NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 1055
HOUSE BILL 709

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWNS OF LAGRANGE AND PINK HILL TO USE THE LENOIR COUNTY LOOSE‑LEAF REGISTRATION SYSTEM FOR THE REGISTRATION OF VOTERS AND ACCEPTANCE OF REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The governing body of the Town of LaGrange in Lenoir County is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to join with the Lenoir County Board of Elections in laying out and establishing within the city limits of the Town of LaGrange uniform voting precincts so that the same precincts as thus fixed and established may validly serve, within the city limits of said town, in all regular and special elections called and held by either the governing body of the said town or by the County Board of Elections, and whether city‑wide or county‑wide.
Sec. 2. The Town of LaGrange is hereby authorized and empowered to use, in its discretion, and upon such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon by the governing body of said town and the Board of Commissioners of Lenoir County, the loose‑leaf registration system adopted by Lenoir County, process or records of said county for the registration of voters or the acceptance of registration applications, and in such event the provisions of law which are applicable to the registration of voters in Lenoir County shall apply to the Town of LaGrange for the purpose of any primary, general, regular or special election, and the registrar for each respective precinct under appointment by the County Board of Elections shall be the registrar of said town for his precinct, to the end that every voter properly registered upon the joint registration book or books for each voting precinct within the corporate limits of the Town of LaGrange shall thereafter be deemed to be lawfully registered for all primary, general, regular or special elections in which the voters of said town are entitled to participate. Provided, that appointments of judges of election for all town elections shall be by the governing body of said town, and the counting of ballots, or the ascertainment of the precinct votes in case voting machines are used, shall be by the respective precinct officials.
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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 19th day of June, 1961.