1919 private laws – Ch.3 Sec.1

That section five of chapter two hundred and ten, Private Laws one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, be stricken out and the following substituted in lieu thereof, to wit: That the annual election herein provided, and any and all elections herein authorized, or as may be deemed necessary for town purposes, shall be called, held, conducted, and concluded under the direction of the mayor and board of commissioners of said town, by officers so designated and appointed by them, in manner and form in every respect, as near as may be and under the same provisions of law and practice as near as may be as elections for county officers are held and conducted, like county officials, under the general law relating to such elections in North Carolina in force at the time of such elections, including all the penalties and forfeitures prescribed for the violation of such law. That the board of commissioners and mayor are hereby authorized to call an election for any municipal purpose upon the presentation of a petition of one-fourth of the qualified voters of said town, such tt TE: elections to be held in the same manner as is prescribed for holding elections of town officers. All elections for all town officers and for all town purposes shall be held at one voting place, to be designated by the board of commissioners of said town.