of members of the General Assembly, and all other elections and the registration therefor shall be held as prescribed by the general laws of the State of North Carolina."

(d)       That the word "may" after the words "City Clerk and Treasurer" in the first sentence of Section 5 of Chapter IV be stricken and the word "shall" inserted in lieu thereof.

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13tb day of June, 1961.