NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

CHAPTER 860

HOUSE BILL 1019

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 88, PRIVATE LAWS OF 1887, BEING THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SILER CITY, RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Section 4 of Chapter 88 of the Private Laws of 1887 is hereby repealed and a new Section 4 shall be inserted in lieu thereof which shall read as follows:

"Sec. 4. The Mayor and Board of Commissioners of the Town of Siler City shall be elected on Tuesday after the first Monday in May in the odd-numbered years in accordance with the following:

"(a)     At the regular municipal election to be held in May, 1965, the two candidates for Commissioner receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected to serve for a term of four (4) years and the other three candidates elected as Commissioner shall serve for a term of two (2) years. Thereafter, Commissioners shall be elected to serve for four-year terms.

"(b)     On Tuesday after the first Monday in May, 1965, and biennially thereafter, the Mayor shall be elected for a two-year term."

Sec. 2. The Private Laws of 1887 are hereby further amended by striking out all of Section 5 and inserting in lieu thereof a new Section 5 which shall read as follows:

"Sec. 5. All regular municipal elections held in the Town of Siler City shall be conducted in accordance with the general law regulating municipal elections except as otherwise provided herein. In all general municipal elections for membership on the Board of Commissioners, the elector shall cast his or her vote for as many candidates as there are offices to be filled, and where an elector votes for any number of candidates less than the number of offices to be filled, such ballot shall not be counted for any of the candidates. There shall be printed on all ballots for membership on the Board of Commissioners the number of candidates to be voted for. The Board of Commissioners is hereby authorized to establish as many voting precincts as the Board from time to time deems best."

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of June, 1963.