NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 350

HOUSE BILL 631

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF HERTFORD COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. In the primary and general election to be held for the nomination and election of county officers of Hertford County in the year 1964, there shall be nominated and elected five members of the Board of County Commissioners of Hertford County for the terms of office and from the districts as hereinafter set forth.

Sec. 2. There are hereby created three districts in Hertford County for the nomination of county commissioners, two commissioners to be nominated from District No. One; two commissioners to be nominated from District No. Two; and one commissioner to be nominated from District No. Three. The said districts from which said commissioners are nominated shall be numbered and designated as follows:

District No. One to be composed of Maney's Neck Township, Murfreesboro Township and St. John's Township;

District No. Two to be composed of Ahoskie Township;

District No. Three to be composed of Winton Township and Harrellsville Township.

Sec. 3. The candidates for said board of commissioners shall be nominated and elected from each of the above districts as above set forth, and the two persons receiving the highest number of votes in the primary in District No. One shall be the nominees of the district; the two persons receiving the highest number of votes in the primary in District No. Two shall be the nominees of the district, and the one person receiving the highest number of votes in District No. Three shall be the nominee of that district. Each person desiring to be nominated from any of the above districts shall be a resident and elector of such district and shall file notice of candidacy with the County Board of Elections of Hertford County, stating the designation of the district for which he is filing and his party affiliation. In the primary each candidate shall be nominated by all of the voters of Hertford County voting at large, and there shall be no second primary. In the event there are only two persons filing as candidates in District No. One and in District No. Two, then these two persons shall be certified as the nominees of the district, and it shall not be necessary to have any primary vote as to these two persons as related to their political party.

Sec. 4. The nominees from each district as herein described shall be voted upon in the general election by all of the voters of Hertford County voting at large, and the two candidates elected from District No. One shall serve for terms of office of two (2) years, and the two candidates elected from District No. Two and the one candidate elected from District No. Three shall serve for terms of office of four (4) years. Thereafter, and at each biennial primary election for county officers in Hertford County and as the offices of the membership of the board of commissioners expire, there shall be nominated and elected successors to the expiring offices of the board of commissioners and such successors so nominated and elected shall serve for terms of four (4) years each.

Sec. 5. The members of the Board of Commissioners of Hertford County so nominated and elected shall take office at the same time as other county officers are inducted into office and shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified.

Sec. 6. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 7. This Act shall be effective from and after ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of May, 1963.