NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 835

HOUSE BILL 1181

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 108-11 RELATING TO COUNTY BOARDS OF PUBLIC WELFARE AS THE SAME APPLIES TO STOKES COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. G. S. 108-11, as the same appears in Volume 3A of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph to read as follows:

"Provided that in Stokes County two additional members shall be appointed and serve on the county board of public welfare as now composed and constituted in said county in order to create, compose and establish in said county a board of public welfare of five members and, except as herein provided, the members of the present board of public welfare shall continue to serve according to their present method of appointment, terms of office, and as now constituted. The two additional members herein provided shall be appointed as follows: That on or before July 1, 1963 the board of county commissioners of said county shall appoint one of the additional members, who may be one of their own number, to serve as ex officio member of the county welfare board with the same powers and duties as the other members of the board; or they may appoint a person not of their own number to serve on the county welfare board; the State Board of Public Welfare, on or before July 1, 1963 shall appoint the other additional member. The additional members shall serve two-year terms, beginning July 1, 1963. After the term of office of the two additional members, as herein provided, expire their successors shall be appointed by the same appointing authority and such successors shall serve for terms of three (3) years each. The third member now serving on the present board of public welfare of said county shall continue to serve and hold office until the expiration of his present term, and thereafter his successor shall be appointed as follows: He shall be selected and appointed by the four members heretofore appointed by the board of county commissioners and the State Board of Public Welfare, but unless at least three of such four members can agree upon the selection and appointment of such member, then the resident judge of the superior court of the district in which said county is situated shall select and appoint said member. Such member and his successors shall serve for a term of three (3) years and shall be designated as the fifth member of said board."

Sec. 2. This Act shall apply only to Stokes County.

Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with 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 11th day of June, 1963.