NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 120

HOUSE BILL 196

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE NOMINATION OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF PERSON COUNTY BY DISTRICTS IN A NON-PARTISAN ELECTION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. After the expiration of the terms of office of the present members of the Board of Education of Person County, the board shall consist of seven members nominated and appointed as provided in this Act.

Sec. 2. In the general primary election to be held in Person County in 1962, there shall be nominated for membership on the County Board of Education, by a non-partisan vote, one resident from each of the following districts:

District No. 1, consisting of the territory lying within the corporate limits of the City of Roxboro.

District No. 2, consisting of so much of the territory of Bumpass and Long precincts, also known as Roxboro No. 2, as does not lie within the corporate limits of the City of Roxboro, and so much of the territory of Hyco Warehouse precinct, also known as Roxboro No. 3, as does not lie within the corporate limits of the City of Roxboro.

District No. 3, consisting of so much of the territory of Courthouse precinct, also known as Roxboro No. 1, as does not lie within the corporate limits of the City of Roxboro, and so much of the territory of Winstead Warehouse precinct, also known as Roxboro No. 4, as does not lie within the corporate limits of the City of Roxboro.

District No. 4, consisting of the territory lying within Moriah, Glenn's Store, and Allensville precincts.

District No. 5, consisting of the territory lying within Dixon's Store, Bethel Hill, Woodsdale, and Chub Lake precincts.

District No. 6, consisting of the territory lying within Cunningham, Long's Store, and Bushy Fork precincts.

District No. 7, consisting of the territory lying within Hurdles Mill, Helena, A. I., and Chandler's Store precincts.

That wherever in this Act the term "corporate limits of the City of Roxboro" is used, the same shall be construed to mean the corporate limits of the City of Roxboro as defined on the date of any primary election in which members are nominated to the Person County Board of Education. That in the event any precinct boundary in Person County should be changed at a future date, the boundary as of the date of the primary election shall control in determining the area to be included in the districts set forth in this Act.

Sec. 3. The primary election referred to in this Act for nomination to the office of the Board of Education shall be non-partisan and no political party affiliation may be used by those candidates seeking nomination for office on the Person County Board of Education.

The Person County Board of Elections shall prepare a separate ballot for use in the election of members of the Board of Education on which shall be listed the candidates for each district separately. The voters shall be instructed to vote for one candidate from each district. The Board of Elections shall cause to be prepared for use in the election of members of the Board of Education a separate ballot box on which no party affiliation shall be shown, and only ballots for the office of the Board of Education shall be placed in the ballot box so provided. The nominees shall be nominated by a county-wide vote of all the electors of the county. The candidate from each of the seven districts herein described who receives the highest number of votes shall be nominated for membership on the County Board of Education and the candidates so nominated from the seven districts shall constitute the nominees for membership on the Person County Board of Education. In case two or more candidates receive the same number of votes, or in case of what is called a tie vote, the County Board of Elections shall select the nominee from the candidates tied for first place in the district. The names of the persons so nominated shall be duly certified by the chairman of the County Board of Elections within ten days after their nomination is declared to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, who shall transmit the names of the persons so nominated to the chairman of the Committee on Education of the House of Representatives in the next regular session of the General Assembly within ten days after it convenes. The General Assembly shall elect or appoint the candidates so nominated as members of the Person County Board of Education. The members of the Person County Board of Education shall serve for a term of two years and until their successors are elected and qualified, beginning on the first Monday in April of the year in which they are elected.

Sec. 4. The provisions of Article 5 of Chapter 115 of the General Statutes, which are not in conflict with this Act shall be applicable to Person County.

Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6. 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 28th day of March, 1961.