NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 701

HOUSE BILL 906

AN ACT RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WARDS AND THE ELECTION OF A MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN IN THE TOWN OF RANDLEMAN, RANDOLPH COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. For the municipal election of 1961, and for each municipal election thereafter, the Town of Randleman shall be divided into four wards, the geographical boundaries of which shall be as follows:

(a)       Ward No. 1 shall consist of that portion of the Town of Randleman lying to the West of the center line of Main Street and to the South of the center line of West Academy Street;

(b)       Ward No. 2 shall consist of that portion of the Town of Randleman lying to the East of the center line of Main Street and to the South of the center line of East Naomi Street as extended by Fox Street and River Drive in an eastwardly direction to the town limits;

(c)       Ward No. 3 shall consist of that portion of the Town of Randleman lying to the West of the center line of Main Street and to the North of the center line of West Academy Street;

(d)       Ward No. 4 shall consist of that portion of the Town of Randleman lying to the East of the center line of Main Street and to the North of the center line of East Naomi Street as extended by Fox Street and River Drive in an eastwardly direction to the town limits.

Sec. 2. In the municipal election of 1961, and at each municipal election thereafter, a mayor and one alderman shall be elected from the Town of Randleman at large for a term of two years.

Sec. 3. In the municipal election of 1961, and every four years thereafter, one alderman shall be elected from each of Wards Nos. 2 and 3 for a term of four years.

Sec. 4. In the municipal election of 1961, one alderman shall be elected from each of Wards No. 1 and No. 4 for a term of two years. In the municipal election of 1963, and every four years thereafter, aldermen from Wards No. 1 and No. 4 shall be elected for terms of four years.

Sec. 5. In the municipal election of 1961, and in all municipal elections thereafter, candidates for the offices of mayor and aldermen shall pay to the town clerk the following filing fees:

(a)       For the office of mayor ............................................................. $ 20.00

(b)       For the office of aldermen ........................................................   10.00

Sec. 6. This Act shall apply only to the Town of Randleman, Randolph County.

Sec. 7. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 8. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 1959.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of June, 1959.