1905 private laws – Ch.161 Sec.10
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CHAPTER 161 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GRADED SCHOOLS AND TO IM- PROVE THE STREETS IN THE CITY OF RANDLEMAN. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That the trustees shall be men of liberal education and good moral character, who shall be residents of said district, and not more than four of them shall be members of or affiliated with any one religious sect or denomination, and that not more than four of them shall be members of the same political party. That J. S. Swaim, H. O. Barker, S. G. Newlin, J. L. Fields, S. Bryant, A. N. Bulla and N. N. Newlin shall be and are hereby constituted a board of trustees for the public schools of said graded school district. That J. S. Swaim, as trustee, shall hold office until the first Monday in July, one thousand nine hundred and six; that H. O. Barker till the first Monday in July, one thousand nine hundred and seven; that 8S. G. Newlin until the first Monday in July, one thousand nine hundred and eight; that J. L. Fields until the first Monday in July, one thousand nine hundred and nine; that S. Bryant until the first Monday in July, one thousand nine hundred and ten; that A. N. Bulla until the first Monday in July, one thousand nine hundred and eleven; that N. N. Newlin until the first Monday in July, one thousand nine hundred and twelve; and their successors, elected as hereinafter provided, shall hold for the term of seven years each. The vacancies eccurring by reason of the expiration of the terms of office of the trustees as aforesaid shall be filled by a majority vote of the Mayor and City Aldermen of the City of Randleman; and for the purpose of filling such vacancies the mayor and said board of aldermen shall meet in session on the Monday immediately preceding the first Monday in July in 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 also be filled by the mayor and said board of aldermen: Provided, that the position of trustee shall not constitute an office within the meaning of article seven, section fourteen, of the Constitution of this State.