NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 100

HOUSE BILL 198

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF DALLAS IN GASTON COUNTY TO AUTHORIZE A LOOSE LEAF VISIBLE REGISTRATION SYSTEM AND TO REGULATE ELECTIONS IN SAID TOWN.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The Charter of the Town of Dallas, as the same appears in Chapter 504 of the 1961 Session Laws of North Carolina and in Chapter 161 of the 1963 Session Laws of North Carolina is hereby amended so as to add the following Sections, which Sections shall appear following Section 13.21 as the same appears in Chapter 161 of the 1963 Session Laws of North Carolina:

"Sec. 13.22. The registrar is hereby authorized to use a modern loose leaf visible registration system for the registration of voters.

"Sec. 13.23. The action of the board of aldermen in calling for a new registration for the May 3, 1965, municipal election is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. Voters may register for said election, or for any subsequent municipal election until another new registration is ordered, by applying for registration with the registrar or assistant registrar at the Town Hall in Dallas between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M. beginning on April 3, 1965, and ending on April 17, 1965. Any registered voter of said municipality shall have the right to challenge any person registered as a voter on the second Saturday preceding the election. Said challenge shall be heard on the first Saturday preceding the election.

"Sec. 13.24. The Board of Aldermen of the Town of Dallas shall have authority to set the pay of the registrar or assistant registrar.

"Sec. 13.25. The new registration herein approved and authorized shall be valid in all respects for the May 3, 1965, municipal election and for all subsequent elections, including bond elections, if, prior to the first day of the new registration there shall have been an advertisement of said new registration once a week for four successive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the Town of Dallas.

"Sec. 13.26. At any municipal election after the May 3, 1965, election, including any bond election, the board of aldermen shall have power and authority to prescribe by ordinance, after publication once a week for four successive weeks, any day or days for registration of voters, and to establish the times and places for challenging registered voters and for hearing said challenges.

"Sec. 13.27. In all matters and things relating to elections which are not specifically provided for in the Charter of the Town of Dallas, the statutory laws of the State of North Carolina shall be followed."

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with 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 23rd day of March, 1965.