NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

CHAPTER 618

HOUSE BILL 848

AN ACT RELATING TO THE TERMS OF OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF AVERY COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. At the election of county officers to be held in Avery County in 1964, there shall be elected three county commissioners. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes in such election shall serve for a term of four (4) years and the two candidates receiving the next highest number of votes shall serve for terms of two (2) years each.

Sec. 2. At the election of county officers to be held in Avery County in 1966 and biennially thereafter, there shall be elected two county commissioners. The candidate in each such election receiving the highest number of votes shall serve for a term of four (4) years and the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes shall serve for a term of two (2) years.

Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. 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 May, 1963.