GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
SESSION LAW 2013-177
HOUSE BILL 427
AN ACT amending the charter of the town of middlesex to extend the term of office of the mayor from two to four years.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Chapter 44 of the 1961 Session Laws is repealed.
SECTION 2. Section 3 of the Charter of the Town of Middlesex, being Chapter 21 of the 1908 Private Laws, as amended by Chapter 350 of the Private Laws of 1913, Chapter 159 of the Public-Local Laws of 1931, Chapter 498 of the 1945 Session Laws, Chapter 1178 of the 1953 Session Laws, and Chapter 899 of the 1963 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Section 3. That the
officers of said town shall consist of a mayor and five aldermen, who shall be
styled the Board of Aldermen of Middlesex, and the said mayor and the aldermen
shall be elected by the qualified voters of said town on the first Monday in
June, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and biennially thereafter, under the
same rules and regulations as are prescribed by the law for the holding of
municipal elections; a constable and secretary and treasurer, to be chosen by
the board of aldermen immediately after its organization, to hold office one
year, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. And until the
first Monday in June, one thousand nine hundred and nine, E.T. Lewis shall fill
the office of mayor, and A. F. manning, J.R.J. Finch, S.G. High and H.J. Morris
shall act as aldermen of said town.Regular municipal elections shall be
held in the Town of Middlesex in Nash County every two years and shall be
conducted in accordance with the uniform municipal elections laws of North
Carolina. In 2013, and quadrennially thereafter, two commissioners shall be
elected for a four-year term, and each shall serve until the successor is duly
elected and qualified. In 2015, and quadrennially thereafter, three
commissioners shall be elected for a four-year term, and each shall serve until
the successor is duly elected and qualified. In 2013, and quadrennially
thereafter, the mayor shall be elected for a four-year term and shall serve
until the successor is duly elected and qualified."
SECTION 3. The Town Attorney of the Town of Middlesex shall submit this act to the Attorney General of the United States for preclearance under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 within 30 days of this act becoming law, as provided by G.S. 120-30.9F. If this act is not so submitted, the Attorney General of North Carolina shall submit it under G.S. 120-30.9I.
SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 20th day of June, 2013.
s/ Philip E. Berger
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ Thom Tillis
Speaker of the House of Representatives