1907 private laws – Ch.140 Sec.10
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CHAPTER 140 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS IN THE TOWN OF ELIZABETH CITY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That P. H. Williams, J. C. Brooks, Dr. J. B. Griggs, A. Kramer, Dr. J. H. White, M. N. Sawyer, W. J. Woodley, L. S. Blades, J. B. Flora, W. H. Weatherly, J. B. Leigh, W. C. Glover, Dr. O. McMullen, E. F..Aydlett, D. B. Bradford, J. H. Sawyer, C. W. Melick, R. W. Turner and Wesley Williams shall be and are hereby constituted a board of trustees for the public schools of said graded school district. That the first six of said trustees shall hold office until the first Monday in July, one thousand nine hundred and nine; the next six shall hold office until _ the first Monday in July, one thousand nine hundred and eleven ; the remaining number shall hold office until the first Monday in July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen; and their successors, elected as hereinafter provided, shall hold office for the term of six years each. That the vacancies occurring by reason of the expiration of the terms of office of the trustees as afore- said shall be filled by a majority vote of the other members of such board of graded school trustees holding over, acting in conjunction with the Board of Aldermen of the Town of Elizabeth City, and for the purpose of filling such vacancies said members of the board of trustees and said board of aldermen shall meet in joint session on the Monday immediately preceding the first Monday in July of each year in which any such vacancy may occur: Provided, that any and all vacancies in said board of trustees occurring by reason of death, resignation or otherwise than by expiration of term of office shall be filled by the other members of said board of trustees: Provided, that the position of trustee shall not constitute an office within the meaning of article seven, section fourteen, Constitution of North Carolina. Said board of trustees, immediately after the provisions of this act shall have been submitted to the qualified voters of said district as provided for in section nine, and adopted, shall meet and proceed to organize by the election of a chairman and a, secretary and a treasurer.