Title: S.L. 1961-104

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 104
HOUSE BILL 165

AN ACT RELATING TO THE ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF HENDERSON.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. At the election to be held on the first Tuesday in May, 1961, the mayor of the City of Henderson shall be elected for a term of two years. At said election the successors of the members of the Board of Aldermen whose terms of office expire in 1961 shall be elected for terms of two years each, who shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified.
At the election to be held on the first Tuesday in May, 1962, the successors of the members of the Board of Aldermen whose terms of office expire in 1962 shall be elected for terms of three years each, who shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified.
At the election to be held on the first Tuesday in May, 1963, the successors of the members of the Board of Aldermen whose terms of office expire in 1963 shall be elected for terms of four years each, who shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified.
Thereafter, as the terms of office of the members of the Board of Aldermen expire, their successors shall be elected for terms of four years each, who shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified.
At the election to be held on the first Tuesday in May, 1963, the mayor of the City of Henderson shall be elected for a term of four years who shall serve until his successor is elected and qualified.
Sec. 2. At the election to be held in the City of Henderson on the first Tuesday in May, 1961, the question of increasing the terms of office of the mayor and members of the Board of Aldermen of said city from two to four years in the manner set out in Section 1 of this Act, shall be submitted to the electors of the City of Henderson. At said election the electors of said city shall vote a ballot upon which shall be printed, or written, the words "For increasing the terms of office of the members of the Board of Aldermen to four years" and "Against increasing the terms of office of the members of the Board of Aldermen to four years.". At said election, if a majority of the electors vote in favor of increasing the terms of office of the members of the Board to four years in the manner set out in Section 1 of this Act, then, and in such event, the provisions of Section 1 of this Act, as they relate to the election and terms of office of the members of the Board, shall become effective; otherwise, the election and terms of office of the members of the Board shall remain as is now provided by law.
Sec. 3. At the election to be held in the City of Henderson on the first Tuesday in May, 1961, the question of increasing the term of office of the mayor of said city from two to four years in the manner set out in Section 1 of this Act shall be submitted to the electors of the City of Henderson. At said election, the electors of said city shall vote a ballot upon which shall be printed, or written, the words "For increasing the term of office of mayor from two to four years" and "Against increasing the term of office of mayor from two to four years". At said election, if a majority of the electors vote in favor of increasing the term of office of the mayor to four years, in the manner set out in Section 1 of this Act, then, and in such event, the provisions of Section 1 of this Act, as they relate to the election and term of office of the mayor, shall become effective; otherwise, the election and term of office of the mayor shall remain as is now provided by law.
Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. 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 24th day of March, 1961.

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