1963_session laws_414_3
CHAPTER 413 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF MORGANTON TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT BEER AND WINE MAY BE LEGALLY SOLD AND ALCOHOLIC BEV- ERAGE CONTROL STORES OPERATED IN THE TOWN OF MORGANTON. WHEREAS, more than fifteen per cent -15% of the qualified voters who voted in the last election for members of the governing body of the Town of Morganton have heretofore filed and signed with the town board of elections a petition asking that a vote be held on the question of legalizing the sale of beer and wine and the establishment and operation of Alcoholic Beverage Control Stores on the 13th day of July, 1963, for the purpose of submitting said question to the voters of the Town of Morganton; and 467 WHEREAS, it is deemed advisable that such election be held on said date: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Said election will be called and held on the date herein set forth notwithstanding the nearness or coincidence of said date with any other election. A new registration for voters for such election shall not be necessary and all qualified voters who are properly registered prior to registration for the election and those who register for said election shall be entitled to vote in said election. Said election shall be conducted by the town board of elections and the cost thereof shall be paid from the general fund of the Town of Morganton and except as otherwise herein provided this special election shall be conducted under the same statutes, rules, and regulations applicable to general elections for the Town of Morganton.