NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 238

HOUSE BILL 360

AN ACT REWRITING SECTION I OF CHAPTER 1069, SESSION LAWS OF 1953, SO AS TO PLACE ALL POLITICAL PARTIES IN WATAUGA COUNTY UNDER THE STATE-WIDE PRIMARY LAWS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That Section 1 of Chapter 1069, Session Laws of 1953, be and the same is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Section 1. That Article 19 of Subchapter II of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes, as amended, relating to primary elections, be and the same is hereby made applicable to Watauga County. From and after the effective date of this Act, all political parties in Watauga County shall nominate and select candidates for all county offices according to the Statewide primary laws."

Sec. 2. This Act shall apply to Watauga County only.

Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.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 7th day of April, 1959.