NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 224

HOUSE BILL 298

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND H. B. 67, ENACTED BY THE 1961 SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA, TO BE DESIGNATED CHAPTER 8, SESSION LAWS OF 1961, WHICH ACT RELATES TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE AND THE CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE BY THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Section 2 of H. B. 67, enacted by the 1961 Session of the General Assembly of North Carolina (which Bill as ratified is to be designated Chapter 8, Session Laws of 1961) is hereby amended by deleting from lines 12 through 17 of the said Bill as ratified the following words:

"provided, however, that the said Board of Elections shall not change, alter, amend, combine or divide any voting precinct or precincts within the corporate limits of the City of Fayetteville except upon the advice and consent of the City Council of said City;".

Section 2 of the said Bill is further amended by deleting from lines 20 through 25 thereof the following words:

"and provided further that requiring no attendance of registrars at the polling places for registering voters shall be ordered only upon the advice and consent of the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, in the absence of which registrars shall attend the polling places to register voters."

Sec. 2. Section 7 of H. B. 67, enacted by the 1961 Session of the General Assembly of North Carolina (to be designated as Chapter 8, Session Laws of 1961) is hereby amended by deleting from lines 12 through 18 of said H. B., as ratified, the following words:

"provided that challenges of any municipal election shall be made to the said County Board of Elections in the manner prescribed by law for challenging municipal elections and challenge of any elector shall be as provided in G. S. 163-78, 163-79 and 163-80 in addition to challenges provided in G. S. 163-79.1.";

and substituting in lieu thereof the following words:

"and challenges in any municipal primary, general, regular or special election shall be made to said County Board of Elections in the manner prescribed by G. S. 163-79.1."

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.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 14th day of April, 1961.