NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 594

HOUSE BILL 678

 

 

AN ACT TO ELECT CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CAMDEN COUNTY, TO FIX THEIR SEVERAL TERMS OF OFFICE AND TO PROVIDE STAGGERED NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS IN FUTURE, AND TO AMEND CHAPTER 175 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1965.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Section 1 of Chapter 175 of the Session Laws of 1965, the same being House Bill No. 295, as amended, enrolled and ratified April 5, 1965, is further amended by deleting that portion of Section 1 which refers to the members, and terms, of the Camden County Board of Education, the last two lines of page 2 of the enrolled and ratified Act.

Sec. 2. W. Frank Williams and Horace Cuthrell are elected for a term of four years as members of the Camden County Board of Education. Larry Forbes is elected for a term of two years as a member of the Camden County Board of Education. If any of the three elected members of the Camden County Board of Education shall have taken oath of office, or otherwise qualified for office, on or before the first Monday in April, 1965, or at any time before the effective date of this Act, under and pursuant to the provisions of G. S. 115-19, G. S. 115-22, other appropriate provisions of Article 5 of Chapter 115, or the provisions of Section 2 of Chapter 175 of the Session Laws of 1965, the persons so qualifying for office shall not be required to further take oath and qualify under the provisions of this Act, which provisions are paramount and controlling, but shall be deemed to have taken oath and qualified for office, including the term of office, herein provided as to each member elected. If, on the other hand, all or any members of the Camden County Board of Education' herein elected to office have not, as yet, taken the oath of office and qualified for office, they shall immediately proceed to qualify for same, and for their respective terms as herein provided, under and pursuant to the appropriate provisions of Article 5 of Chapter 115 of the General Statutes, particularly G. S. 115-22, and the term of office of each member herein elected shall be deemed to have commenced on the first Monday in April of the year 1965.

Sec. 3. Article 5 of Chapter 115 of the General Statutes of North Carolina pertaining to county and city boards of education, as the same applies to the County Board of Education of Camden County, is amended as follows:

(1)       G. S. 115-18 is amended to read as follows:

"§ 115.18. The Camden County Board of Education shall consist of three members elected by the General Assembly. Their terms of office shall be for four years, and the General Assembly of 1967 shall elect one member for a term of four years, and the General Assembly of 1969 shall elect two members for terms, respectively of four years, and thereafter each successive session of the General Assembly shall elect one or two members, as the case may be, to fill the office of any member whose term shall expire."

(2)       G. S. 115-19 is amended by adding a paragraph, applicable to Camden County only, to read as follows:

"In Camden County the Board of Education shall consist of three members, serving four-year terms each, one member, or two members, as may be appropriate, being subject to nomination and election as in G. S. 115-19 provided, and, as to their nomination, election, qualification and any vacancy in office, the members of the Camden County Board of Education shall be subject to the provisions of G. S. 115-20, G. S. 115-22, G. S. 115-23, G. S. 115-24, and to all of the other appropriate provisions of Article 5, Chapter 115 of the General Statutes."

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

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of May, 1965.