NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 482

SENATE BILL 288

 

 

AN ACT RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR CLEVELAND COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Election And Number Of Members Of Board Of Commmissioners For Cleveland County. From and after the first Monday in December, 1960, the Board of Commissioners for Cleveland County shall consist of five members. In the general election to be held in the year 1960 there shall be elected five members of the Board of County Commissioners, three members to be elected for the term of four years each, and two members to be elected for terms of two years each. The three candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected for the four-year terms, and the two candidates receiving the next highest number of votes shall be declared elected for the two-year terms. In the event a tie vote makes it impossible to determine which candidate or candidates have been elected for the four-year terms, the Clerk of Superior Court shall designate which candidate or candidates, as the case may be, receiving such tie vote, shall serve a four-year term. At the end of their respective terms of office, their successors shall be elected for a term of four years and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The five persons elected pursuant to this Act shall be styled the Board of Commissioners for the County of Cleveland.

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.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 12th day of May, 1959.