1925 private laws – Ch.142 Sec.10

That J. L. Strickland, H. A. Parker, EH. A. Pearsall, H. L. Stevens, D. L. Carlton and W. E. Hines be and they are hereby appointed and constituted a board of school trustees for the said Warsaw high and graded school district consolidated, for a term commencing on the ratification of this act. The term of the first three named trustees shall expire on the first Monday in December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, and the term of the last three named trustees shall expire on the first Monday in December, one thousand nine hundred and twentyeight; and at the expiration of the terms of office of said trustees their successors shall be elected, for a term of two years by the qualified voters of the Warsaw high and graded school district consolidated, as now or may hereafter be constituted, at the general election held biennially for the election of members of the General Assembly and under the same rules and regulations as govern the election of members of the General Assembly. Any vacancy which may occur by reason of resignation, death, or otherwise shall be filled by the board of education of Duplin County for the unexpired term: Provided, however, that there shall always be elected or appointed on said board of trustees one member each from the territory formerly embraced in the Pollock school special tax district; Lanefield school special tax district; and Bowden school special tax district; and three members from the territory formerly embraced in the Warsaw high and graded school district. And that said board of trustees as now or hereafter constituted shall always be composed of one member each from the territory embraced in the Pollock, Lanefield and Bowden schools special tax districts, and three members from the territory formerly embraced in the Warsaw graded and high school district.