NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 621

HOUSE BILL 610

 

 

AN ACT REPEALING CHAPTER 210, SESSION LAWS OF 1951, AS MODIFIED BY CHAPTER 598, SESSION LAWS OF 1955 AND AMENDING CHAPTER 826, SESSION LAWS OF 1957 RELATING TO THE ROTATION OF THE POSITION OF DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF STATE SENATOR AMONG THE COUNTIES OF CHEROKEE, CLAY, GRAHAM, MACON AND SWAIN, WHICH CONSTITUTE THE THIRTY-THIRD SENATORIAL DISTRICT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. That Chapter 210, Session Laws of 1951, as modified by Chapter 598, Session Laws of 1955, be and the same is hereby repealed in its entirety.

Sec. 2. That Section 1 of Chapter 826, Session Laws of 1957, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words "and the State Senate" appearing in line 3 thereof. The purpose of this Act is to eliminate the requirement for the rotation of Democratic candidates for the State Senate among the counties constituting the Thirty-Third Senatorial District and to provide that the candidate of the Democratic Party for said office shall be nominated in primary elections participated in by the Democratic voters of the entire district including Cherokee County.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.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 26th day of May, 1959.