NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 1101

HOUSE BILL 1273

AN ACT REWRITING SECTION 94 OF CHAPTER, 121, PRIVATE LAWS OF 1931, REWRITTEN BY CHAPTER 149, SESSION LAWS OF 1943, RELATING TO THE LIBRARY BOARD OF THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That Section 94 of Chapter 121, Private Laws of 1931, rewritten by Chapter 149, Session Laws of 1943, be and the same is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Sec. 94. The Library Board of the City of Asheville shall be an administrative agency of said city and shall have general supervision and control of the public libraries maintained in and by said city. Said board shall consist of seven members, four of whom shall be appointed by the city council and shall be residents of the City of Asheville, and three of whom shall be appointed by the Buncombe County Board of County Commissioners and shall be residents of Buncombe County, At the first regular meeting of the city council, after the third Monday in May, 1961, four members of said board shall be appointed, two to serve for a period of four years, and two for a period of two years. Thereafter the city council, at its first regular meeting after the third Monday in May next following each election of a city council, shall appoint two members to serve for a period of four years. Vacancies occurring on said board in appointments made by the council shall be filled by the city council for the unexpired term of the incumbent. And at the first regular meeting of the Buncombe County Board of County Commissioners, after the first Monday in December, 1961, three members of said board shall be appointed to serve for a period of four years. Thereafter, the Buncombe County Board of County Commissioners, at its first regular meeting after the first Monday in December following each election of a Buncombe County Board of County Commissioners shall appoint three members to serve for a period of four years. Vacancies occurring on said board in appointments made by the Buncombe County Board of County Commissioners shall be filled by the Buncombe County Board of County Commissioners for the unexpired term of the incumbent: Provided, however, that from the date of the passage of this Act, and until the next election of a city council and a Buncombe County Board of Commissioners the said Library Board shall be composed of Miss Annie Westall, who shall serve until the May, 1961 meeting above referred to; Anthony Lord, who shall serve until the May, 1961 meeting above referred to; Mrs. Wall Anderson, who shall serve until the May, 1961 meeting above referred to; Walter R. McGuire, who shall serve until the May, 1961 meeting above referred to; George Stephens, who shall serve until the December, 1960 meeting above referred to; Charles K. Robinson, who shall serve until the December, 1960 meeting above referred to; and Arthur M. Bannerman, who shall serve until the December, 1960 meeting above referred to; and in case of resignation, death or removal of any member thereof, a successor shall be appointed by a joint resolution of the City Council of the City of Asheville and the Buncombe County Board of County Commissioners."

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 its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of June, 1959.