NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 799

HOUSE BILL 871

 

 

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF RED OAK IN NASH COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Incorporation and Corporate Powers. The community of Red Oak in Nash County within the boundaries established by Section 2 of this Act is hereby incorporated and declared to be a body politic under the name and style of the "Town of Red Oak", and as such shall have and may exercise all rights, powers, privileges and immunities that are now or may hereafter be conferred upon incorporated cities and towns of this State by the General Statutes of North Carolina.

Sec. 2. Corporate Boundaries. The corporate boundaries of the Town of Red Oak shall be a radius of four thousand (4,000) feet measured from a point where the center line of N. C. Highway 43 intersects with the center line of N. C. Secondary Road 1003 (The Nashville-Red Oak Road).

Sec. 3. Governing Body. All powers of the Town shall be vested in a board of commissioners consisting of four (4) members and a mayor. John Thomas Jones is hereby appointed mayor, and William Randolph Deans, Alvin M. Frazier, Woodrow Wilson Pitt, and Theodore Bryant Faulkner are hereby appointed commissioners. The mayor and members of the board of commissioners appointed herein shall take office on July 1, 1961, and shall serve until their successors are duly elected and qualified as provided for in Section 4 of this Act. The board of commissioners shall meet at such times and places as they deem best and the mayor shall have a right to vote only in case of a tie vote deadlocking a decision of the governing body.

Sec. 4. Municipal Elections. The regular municipal election in the Town of Red Oak shall be held on Tuesday after the first Monday in May, 1963, and biennially thereafter. All municipal elections shall be conducted in accordance with the general law of the State relating to municipal elections. Provided, however, that any qualified elector of the Town of Red Oak may become a candidate for the office of mayor or board of commissioners by filing a written notice with the mayor or other person designated by the governing body not less than ten (10) days prior to the date fixed for the election, and by the payment of a filing fee, the amount of which shall be fixed by the board of commissioners, not to exceed five dollars ($5.00).

Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6. 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 14th day of June, 1961.