NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 466

HOUSE BILL 666

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MONROE RELATING TO THE NUMBER OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF SAID CITY, PROVIDING FOR A VOTE BY THE MAYOR OF SAID CITY, AND PRESCRIBING THE SALARIES OF SAID MAYOR AND OTHER OFFICIALS OF SAID CITY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. That the Charter of the City of Monroe as set forth in the laws of the State of North Carolina, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended as follows:

(1)       The Mayor of the City of Monroe shall have the power and authority to cast one vote, and one vote only, upon any matter pending before the Board of Aldermen of the City of Monroe at any session called or held for the Governing Body of the City of Monroe.

(2)       That the membership of the board of aldermen is increased to four members, and at the general election to be conducted in the City of Monroe for the election of the board of aldermen and other elective city officials on the first Tuesday in May, 1961 and biennially thereafter, there shall be elected by the qualified voters of the City of Monroe four aldermen for the City of Monroe, who shall each serve as such alderman for a term of two years. Provided, further, that at the primary election to be held for the City of Monroe in 1961 and thereafter at least four members of said board of aldermen shall be nominated.

(3)       That the salary of the Mayor of the City of Monroe shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per month; that the salaries of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Monroe shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) per month each; and that the Board of Aldermen of the City of Monroe shall have the full power and authority to fix, determine and cause to be paid reasonable compensation to the members of the Planning Board of the City of Monroe.

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

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 7th day of May, 1959.