1901 public laws – Ch.53 Sec.10

That W. D. Morton, J. W. Hines, J. H. Baker, Jr., J. C. Braswell, T. T. Thorne, Thos. H. Battle, and L. V. Bassett, shall be, and are hereby constituted, a Board of Trustees for the public schools of said graded school district. That the first two of said Trustees shall hold office until the first Monday in July, nineteen hundred and three; the next three until the first Monday in July, nineteen hundred and five; and the last two until the first Monday in July, nineteen hundred and seven, and their successors, elected as hereinafter provided, shall hold for the term of six years each. The vacancies occurring by reason of the expiration of the terms of office of the Trustees as aforesaid shall be filled by a majority vote of the other members of such Board of Graded School Trustees, holding over, acting in conjunction with tne Board of Commissioners of the town of Rocky Mount. And for the purpose of filling such vacancies, said members of the Board of Trustees and said Board of Commissioners shall meet in joint session on the Monday immediately preceding the first Monday in July of each year in which any such vacancy is to 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 7, section 14, of the Constitution of this State.