NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 503

HOUSE BILL 1134

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE CHATHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. The Board of Commissioners of Chatham County shall consist of five members who shall be qualified voters of the county, and who shall be elected as hereinafter provided for staggered terms of four years.

Sec. 2. For the purpose of electing members of the board of commissioners, the county is hereby divided into four resident districts as follows:

District Number One shall consist of all the territory within the boundaries of the townships of Baldwin, Williams, New Hope and Cape Fear, and shall have one member on the board of commissioners.

District Number Two shall consist of all the territory within the boundaries of the townships of Center, Hadley and Albright, and shall have one member on the board of commissioners.

District Number Three shall consist of all the territory within the boundaries of the townships of Haw River, Oakland, Gulf and Hickory Mountain, and shall have one member on the board of commissioners.

District Number Four shall consist of all the territory within the boundaries of the townships of Mathews and Bear Creek, and shall have two members on the board of commissioners.

Sec. 3. Beginning with the regular primary and general election to be held for county officers in 1976, and every four years thereafter, two members shall be nominated and elected, one each from Districts Number One and Three.

In the primary and general election to be held in 1978, and every four years thereafter, three members shall be elected, one from District Number Two and two from District Number Four.

Sec. 4. Candidates must reside in the district which they seek to represent, but shall be voted on by the voters of the entire county in both the primary and general election. At the time of filing notice of candidacy the candidate shall indicate the district in which he resides, and the ballots in the primary and general election shall indicate the district for which each candidate seeks nomination and election.

Sec. 5. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of June, 1975.