1901 private laws – Ch.85 Sec.9

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CHAPTER 85 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS IN THE TOWN OF ENFIELD. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

That the provisions of sections 3 and 7 of this act shall be submitted to a vote of the qualified voters of said school district at an election on a day to be designated by the Board of Commissioners of the town of Enfield, at any time after the ratification of this act. That thirty days notice of such election, containing a copy of the provisions of sections 3 and 7 of this act, or a synopsis of the same, shall be published in one or more weekly papers published in the town of Enfield, and in all other respects said election shall be held and conducted under the provisions of the law governing the holding of municipal elections in said town. Those qualified voters approving the isue of bonds provided for in section 3, and the levy and collection of the particular taxes provided for in section 7 of this act shall deposit a ballot containing the written or printed words For Schools, and those disapproving the same shall deposit a ballot containing the written or printed words Against Schools. If a majority of such voters shall vote For Schools, it shall be deemed and held that a majority of the qualified voters of said school district are in favor of granting to the aforesaid Board of School Trustees authority to issue such bonds, and to the Board of ComPriv 12 missioners of said town authority to levy such particular tax, and said Board of School Trustees and said Board of Commissioners shall have such authority. But if a majority of such qualified voters shall vote Against Schools, then said Board of School Trustees and said Board of Commissioners shall not have such authority: Provided, that the result of such election, duly ascertained in accordance with law, shall be enrolled among the public records of the town of Enfield; and, after thirty days from the date of such enrollment, such record shall not be open to attack, but shall be held and deemed conclusive evidence of the truth of the facts therein recited: Provided further, that if a majority of said qualified voters shall fail to vote in favor of issuing such bonds and of levying such particular tax, the Board of Commissioners of said town of Enfield shall order another election, at any time after the expiration of six months from the date of the former election, and if at such election a majority of the qualified voters shall vote For Schools, it shall have the same force and effect as if no election had been previously held.

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