NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 915
HOUSE BILL 1051

AN ACT TO AMEND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS HELD IN THE CITY OF GASTONIA.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That Section 17 of Chapter 21 of the 1961 Session Laws is hereby rewritten to read as follows:
"Section 17. Continuous Registration. Any person qualified to register as a voter may do so at any time by appearing before the city clerk and taking the required oath hereinbefore prescribed, and the city clerk shall thereupon enter registration of such person in the registration books for the election precinct in which that person is then a resident; except, however, that no person shall be allowed to register before the city clerk during or after any registration period hereinafter provided when the registration books are in the custody and hands of duly appointed registrars, in which event any person qualified to register shall do so before the registrar of the election precinct in which such person resides.
"The city council shall have the right to appoint such deputy registrars as it deems necessary who shall be empowered to register any person qualified to register as a voter at any time and at any place designated by the city council, provided that no person shall be allowed to register before such deputy registrar nor shall such deputy registrar be empowered to register a voter from the beginning of the registration period preceding an election as hereinafter provided and to and including the date of the municipal election following such registration period, in which event any person qualified to register shall do so during such registration period before the registrar of the election precinct in which such person resides. Such deputy registrars shall have the qualifications and take the oath before the city clerk required of a registrar, and shall receive such compensation as may be determined by the city council. Upon any person being duly registered by such deputy registrar, such deputy registrar within forty‑eight hours thereafter. shall turn over to the city clerk such registration and the city clerk shall thereupon enter the registration of such person in the registration books for the election precinct in which that person is then resident. The appointment of any such deputy registrar shall be for such period as determined by the city council, and the city council shall have the right to revoke any such appointment, but in no event shall any such appointment be valid after the expiration of twelve months from the date of such appointment."
Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed, and except as hereby amended, the provisions of Chapter 21 of the 1961 Session Laws of North Carolina are hereby ratified and shall remain in full force and effect.
Sec. 3. 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 16th day of June, 1961.