NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1967 SESSION

CHAPTER 325
HOUSE BILL 670

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ASHE COUNTY FROM THREE TO FIVE MEMBERS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. G. S. 153‑5 is amended by inserting in line 2 of the first paragraph thereof, after the word "Alamance" and before the word "Beaufort", the word and punctuation "Ashe,".
Sec. 2. G. S. 153‑5 is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
"At the election for county officers to be held in Ashe County in 1968, and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected two county commissioners who shall serve for terms of four years each and until their successors are elected and qualified. At the election to be held in Ashe County in 1970, and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected three county commissioners who shall serve for a term of four years each and until their successors are elected and qualified. Until two members shall have been duly elected at the general election of 1968 and shall qualify and take office along with other county officers of Ashe County, as otherwise provided by law, the membership of the Ashe County Board of Commissioners shall consist of three members."
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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 5th day of May, 1967.