NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 606

HOUSE BILL 762

AN ACT FIXING THE TERMS OF OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MCDOWELL COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That Section 1 of Chapter 426, Session Laws of 1957 be and the same is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Section 1. That the Board of County Commissioners of McDowell County shall consist of three (3) members to be elected for terms of office for two (2), four (4), and six (6) years, respectively, as set out in this Act."

Sec. 2. That Section 2 of Chapter 426, Session Laws of 1957 be and the same is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Sec. 2. That at the general election to be held in 1960, one member of said board shall be elected for a term of six years. That in the general election to be held in the year 1962, of the candidates who shall be elected as members of the said county board of commissioners, the one receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of six years, and the one receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of two years. Thereafter, each member of the board of commissioners of said county, except one chosen to fill an unexpired term, shall be elected for a term of six years, the intention of this Act being that one member of said board of county commissioners shall be elected biennially to serve for a term of six years."

Sec. 3. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the length of terms of the members of the Board of County Commissioners of McDowell County now serving in that capacity.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. 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 22nd day of May, 1959.