NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 44

HOUSE BILL 87

 

 

AN ACT RELATING TO THE TERMS OF OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF MIDDLESEX IN NASH COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. At the regular election for the office of Mayor and Board of Commissioners of the Town of Middlesex in Nash County to be held on the first Monday in June, 1961, the two commissioners receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected and serve for terms of four years each and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, and the three commissioners receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected and shall serve for a term of two years each and until their successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter, all commissioners elected at regular municipal elections shall be elected and shall serve for four-year terms each and until their successors are elected and qualified. The mayor shall continue to be elected for a two-year term and until his successor is duly elected and qualified. The term of office for the mayor and commissioners shall begin on the first Monday in July following the election.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.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