1965/66/67 session laws – Ch.262 Sec.2
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CHAPTER 262 AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE THE VANCE COUNTY SCHOOL AD- MINISTRATIVE UNIT AND THE HENDERSON CITY SCHOOL AD- MINISTRATIVE UNIT; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CONSOLIDATED BOARD OF EDUCA- TION; TO PROVIDE FOR A REFERENDUM TO SUBMIT THE QUESTION OF CONSOLIDATION TO THE PEOPLE OF VANCE COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
The County Commissioners shall call an election in Vance County within 10 days from and after the effective date of this Act for the purpose of submitting to the electors of Vance County the question of whether or not the Vance County Board of Education and the Henderson City Board of Education shall be merged or consolidated into one board of education or school administrative unit to the end that all of the public schools of Vance County shall be administered or operated by one governing authority or administrative unit. The ballot to be printed and used in said referendum or election shall be substantially as follows: VOTE FOR ONE: [|] For a merger or consolidation of the Vance County Board of Education and the Henderson City Board of Education. [] Against the merger or consolidation of the Vance County Board of Education and the Henderson City Board of Education. The said election shall be held and conducted under the laws and regulations contained in G. S. 115-122 and any other pertinent provisions of Article 14 of Chapter 115 of the General Statutes, as revised and amended. If these provisions do not deal with or cover all necessary election procedure, then the laws and regulations governing the election of county officers shall be in force and effect as provided in Chapter 163 of the General Statutes as revised and amended. The County Commissioners are hereby authorized to request the Vance County Board of Elections to hold and conduct said election, and when such request is made it shall be the duty of the said Board of Elections to hold and conduct such election according to the provisions of law heretofore referred to. The County Commissioners are hereby authorized to appropriate and make available a sufficient sum of money to defray the expenses of said election.