NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1967 SESSION

CHAPTER 1242

HOUSE BILL 732

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF DAVIE COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The Board of Education of Davie County shall, on and after the first Monday in April, 1969, consist of six members who shall be elected in the manner hereinafter provided.

Sec. 2. At the same time the primary election for county officers is held in Davie County in 1968, and biennially thereafter, there shall be held a nonpartisan election to elect two members of the Board of Education of Davie County, to serve for six-year terms.

Sec. 3. Each candidate shall file his candidacy, without reference to any political party affiliation, with the Chairman of the County Board of Elections within the time now provided for the filing of candidates for any other county office. A filing fee of five dollars ($5.00) shall be paid by each candidate. There shall be a separate ballot provided by the County Board of Elections with the names of the candidates printed thereon with appropriate instructions for use in the election of members of the Board of Education, and no political party affiliation shall be shown on said ballot. The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes in the election of 1968, and biennially thereafter, shall be certified as the duly elected members of the Board of Education.

Sec. 4. The two members of the Board of Education of Davie County elected in 1968 and biennially thereafter shall be inducted into and take the oath of office on the first Monday in April following their election, and shall serve for terms of six years and until their successors are elected and qualified. All members of the Board of Education of Davie County who are in office and acting as such members prior to the first Monday in April, 1969, shall complete their respective terms of office. The said Board of Education shall consist of six members serving six-year terms with two vacancies occurring every two years.

Sec. 5. All vacancies occurring in the membership of the Board of Education of Davie County by death, resignation or otherwise shall be filled for the unexpired term by the remaining members of said Board of Education.

Sec. 6. All elections for the members of the Board of Education of Davie County as herein provided shall be held under the laws and regulations governing elections for county offices as provided in Chapter 163 of the General Statutes, as amended.

Sec. 7. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 8. 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 6th day of July, 1967.