1931_private laws_42_11
CHAPTER 41 AN ACT FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF HICKORY, FOR AN ELEC- TION IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF, FOR THE RE- PEAL OF THE CHARTERS OF OTHER TOWNS WITHIN THE EXTENDED LIMITS, AND FOR OTHER PUR- POSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
In the event the proposed teritory shall be embraced in the corporate limits of the City of Hickory, under the provision of this act, the City so consolidated shall before the next annual municipal election, be divided by the City Council into six -6 wards of equal population, or as nearly so as possible. The Board of Aldermen of the Town of Highland is hereby authorized and empowered to choose by majority vote of its body a member of the Council of Greater Hickory to serve for the time elapsing between the going into effect of this act and the next municipal election; and the Board of Aldermen for the Town of West Hickory, by a majority vote of its own body, is also authorized to elect a member of the City Council of Greater Hickory to serve for said time.