NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 632
HOUSE BILL 775

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT VACANCIES OCCURRING IN COUNTY ELECTIVE OFFICES SHALL BE FILLED BY THE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF WATAUGA COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. In case of a vacancy occurring in any of the county elective offices held by a member of the Democratic Party in Watauga County, except that of the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county, the Democratic Executive Committee of Watauga County shall appoint to said office some person for the unexpired term.
Sec. 2. All laws of the State relating to the filling of vacancies in county elective offices, except that of the Clerk of the Superior Court, by other persons or groups of persons are hereby modified to the extent that they shall not apply to Watauga County.
Sec. 3. This Act shall apply only to Watauga County.
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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 26th day of May, 1959.