GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

 

 

SESSION LAW 2014-24

SENATE BILL 867

 

 

AN ACT to extend the terms of office from two to four years for the mayor and the members of the board of aldermen of the town of McDonald.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  Section 3 of the Charter of the Town of McDonald, being Chapter 443 of the Private Laws of 1911, reads as rewritten:

"Sec. 3.  The officers of said the town shall consist of a mayor and three aldermen, who shall be styled the Board of Aldermen of McDonald's,McDonald, and the said mayor and the aldermen shall be elected by the qualified voters of said town on the first Monday in May, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and annually thereafter, under the same rules and regulations as are prescribed by the laws for holding such elections under chapter seventy‑three of The Revisal of one thousand nine hundred and five of North Carolina, a constable and secretary and treasurer, to be chosen by the board of aldermen immediately after its organization, to hold office one year or until their successors are duly elected and qualified; and until the first Monday in May, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, Spurgeon McLean shall fill the office of mayor; F. M. Davis, A. L. Hall and F. M. Townsend shall act as aldermen; Foster Williams shall act as constable; and T. S. Gryard shall act as secretary and treasurer.the town. In 2015, and quadrennially thereafter, a mayor shall be elected to serve for a term of four years. In 2015, three aldermen shall be elected to serve for a term of four years. In 2019, and quadrennially thereafter, the mayor and three aldermen shall be elected to a four‑year term."

SECTION 2.  Section 15 of the Charter of the Town of McDonald, being Chapter 443 of the Private Laws of 1911, is repealed.

SECTION 3.  This act does not affect the terms of office of persons elected in 2013.

SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of June, 2014.

 

 

                                                                    s/  Daniel J. Forest

                                                                         President of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/  Thom Tillis

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives