NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 188

HOUSE BILL 306

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 153-5 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR A SEVEN-MEMBER BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN PERSON COUNTY WHO SHALL BE ELECTED BY DISTRICTS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. G. S. 153-5, as the same presently appears in the 1959 Cumulative Supplement to Recompiled Volume 3C of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by striking out lines 23 through 27, the same being the fifth paragraph thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"After the expiration of the terms of office of the present members of the Board of County Commissioners of Person County, the board shall consist of seven members nominated and elected as provided herein. In the general primary election to be held in Person County in 1962, and biennially thereafter, there shall be nominated for membership on the county board of commissioners one resident from each of the following districts:

"District No. 1, consisting of the territory lying within the corporate limits of the City of Roxboro;

"District No. 2, consisting of so much of the territory of Bumpass and Long precincts, also known as Roxboro No. 2, as does not lie within the corporate limits of the City of Roxboro, and so much of the territory of Hyco Warehouse precinct, also known as Roxboro No. 3, as does not lie within the corporate limits of the City of Roxboro;

"District No. 3, consisting of so much of the territory of Courthouse precinct, also known as Roxboro No. 1, as does not lie within the corporate limits of the City of Roxboro, and so much of the territory of Winstead Warehouse precinct, also known as Roxboro No. 4, as does not lie within the corporate limits of the City of Roxboro;

"District No. 4, consisting of the territory lying within Moriah, Glenn's Store, and Allensville precincts;

"District No. 5, consisting of the territory lying within Dixon's Store, Bethel Hill, Woodsdale, and Chub Lake precincts;

"District No. 6, consisting of the territory lying within Cunningham, Long's Store, and Bushy Fork precincts; and

"District No. 7, consisting of the territory lying within Hurdles Mill, Helena, A. I., and Chandler's Store precincts.

"That wherever the term 'corporate limits of the City of Roxboro' is used herein, the same shall be construed to mean the corporate limits of the City of Roxboro as defined on the date of the primary election in which members are to be nominated for the Board of County Commissioners of Person County. That in the event any precinct boundary in Person County should be changed at a future date, the boundary as of the date of such primary election shall control in determining the area to be included in the districts set forth herein.

"The Person County Board of Elections shall prepare a ballot for use in the primary election for members of the board of county commissioners on which shall be listed the candidates for each district separately. The voters shall be instructed to vote for one candidate from each district, and the candidates shall be nominated by a county-wide vote of all electors in the county. The ballot shall also indicate the district of which each candidate is a resident. The candidate from each of the seven districts herein described who receives the highest number of votes shall represent his party as the candidate from that district in the general election. Those seven candidates elected in the general election to be held in the year 1962 and biennially thereafter, shall serve for a term of two years from the first Monday in December after their election and until their successors are elected and qualified."

Sec. 2. That Chapter 16, Session Laws of 1955, and all other 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 7th day of April, 1961.