1907 private laws – Ch.140 Sec.9

That the provisions of sections three and seven of this act shall be submitted to a vote of the qualified voters of said graded school district at an election to be held on a day to he designated by the Board of Aldermen of the Town of Elizabeth City, within sixty days after the ratification of this act. That said election shall be held under the general law prescribed for and governing the holding of municipal elections in North Carolina. That thirty days notice of such election, containing a copy of the provisions of sections three and seven of this act, or a synopsis of the same, shall be published in one or more newspapers published in the town of Elizabeth City, and in all other respects said election shall be held and conducted under the provisions of the law governing the holding of municipal elections. Those qualified voters approving issue of bonds provided for in section three and the levy and collection of the particular taxes provided for in section seven 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 yotes shall be For Schools, it shall be deemed and held that a majority of the qualified voters of said graded school district are in favor of granting to the aforesaid board of graded school trustees authority to issue such bonds, and to the board of aldermen of said town authority to levy such particular tax, and said board of trustees and said board of aldermen shall have such authority ; but if a majority of such qualified voters shall vote Against Schools, then said board of trustees and said board of aldermen shall not have such authority: Provided, that the results of such ] election, duly ascertained in accordance with law, shall be en-? rolled among the public records of the town of Elizabeth City, 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 certified: Provided, also, that in the event a majority of the votes cast in? said election shall be against schools, then said board of alder- men may call another election under the same rules and regulations prescribed in this act for the holding of the first election ; and if at said second election a majority of votes cast shall he For Schools, it shall be deemed and held that a majority of the qualified voters of said graded school district are in favor of granting to the aforesaid board of graded school trustees authority to issue such bonds, and to the board of aldermen of said town authority to levy such particular tax, and said board of trustees and said board of aldermen shall have such authority; but if a majority of such qualified voters shall vote against schools, then said ,board of trustees and said board of aldermen shall not have eh authority.