NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 857

HOUSE BILL 761

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF DAVIE COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The Board of Education of Davie County shall on and after the first Monday in April, 1965, consist of six members who shall be nominated and elected in the manner hereinafter provided.

Sec. 2. At the general election to be held in Davie County in 1964, and biennially thereafter, at the general election in said County, there shall be elected two members of the Board of Education of Davie County, to serve for six-year terms.

Sec. 3. Each candidate shall file his candidacy, without reference to any political party affiliation, with the Chairman of the County Board of Elections within the time now provided for the filing of candidates for any other county office. If four or a less number than four candidates file for membership on said Board of Education, no primary election will be necessary, and the County Board of Elections shall certify such candidates as the nominees to be voted upon at the general election. If more than four candidates file, a separate ballot shall be provided by the County Board of Elections and a primary election held with respect thereto at the same time fixed by law for the primary elections of county officers. Such primary elections for the selection of the nominees for the Board of Education shall be nonpartisan, and no political party affiliation shall be used by any candidate, and no political party affiliation shall be shown on said primary ballot. A filing fee of five dollars ($5.00) shall be paid by each candidate. The four candidates receiving the highest number of votes in such primary election shall be the nominees to be voted on at the general election. The general election shall be nonpartisan, and there shall be a separate ballot provided by the County Board of Elections with the names of the nominees printed thereon with appropriate instructions for use in the election of members of the Board of Education at the general election, and no political party affiliation shall be shown on said ballot. The two nominees receiving the highest number of votes in said general election shall be certified as the duly elected members of the Board of Education.

Sec. 4. The members of the Board of Education of Davie County so elected shall be inducted into and take the oath of office on the first Monday in April, 1965, and such members shall serve for terms of six (6) years each until their successors are elected and qualified. All members of the Board of Education of Davie County who are in office and acting as such members prior to the first Monday in April, 1965, shall complete their respective terms of office. The said Board of Education shall consist of six members serving six-year terms with two vacancies occurring every two (2) years.

Sec. 5. All vacancies occurring in the membership of the Board of Education of Davie County by death, resignation or otherwise shall be filled for the unexpired term by the remaining members of said Board of Education.

Sec. 6. All primaries and elections for the members of the Board of Education of Davie County as herein provided shall be held under the laws and regulations governing candidates for county offices and as provided in Chapter 163 of the General Statutes, as amended.

Sec. 7. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 8. 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, 1963.