NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 153

HOUSE BILL 185

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH DISTRICTS FOR THE SELECTION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MOORE COUNTY AND TO PROVIDE FOR STAGGERED TERMS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The Board of Commissioners of Moore County shall be composed of five members who shall serve, except as provided in Section 3 below, for terms of four years.

Sec. 2. There are hereby created five districts in Moore County for the nomination and election of county commissioners. The districts shall be numbered One, Two, Three, Four and Five and shall be comprised as follows:

(a)       District No. One: Carthage and Greenwood Townships.

(b)       District No. Two: Bensalem and Sheffield Townships.

(c)       District No. Three: Deep River and Ritters Townships.

(d)       District No. Four: McNeills and Little River Townships.

(e)       District No. Five: Sandhills and Mineral Springs Townships.

Sec. 3. At the primary and general election to be held in 1966 there shall be nominated and elected one commissioner from each district. The three candidates receiving the highest number of votes in the general election shall serve for a term of four years each. The two candidates receiving the next highest number of votes in the general election shall serve for a term of two years each. At the 1968 primary and general election, and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be nominated and elected two commissioners for the districts represented by the persons whose terms then expire. At the 1970 primary and general election, and quadrenially thereafter, there shall be nominated and elected three commissionrs for the districts represented by the persons whose terms then expire.

Sec. 4. The candidates in the primary from each respective district shall be voted on by all of the qualified voters of Moore County, and the candidate from each respective district who receives the largest number of votes shall be declared to be the nominee of his party, duly nominated as the candidate from said district for the general election, and said candidates shall be voted on in the general election by all of the qualified voters of Moore County.

Sec. 5. Any vacancies in the Board of County Commissioners resulting from death, resignation, or other cause, shall be filled by appointment by the Clerk of Superior Court of Moore County.

Sec. 6. The laws covering the election of county commissioners which are not in conflict with this Act shall be as provided in the General Statutes.

Sec. 7. Chapter 252 of the Public-Local Laws of 1931 and Section 1 of Chapter 596 of the Session Laws of 1957 and all other laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 8. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of April, 1965.