NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 123

HOUSE BILL 259

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 1252, SESSION LAWS OF 1949, THE SAME BEING THE CHARTER OF RED SPRINGS, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE USE OF COUNTY REGISTRATION BOOKS IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Chapter 1252, Session Laws of 1949, is hereby amended by adding a new Section immediately after Section 11, to read as follows:

"Sec. 11.1. Registration of Voters. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Charter or laws, the Board of Commissioners is hereby empowered and authorized, in its discretion, to contract with the Robeson County Board of Elections for the use of the county registration books, process, or records, and the registrars of the county for the registration of voters and the holding of elections in the municipality. The County Board of Elections and the Town Board of Commissioners are authorized and empowered to enter into such contracts upon such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed.

"In the event the Board of Commissioners, by resolution duly passed, elect to use the county registration books and registrars in municipal elections, all persons duly registered in the county books, who live within the corporate limits, shall be entitled to vote in any election held in the municipality. The municipal registration books previously used by the town shall no longer be used in municipal elections and shall be impounded by the Town Clerk. The county registration books for the precincts within the town shall remain in the custody of the Robeson County Board of Elections."

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 26th day of March, 1965.