NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 940

HOUSE BILL 1657

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 253, SESSION LAWS OF 1967 RELATING TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON IN NEW HANOVER COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. Section 3 of Chapter 253, Session Laws of 1967, is rewritten to read:

"Sec. 11.7. Examination of Applicants for Police Officers or Firemen Required; Nature of Examination; Regulations as to Moral Character of Applicants; Credit for Prior Experience and Service; Age of Applicants.

All applicants for positions of police officers or firemen of the City of Wilmington shall be subject to a written examination which shall be competitive and free to all persons meeting all requirements that have been prescribed by such city subject to reasonable and proper limitations as to age, health and moral character, which examinations shall be practical in their character and shall relate to those matters tending to fairly test the capacity and qualifications of the applicants to discharge the duties of the position to which they seek employment and shall include examinations as to physical and mental qualifications as well as general fitness; but no person shall be appointed as a fireman or police officer who is less than 21 years of age."

Sec. 2. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 6th day of March, 1974.