NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1123

SENATE BILL 604

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 163-31 TO PROVIDE FOR LOOSE-LEAF, FULL-TIME AND PERMANENT REGISTRATION OF VOTERS IN RANDOLPH COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. G. S. 163-31 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph to read as follows:

"Prior to the next Statewide primary in 1966, the Randolph County Board of Elections shall hold a new registration of voters and shall establish a modern loose-leaf and visible registration system, with a full-time and permanent registration as authorized by Chapter 163 of the General Statutes, for every voting precinct in Randolph County. Provided, that a new registration need not be held in those voting precincts in which a modern loose-leaf and visible registration system has been established prior to June 1, 1965."

Sec. 2. The Randolph County Board of Elections is authorized and directed to employ an executive Secretary who shall perform such duties and shall have such authority as is authorized in G. S. 163-14.1. The salary of the Executive Secretary shall be fixed by the County Board of Elections and approved by the County Board of Commissioners.

Sec. 3. The County Board of Commissioners is hereby authorized and directed to pay the expenses necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.

Sec. 4. This Act shall apply only to Randolph County.

Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6. 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 16th day of June, 1965.