NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

CHAPTER 1107

HOUSE BILL 1328

AN ACT RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS FOR THE TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL.

WHEREAS, the lines for the voting precincts for the Town of Chapel Hill coincide with the precinct lines for the voting precincts for Orange County, and

WHEREAS, it is impractical to keep one set of registration books for the two units involved, and

WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen for the Town of Chapel Hill desires to expedite the registration of voters qualified to vote in all municipal elections; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The Board of Elections for Orange County shall make available to the Clerk of the Town of Chapel Hill its registration books for the county precincts lying within or partly within the corporate limits of the Town of Chapel Hill and during the time for registration and election for each municipal election in the said town.

Sec. 2. The Town Clerk shall deliver the said county registration books to the appropriate town registrars and each registrar is hereby authorized to transfer from the county precinct registration book to the appropriate town precinct registration book the names of properly qualified and registered electors who shall thereafter be qualified to vote in all municipal elections so long as the elector remains otherwise eligible; provided the said electors shall be subject to challenge as provided by law.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This Act shall be in full force and effect on and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of June, 1963.