NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 256
HOUSE BILL 457

AN ACT TO REPEAL CHAPTER 355 OF THE PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1941 RELATING TO ELECTIONS IN THE TOWN OF AURORA. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Chapter 355 of the Public-Local Laws of 1941 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. Each qualified person who would offer himself as a candidate for the office of Mayor or Commissioner of the Town of Aurora shall file with the Town Clerk a statement giving notice of his candidacy. Such notice shall be filed not earlier than the eighth Friday nor later than five o'clock p.m. on the third Friday prior to the election at which he offers his candidacy, shall be accompanied by payment of a filing fee of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50), and shall be substantially in the following form:
"I, _________________________, do hereby give notice that I am a candidate  for election to the office of (Mayor or Commissioner), Town of Aurora, to be voted on at the election to be held on , and I hereby request that my name be placed on the official ballot for such office. I certify that I am a resident and qualified voter of the Town of Aurora, residing at ____________________________.
		(Signature)	
		(Date)	."
Sec. 2. Except as provided in this Act, all municipal elections in the Town of Aurora shall be conducted in accordance with Article 3, Chapter 160, of the General Statutes.
Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1969.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of April, 1969.