NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 94

HOUSE BILL 277

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 952 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1959 TO PROVIDE FOUR YEAR OVERLAPPING TERMS OF OFFICE FOR THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWN OF HAVELOCK, AND TO PROVIDE THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS SO ELECTED, SHALL TAKE OFFICE ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN JUNE, AFTER THE BIENNIAL ELECTION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Section 3 of Chapter 952 of the Session Laws of 1959 is hereby amended by rewriting Section 3 thereof to read as follows:

"Sec. 3. The government of the Town of Havelock shall be vested in a Mayor, and a Board of Commissioners made up of five members, who shall take office on the first Monday in June, after the regular elections, as hereinafter provided. Regular elections shall be held biennially in the odd-numbered years. In the regular election in 1971, and biennially thereafter, there shall be elected a Mayor for a term of two years. In the regular election in 1971, there shall be elected three Commissioners for terms of four years, and two Commissioners for terms of two years; in such election the three candidates for Commissioner who receive the largest number of votes, shall be declared elected for terms of four years, and the two candidates for Commissioner who receive the next largest numbers of votes, shall be declared elected for terms of two years. In the regular election in 1973, and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected two Commissioners to serve for terms of four years. In the regular election in 1975, and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected three Commissioners to serve for terms of four years. Any vacancy in the office of Mayor or Commissioner shall be filled by the Board of Commissioners 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 be effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of March, 1971.