NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 414

HOUSE BILL 708

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND HOUSE BILL 475, RATIFIED ON THE 23RD DAY OF APRIL, 1959, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF CHOCOWINITY IN BEAUFORT COUNTY".

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. House Bill 475, ratified on the 23rd day of April, 1959, is hereby amended by striking out subsections (a) and (c) of Section 8 of the ratified bill, and substituting in lieu thereof the following:

"(a)      For the purpose of determining the question of incorporation, the Beaufort County Board of Elections shall call and hold for the Town of Chocowinity a special election to determine whether the town shall be incorporated as herein provided. The said special election shall be held at the expense of the County of Beaufort. The county board of elections shall hold said election on May 30, 1959. The said board of elections shall make all the necessary provisions for the holding and conducting of the election, including the canvassing of the returns and the declaration of the results of said election. The call for said election shall be published in some newspaper in Beaufort County and preferably in a newspaper published in the Town of Chocowinity, for the period of once a week for four successive weeks prior to said election."

"(c)      The county board of elections shall cause the registration books to be opened on May 2, May 9 and May 16, 1959 for the registration of those persons qualified to vote in said election. The registration books shall be kept open at the polling places on May 23, 1959 for the inspection of those voting in said election and any registered, qualified voter shall be allowed to challenge the name of any person appearing on said books."

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.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 30th day of April, 1959.