NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 125

HOUSE BILL 321

 

 

AN ACT RELATING TO CANDIDATES FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE TOWN OF PINEVILLE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. At the regular municipal election to be held in May, 1963, and biennially thereafter, any qualified elector of the Town of Pineville may file as a candidate for mayor or commissioner by filing written notice of such candidacy in substantially the following form:

"I, __________________, hereby give notice that I am a candidate for election to the office of ________________,to be voted on at the election to be held on the ______day of May, 19_____, and I hereby request that my name be printed on the official ballot for such office. I also certify that I am a resident and qualified elector of the Town of Pineville, residing at ___________________in said town.

                                                                                    ______________________________

                                                                                                               Candidate

                                                                                    ______________________________

                                                                                                                    Date

Witness:

_________________________ "

Sec. 2. The notice of candidacy required in Section 1 of this Act shall be filed with the town clerk not earlier than sixty (60) days nor later than ten (10) days before the date of the election. At the time of filing notice of candidacy, each candidate for the office of mayor shall pay to the town clerk a filing fee of ten dollars ($10.00), and each candidate for the office of commissioner shall pay to the town clerk a filing fee of five dollars ($5.00). The proceeds from filing fees shall be deposited in the general fund of the town and used to defray election costs.

Sec. 3. The town clerk shall preserve all notices of candidacy until the expiration of the term of office for which the candidate filed. Any candidate may withdraw his notice of candidacy not later than the last day for filing by submitting written notice of withdrawal to the town clerk. Should any candidate withdraw as provided herein, the filing fee paid shall be forfeited.

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 29th day of March, 1963.