NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1971 SESSION

CHAPTER 681
SENATE BILL 730

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A MORE UNIFORM REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE OF HALIFAX COUNTY ON THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  That the County of Halifax shall be divided into the following five County Commissioner districts, with each district having the following number of Commissioners:
(1)	District one shall consist of Littleton, Butterwood and Brinkleyville Townships, and shall have one Commissioner, who shall reside within said District.
(2)	District two shall consist of Roanoke Rapids Township, and shall have two Commissioners, who shall reside within said District.
(3)	District three shall consist of Weldon and Faucetts Townships, and shall have one Commissioner, who shall reside within said District.
(4)	District four shall consist of Halifax and Enfield Townships, and shall have one Commissioner, who shall reside within said District.
(5)	District five shall consist of Connoconara, Scotland Neck, Roseneath and Palmyra Townships, and shall have one Commissioner, who shall reside within said District.
Sec. 2.  All of said Commissioners for said Districts shall be nominated and elected by a vote of the qualified electors of Halifax County at large.
Sec. 3.  The five Commissioners now serving shall remain in office until their present terms expire.  The sixth or additional Commissioner coming from District two shall be nominated and elected at the next General Election for County Commissioners to be held in 1972, and shall take office on the first Monday in December, 1972.
Sec. 4.  (a)  The present Commissioner from District one shall continue to hold office up to and until he has served the full term for which he was elected, which term expires the first Monday in December, 1974.  A Commissioner from said District shall be elected by the electors of Halifax County at large each four years thereafter.
(b)	The present Commissioner from District three shall continue to hold office up to and until he has served the full term for which he was elected, which term expires the first Monday in December, 1972. A Commissioner from said District shall be elected by the electors of Halifax County at large each four years thereafter.
(c)	The present Commissioner from District four shall continue to hold office up to and until he has served the full term for which he was elected, which term expires the first Monday in December, 1972. A Commissioner from said District shall be elected by the electors of Halifax County at large each four years thereafter.
(d)	The present Commissioner from District five shall continue to hold office up to and until he has served the full term for which he was elected, which term expires the first Monday in December, 1974. A Commissioner from said District shall be elected by the electors of Halifax County at large each four years thereafter.
(e)	The two Commissioners from District two shall be nominated and elected by the electors of Halifax County at large during the election for County Commissioners to be held in 1972, with the candidate receiving the largest number of votes in the General Election being elected for a four-year term, and the candidate receiving the second largest number of votes in the General Election being elected for a two-year term. Thereafter, both candidates shall be elected for four-year terms.
Sec. 5.  That this act shall apply to Halifax County only.
Sec. 6.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 7.  That this act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of June, 1971.