NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 224

HOUSE BILL 406

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CATAWBA.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Section 3 of Chapter 274 of the Private Laws of 1893 is hereby amended by rewriting the same to read as follows:

"Sec. 3. The governing body of the Town shall consist of a Mayor and four Commissioners elected by the qualified electors of the Town voting at large in the manner provided in Section 4. The Mayor shall be elected for a term of two years and the Commissioners shall be elected for terms of four years."

Sec. 2. Section 4 of Chapter 274 of the Private Laws of 1893 is hereby amended by rewriting the same to read as follows:

"Sec. 4. The regular municipal election for the office of Mayor and Commissioners shall be held on Tuesday after the first Monday in May of odd numbered years, beginning in 1965. At each such election, there shall be elected a Mayor for a term of two years and two Commissioners for terms of four years, or until their successors are elected and qualify. In case of a vacancy in the office of Mayor or Commissioners, the remaining members of the Board shall fill it for the remainder of the unexpired term.

"Each qualified person who would offer himself as a candidate for the office of Mayor or Commissioner shall file with the Town Clerk a statement giving notice of his candidacy. Such notice shall be filed not earlier than Tuesday after the first Monday in March and prior to five o'clock p.m. on the Tuesday after the first Monday in April of election years; shall be accompanied by a filing fee of five dollars ($5.00); and shall be substantially in the following form: 'I, _________________________________, do hereby give notice that I am a candidate for the office of _________________________ to be voted on at the election to be held on ______________________, and I hereby request that my name be placed on the official ballot for such office. I also certify that I am a resident and qualified voter of the Town of Catawba, residing at __________________________.

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Witness: ___________________________'; provided, the final time for filing such notice for the 1965 election shall be five o'clock p.m. on April 13, 1965.

"The terms of office of the two incumbent Commissioners which are scheduled to expire in June, 1966, are hereby extended until the first meeting of the Board following the regular election in May, 1967.

"Any notice of the 1965 election, registration, or names of election officials heretofore posted is hereby ratified; if not heretofore posted, such notice shall be valid if posted not later than seven days prior to the date on which registration is to begin, notwithstanding the provisions of G. S. 160-32.

"Except as otherwise herein provided, regular municipal elections in the Town of Catawba shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of general law relating to municipal elections."

Sec. 3. Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter 333 of the Session Laws of 1951 are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. This Act shall be effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of April, 1965.