NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 56

HOUSE BILL 138

 

 

AN ACT REWRITING SECTION 6 OF CHAPTER 219, PRIVATE LAWS OF 1911 AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 46, PRIVATE LAWS OF 1915, AND REWRITTEN BY CHAPTER 36, PRIVATE LAWS OF 1933 RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD IN JOHNSTON COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. That Section 6 of Chapter 219, Private Laws of 1911 as amended by Chapter 46, Private Laws of 1915 and rewritten by Chapter 36, Private Laws of 1933, the same being the Charter of the Town of Smithfield in Johnston County, be and the same is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Sec. 6. That there shall be an election on Tuesday after the first Monday in May, 1959 and biennially thereafter for a Mayor of the Town of Smithfield, who shall hold said office for a term of two years and until his or her successor shall be duly elected and qualified.

"That there shall be an election on Tuesday after the first Monday in May, 1959 for seven commissioners for said town and that the four candidates receiving the largest number of votes at said election shall each serve for a term of four years and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified; and the three candidates receiving the next largest number of votes for commissioners so elected shall each serve for a term of two years and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. Thereafter, all commissioners shall be elected for terms of four years and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. The primary election for the municipal offices for the Town of Smithfield is hereby abolished."

Sec. 2. All candidates for a municipal office in the Town of Smithfield shall file for their candidacy at least 15 days prior to the election.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.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 10th day of March, 1959.