NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 672
HOUSE BILL 905

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 252 OF THE PRIVATE LAWS OF 1935 RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF OFFICIALS OF THE TOWN OF FARMVILLE IN PITT COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Section 1 of Chapter 252 of the Private Laws of 1935, is amended by striking out, in line 7, the word "thirty" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "forty".
Said Section is further amended by inserting, between the word "on" and the word "Saturday", in line 14, the word and figure "the 2nd".
Said Section is further amended by inserting, after the semicolon following the word "held" and before the word "that", in line 15, the following: "the 2nd Saturday before election shall be challenge day;".
Said Section is further amended by striking out, in line 22, the word "five" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "ten".
Said Section is further amended by striking out, in line 39, the word "third" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "fourth".
Sec. 2. Section 1 of Chapter 252 of the Private Laws of 1935 is amended by adding a new paragraph at the end thereof to read as follows:
"Separate ballots shall be prepared by the clerk, upon which the names of the candidates for mayor and those of the candidates for membership on the board of commissioners shall appear, which ballots shall contain sufficient explanatory matter to enable the electors to understand the same and to vote for the candidate or candidates of their choice. In voting for the candidates for membership on the board of commissioners, the elector shall cast his or her vote for as many candidates as there are offices to be filled, and where an elector votes for any number of such candidates less than the number of offices to be filled, such ballot shall not be counted for any of the group of candidates for the said offices. There shall be printed on this ballot the number of candidates to be voted for."
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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 29th day of May, 1959.