NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1963 SESSION

CHAPTER 936
HOUSE BILL 1253

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR BUNCOMBE COUNTY TO CONSIST OF A FULL‑TIME CHAIRMAN AND TWO OTHER MEMBERS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Buncombe County shall consist of a Chairman and two other members. In the primary and general elections for county officials to be held in Buncombe County in 1964, and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be nominated and elected a Chairman and two other members of said Board.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the said Chairman (1) to be the administrative head of the county government for the Board of Commissioners and to be responsible for the administration of all the departments of the county government which the Board of County Commissioners has the authority to control; (2) to see that all the orders, resolutions, and regulations of the Board of Commissioners are faithfully executed; (3) to recommend to the Board such measures for adoption as he may deem expedient; (4) to make reports to the Board from time to time upon the affairs of the county, and to keep the Board fully advised as to the financial condition of the county and its future financial needs; (5) to appoint, with the approval of the County Commissioners, such subordinate officers, agents, and employees for the general administration of county affairs as the Board may consider necessary, except such officers as are required to be elected by popular vote, or whose appointment is otherwise provided by law; (6) to perform such other duties as may be required of him by the Board of Commissioners. The Chairman may remove such officers, agents, and employees as he may appoint, and upon any removal he shall report the same to the next meeting of the Board of Commissioners.
Sec. 3. The Chairman elected in 1964 and his successors shall be paid an annual salary of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) out of the general fund of the county in equal monthly installments and he shall devote his full time to performing the duties of his office. Each of the other two Commissioners elected in 1964 and their successors shall be paid a monthly salary of seventy‑five dollars ($75.00) per month.
Sec. 4. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect any existing local or special legislation relating to the procedure for the assessment and collection of taxes in Buncombe County.
Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 6. 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 14th day of June, 1963.