NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 225

HOUSE BILL 325

 

 

AN ACT RELATING TO THE ELECTION AND TERMS OF OFFICE OF THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWN OF DENTON IN DAVIDSON COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. At the regular May, 1962 municipal election of the Town of Denton there shall be elected a mayor and five (5) commissioners who shall constitute the governing board of the town. The two (2) candidates for the board of commissioners who receive the largest number of votes in the 1962 municipal election shall serve for terms of four (4) years each or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, and the three (3) candidates for the board of commissioners who receive the next highest number of votes shall serve for terms of two (2) years each or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Thereafter, all successors to the board of commissioners shall be elected at the regular biennial municipal election to serve for terms of four (4) years each. The mayor shall continue to be elected at the regular biennial municipal election for a term of two (2) years or until his successor is duly elected and qualified.

Sec. 2. All the provisions of the Charter of the Town of Denton and all the general and local acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.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 14th day of April, 1961.