NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

CHAPTER 97

HOUSE BILL 209

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 76 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1961 RELATING TO THE ELECTIVE OFFICIALS OF THE TOWN OF CLAREMONT IN CATAWBA COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. Section 3 of Chapter 76 of the Session Laws of 1961 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Sec. 3. Of the five aldermen now holding office in the Town of Claremont, Catawba County, successors to the offices now held by Harold McRee Wilson, Eddy Gaither Harwell, and William David Watts shall be elected at the November, 1975, election, and every four years thereafter, for the Town of Claremont and shall serve for terms of four years or until their successors are elected and qualified. Successors to the offices now held by Timothy Allan Lowrance and Gary Wayne Carpenter shall be elected at the regular November, 1977, election, and every four years thereafter, for the Town of Claremont and shall serve for terms of four years or until their successors are elected and qualified. The terms of office of Timothy Allan Lowrance and Gary Wayne Carpenter are hereby extended to November, 1977, or until their successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter, as the terms of office expire, aldermen elected at regular town elections shall serve for terms of four years or until their successors are duly elected and qualified."

Sec. 2. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of April, 1975.