NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 574

HOUSE BILL 844

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 91 OF THE PRIVATE LAWS OF 1881 RELATING TO MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE TOWN OF LEWISTON.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Chapter 91 of the Private Laws of 1881, as amended by Chapter 461 of the Session Laws of 1957, is hereby further amended by inserting a new Section immediately following Section 8 which shall be designated as Section 8 1/2 and which shall read as follows:

"Sec. 8 1/2. From and after the effective date of this Act candidates for the office of mayor and members of the board of commissioners at the biennial municipal election shall be nominated at a town convention in accordance with the following:

"(1)      Not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the biennial municipal election, the board of commissioners shall call a Town Convention and fix the date therefor for the purpose of nominating candidates for mayor and members of the board of commissioners. Notice of such convention shall be given at least ten (10) days prior to the date fixed therefor by posting a notice giving the time, place, date, and purpose of such convention in not less than three (3) public places within the corporate limits.

"(2)      At such convention any qualified voter of the Town of Lewiston may become a candidate for mayor or member of the board of commissioners by having his name placed in nomination by any citizen of the town which is seconded by any other citizen. The town clerk shall keep an accurate record of all persons so nominated.

"(3)      The persons nominated for mayor or member of the board of commissioners as provided for herein and who have not by a written statement to the board of commissioners withdrawn their nomination shall have their names placed on the official ballot as a candidate for the office to which they were nominated. No other names shall be printed on the official ballot except those placed in nomination as provided for by this Act."

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 1965.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of May, 1965.