NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 741

SENATE BILL 396

AN ACT RELATING TO TERMS FOR THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF UNION COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Union County shall be and continue to be composed of five members who shall be nominated, elected and hold terms of office as hereinafter set forth in this Act.

Sec. 2. At the next primary to be held in Union County in the year of 1960, there shall be nominated by the political parties one candidate for the office of Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of Union County and two candidates for the offices of members of the Board of County Commissioners of Union County, and in the general election for the election of county officers held in the year 1960 the candidate for said office of chairman and the two candidates for said offices of members of said board receiving the highest number of votes, respectively, shall be declared elected for two-year terms. At the next primary to be held in Union County in the year of 1962, and biennially thereafter, there shall be nominated by the political parties one candidate for said office of chairman and four candidates for the offices of members of said Board of County Commissioners of Union County, and in the general election for the election of county officers held in the year of 1962, and biennially thereafter, the candidate for said office of chairman and the four candidates for said offices of members of said board receiving the highest number of votes, respectively, shall be declared elected for two-year terms. At the end of the respective terms of office of said chairman and members of the Board of County Commissioners of Union County, their successors shall be elected for terms of two years.

Sec. 3. The provisions of this Act shall apply to Union County only.

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. 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 4th day of June, 1959.