1965/66/67 session laws – Ch.30 Sec.11

The Board of Commissioners shall direct that the Board of Elections call a special election or referendum on such date and at such time as shall be designated by the Board of Commissioners on the question of the approval of this Act. If no special election or referendum is called, then an election or referendum on the question of the approval of this Act 5 719 shall be held in Chowan County at the general election for State and County officers in the year 1968 In the event a special election or referendum is called by the Board of Elections of Chowan County, and the provisions of G. S. 115-116 (g) and other provisions of Article 14 of Chapter 115 of the General Statutes, dealing with elections and related matters, shall be applicable to said special election or referendum insofar as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. At any special election or referendum or at any election or referendum held at the time of the election of State and County officers in the year 1968, there shall be submitted to the vote of the people of Chowan County the question of the reorganization and consolidation of the City Board and County Board and the creation of one administrative board for all the public schools in Chowan County and for providing a supplemental school tax throughout Chowan County not to exceed fifteen cents (15) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation. Said supplemental school tax shall be in liev of any and all supplemental school taxes presently enforced in the First and Fourth Townships of said County. The ballot at such special election or referendum or at such election or referendum held at the time of the general election of State and County officers in 1968, as the case may be, shall contain substantially the following: For consolidation and reorganization of the Edenton City Board of Education and the Chowan County Board of Education and the creation of one administrative board for all of the public schools in Chowan County and a supplemental school tax throughout Chowan County not to exceed fifteen cents (15) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation. Against consolidation and reorganization of the Edenton City Board of Education and the Chowan County Board of Education and the creation of one administrative board for all of the public schools in Chowan County and a supplemental school tax throughout Chowan County not to exceed fifteen cents (15) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation. If at such election or referendum whether the same be a special election or referendum or whether the same be held at the time of the general election in 1968, the majority of the votes cast favor the reorganization and consolidation of the City Board and County Board and the creation of the Interim Edenton-Chowan Board of Education, and thereafter the EdentonChowan Board of Education, and a supplemental school tax not to exceed fifteen cents (15) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation, the preceding Sections of this Act shall be operative as of the first Monday of the month following the results and determination of said election or referendum, with the exception of those Sections which by their nature would become operative prior to said date, and the supplemental school tax authorization shall become effective on July 1 next following the election. If the majority of the votes so cast at said election or referendum is against such reorganization and consolidation and creation of the Interim Edenton-Chowan Board of Education, thereafter the Edenton-Chowan Board of Education, and is against such supplemental school tax, then in such event, the preceding Sections of this Act shall not become operative.