NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 645
SENATE BILL 877

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWN OF WILKESBORO.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  At the regular municipal election in Wilkesboro in 1979 and quadrennially thereafter, a mayor shall be elected for a term of four years.
Sec. 2.  The Board of Commissioners of the Town of Wilkesboro shall consist of four members elected as follows:  At the regular municipal election in Wilkesboro in 1979, the two persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for four-year terms, and the two persons receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for two-year terms.  In the regular municipal election in 1981 and quadrennially thereafter, two members of the board of commissioners shall be elected for four-year terms.  In the regular municipal election in 1983 and quadrennially thereafter, two commissioners shall be elected for four-year terms.
Sec. 3.  Regular municipal elections in the Town of Wilkesboro shall be conducted under the nonpartisan primary and election method, and the results determined as provided in G.S. 163-294.
Sec. 4.  Elections in the Town of Wilkesboro shall be conducted as provided in Subchapter IX of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes.
Sec. 5.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are repealed.
Sec. 6.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of May, 1979.