NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 113

HOUSE BILL 352

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 236 OF THE PRIVATE LAWS OF 1913 TO PROVIDE FOUR YEAR OVERLAPPING TERMS OF OFFICE FOR THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE TOWN OF FREMONT AND TO PROVIDE FOUR YEAR TERMS OF OFFICE FOR THE MAYOR.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Section 3 of Chapter 236 of the Private Laws of 1913 as amended by Section 1 of Chapter 66 of the Session Laws of 1957 is hereby amended and rewritten to read as follows:

"Section 3. The Governing Board of the Town of Fremont shall be vested in a Mayor and a Board of Aldermen made up of five members. Regular elections shall be held biennially in the odd-numbered years. In the regular election in 1971, the two candidates for the Board of Aldermen receiving the highest number of votes and the Mayor elected in that election shall be declared elected for terms of four years and the three candidates for Aldermen who receive the next highest number of votes shall be declared elected for terms of two years. In the regular election in 1973, and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected three Aldermen to serve for terms of four years. In the regular election in 1975, and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected two Aldermen and a Mayor to serve for terms of four years. Any vacancy in the office of Mayor or Alderman shall be filled by the Board of Aldermen for the remainder of the unexpired term. Except as otherwise provided herein, regular Town elections shall be conducted in accordance with the general laws relating to municipal elections."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of March, 1971.