NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 458

HOUSE BILL 654

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SELMA, JOHNSTON COUNTY, BY AMENDING G. S. 160-340 AND G. S. 160-345, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF A MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. G. S. 160-340 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

"The city council for the town of Selma shall consist of a mayor and four members to be elected at large by the qualified voters as herein provided: At the municipal election in May, 1966, four councilmen shall be elected for a term of three years. The next regular municipal election for the town of Selma shall be held on Tuesday after the first Monday in May, 1969, and biennially thereafter, at which time four councilmen shall be elected for a term of two years, and until their successors are elected and qualified."

Sec. 2. G. S. 160-345 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Provided, that in the town of Selma, the mayor shall be elected at large by the qualified voters of the town as herein provided: At the municipal election in May, 1966, a mayor shall be elected for a term of three years. The next regular municipal election for the town of Selma shall be held on Tuesday after the first Monday in May, 1969, and biennially thereafter, at which time a mayor shall be elected for a term of two years, and until his successor is elected and qualified."

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 7th day of May, 1965.