NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 89

SENATE BILL 113

AN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 115-19 SO AS TO INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE PITT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM FIVE TO NINE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF ITS MEMBERS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. G. S. 115-19 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

"The Pitt County Board of Education shall consist of nine (9) members. The persons named herein are hereby appointed to the Pitt County Board of Education and shall represent the areas designated, and their respective term of office shall expire as follows:

(1)       Joseph S. Moye shall represent the Greenville area and his term of office shall expire on the first Monday in April, 1966.

(2)       Rowland Brinson shall represent the Chicod, Grimesland, Swift Creek areas, and his term of office shall expire on the first Monday in April, 1966.

(3)       Dr. W. A. Moody shall represent the Bethel-Belvoir areas, and his term of office shall expire on the first Monday in April, 1966.

(4)       E. W. Fleming shall represent the Grifton area and his term of office shall expire on the first Monday in April, 1968.

(5)       W. F. Stokes shall represent the Pactolus, Caroline areas and his term of office shall expire on the first Monday in April, 1968.

(6)       A. D. McLawhorn shall represent the Winterville area, and his term of office shall expire on the first Monday in April, 1968.

(7)       T. G. Worthington shall represent the Ayden area and his term of office shall expire on the first Monday in April, 1970.

(8)       Robert Pierce shall represent the Farmville area and his term of office shall expire on the first Monday in April, 1970.

(9)       G. E. Trevathan shall represent the Fountain, Falkland, Bell-Arthur areas and his term of office shall expire on the first Monday in April, 1970.

"The persons herein appointed, who are not presently members of the Pitt County Board of Education, shall qualify on or before the first Monday in April, 1965, as provided by law."

Sec. 2. Beginning with the county primary election in 1966, and biennially thereafter, nominations for membership on the Pitt County Board of Education shall be made to take the place of, and from the area represented by, the member of said Board whose term next expires. The persons appointed by the General Assembly from those nominated, shall serve for a term of six years.

Sec. 3. Any member of the Pitt County Board of Education who is absent from three consecutive meetings of said Board, unless due to illness, shall be deemed to have vacated his office and such vacancy shall be filled by the County Executive Committee as provided in G. S. 115-24.

Sec. 4. Article 5, Chapter 115 of the General Statutes, relating to County Boards of Education, shall be applicable to Pitt County except as modified, or when in conflict with the provisions of this Act.

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

Sec. 6. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of March, 1965.