NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 97

SENATE BILL 77

 

 

AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS IN THE TOWN OF PEMBROKE IN ROBESON COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. There shall be no primary elections held in the Town of Pembroke, Robeson County, for the nomination of officers of the said town.

Sec. 2. Section 5 of Chapter 410 of the Session Laws of 1945 is rewritten to read as follows:

"Sec. 5. At the general municipal election to be held in the Town of Pembroke, on the first Monday in May, 1961, and biennially thereafter, there shall be elected a mayor and two commissioners who shall serve for terms of two years each and until their successors are elected and qualified. At the general municipal election to be held in the Town of Pembroke on the first Monday in May, 1962, and biennially thereafter, there shall be elected two commissioners who shall serve for terms of two years each and until their successors are elected and qualified.

"Any person desiring to become a candidate for election as mayor or commissioner shall file, not later than five o'clock P. M. 30 days prior to any municipal election, a statement with the town clerk in substantially the following form:

"I, _____________________, hereby give notice that I reside in the Town of Pembroke, North Carolina, and am a registered voter in said town; that I am a candidate for election to the office of ___________________________, to be voted upon at the general municipal election to be held on the _______ day of _____________________, 19______, and request that my name be placed on the official ballot for election to such office.

                                                                     

                                                                   

                         (Witness)

"At the time of filing their notice of candidacy, the candidates for mayor and commissioner shall pay to the town clerk the sums of seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) and five dollars ($5.00), respectively, to be credited to the general fund of the town.

"In the event of a vacancy in the office of mayor caused by resignation, death or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled by the board of commissioners for the unexpired term.

"In the event of a vacancy in the office of commissioner caused by resignation, death, or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled by the mayor and board of commissioners for the unexpired term. In the event of a tie vote in filling a vacancy in the office of mayor or of a town commissioner, the candidate selected shall be determined by lot."

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 24th day of March, 1961.