NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 81

HOUSE BILL 218

 

AN ACT RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILMEN OF THE CITY OF LEXINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Section 6 of Chapter 5 of the Public-Local Laws of 1941 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Sec. 6. Election of Mayor and Councilmen. – The regular municipal elections shall be held on Tuesday after the first Monday in May 1971 and biennially thereafter. A Mayor shall be elected at each election for a term of two years. The Council shall consist of six members, one resident in each of the five wards and one representing the city at-large, elected by the voters of the city at large for terms of four years. At the regular municipal election held in 1971, the three councilmen elected with the highest numbers of votes shall serve terms of four years, and the three councilmen elected with the next highest numbers of votes shall serve terms of two years. Beginning with the regular municipal election in 1973, all councilmen shall be elected for terms of four years. The terms of office of the Mayor and councilmen shall begin on the Monday after the election, and they shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified."

Sec. 2.  This Act becomes effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 15th day of March, 1971.