NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 699

HOUSE BILL 722

 

 

AN ACT TO VALIDATE AND CONFIRM CERTAIN OFFICIAL ACTS PERFORMED BY CERTAIN PERSONS AS DEPUTY CLERKS AND ASSISTANT CLERKS OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. All official acts, deeds and undertakings of Robert M. Blackburn, Marcelle B. Duncan, Rachel B, Ingle and Mary S. Poythress performed in the capacity of Assistant Clerks of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County and all official acts, deeds and undertakings of Geneva K. Blackley, Martha Mcllroy, Louise M. Rock, Mary E. Leach, Johnsie M. Crook, Carolynne M. Henderson, James H. Boswell, Richard R. Gilland, Marshall Ruppe, Hal W. Wilson, Jean M. Canady, Willie Mae Haywood, James E. Crow, David D. Morris and Robert Grubbs performed in the capacity of Deputy Clerks of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County, which such acts, deeds, and undertakings were performed between the time of the death of J. Lester Wolfe and the installation as Clerk of Court of Mecklenburg County of his successor, J. Edward Stukes, are hereby ratified, confirmed and validated in all respects.

Sec. 2. It is the purpose of this Act to validate the acts of the persons named in Section 1 of this Act in their respective offices as fully as if their authority as Assistant Clerks or Deputy Clerks had continued during the interim following the death of J. Lester Wolfe and prior to the appointment and qualification of his successor as Clerk of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County.

Sec. 3. This Act shall apply only to Mecklenburg County.

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of June, 1961.