Title: S.L. 1959-960

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 960
HOUSE BILL 1160

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7‑186 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO ELECTION OF RECORDER OF THE MUNICIPAL RECORDER'S COURT IN THE TOWN OF GRAHAM.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Section 7‑186 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
"That if and when a Recorder's Court for the Town of Graham is established under the provisions of this Article, some suitable person who shall be a bona fide resident of the Town of Graham, shall be elected by the City Council of the Town of Graham as Recorder of said Court, to serve for a term of two years and until his successor is appointed and qualifies, and the said City Council of the Town of Graham shall have full power and authority to select and elect the said Recorder, and each succeeding Recorder biennially thereafter. The said Recorder shall be elected by the City Council of the Town of Graham within thirty days from the creation and establishment of said Court. If a vacancy occurs in the office of Recorder at any time, the same shall be filled by the election of a successor for the unexpired term by the City Council of the Town of Graham, at a regular or special meeting called for that purpose; provided, that before entering upon the discharge of their duties hereunder, the Recorder, Vice‑Recorder and the Prosecuting Attorney, who may be elected under the provisions of this Article, shall take and subscribe before some person authorized to administer oaths, the oath required of Judges and Solicitors of the Superior Court."
Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. 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 12th day of June, 1959.