1885 private laws – Ch.43 Sec.3

That the officers of said town shall consist of a mayor and five commissioners, who shall be styled the board of commissioners of Mooresboro, and the said mayor and the commissioners shall be elected by the qualified voters of said town on the first Monday in May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five and annually thereafter, under the same rules and regulations as are prescribed by the law for the holding of such election in the incorporate town of Shelby, in said county of Cleveland. A constable and secretary and treasurer to be chosen by the board of commissioners immediately after its organization to hold one year, or until their successors are installed into office. And until the said first Monday in May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, B. H. Bridges shall fill the office of mayor, and J. W. McKutire, W. W. Gilbert, L. C. White, R. H. Fite and Z. R. Walker shall act as commissioners, and . M. Burress, constable.