NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 908

SENATE BILL 634

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF HAMLET BY AMENDING CHAPTER 475, PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1931, AND CHAPTER 219, PRIVATE LAWS OF 1923, RELATING TO MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Chapter 219, Private Laws of 1923, is amended by striking all of the quoted portion of Section 1 thereof.

Sec. 2. All of Section 1 of Chapter 475, Public-Local Laws of 1931, is hereby stricken, and the quoted portion thereof is rewritten to read as follows:

"Sec. 3. (a) The governing body of the Town of Hamlet shall consist of a Mayor and five Commissioners who shall be residents of the Town and shall be elected by the voters of the Town at large, as herein provided.

"The Mayor shall be elected to serve for a term of two (2) years and until his successor is elected and qualified. The candidate for the office of Mayor receiving the highest number of votes cast in the regular municipal election shall be declared elected.

"At the regular election to be held in 1965, there shall be elected five Commissioners from the Town at large, and shall be voted on by the voters of the Town at large. The two candidates for Commissioner receiving the highest number of votes, and their successors, shall be elected for a term of four (4) years. The three candidates receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of two (2) years.

"At the election to be held in 1967, and biennially thereafter, one Commissioner shall be elected for a term of two (2) years, and two Commissioners shall be elected for a term of four (4) years. At the time of filing, the persons filing for the office of Commissioner shall indicate on their notice of candidacy whether they are running for a two-year term or for a four-year term. The candidate for Commissioner receiving the highest number of votes of those filing for a two-year term shall be elected, and the two candidates for Commissioner receiving the highest number of votes of those filing for a four-year term shall be elected. All candidates elected as Commissioner shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified.

"(b)     Vacancies occurring in the offices of Mayor and Commissioner for any cause, except expiration of a term, shall be filled by the Board of Commissioners. The municipal elections in the Town of Hamlet shall be conducted, held, and governed, except as otherwise provided, in accordance with the general laws of North Carolina relating to elections in cities and towns.

"(c)     The appointive officers of the Town shall consist of a Chief of Police and such other officers as are authorized by, and as, in the discretion of the governing body, may be necessary for its proper operation. All such officers shall be appointed by, and serve at the will of, the governing body."

Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. 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 13th day of June, 1963.