NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1223

HOUSE BILL 1314

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND HOUSE BILL NO. 841, RATIFIED THE 9TH DAY OF JUNE, 1959, RELATING TO THE NUMBER OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF WAKE COUNTY AND TO THEIR ELECTION AND TERMS OF OFFICE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Section 1 of House Bill No. 841, ratified June 9, 1959, relating to the number of County Commissioners of Wake County, their election and terms of office, is hereby amended by striking out the word "five" in line three and substituting in lieu thereof the word "seven".

Sec. 2. Section 2 of House Bill No. 841, ratified the 9th day of June, 1959, is hereby amended by:

(1)       Striking out the word "five" in line one and substituting in lieu thereof the word "seven";

(2)       Inserting following the word "townships" in line two thereof the words "and precincts";

(3)       Rewriting subsection (e) to read as follows:

"(e)      District number five shall be composed of Precincts Nos. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 23 and 29 of Raleigh Township."

(4)       Adding thereto two new subsections to read as follows:

"(f)      District number six shall be composed of Precincts Nos. 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of Raleigh Township.

"(g)      District number seven shall be composed of Precincts Nos. 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 of Raleigh Township."

Sec. 3. Section 3 of House Bill No. 841, ratified June 9, 1959, is hereby amended by striking out the words "Districts number four and five." in lines three and four and substituting in lieu thereof the words "District number four and one County Commissioner from Districts numbers five, six and seven."

Sec. 4. Section 6 of House Bill No. 841, ratified June 9, 1959, is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Sec. 6. Upon approval of this Act by voters of Wake County at the primary and general elections to be held in Wake County in 1962, there shall be nominated and elected from districts numbers six and seven two additional County Commissioners. At the general election in 1962, the candidate from district number six shall be elected and shall serve for a term of four years and the candidate from district number seven shall be elected and shall serve for a term of two years. Thereafter, as their terms of office expire, candidates for said offices and also for district five shall be elected for terms of four years each and shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified."

Sec. 5. There is hereby ordered a special election to be held in Raleigh Township on the same day as the election provided for in Section 7 of H. B. No. 841. The Wake County Board of Elections shall prepare and distribute ballots on which shall be printed the words and figures "FOR the division of Raleigh Township into three (3) districts for the purpose of nominating and electing County Commissioners" and "AGAINST dividing Raleigh Township into three (3) districts for the purpose of nominating and electing County Commissioners", with voting squares to the left of the words "FOR" and "AGAINST".

If at said special election a majority of the voters in Raleigh Township voting in said election shall cast their ballots "FOR the division of Raleigh Township into three (3) districts for the purpose of nominating and electing County Commissioners" the provisions of this Act shall forthwith become effective. If at said special election a majority of the voters of Raleigh Township voting in said election shall cast their ballots "AGAINST the division of Raleigh Township into three (3) districts for the purpose of nominating and electing County Commissioners" the provisions of this Act shall be ineffective and all of Raleigh Township shall remain one district for the purpose of nominating and electing County Commissioners.

Sec. 6. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 7. 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 19th day of June, 1959.