NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 644

HOUSE BILL 851

AN ACT RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF JURY COMMISSIONERS IN JACKSON COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The terms of office of the members of the Jackson County Jury Commission now holding office by appointment under authority of Section 8 of Chapter 202 of the Public-Local Laws of 1929, as amended, shall expire as of twelve o'clock midnight on June 30, 1959.

On or before the 15th day of June, 1959, and biennially thereafter, the Executive Committees of the Democratic and Republican Parties shall each submit the names of three qualified persons to the Resident Judge of the Thirtieth Judicial District, or to the resident judge of the judicial district of which Jackson County is then a part, and from the list of names submitted the resident judge shall appoint three qualified persons as members of the Jackson County Jury Commission. The first three members so appointed shall take office as of July 1, 1959, and shall serve for terms of two years each and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Thereafter, as the terms of office of the members expire, their successors shall be appointed by the resident judge from the list of names submitted biennially to him by the Executive Committees as herein provided, and shall serve for two years each and until their successors are appointed and qualified.

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. 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 27th day of May, 1959.