NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 65

HOUSE BILL 97

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 2 OF ARTICLE 7 OF CHAPTER 1372 OF THE 1955 SESSION LAWS, THE SAME BEING G. S. 115-70, TO PROVIDE THAT IN EDGECOMBE COUNTY DISTRICT SCHOOL COMMITTEES MAY CONSIST OF NOT LESS THAN THREE NOR MORE THAN SEVEN PERSONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Section 2 of Article 7 of Chapter 1372 of the 1955 Session Laws of North Carolina, the same being G. S. 115-70, is amended by adding at the end of the first paragraph thereof a sentence to read as follows: "Provided, that the school committees for any or all of the several districts in Edgecombe County shall consist of not less than three, nor more than seven persons, as may be determined by the Board of Education of Edgecombe County."

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of March, 1961.