1965/66/67 session laws – Ch.200 Sec.2
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CHAPTER 200 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 511, SESSION LAWS OF 1951, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS IN THE TOWN OF WHITE LAKE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 6 of Chapter 511, Session Laws of 1951, is hereby rewritten to read as follows: Sec. 6 At the regular municipal election for 1967, which shall be held on Tuesday after the first Monday in June, 1967, a mayor shall be elected for a term of two years, and there shall be elected three commissioners, as follows: The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of four years, and the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of two years. Beginning in 1969, and biennially thereafter, the regular municipal election shall be held on Tuesday after the first Monday in May, at which time a mayor shall be elected for a term of two years and there shall be elected members of the board of commissioners to take the place of the members whose terms next expire, and the persons so elected shall serve for a term of four years. Any vacancy in the office of mayor or on the board of commissioners shall be filled by the remaining members of the board of commissioners, and the person so appointed shall serve for the unexpired term.